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Randy Neal rode with
Pete Kinney
I would like it kn own th at a t the
recent Parker 400 ra ce , fourth place
Class 22 rider Pet e Kinney did in fa ct
have a co -rider - Randy Neal , wHo
see ms to always get aced out of Cycle
News when he does well .
Marty Moates, ..... , . , , , 6
Ossa 's soft -spoke n m otocr oss
sta ndard -bea re r
100 HP Suzuki. . , , . , ..... 8
Yoshimur a's 845cc GS750
Supercross , . , .. • , . .. " 10
Not on ly did he rid e 30 m iles on a
n at to co m p lete t he first Arizona loop ,
but had th e second -fastes t lap t ime on
th e fin al loop.
For future refe re nce, co -riders not
listed in th e program may be ea sily
o btained by checking th e SCORE
bull et in boa rd at the start/ fin ish area .
Pomeroy loses to Hannah in last
turn at Atl anta
New Products , . .... , " 12
Body builders and magic tricks
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Daytona preview
It's not who will win, but who
Daytona will let win.
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GS550 preview
Sampling Suzuki's quick DOHC
middleweight
PETE KINNE
Santa An a , CA
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International. . , . ,
Rathmell's British trial victory
Hurt report praised
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Dez
Balentine's Silver Bear,
Hann on's Coyote Derby
West"
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Roeseler wins Marathon for Mitch
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North
SoggySawmill "T hey laughed when
I wore rain gear"
Central.
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Ta les of Te xas and Oklahoma
Land Grab n
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Sierra Club puts the snatch on
Kern PI.M~il.\i
ON T HE FRONT PAGE: Headlinemakers Johnny Cecotto and Marty
Moates. Photos by John Ulrich and
Cha rles Morey.
Cha rles c. Clayton . Pres iden t
Bob i Scott. Asst . to the Presldenr
Sharon Cla yton, Publisher
Edna Mewton. Secretary to rbe Pub lisber
Advertising
Robert L. Nor vene. Na tional
Advertising S.aln Manage r
Debb ie Wilkins . Wotan Rt:gion al
Ad~n ising Sales M ana~r
Ch ris Kol~ . Advenising Assistant
Editorial
f m o re interested in geui ng
bucks than in the welfa re of th e rid er .
Some of th e sta tistica l data I have
seen remind m e of t he story of t he
budding scientist who tore th e wings of
a large number of butterfl ies and
discovered it m ad e t he m dea f - when
he sho u ted a t them they d idn't fly
away .
JIM LEONARD
Pleasant Hill , CA
Most motorcyclists do not wear yellow,
orange, white, or pink at or above
shoulder height when riding in
daylight . It has been proven (NHTSA
Motorcycle Saf ety Conference; ' San
Francisco, July, 1973) th at headlights
increase conspicuity, and conspicuity
decreases accidents. The hot tip is to
be a helm et ed rid er with off-road and
road racing experience; on a fast
ma ch in e
unemcumb er ed
by
windshield, saddlebags, sissy bar,
crash bars, etc.; with the headlight
on . . . Ed .
Honest man seeks Howard
Hooper
I'm looking for th e address of my
su pe r tuner , Howard Hooper,
formerl y of Sport-time Yamaha of
Tarzana , CA, and last contacted In
the Chicago area.
I heard that he moved back to
California . I spo nso r five kids on
Yamaha m inis and we run Howard's
Sport-time kits , but haven't heard
from him . I still owe him $36 from last
year, and I would like to pay h im.
DONVOLK
R t. I Box 180
White Clou d , MI 49349
Grossi uses Simons forks
Regard ing issue #7, Feb , 23 : your
art icle a bou t the second round nf the
Florida series points out th at Billy
Cossi's RM370 "Spo rts Works Forks ."
Please note : The forks a re Simons
(tu bes, slide rs, tripk cl amps , Tstem, intern a ls. ax le , a nd brake sta y).
JOHN WELCH
Los Altos, CA
Your two -parter on the H urt report
was excellent - by far you r best effort
in th e area of information fo r the
average motorcyclist. Dr. Hurt and his
team and your Lane Campbell are to
be congratu lated .
W it h m o re of th is type of objective
investigation maybe both motorcyclists
and non -motorcyclists can be made
aware of those factors which have
made st r ee t riding th e high risk
endeavor that it is, Let 's hope t e
. results aren't ignored by either th e
" he lm e ts are a hazard " or tHe
" moto rcycl ists art> all crazy" factions .
Please keep us posted on the final
report and the Federal Government's
re act ion to it. I'd like to feel safe riding
o n the street.
R ICHARD E_JARBOE
Arvada , CO
TV shows and police
harassment
As a motorcycle fanatic, I spend my
spare time working on my SCoot or
even . better, riding it , rather than
watching the idiot box (TV), Once in
a while how ever , (probabl y by
mistake) , they do show so m e
motorcycle-related programs which I
usually miss and only hear about the
following day , from some TV freak at
work ,
It would be nice if you co uld spare
an inc h somew he re in your fine pa per
to print a sc hedu le of any suc h
programs th at might be comi ng up , be
it a movie like O n A ny Sunday o r a
film of th e Hang Ten G !'. I a m sure
that (u nfo rt una tely) it will no t take
much space but it would cert a inly be
appreciated by a lot of TV -ha ters like
me , Who knows, it might even be an
incentive for the networks not to forget
o ur too silen t minority.
I enjoy your bike packing articles
ver y much and the pol itical/land
managemenr / R, V. parks line.
It seems to me that we are too silent
in our effort to achi eve recognition .
Just yesterday I happened to be out in
the desert near Palmdale. a place
ca lled Three Sisters, where for years
ca m pe rs, bikers, dune buggers, etc.
themselves.
Suddenly
e nj oy e d
yesterday th e police ca ug ht up with us
corning from all directions (a car. a
jee p and a Chopper) a nd told us and
th e rest of th e families that were
camped there to leave and never
return, that we wer e trespassing o n
private (u nposted) property in L. A.
Cou nty . They told us to mo ve a few
mi les into another county and that we
wou ld n't be distu rbed th ere - th is was
of co urse L.A, Co unty po lice so a ll
th ey wanted to do was pass t he buck.
W hy do n't we do like th e Civil
R ights demonstrators and jam up the
civic ce nte r with a few thousand
trucks, jeeps, campers, trailers and
bikes ? Then maybe they'll decide to do
som ething about us.
MAUR ICE E, MAURIZI
Granada Hills, CA
