Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

WRITIN' AROUNDGary Scott does! The unique team of rebuildable performance suspension components made specifica lly f or road race, short track , T.T., MX, enduro and desert rid ing means wi nning performance to riders of all classes. A comp lete li ne of race proven shocks, springs, fo rks, hydro-damp fluids, interchangeable/rebui ldable components t opped off with the innovat ive LTG (lonqtravel gas rebulld able] shock produce maximum performance for custom handling. We lost Century, there still is Hope Whether you ride professionally as Gary does, or just fo r fun, Mulholland gives you the exact type of ride you need fo r any cond ition. Recently I particip at ed III a workshop organize d b y th e California Parks and Recreation peop le. I hate th ese things. I always feel like th e to ken Barb arian on t he Roman Empire advisory co mmi tt ee. This tim e I too k alo ng my 7·year- old. J ames Brian fo r co mpany and because everyb ody else , incl udi ng the bab ys it t er , was at Daytona. At th e res pectable hour o f 10 a.m , we gat here d in the parking lo t o f what used to be the back lot of 20 th Century .Fox, now officially Malibu Creek State Park . A . kid on a minibike buz ze d like a wo unded lo cust aro u nd the temple set where Kung Fu was taught and Steve McQuee n , in " San d Pebbles ," was shot. Brian star ed en viously at th e scooter, then chased af ter i t. • We picnicked (b rin g yo ur own bread and water) near the fort set an d st ro lle d past the fascinating wo rlds of The Swiss Family Robinson (their wind mill still wo rks), Plan et o f the Apes, MASH, and the To wering In ferno (on ly three stories tall). I m arvelled at t he magnificent illusi ons that had -been created so recen tly in this place. Cu t to th e ' wo rkshop, at . the state nursery n ear by . "Remove all man-made edifices and structu res, sets, etcetera . No movie-m aking," an el derly woman is reading ,alo ud her " work-gro up 's rec ommendatio ns to about 3 0 of us, most of wh o m nod firmly at t he end of each ite m . u ... ' . No mo torcy cles or m otor vehicles allo wed within t he par k. : . n o no isy games allo wed . . . No people under 30 exc ep t in groups supervised by a do cent," -n od , nod. We've heard it all many times. I don't try to corrupt the older ladies on these outings with my recreationary , revolut ionary spoutings, and the yo u ng men are not worth the task. They are their mamas' boys . It is ple asanter to convers e with the yo ung er ladies, who are attracted by my Yamaha sweatshirt and ca n see by Brian 's hand in mind that 1 am safely married. . I talk of Hope and, the I400-acre parcel to the n o rth that Parks bought fr om th e co me dian. It would make a terrific ORV pl aygrou nd, more probably a golf co urs e, I say, and th ey always say , " oh, th ere are enough gol f courses." Fin ally they say, well there may be a need for racing and recr eat io n , but you sho uld buy the p laces with yo ur own money. The n 1 tell them ab o ut th e l!':een sticky pro gram. How we tax o urselves and have mo ney for crea ting ORV paradises on p ublic lan ds. Hope exists for the state Parks an d R ecreation department to live up to the ital icized p ar t of their jo b and grant us motor veh icle re cre ation rights in the hill s and valley s of Ho pe Ranch. I hope th at the nex t wo rkshop I a tten d will be to help guide th e rangers in developing, with green st icky money , the best dirt-bike and roadrac e recreatio n park in the wo rld , on th e co rn er of Mulho llan d Hwy . and Las Virg en es Rd. in West Lo s Angeles. Join Gary and ride with Team Mulholland. For information on Interpart 's complete line of rnot orcvcle prod ucts, send $2.00 to Dept. CN-3 . iI!IIIIt@ .' P.O. Box 390, Gardena, California 90247 • There is less risk in racing across the country than inuting your way acrOss it. CALIFORNIA I m me di a te MOTORCYCLE Delivery. Ro ad Race, Dirt Track. M X. Dese rt Any lengt h to 36" - We'll J INSURANCE .shl p anywh er.e In u.s . UJ4.9S to %99.95 Phone for de tails fiJr=:r .Distributing . . If you are in terested in saving mon e y on y o u r Mot o rcy cle Insurance we suggest you phone ( 21 3 ) 6 79 -331 8 or w r it e to C AL IFOR NI A M OT O RCY CLE IN SU RANCE AGENCY ; P.O. BO X 92867 , LOS AN GELES, CA 9000 9 . We ~l ' be pleased to give y qu a quo te on t he phone o r m ail curre nt ap plications' an d rates to yo u . Dianne 'Fogarty , Underwrit ing. .3C C: our ad in "Want Ads " 1976 Yamaha YZ Owners A re yo Li having handling problems w ith your 250 or 400 model? Try our Terry Kit front end unit. It will ' straighten out your handling problems. • 90 day money back guarantee $30.00 . Dealer or Direct TERRYCABLE pn ')!'< 1 ~)' fj",p","I 11-1 )44 ) 1.;<1 ('\(')~1~ 5

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