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Revived HiVista Store
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Pa pa Wealey was rig ht ; Penny's Hi
Vista Stores is no mor e. (She's in
business at another address . . . Ed .)
But the Hi Vista Store has reopened .
- T he original owner has opened it ; his
name is Bob and he 's a hell of a nice
gu y who 'd like to see the bikers again.
I still ride there and have no
problems. I was stopped by the fuzz.
and they told me we all must have ou r
Green Stickies a nd stay off the roads.
Bob talked to th e Sh eriffs and they
said th ey only answer ca lls from
people. So everyone shou ld stay away
from the houses. Don't raise hell
around th e store ; "do it in the desert"
- wa y ou t.
JOE KING
Buena Park, Calif.
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Special van issue
Buil ding a t ri ck Dodge . . 8
Tra velin' the circuit in
a Ford
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12
Cruisin ' in a
. hi gh -zoot Chevy
16
19n new bikes
17
Yamaha gives you the Shaft and
Monocross
Turning a 360 into a 400 .. 18
Teaching an old dog new tricks
Motorcycle polit ics. . . .. 19
Smoke signals from Hollister Hills
and points sout h
Desert
We, the peepers
: . . . . . . 20
AMA 0 -37, ORA in the snow
West
North
Central.
Cat
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ON THE FRONT PAGE: Ford van
by T he Greek, Yamaha 1000 byJohn
Ulrich, Fishback speed-portr ait by
Gary Laud ig, desert by God , and a
whole buncha' headlines written by
despera te men trying to meet a
deadline.
Chub C . Clayt on , President
Bobi Sco tt . Asst. to the President
Sharon Cla yton . Pu blisher
F na Mewtcn , Secret ary to th e Publishe r
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Advertising
Robert L. Nor Velie , Nati on a l
Ad verti sing Sales Manager
Debbie Wilkins, Western Regiona l
Advertising Sal" Man age r '
Ch ris Kelber. Adve rtis ing Assistant
Editoria l
John D. Ulric h. Editor
Lan e Ca m pb ell, Edit or
Graph ics and Production
Production: Bonnie Srrut in. J udy Kllnger .
Typograp hy : Ma rion H a ta ehir a . Carolyn
Br a nh am . La bo r at o ry Produc tion: Dennis
Cox .
Circulation
Rb eba Smith , Manager . Pam Green . Assistant .
H ire a lawyer
I ha ve been sitting here in O regon
read ing about the Sierra Clubbers and
th e exploitation of motorcyclists for the
last three years . It seems like ORV
use rs are always on the defensive , and
th e preservationists on the offensive , in
more ways than one. It 's about tim e
the O RV users in Southern California
ge t their act together. The Legal
Defense Fund was just a start .
.Here is a proposal. Find an attorney
(a good one, you 'll need it) who rides a
mo torcycle off-road or one who is very
sympathetic with our cause . H is
payment for services might be free
entry to all races, enduros , and poker
runs for his fam il y forever , fr ee
m erchandise from dealers , fr ee
su bscriptions from Cycle Ne ws, and
other mags or newspapers.
What would this la wyer do to earn
his fees? Be our attorney in th e sui t
that we will file. W e need to take the
offensive. We need to sue for th e two
milli on that was robbed fro m us, and
name in th e sui t Herbert Rhodes, and
a nybody else who is co nnected. If we
win , the lawyer could b e hired on as a
perm anent em p loyee, so we co u ld
keep th e offensiv e . I'm su re Ru ss
Sanford of M.O .R.E. would be happy
to take ca re of all that mon ey (if we
won ) and use it in our best interests.
Ther e is no t much of a cha nce th at
we wou ld win th is suit. but even if our
chances a re only one in two. m illio n ,
we su re sho u ld try .
PHIL PARKER
Corva llis, OR
Accounting
Oa ylen e l aion z. Ma na ger . Mike Kling er. Aut.
Mgt'. Jeanne Hammon d . Acc ts. Recei va b le .
Parn (" Dick erso n . As. t . AceD. Recei va ble .
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Cathy Secdge l. Credit Dept . R honda Van
Dore n . Collection Dep r.
Services and Support
"'fich u l Co likas . De n nis W a tts . J ua n ita
Blanton . Recep tion ist.
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Ammo dump
I have b een t r yin g t o ge t ,
info rm at ion against the BLM and
Sierra Club for a rebuttal speech to, a
real BLM frea k. Hel p! I can't let tha t
fruitcake ge t away with it.
I' m mostl y i n te res ted in th e
Cal ifornia Desert and why it shou ld
no t be closed .
ROBIN DOTY
Ri versid e, Ca lif.
You 'll find your best ammo, R obin,
with a week -in , uieek -out su bscription
to eN. You kn ew we'd say t hat , didn't
you, . . . . Ed .
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Naturally foul
I wa s a victim of the latest
motorcycle movie " N a tu ra lly Free "
that uses "O n Any Sunday" as a
comparison, saying that if you liked
" O n An y Sunday" you 'll love this one.
What a lie.
Their idea of a motorcycle mo vie is
some fool that I've never heard of
riding around a n abandoned rock
quarry, hot shoeing it around on a
trials bike in Au stralia .
As for quality of film ing it's as bad
as the rest . The film is blu rry and hard
to follow , there is no slow motion
work, a nd where th ey want it to look
like they're go in g fast th ey speed up
thefilm .
They advertise a few b ig name sta rs
th at live in th e U .S. A .. not Au stralia ,
wh ich you see a total of probably five
m inu tes .
If you wan t to spe nd you r money on
somethi ng don ' t spen d it on this poor
movie where a ll th e ac tors are novices,
a nd be come a victim like me.
DISS ATISFI ED DOSDOORIAN
Down ey, Ca lif.
You can validly cntlclze th e flick on
film quality (it is really bad) and its
ex ploitation of "On A ny Sunday " (they
say imitatio n is the sincerest form of
flattery); but th e "acto rs" are anyt hing
but noinces - nearly ellery featu red
rider was a cha m pion or fo rmer
champion in a part icular f ield. (T he
cut e chick trials rider and th e joke
sequences excep t ed .} Wh at really
comes off well about the pict ure is
that the A ussies are in many ways at
th e sam e point we were ten years ago,
and that in all honesty, it may haue
been less sop histicate d, but m o.re
f un . . . Ed.
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