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yo ur re aders will co nti n ue to have a free selection of af term ar ket replacement products. Our m embers are no happier a bo u t governm en t co n tro ls than either Cycl e New s o r it s readership, However , if th ey are ine vitable and im m ine n t, prudent the n we bel ieve that cooperation will ach ieve th e bes t results fo r all. GA R Y G. T HRONEBE R RY Executive V ice Pres ident Mo to rcy cle T ra de Associ ation , In c. IINSIDE f! t 125 USGP ..••.• •.•••.•6 Sm ith, Hannah, Grossi bloc kade American round of World Champio nships San Jose Half-Mile 8 Rober ts an d Scott tighten up po ints race Gary, yo ur situation is not unlike th e dile mma of d ealing with imminent rap e. Some "experts " say fight, others say sub mit. Since it's you and not the "ex pert" wh o is under the gun, yo u do wh at "ou think is best. However, regardless of uihat was passed in '72, it 's never too late. This is ' 76, an election year, and if we don 't h ire us a bet ter set of represen tatives, then it WILL be too late - at least until the nex t election . . . L. C. Intern ati onal Date line .. . 10 Russia repeats at 250 MX GP, while Ago tak es Dutch TT Weste rn Hotl ine 14 Jennings and Elliot win AMC $ 10 00 Pro go Desert hotline 24 Dual desert to Mayes Political Lifeline 26 Hope Ranch hassle resolved Northern Datel ine 30 Kezars new Karma Woods riding and dirt dicin ' Magnum force If the re is one phase of motorcycling that I feel is th e most dam aging to itself, it is probably stun t j umping. The people who particip ate in it have abo u t as m uch in telligence as a roc k. What prompted me to write this letter was re ading in Cy cle News and then seeing on television , Ten Kezar, former No. One Women's National MX Champion . who as of lately switch ed to jumping. How many young kids and ad ult s will either tr y to imitate h er or associate motorcycling to jumping? As far as I' m concerned, Teri was at the top when she won the champ ion ships (despite whether she was able tn make mone y at it or not) but has since fall en !lat on h er face when she started jum p ing . 36 500cc works b ike preview Speedway 38 Kawasaki 750 test • . . . . .40 Results 42 Central 46 Calendar 48 ON THE COVER: A graphic blast from the USGP . DAVID F. COFFIN Inglew ood, Calif. Sit tight. Before an yone goes j umping to conclusions let 's h ear what T eri has to say about her new occ upatio n a's w ell as how and wh y it all came ab o ut. L ook fo r th e article to appear in Cycle News soo n . . . Editor Sharo n Clay ton, Publisher Ro bert L. Nor V eli e . Genera l M a n a~c r Edna Me w t on , Se cre tary to Pu b lisher Advert ising Lind a Clark, Ad\l c rlisin ~ Man ager Chris Kofbet, Advertising Assistan t Ed itorial LUll: Ca mpbell . Se nior Editor. Judy weise l, Edito r. Bolli S co tt . Edito r. A" and Production Barbar a Mizuno . Production Man ager ; Pam Grant . Advertisin g Produ cti on Dire ctor & Assistant Typographer ; Dennis Cox . Lab Tec h nician ; Mari on Hatashita, Typogr apher: Mike Klinger. Lab an d Production ASsistant. Cyclerama cred it report My son has qualified to ride in the AMA lOOce Schoolboy Championship at Cycleram a in San An to n io, Texas. Will you please answer these questions fo r me and give me an unbiased opinio n of the facilities a t this track? Length of t rack, natural or manmade terrain, approximate wid th of t rack , d ust co ntrol, promo ters regard fo r r iders? Do they hold any Pro races? Would yo u class the track as good, fair o r poor? Circulat ion Rh eh a Smi th. Manager : Pam Gr een and Ca llie S mi th . Assistan ts. KENNETHB.BLAKELEY So. Wellfleet, Mass. Accoun ting Gaylene Zalcnz, Manager;Judy Klin ger . Ken Lorin . Jeanne Hammond. Assistants ; Dave Au ld, Rh onda Van Doren, Credit Dep artment . Serv ice and Su pp ort Michael Coli kas , Den nis Wat ts , Juanita Blan ton , recep tionist . W en P.O. 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Ride on the MTA This is in re sponse to the paragraph under " The Latest Poop" wherein y o u str o ngly criticize the Motorcycle Trades Associatio n (MTA) for its support of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recent memorandum to us concerning t heir regulate aftermarket in te n ti o n to exhaust systems separately from or iginal equipment. . Under the Noise Control Act of 1972, passed by Congress and signed into law by the Presiden t, the EPA is required to ident ify m aj or noise so urces subse q ue ntly , promu lgate a nd regulations to red uce public annoyance. Having ide ntified motorcycles as a major no ise producer , the EPA is mandated by that Act to propose regulations by De cember 19 76. In setting th ese regulations, 'th e EPA has comp lete lega l.au thority to propose such rules as "non-degradation " and "anti-tam pering" ; the former meaning that an aftermarket replacement exhaust system co uld be no lo uder than the original equipment, regardless of the overall Federal noise limit, and the changes to the original equipment exhaust system unless it was cer tified to be equal or superior to the original equip ment in noise reducing performance. Another option for the EPA is to leave the entire matter of regulating motorcycle exhaust systems in the hands of State and local authorities. Surely yoti can see a manufacturer's or distributor's dilemma in attem pting to co mply with po ssib ly 50 , or even hundreds, of local reg ulations; and ho w ab o ut the m o torcy cl ist traveling fro m one sta te or co mmunity to an other? If the p urpose of your statement was to generate co nsu mer interest so as to influe nce these up-coming regulations, then be aware that y o u are four years late the mo to rcyclists' elected representat ives passed the No ise Co ntro l Act in 1972. However , it is no t too late fo r th e moto rcy clist to realize t hat re movi ng ba ffl es from ordinarily q uiet mufflers , using m egap h on es, and straigh t p ipes will o nly lead to even stricter co n trois ove r his sport in the fu ture. - The MTA has spent many m an-ho urs an d m uch of o ur members' dues in The track is on e mile long with rolling valley s, several short steep uphills and woods. There are hardly any artificial obstacles. It 's 20 (plus).feet wide and the track is hea vily watered. Promoters relationship to the riders is excellent. Prof ession al races held at Cyclerama include the Tex -AMA qualifiers, AMA 125 National and the Texas Motocross Championship. Cyclerama is an excellent track blessed with a good promoter, f ine facilities, perfect terrain. but th e type of soil that's slippery when wet and hard . when dry. Good luck . . . Editor Finally I wo uld like to thank all the Old Timers. their wives and frie nds, for the mora l su pport an d other h elp at Mammoth Mo un tai n. The Kid trophied! KID COFFMAN No. 14 Old Timers MX Assoc. o o The views expressed in th is colu m n ana a th er colu mns app earing on the f ollowing pages are solely those of th e authors an d do n ot necessarily reflect the official position of Cy cle News West or Cy cle Ne ws, In c. Qualif ied readers wish ing fr ee and equ.al reb uttal spa ce