Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

for Austria, R on will remain th e first altern ate ; the first no t to go. Last year was rough o n th e Rokon . rider. On th e Isle of Man he cras hed o n Day Three breaking two ribs and was forced t o retire. This year, being j ust on the wrong side of th e team cu t must be even more frustrating. ' Or perhaps, i t' s lu cky. With Rokon 's withdrawal of rider expense assistan ce. it might have been rougher if he had been ch osen to find his own way to A us tria. Peop le and co m pan ies w ho assisted Dic k in pursuing theTwo- Day series arc as fo llows : Du t ch Hut ch ings, wh o m ust also be listed in th e best friend ca t egory, Du t ch sponsored Team Loco Ciento at las t year's ISDT, making it easier for Dick, ~I a lcolm Smith and Ed Schmidt to co m p e te wh e n the y co uld fi nd o nly li mited su pport .fro m Hu sky . Buzz ~ IcQu een and th e He rcules p it crew helped pit fo r Burleson. And the Ele ctro Helmet Company also helped support the nation's number one enduro rider. Is there any th ing that migh t keep him from going to Six Day s? King Richard replied. straight faced but with that familiar twinkle in h is eye. "World War ilL " Ben Bower -- Mountain View, Ca. "How much is a me dal wo rt h ? To buy one . abo ut ten bu cks ! It's th e ex perience o f men tal and physical trau ma , w he ther o ne wi n s o r loses. th at in the end is p riceless! Of two previous S ix D a y s . I h a v e e q ually lasting me mories th a t d o not differen t iate bet ween th e G old Med a! and the ONF. T he key is to do yo ur best . T he n , if th ings fa il, y o u st ill have not lost it all." B en Bo w e r, t hirt y -t wo y ear ol d e ng inee r fo r Owe ns-Illinois, has th e att it ude necessary t o be a t op ISDT ri de r . Th e relati vel y lat e co me r to motorcyling (" 1 sta rt ed with 'y o u me et the n ice st people on a Ho n da '." ) is married . and he and Deanna expect their first ch ild in lat e Oct ober. Ben feels stro ng ly abou t th e personal nature of mot orcycle racing (" I wa s getting tired o f team sports . . .it always felt like you were letting the o ther player down . . .motorcycl in g, espe cially th e ISOT. gives the persona l sa tisf act io n of kn owing th at YO U have d on e so m et hi ng ."). And ye t, a t the same t ime, he unders tan d s th e real i ty o f having to depe nd o n o th ers t o help with his machine (" In th is you m ust reali ze tha t yo u are no t an e n ti ty unto yo u rself and th at o the r peop le d o have a better way to do it. Ke eping an o pen ' mi nd is a must !" ). The Bultaco j Bel- Ray team re ce ived much help fro m o the r manufacturers and d ealers. With out th em, co st would have been unbear able . an d Ben Bower exp resses his th ank s t o all. Dick Burleson -- Antioch, Tenn. :'T h e medal itse lf has no value -- o r ver y Ii t t le .. but wh at it represents is personal." Dick Bu rle son responded . "Only yo u kn ow how much you went through to ge t it. You co m pe te in Six Day s becaus e it 's the h ard est race th ere is. I wa nt to co m pe te against th e best in the wo rld -- and win my clas s," H u sq var n a 's tw en ty -cigh t yea r o ld East er n Region al Service Mana ger was ans we ri ng the Cycle Ne ws q uestio n naire und e r "intern al pre ssu re" fro m h is pr etty wife Jill . (A fte r sh e 'd finished. he wen t o ver it and w rot e in as one of his dis like s " nagging wife m aking m e fill th is th ing out." T hen he added unde r the "l ikes" category ".Iill and J on -Erik." J on-Erik is their tw o year o ld son.) ' Rod Bush -- Parkersburg, W. Va. "Fishing," Rod Bush replied to the inevitable what· d o . you like · b esides • rid ing question . " b ut who can find th e time ?!" . Other th an riding in (an d winn ing) almost eve ry woods riding event in his are a, the twenty -one year old Penton rider' works at The Bike Shop. a family business. and also p u ts in hours at th e . L.B . Foster Co . Rod's m ain support comes from his super parents. known to all simply as "M om and Dad Bush." There arc few eastern Penton riders who have not tasted a mu ch -welcome d slice of watermelon or sip of Gatorade from R od's folks at th e checkp oin ts. In addition to Mo m an d Dad. Rod credits "Whit ey" Wilkes, Ab Corra and. most o f all, Penton Imports among the people he o wes a big thank you to. Rod rode on the IsI~ of Man last yea r. scoring hi s fi rst Gold Medal , and in spite of the various ways Cycle News has man aged to either missp ell or co m pletely o ver look his name in the past , he's a very serious co n te nde r for Austria. > Vie's Competi ti on MC Sh op 6236 Mission Gorge Road Sa n Diego, California 92120 741 -284-7095 In Stock Available Now 1st Come 1st Serve ......:.u ant it y Limited Chr is Carter •. Menlo Park , Ca. Th e 19 75 Isle · o f ~I a n ISO T m ar ked Ch ri s Carter's introductio n to th e supe r st ren uo us w orld of Six Day s. In h is first a tte m p t. Chris rode hi s 400 Yamah a t o cam a Bron ze Meda l. and b e came th e onl y rid er o f a J ap anese m otorcycle t o fini sh the event. This year , as a member o f th e Yamah a USA manu f a ctu rer's team . Carter di r e ct s his th a nk s to Y am ah a Intern at ional. o f co urse, and also to Rock y Cycle , Bill Stewart . th e AMA an d A I Ea mes. " l\ly goal in mot or cy cl ing is to rid e th e Six Days for t he next ten y ears, a nd ho p efull y d o well an d have a go od t im e . t oo : ' Th e tw e n ty -Jive yea r o ld b achel or ea rns, h is living in the New Product s dep art men t o f Rock y Cy cle. Sp ar e ti me ac t ivi ties in clud e restoring a 19 28 A lloy skid pl ates availab le for all T r ials bi kes Wc mail order 21

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