Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

II SIDE ~ . - - - - - - -- stamp). Othertoise, unless you have .a signed permission to pass statement from the local property owners, city, · county, etc., you are liable for citat ion at any t ime. 17Iis bit of info. goes fo r an y county throughout the stat e. As far as th e Hi-Vista situ ation is concerned. a m eeting took pla ce March 13 betw een law officials and OR V enthusiasts at th e Hi-Vista Commu nit y HalL The outco me of that conflab will be reported as soon as it is available . . . Editor ------, Astro MX ....•. .•.•....6 t Jammin' in t he Dome . V.O.T. E. Trial 8 Two da ys in the fun Spanish Trial West hotlin e .' 9 10 Enduring MX and dirt track Woe itus Dez • •. • • • •••• • • • • • • • •16 There , yo u see ? A foreigner's go ne and won America's own Bicentennial Day tona 200. Now will the AMA list to me and move the ra ce back to the beach co urse to insure us an American winner in '77? . DAVE RAMSEY CMC RR No. 5 1 Orange, Calif. All's not well in Hi-Vista Pitwall perspective .... : .18 A case of tired tires. and other fables Young Turks ... . • . . . . .20 MX fu ture shock troops North Central 22 24 I doub t it! But you could suggest m oving th e Daytona 200 to the Bonne ville Salt Flats. 17Iey m ight go fo r it .. . Edit or . Berm-bustin' sod bustin ' mudder s Results Cat, minus .001 · Ascot visions 27 29 30 Hi Mountain love affair Where have the Glory Days gone? Calendar . The Hi Mountain Enduro was fan tastic. I wo uld like to thank the Cal Poly Pen gu ins M.C. for the best en duro I have ever participated in . I'm sure this enduro would not have been possib le without the help of the U.S. Forest Service and Ranger Joe Stuttler. STEVE HI CKS Avila Beach , Calif. 32 • ON THE FRONT PAGE: Painful memory lesson by Darylle Purcell . Jammer jammed in to a camera at Houston by Dave Niel sen. I want one In your January 6. 1976 ed it io n of · Cycle New s West. yo u featured a trick Honda 350 cafe racer. However, you didn 't say wh at kind of fairing the bike has. Have yo u got an y idea' if I co uld get one like it to fit an RD 3 50 Yamaha? I sure would like to bu y one if I could. . Sh aron Clayt on, Publishe r Rober t L. Nor Velie. General :\lan d.K Cr Edn a Mewto n , Se cretary to Pu b lish er Adve rtising Lind a Clark , t\ d ve r t isi n~ Manager Chris Kol b er, Adve r tising Assist ant Ed itorg l Lane Campbell , Sen ior Editor, J o d y Weisel . Edi tor , Bobi S CO ll , Edi tor. Art and Production Catherine Lamp ton, Art Director ; Barbara Mizuno, Ad vertising Art Direct or ; Dennis Cox, Lab Te chnician: Marion Hatashita, Typographer, Pam Grant. Assist ant Ty pographer. Circul ation Rhe ba Sm it h. Man ager : Pam Gr ee n and Callie Smith . Assist ant s. Accounti n g Gaylene: Zaio nz , M~ager ;Judy Klin ger , Mik e Klin ger. J e:anne Ham mond, Assistants; ·To m Hunter. Rhond a Van Doren, Credit Department. Sen ices & Support Bill Ru n y..n , Tom Lue h man n , Juanita Blanton. receptionist. West P.O. Box 498. Lon g Beach. CA 9080 I. (2 13) 42 7-74 33 : L.A . Line 636·8844 . (Telex 6 >6-3 30 ) East P.O. Box 8 05 . Tu cker. G A 30084 , Gi\ (Telex 3008 4. (40 4 ) 93 4·7850. 542 · 7 77) Subscr iptio n One year , second class m ai l 5 12 .50 : 2 years. second class mail. 52 2.5 0 : 3 yea rs. seco nd cla ss mail. 130 .0 0 ; Singl e copy pr ice . 50 cen ts. I 4 Copyright Cycle News . Inc. 197 6. Trade mark registered U.S. P;(te:nt Office:. All rights reserved. Publi shed weekly ex cep t the first and las t week o f the' cale n da r year by Cycle News . Inc.• P.O. Bo x 498, Lon g Beac h , California. Second cla ss po stage paid at Long Beach. CA. 90 801. Edi to rial stories. carto on s. ph ot os. e tc. art' ..... welcome. Addressed. st amped envel ope assur es return of unpurchased edi to rial ma tter. Reprin tin g in whol e or POU'l o nly lJy permissio n of thrand pu blishers. Advertising rates ci rcu l.n ion informat ion will be sent upon reques t. See S. R.l>.S.. The real " Over the Hill Gang" Checkpoint shifts int o high gear I kn ow o f a group of a b~ut 35 retirees in Sun Cit y. Ari z. wh ich makes a lot o f noise on its weekl y o utings known as the Sun Cit y Power Rider s. Tooling down the freeway in a staggered line, sometimes a mil e long, the senior cit izens draw st ares from passing motorists: "Well, we don't pay any attention to them:" says Jack Shirkey , 76 who dr ives while his wife , Myrt le , 73, sits behind him . . ' The Power Riders - formed in 1970 in this retirement co mm un ity outsid e Phoenix - have members ranging from 50 to 76. Once a we ek the y rid e in a pack to a chosen site , usu ally within 50 miles, ha ve lunc h ' or a co ok-ou t, and ride home. One group of them has ridden to the White Mountain s a nd ba ck, a 260·m ile round trip . . Shirkey, a former oilfield worker and airline employee, has been riding motorcycles since bo yhood . . He began riding regularl y again wh en he joined the Sun Cit y Power Riders . " I' m ' gon na ride as lo n g as I can , and th e rest of u s feel abou t the same way. " he said . R EED HILD RETH St. Pau l, Minn. The Checkpoin t M.C. is actively re cr uit ing new members. For the past several years we have been th e number two D-37 enduro club in points and we . feel that with a little hel p from some o f yo u readers who rid e unattach ed , we co uld become num ber one in 197 6. The clu b is mad e up ,o f ac tive and asso cia te mem bers. Membership sta t us is based on individ ual participation in club act ivities. In 19 76 the club will pay back en tr ies to any active mem ber finishing in th e top ten overall in any D·37 enduro . J erseys will be furn ishe d fre e to ac t ive members. . We m eet th e sec o nd T uesday of every month at Fitzgeralds Rest aurant, 181 0 E. Ka tella, Anaheim, CA. 8 :00 p.rn, ' is ke y tim e. For info. call 714 /99 8-0393. Snakes alive! . Re: Vin ce Balch's sui t against Saddle back Park for damages received fro m a m ake bite (Cycle News. Feb. The pushing of one 's 1 7 ). responsibilities o n to o thers, i.e, Saddleback Par k, if it co ntin ue s, will probably cause th e closin g of th e faci li ties. Would it , be cau sed due to the high ' cost to insure again st th e occu ranc es of " snak e bite s" or the impossib ility of its prevent ion ? Sh ou ld Saddle back form vigila nte gro ups and go o n snak e hunts, or is it back to th e ol d story of trying to fit ourselv es in to th e enviro nme n t? LYN N SMITH Capistrano Beach , CaIiL I dunno, but if so m e du mb snak e euer has the guts to bite m e, I'll snap him up by his tail, uihom p his head on th e closest ro ck and bite him back . To heck with try ing to sue him .. . Edito r DICK HARRIS Presid ent , Checkp oint M.C. Anaheim , Calif. Lawdy - what to do It seems that t he head of th e L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. in Lan caster has a personal dislike for dirt bikes and has co nv inced his patrolmen that all d irt bikers ar e create d e qual. All scu m of the ear th! They ha ve even in corporated the use of dirt bike patrolmen, two new Ramchargers and the goo d 01' egg beater to appre hen d th e mas s number of lawbreakers. They cracked down on th e Hi-Vista area and issued approximately 100 citations for bravery. The police, with their strong dev otion to duty . are driving kids from this clean, healthy spo rt to other forms of. enter tainmen t , (ro bbe ry , th eft and drugs). Could you he lp th ese kids and . in form the m of some o f th e lega lities. suc h as Clistan ce from homes. unposted private , county and BLM property ? . ERIC GORDON Quart z Hill, Calif. Your .best bet is to request a California Desert Vehicle Program map fro m the ' BLM, Federal Of f ice Bldg., 2800 Cottage Way, Sacram ent o , CA 95825 . It's fre e (except for the p ostage ..., RON DlLWN Caldwell, 10 That was a f airly standard Read/Tita n f airing o n the 1400 0 rose bu sh, and yes, it will fit y our RD. Pearce's Garage. 729 S. Central A ve.. L.A.. CA 90021 , (213)6 2 7·265 1 still has a f ew lef t . . . Edito r ' If ! were you 'j I have been go ing too Ascot for about eigh t years now. Somet im es I would go all season without missing a sin gle Friday night or a National. But t hat 's an ch anged now and here's why . If you're going to pro mote races you have to run it regularly , not Frida y ni ght o ne week and Saturday night th e next. Also, if yo u want to draw fans y ou 've go t to have names such as Romero . Alda na , Hocking. Gennai . Ascot is a ver y dangerous track. There are places o n th at half-mile that you need a f1ashligh t to see where · yo u 're go ing , an d at 90 mph you have to see . ' Ge t so me flagm en who kn ow what th ey 'r e do ing. I've see n man y easy fa ll-do wns tu m in to re all y bad cras hes be ca use of bad flagmen an d insign ifican t cau tio n lights. Th e lights at the end of t he straights should be bigger and a big red light shou ld be installed in th e middle o f the back straight , th e same in th e front. Han g the light about 15 feet o ff the gro und so when you co m e out o f the -n o rth or south tum yo u kn ow what's go ing on ahead. . I'm glad Mr. Agajan ian is ba ck at th e han dles aga in : I sure hope he reads this. GREG NEWGARD Burbank, Calif. We 're glad Aggie's back too . Maybe hc will post a suggestion bo x in a conspicuous spot fo r some more nift y ideas fr om th e bleachers . . . Edito r 17Ie views expressed in this colum n and o th e r colu mns appcaring on the following pages are sole ly those of the authors and do not ne cessarily reflect the official position of Cycle News .West ·or Cycle News, Inc. 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