Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

., San Jose Mile design ated wild and scen ic. cont ain a p pro xim ate ly 18 tra ils. fou r of which are u sed a lmos t ex cl us ive ly by m otorcycles. - We would like to see it left tha t wav. The Dist ~i ct is asking a ll co nce rn ed pe rsons to please write th e Dept. of Fish & Ga me. W ild & Sce nic Rivers Progra m. 141 6 N in t h Street . Sac ra mento . CA 958 14. no lat er th an Mav 22. 1977 .. T he le tter shou ld incl ude yo ur recommendation th at mot or cvcles not be e xcluded fro m the ri~'er an especially from the It a lia n Ba r T ra il. Euchre Ba r T rail. Mumford Ba r T rail to Bea r roft Trai l. and Sailor Flat T rail to Sailor Flat. · T hese lett ers shou ld be in th e for m of recom m end a tions to the Fish "&' Ga me . Our ne xt ste p is to . mount anot he r letter-wri ti ng ca mpaign to th e State Legislature . who will have th fin al say on th e program handed to them by t he De pt. o f Fish & Game , 8 Scon stars AMA 250 National MX ... 6 DiStefano dominates World Championship SOOMX 10 De-Coste r decima tes 12 World Champion Speaking of the devi l of his authorized story Part 1Il Anglo·American Match Races 16 King Kenny and the Americans conq uer _ Western Hotline . . . .' .. . 20 Gullywhumpers and min i madness 28 30 Motocross Cat Northern Dateline World Championship 250 MX 33 Mosieev m aster s Central Pipeline . .' Results Calendar Want Ads: : 34 38 '. . 41 : ... 44 ON T HE FRONT PAGE: In the first lap at Sanlose, Mike Kidd leads the pack including Chuck Palmgren (38) . Ste ve Eklund ( I I ), Skip Aksland (27) and eventu al winner Gary Scott (5). Photo by Dave Hawkins Clut)" C . Clayt on . Preside nt Bobi Scott . As,§,t . to thr Pres ide nt Sha ron Clayton . Publisher Edna Mewtc n . Secretary to the Publisher I am wr iting to express .:n y tota l dis satisfaction with th e Ca lifo rn ia Department of Fish a nd Gam e's p lan to prohibit off-high wa y vehicles in th e a re a a lo ng th e North Fork of th e American River fro m Co lfax to near Sod a Springs, , As I a m sure you arc aw are . I have aut ho red a ll legislat io n pertaining to off-highway vehicles. In t his rega rd . I a m qui te concerned tha t both stat e and federal for est lands provide mul ti pu r pose use. T oo m a ny times of la te the Sla te Government and the Fed eral Gove rnment have disc riminated against certain uses of our park lands . T his . to me . ~s a pr ime exa mp le of such d iscrimi nation .' GENE CHA PPlE "Assem b lym a n. Ca lif. Legisla ture Sac ra me nto . C A A ssem blyman Chappie sent th is leiter t o J am es B . M cC o rm ick , Deputy Director, Dept . of Fish and Game, 1416 N inth si.. 12th Floor , Sacramento , CA 95814 .. . Ed . Advertising De bbi e W ilkins , 54110 MKT. J im Ryan . Soli n M,ltT . Chris Ko lber. Assistan t . Editorial Chappie opposes American River closures I J ohn D, Ulric h, Editor . Da le Brown , A~..ista ru Editor. Dave Hawk ins . Assistant Editor. Graphics and Production Produ ction : Bonnie Seru rin . Judy Klingrr . Ty pog rap h y: Mari o~ H ar a sb ira . C ar o lyn Bra nh a m . La bo rat o ry Prod uction :" Den nis Cox. Circulation Has the tide turned? Enclosed is a picture tak en in Bend . Oregon . Could it be th at th e tid e has turned ? JI M PETERSON Dirt Diggers M.C . Upl and . Calif. - Miracle Bultaco I wou ld a ppreciate you r pri nti ng th e fo llow ing in a ns we r to M r. Ra y Brurn beloe's (Pro mot ion Coo rdinator Bu lt aco Int e rn at ion al Lt d . ) le tter published in 'C)'d e N ews Nu mber 18. May I I . 1977 : . W e purchased a 1976 Bu lta co 370 P':!rsan g in Novem ber , 197 6. W e own a " motorcycle tha t requi res a m ir acle to finish ." It s total record is: one race at Carlsbad a nd one I I 5-mi le enduro . All t he ot her tim es it has seized , never even gett ing through one mot o . You r success may be legen d ary. bu t for .six months. every weekend . ou r fa ilu re is legenda ry. . We've gon e throu gh two engines . and innumberable: "t ry this and see if it . works." In all fa irness to Bultaco we've paid not hing exce p t for one . piston and three ph on e ca lls to the east coast: But, understandab ly. we were not reimbursed for en try fees. gate fees, traveling (gas. oil, food) . nor our origina l $1500 investmen t. Ther e a re no " pen ned a rt icles" for yo u to consid er unfair o r untru e , however . ou r Bulr aco is well kn own a t th e tracks a nd t ha t spea ks for itself. • Rbe ba Smi t h. Man a ger . Pam Green. Juanita . Bla nton and Diane Felt on . A ~. ist ants . CH ARLIE AND PAT MOORE Sa n Lu is Ob ispo , CA Accounting ~ CaylMlt' Z..io nz, M a na ~ r . Mikr Klingrr . Aut. M,ltr. Jl"'an~ Ha mmo nd . Accts. Receiv able, PatnC'la Dickerson . Aui. Aceta . Receiva ble . Rhonda Van Doren . Collection Dept . American River plan to ban ORV AMA Dist . 36 has learned of th e impen ding recomm en d at ion s of th e Pr el im in ary N orth Fork Ameri can River Man agem ent Plan . which will close to 0 R V s all trails into th e Services and Support Steve Ric::hardson Patti 8air Recept ion ist . . West nOI Chnry A... . . Long Beach . cA ~ P.Q . Box 498. Long Beac h . CA 90801. (!U) 4% 7·7' 5': L.A . Line 636·88.... . ri ver . Th e 48 m iles o f ri ver t o be BRAD TEEG ARDE N Director of Land Use, Distri ct -Sf Sports Co m m ittee . Inc. ] Citrus Heights. CA I Goldwater writes to Fritz Pie cas of Phoenix l :> Secr etary of th e Int er ior Cecil Do' An d rus has m ad e the sta te ment tha t: he docs not plan to im pose a bla nket ba n on th e use of off- road vehicles on pub lic lan ds. T he basic question tha t; must be ad dressed . however . is how. much use is too m uch. I th in k we all agree tha t so me restra int s must be imposed to reduce the potential th reat to some of t he fragi le lands that we a r blessed wit h . _ The stories t ha t yo u have been hea ring refer to a rec~m menda tion b) the Council of Environmental Q ua lity , to Presid ent Ca rte r th at he amend Execut ive Or der #1 1644 :1 have let both the CEQ a nd t he President know th at [ < feel th is is not t he proper way to sol", : t his ve ry se rious p robl em . The' co nce rned gove rn me nt agencies hav e' th e a u t ho rity now to clo se speci fic. a reas th at are in danger from overuse. The Bureau of Land Managem ent is: taking such ac t ion at the 'present tim and I su p port th e proposed regu lat ions th at th ey plan to implement in th e. near futu re tha t will cont ro l th e use of pub lic la nd s by larg e g ro u ps (25 ve h icles ' or m ore ) a n d 'o rga n ized co m pe titive even ts. These regulation s do not ban suc h usc bu t do require a d vance plann in g a nd coo rdina tio n 'wit h th e BLM to insure th at proper safegua rds a re met and if da mage is do ne th e respon sible pa rries can b held accountab le. dh BARRY GOLDWATER United St a tes Senat e Wash in gton : D.C . • R eader Fritz Plecas sen t us Senat or Gold wat er's reply t o Plecas' lett er pr ot estin g f u rt he r rest rict ions 0 11 OR Vs . . . Ed. Eas t P.O . Box 805 . Tucker. GA 78!Xl. ~. (404 ) 9~ · Subscription One year , second c1au m.ail S15; 2 yran. second cla y mail, $27 ; ~ yea rs. secon d class ma il. 1'7.50 . CLASS. ~ "(Mtl ElI I Copyrig ht Cycle Nc:'ws , Inc. 1977 . Trade ma rk register ed U .S. Patent Office . All rights reserved . Published weekly except th e fint and lu t week o r the" calendar year by Cycle New s, Inc . . P.O . 80x 498 . Long Beach . California . Secon d c1iU5 pmta ge paid at Long Beach . CA 90801. Editorial stori es . cartoons . pboeoe. et c . are welcom e . 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