Thanks to Catharles Aura
and friends
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Carter ORV ban
Houston Super-X
CBS
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Ellis. Di Stefano split twin bill
Super-cycles
Charlotte Nat'l
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Ken ny is King of Experts. Baldwin
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Enduro. ORA - ride it whileyou can.
Products.. .. .. .•. . . . 17,18
Evaluated . spotlighted . and so met imes assassinated
Burleson double boogie. 20
King Richard dominates Nationa l
Can dealers help?
Enduro season openers
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Free Wheeling
Daytona Speedway
W e are a No rt'hern Ca lifo rnia
m otorcycle dea lershi p ca te ring to th e
offroad
m arket.
Recentl y we've
not iced a decrease in No rt he rn
Ca lifo rnia race co verage . W e are
obvious ly a very active race a rea as t he
Cycle Ne ws Ca lendar of Events will
bear out.
Ovr CN customers are becoming
increasing ly tired of reading several
pages of Southern California events
and arrivi ng at maybe two pages of
North coverage, If this is because of a
lack of enthusiasm on the part of loca l
journalists.
perhaps
Northern
California mo to rcycle dealers could be
of some help. Perhaps the wives or
girlfriends or local racers would be
interested in writing some race
coverage. instead of standing around
wishing t heir boyfriend or husband
would take up some other sport.
Let us know if we can help.
Visiting Ca lifornians do some business
West
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Ellis back on top of the stadium cross pile. .photo byJim Gianatsis.
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It 's ti me for m e to say tha n ks to the
kind folks who too k ca re of me a nd got
m y_ gear off the desert at t he
Brushbuster's Hare and Ho und. Tim
Fagg of the Zebras got m e breathing
half normal , laid me out. and treated
me for shock. He stayed with me for
over an ho ur and then led Rescue 3.
Unit 41 in to me.
Donna Nichol (a nurse) kept m e
squared away on the back board. and
did a good n umber on my atti tude.
Her husband is one hell of a fine four·
wheel driver. He missed as many
bumps as possible.
Thanks also to all of the unknown
riders who carried the m essage to th e
radio units , a nd a lso to the two turkey
vu ltures (Carharles Aura) circli ng
overhead to mark m y position.
PAT RI C E
Ol 7X
Lomita , CA
Ponderosa races snuffed
On Marc h 6. th ere was supposed to
be a hare scra m bles ra ce at th e
Po nderosa In n , ea st of Lancaster on
Avenue J. On t he fifth I left, wit h
ca m pi ng gea r a nd m y CZ , from Santa
Maria fo r a three a nd o ne half hour
drive to the site. T he nex t morning ,
there was a Sheriffs ca r t here telling
bikers to stay off the road . Fin e , cars
have their rights too. About a n ho ur
later though , he was ba ck say ing t hat
t he sponsoring club (Greyhou nds) .
had to produce written pe rmission to
use the land . W e didn't have it so the
officer patched through to try to find
t he owner; he couldn't be fo und - we
couldn 't race.
W hat got m e especially ticked
though , was the follo wing incident. I
got my refu nd and th ought 'a bo ut
taking m y b ike around the course .
W rong again . the word got passed
around t hat we have to leave quick or,
the Sheriffs (by this time there was a
ca r a nd a helicop ter) would get out
thei r pads a nd start writin g! So I left.
But, goi ng down th e road ; I saw
another Sheriff headed out. I must
assu me that his presence was "vital"
because of the nature of us " terrible
bik ers."
I ha ve th e right to rid e and race th e question is - where' Please send
m e in fo on o rganiz ations interested in
protecting bik ers ' rights?
DA VID NEWMAN
Santa Maria, CA
Your best shot with an existing
organization is Moto rcycle Owners,
Riders, Enthusiasts (M .O.R .E.), P. O.
Box 26062, Sacra mento, CA 95826,
Ph: (916) 36J ·9609. Since M . O.R.E. is
a volunteer-action group, you'll very
likely get out of it about what you put
into it. It appea rs that the continually
harassed riders of the eastern Antelope
Valley need to tie into an existin
M. O.R .E. Chapter, or f orm one 0
their own. It 's going to ta ke lots 0
plain old spadework to. preserve an
riding rights in that area . . . Ed .
