Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Live, work or ride I rea lly get tired of hearing ab o ut how bikers should join up with the Sierra Clu b in order to figh t the real enem y " urban sp rawl:" What a bunch of hooey ! Am I to be lieve that two o r three years fro m n ow I w on't b e ab le to ride at Ocotillo Wells or Red Mm , because they'll be co vere d wi th homes and facto ries? think it's more Perso nall y , I important that people h ave a place to live and wo rk than it is for m e to have a pl ace to ride my bike. But we can have both if we prevent the Sierra Club fr om closing those places that won't have a house on them for 1000 y ears. Yes Virgin ia, o ur re al enemy reall y is the Sierra Club. . WALT BALES La Habra, Calif. Poop . . . . ...• .. . • .. . . . .2 Voices . .. . • .. . , 4 Upshot ' 5 Dome Short Track 6 Rush rea ps reward Astra Tourist Trophy .. . ..8 Hocking makes it right 10 Western Hotl ine Elect ro Series-Parts I and II 14 Desert do ings San d blast ing 16 Factory tour Making better bikes . Northern Datel ine 18 affiliation with the URA Pack Rat Enduro . J ACK McEVOY , Presiden t Pack Rats M.C. Gran ted, Walt, th e Sierra Club is an ene m y; bu t haven't we all heard, or used , the phrase " bike rs are' conservationists, too 1"' Getting our enemies to realiz e that would help us in the long run . A nd as to urba n sprawl, who among th e guys who used to race Hare & Hou nds in the San Fernando Valley would have believed they'd have to go over 100 miles away to race with in th eir lifetimes? . . . Edito r Growing Pains Need help with your homework? I am abo ut to p resent a speech to so me 800 YMCA kids participating in a: pr o gr am ca lled "Y outh - in Governmen t. " I need all th e facts pro and co n o n helmet laws, th eir status since t he rep eal of DOT blac km ail power, e tc . I need your hel p . Please ru sh m e your info as I am due to leave fo r Sacramento January 26 . Re : (Cycle New s, No . 2, Jan . 20, 1976) "Opinion" ar t icle o n " Why Ban the Bomb ?" The only re as ons Ms. Lee opposition to banning gave in mult i-cylin der bikes was that attendance would be up and Harle y-Davidson longer dominate the would no co m petition. The gen tle man who supp orted the ban ou tlined his reaso ns in specifics such as; co st, availability, an d most important safety. Ms. Lee did no t co m ment o n any of t hese points. Let's see an oppo sit ion by so meone more qualified, like ErV Kan emoto , There have been so me letter s publis hed recently saying th at Cycl e News West is n ot giving th e central reade rs an d ri der s a fair sha ke. One of yo ur reasons is that there are no t very m an y articles sen t in to be p ublished. In listening to p eo p le ta lk about t he cha nge , and since I do send in t he hillclimbing results people do talk to me, one of the b iggest co mp lain ts I have heard is ab o ut the size of th e pic t ures . One of the bi ggest at trac t ions of Cycle News has always been the quality and quanity o f th e photos. When you make the pi ctures so sm all th at even the r iders can no t re cognize th emselves it makes th e person taking the .pictures and wri ting the art icle s wonder if it is worth the effort. I will kee p on doin g it because I know that things will get better as ti me goes o n but please do thin k about what I said. After all one of the j o ys of winni ng is seei ng yo ur name in print, and hopefull y yo ur fac e , b u t it is hard to convince frie n ds that that is yo u if t he p icture is t iny. CECILE REISCHMAN Bak ersfield, Cali f. DIANE POLLEY Da llas , Tex. The view s ex pressed in this colu mn and o th e r columns app earing on the f ollowing pages are solely those of the auth ors and do not necessarily reflect th e of f icial p osition of Cycle News West or Cycle New s, Inc. Qualified readers wishing fr ee and equal rebut tal spa ce should con tact the Editor. . Pacific Coast power dudes Central Pipeline 20 Pickard , Priddy and Kidd Preview .. • .. • .........21 1976 RM 125 six spee d Calendar : 22 Results . •. ... . .. ... . ..25 Want Ads 28 Dealer Directory 31 On the sunny side .v We appreciate what Sun shine amaha in Orange, California did for m y so n , Fur man Gray (20 I ), who rode in the Motocross Finals at Anaheim. Th ey stored his moto r until we arrived , furn ished transportat io n to and fro m the track and kept t he mo to r fo r us until a friend p icked it up a few weeks la te r. We have heard of "so uthe rn hospitality ," but not this. We will always remember them. ON THE COVER: Cra zy David Aldan a step ped out of a phone boo th and into the Astrodome. MRS. BEN GRAY Warrio r, Ala. Erv Kanemoto where are you ? Sh aro n Clayto n . Pu blisher Robert L No r Veli e. Ge n eral Man ager Edn a Mewton, Secr etary to Publisher Adve rt ising Linda Clark, Ad vertising Man ager Chris Kolbet. Adv ertising Assistant Editorial Lane Campbell. Senior Editor. J od y Weisel. Edi tor. Bo b i SCOll. Edito r. Art and Production Ca the rine Lam pt o n, Art Director : Barba ra Mizun o , Adver -tising Art Direc tor; Dennis Cox . Lab Technician: Marion lI a tashit a, Ty pographer. Circulation Rhcba Smi th. Man agera Pam G ree n and Ca llie S mith. Assistants. Account ing Gaylene Zaionz , Man ager; J udy Fo ut s, Mik e Klin ger, Jeanne Hammond , Assistants: To m H un ter. Rh on da Van Doren, Credi t De partme nt. What confusion Re : Calendar listing for February 29 . So t here will be no co nfusio n , we wish to cali your attention to th e fact t hat the Pack Rats Motorcycl e Club has no We are wo rking on it and will co ntinue to incr ease th e size and nu mb er of photos. With your help and that of all it will get ou r co rresponden ts 'Jetter . . . Ed. STEVE KUEHL Anaheim , Calif. Steve, as worthy as your cause is, th e hassle of meeting wee.kly deadlin es precludes our doing oth er people's legitimate research f or them. The data you seek is available in ou r research files and in our back issues; all of which is ope n to study by f olks doing pro-m otorcy cle projects. The stuff's here, the key is in the lock ; but we go tta ask you and others to come down to th e office and turn the k ey you rself . . . Edito r Services & Support Bill Ru n yan. Tom Luehmann, J uan ita Blanton. recep tionis t. West P.O. Box 498, Lo ng Beach, CA 90801. (2 13) 427-7433: L.."'. Line 636-8844. (Tel e. 6!>6-330) East P.O. Box 805, Tucker, GA 30 084, GA 3008 4. (4 04) 934-7850. (Tele. 542·7 77) , Subscription On e year . se cond class mail SI 2.50 ; 2 ye ars , second class mail. $2 2.5 0 : 3 y ears, se co nd class mail. S3 0.0 0 ; Sing le co py pri ce . 50 cen IS. Cop yrigh t Cycle News , Inc. 1976. Trade mar k registere d U.S. Pat ent Office. All righ ts reserv ed . Published weekl y excep t the firs t an d las t wee k o f the calen da r year by Cycle News. Inc.• P.O. Bo x 49K. Lon g Beach. California. 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