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CIRCLE/-ESLRIlE/ 500cc SPEEDWAY ENGINE Political lifeline '75 a bad year for Wash State riders So. says the Northwest Motorcycle Association's Trail Division in a recent release addressed to trail riders, desert riders (yes, they've got desert in Washington), enduro riders, and fire-roaders, Here's th e bad stuff that's co me down so far : CIRCLE INDUSTRIES Introduces the Weslake Speedway engine. This engine has been designed to combine the power and torque advantages of the latest fo u r.valve cy linder head technology with simpli city, reliability, and light weight. Ideal combustion chamber and valve port shapes are used In c o nj un ctio n with a push rod va lve train that employs needle roller cam followers. A conventional s lgh t. fe e d, total-lose lubrication system Is fitted. Th is compact engine can replace existing Jawa engines In speedway frames wi thout modification. For additional specification and Information contact:. CIRCLE INDUSTRIES Dept CN, 17901 Arenth Avenue C ity of Industry , California 91748 Telephone (213 ) 965·1622 - Ho use Bill 177 took away $ 1\!z million a year from the trail fund. - Th e Dept . o f Ecology ad o pted WAC 173 ·60 on Ap ril 22 mak ing it illegal to operate yo ur m otorcy cle in o r aro und any cam p, park, or camping facilit y . This w as do ne by limiting t he leg al sound' level at these locations to 55 dBA, one-fi ft h as loud as it is in a n ew Cadillac at 60 mph. - Rules and regulations were ad opted under the Forest Practices Act which have been in terpreted as precluding the use o f an y trail with a wheel ru t over one inch deep. - Congressio nal hearings were held on a proposal which wo uld close the entire area fro m Stevens Pass to Mt, Rainier to off-road vehicle use. - Hearings were held on a proposal to close large portions of the Olym pic Peninsula to off-road vehicle u se. The NWMA insists much o f this has " happ ened by defau lt, with bikers, as eve r, too loosely organized to represent t he m selves. " The association fo rmed its Trail Division last July to build a focal point fo r d irt riders in the state. They 've distributed their information kits to moto rcycle dealers and parts ho uses to try to reach yo u, t he individ ual riders. (Might n ot hu rt to see how many de aler s wa st ecanned the m aterial ). Still, t hey need to hear fro m you dire ct, so th ey can say "We speak for 'X ' thousand hard-c ore dirt riders, " and me an it. Having your address will also give t hem a dire ct lin e to yo u in ti mes the m fo r a of cr isis. Co n tact mem be rsh ip application at: NWMA, Trail Div. 351 Crystal Cree k Circle Issaq u ah, WA 98027 When yo u apply, try to fin d out which state legislative dis trict you live in. It'll help . 177. .. ,..,. CYCU POW•• ~ riANSTUF At warehouse pricesll TOMORROW'S VAN SEATS TODA Y!!! 1. 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For a V an A c· cessorles catalog , sen d S 1 .0 0 (refundable wit h first order) to the ab ov e aca re ss, LiiJ' CO.PETITIO• •OTDICTCUSTS lEBll DEFEISE FUID Decal power The " Cycle Po wer " decal pictured here has a two- fol d purpose , acc o rd ing to th e Compet it ion Mo to rcyclis ts Lega l Fun d: I ) to ide ntify D e f ense motorcy clists an d th eir supporte rs, and 2) to raise money for th e Fund, which merges th e inter ests of AMA Districts and th e Desert Ra cing 37 -38 Associatio n (O RA ). Note t he key phrase " moto rcyclists supporters. " Several and th eir businesses, su ch as the Outpost Cafe , have been warm and open in their support of deser t b ikers. The decal s $5 donati on, tax (t hree for a de d uctible) give b ike shops, accessory ho uses, and desert-area businesses a chance to ms play their support of some of their be st custo mers. So me of yo u dealers mi gh t even want to buy several packets to han d ou t to your to p riders. To ge t yo urs, mail yo ur donation with a SASE to Dick Breker (AMA) , 17 62 Camro se s c, Anaheim, CA 9 28 02 or Ron Burpo (ORA), P.O . Box 2605 , California City, CA 93505 . Here's another thought: Displaying one o f these makes for less bad feeling and an ti-bike backlash than the typical " Down with the Sierra Clu b" type stickie. It's both good sense an d good politics . Down to the wire on Red Mtn./EI Paso The inpu ts are all in the hopper, as of J an uary 15. It 's now a matter of waiting for the BLM bureaucratic pasta-grinder to grind us out a land use plan for the EI Paso/Red Mtn , areas in the California desert. Or is it? Scores of concerned, hard-wo rking people submitted their responses to the BLM's draft plan - good st uff, no t just o pinion. Some, like UEA's Larry Langley, 0 -37 enduroer J erry Co unts, and o th ers, spent weekends in t he desert map pin g specific trails for inclusi o n in the "designated trails" areas of the p lan. Realize that what they were doing is unpaid volunteer effort, co mpared to staffers wh o are the fu ll-time unabashedly grinding their pet axes in the fields of biology, arc heology, minerolo gy and so il co nservation. What are t hes e volun teers ge tting for th eir efforts? A n indication of the way things/are going ca me durin g a joint meeting of die Na tional Outdoor Coalition b oard an d the BLM planning staff. Asked the specific question, "How many miles of been designated for trails have motorcycle use?," the planners answered , "None." "Could you repeat that?" asked NOC's Cathy Hay es (or words to that effect). "None." At which ti me, BLM's Neil Pfulb was said to have remarked flippantly:, "Well. they can ride the roads . .. Are we beating our heads against a wall ? At present, the Riverside and Bakersfield District Advisory Boards are scheduled to meet (see "Happenings") to develop their recommendatio ns on the plan, which will in turn be hashed over by the state board. These public mee tings will possib ly be o ur last chance to observe the decision -makers at work, and to make ou r opinions them, before the EJ known to Paso /Red Mtn. plan goes to final draft. If bikers are being given the shaft after walking t he seco nd m ile with the bureaucrats, we 'll soon kno w it. 0 Insert needle and twist '. An inside source (n ot a bik er , by the way) rela ted to CN that BLM's state di rec tor Ed Has tey , whe n he read t he follo win g p assage of NOC's El Paso/Red Mtn, resp onse, threw a gen uine te m per tantrum all over the office : "AlJfHORITY: We find a pervading te ndency ... to overl ook th e dictate to th e Bureau to fo rm u late m an agement p lan s based on the p rin ciples of multiple use [43 C F R I4 I5(b»). In additio n, a num ber o f the specific proposals seem