Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.' (Continuedfrom pag e 2) 28 an investigat ion . into all its imp licat ions . We are evaluating options which include possible legal action on behalf of AMA members ." President Carter issued E.O . 11989 one da y after his environmental message to Congress . Th e or d e r amends Pr esident Nixon's E.O . 11644 , which mandated off-road ve h icl e management on publ ic lands sin ce it was issued in 1972 . The amendments outlined in E.O . 11989 increase the authorit y of land use agency heads to close public land to ORVs, but place greater restrict ions on the use of that authority than th e proposed CEQ version which leaked in March . The original CEQ version , if issued . would have resulted in blanket closure of public la nd to O RVs . W hen the CE Q draft was lea ked to off-road interests, it to uched off one of the most inte nse politi cal a ction campaigns in the history of organized motorcycling. The resu lt was a flood of protests which delayed issuance of E.O. 11989 by sev era l week s 'a nd slightly ch a nged the content of th e order itself. The new orde r di ctates that "t he respective agency he ad" will close a tr ac t of publ ic land " whe neve r he dete rm ines th at th e use of off-ro ad vehi cles will ca use o r is c a usi ng co nsidera ble adverse effec t on th e soil, vege ta tio n , wildlife , wildlife hab itat or cu lt ura l or histori c resources . . ." Assoc iate Dir ect o r o f th e AMA Legislat ive Department Ro b Ra sor co m me nted, " H e re in lies t he big differ enc e from the CEQ wor di ng . Its version would hav e d ictated th at la nd ' use age ncy heads -close any la nd a rea OR V- re la ted a bo u t whi ch envi ro nme nta l question s wer e raised , regardless of whe the r th ose qu est ion s had any basis in fact. "U nde r th e new wording, two key things are d ifferent. First , any ac tion taken must include an opportunity for publi c participation as. outlined in Section 3 of E.O. 11644 . Secondly, th e respective agen cy head must make a co nsc io us dete rmination about the environmental impact of O RVs. The AMA 's Wa shington attorneys advise that this shou ld preclude closure in reaction to false cha rges or frivo lous lawsu its. In order to close land, the la nd age ncy head must be a ble to document that ORVs definitel y a re ca us ing o r will ca use conside ra ble adv ers e effec t on the envi ronment. " Also included in E .O . 11989 is Sect ion 9(b ). writt en by th e CEQ to resolve a question regarding Bureau of Land Management (BLM) author ity as ou t line d in Pr esident Nix on 's E.O . 11644 . In a draft en vir onm ent al impact sta tement written in respon se to a sui t brought agai nst th e -BLM by the Wildl ife Federation . th e Bu reau claimed it did not have th e ' a u rho rirv to close land in the manner dict at ed b~ the co u rt. Sect ion 9(b ) of th e new exec ut ive orde r is designed to provide t hat a ut hority . " T he re al need for this sec tio n remains a big question m ark in ou r minds," Ra sor sa id. " In th e issue paper which th e CEQ wrote in a n eff ort to j ust ify it s version of this ex ecutiv e order , the o p in io n is expressed that the BLM already has the-necessary authorit y. But since the two agencies disagree on th e matter , that is being accepted as justification for giving the authority to th e BL M once again . " Un fort u nate ly. Section 9(b) was not cha nged by the Pres ide nt. Loose ly' interpreted , it provides very broad closure power affecting hundreds of th ou sands of square mites pres entl y bein g used for off-ro a d mot orcyclin g . Th e re a re ' m an y p ossibl e leg al im plica tio ns in th is sec tio n whi ch ou r atto rneys a re pr esentl y invest igating ." ,. >x 0.. <0: II: Cl 5 x 0.. Cl Z ~ U <0: II: o II: s ~ >- " J'", , " ,.."". I ." , ,.. /1,,,, '"~''''''' , "' .. Environmental-case: "Stop the world; I want You.to get off!" " Trn an en vironmen talist ." the New Yorker cartoon la dy annou nces to a party guest . "I suppose that frig htens you ." It frightens me . I am sca red by arrogant powe r. I am shocked , outraged by t he violen ce the environrnentality is doing to Am erica. I don't mean just us bikers , either . Is th ere anyon e who ha s not been hurt by enviro nme ntal zea lots? They trample human rights from the redwood for ests to th e d eepsea waters , crying , in effec t , "Sto p the world ; I want you toget om" Environmentalists are t he ene mies of the people, No human need ha s been found compelling enough to move them ba ck on e ste p. Nor are they satisfied with 50 % of the land in America kept out of people's reach they want it all. One lady whom I interviewed shortly after she had been appointed to a high government post admitted tha t her a im , and th e dream of her fellow Sierra Clubbers , was to make the entire sta te of California one big state park! They would prohibit farmers from plowing, fishermen from fishing ; how wou ld we be fed ? Who will pay the welfare bill for all th ese breadwinners? "T he u nemployed government ' will import food a nd support th e un em ployed ," a nswers the environmenta list . Unfortunately , the government is us when it comes to paying ta xes. but not us , the wor king publ ic. when it concerns "governmen t-owned" land . Environmenta l-cas es ha ve crea ted a fifth column within th e U.S. bureaucracy that will no t be easy to dislodge. They have infiltrated eve ry level of the government a nd new mega -bureaus hav e been crea ted bv com p lia nt politicians to em ploy greater armies of anti -people paper shufflers. Their mission is to take away our jobs, our recr eation , ou r independence , our very right to exist as human beings. You may th ink the environmentalists are pro· hiker , but they hate hikers almost as much as they hate the rest of us . Some 'have suggested that we attack hikers as _ being even more "destructive " of nature than bikers , but that would merely speed u p the next step in th e anti -people program . Ped estrians are next on the enviro nmental hit list. How can we fig ht back in our own defense? I don 't know. Letters to W ash ingto n haven't wor ked ; demonstra tio ns d idn't help t he loggers, Do we ho ld th e little lady in t he New Yorker cartoon host ag e unti l ou r demands are met ? Does a nyo ne haveany id eas out th er e? • Charles Clayton '--- - - - -- - - ---'- ---::-__c=- .J iE M ike Montgomery (13) an d Don Gri gsby (1) move some dirt in t h e Open Expert rac e at t he Els inore T.T. Peters doesn't ride like a novice; wins D-37 TT novice class By Andi Gangewer - . ELSINO RE , CA , MAY 22 The 350 /500 Open Novice race a t the Ricers M .e. D-37 TT co nsisted of some novices that didn't ride like novices, In the first race it was Dave Pet ers who led th e show on a 650 Triumph. Pet ers was pretty well set for th e victo ry an d so was Kell y Tem pleto n - or so he thought. J ohn Wells kept a close watch on Templeton and as soo n as he sa w some daylight . he stepped in on th e final lap to put Kelly down to th ird . Stan Kemp (350 Hon) did a fantasti c job of playing ca tc h up . From a starting position of sixth , he picked off one rider after another until the wh ite flag signaled "last cha nce ." and Kem p went on to follow John Wells past Templeton. Moto two was the on .... in which Wells read th e starter exac tly right and once out in front , he let the others eat his dust. Peters and Kemp were both tryi ng to place their two bikes into second p lace . After som e deba ting ove r who it wou ld be , Kem p ,won out a nd pu t Peters down to third . The fina l mo ro was the clincher . and Kemp really got clin ched. .One rider got squirrelly a nd cu t him off a t the pass . Out fro nt. it was Peters. bound a nd determined to ta ke the win . T empleton (500 Yam ) was held to second a fter working overtime to keep Wells behind .him . The overa ll sta nd ings turned ou t with Dave Peters on to p, John Wells second and Stan Kemp third . ~! ik e , ! ont gome ry had easy pic kin's \ [he 50 0 Am a teu r cIass . in Montgomery's 500 Yamaha led the way throughout th e race . Second was Dway ne Locke just a nose in fro nt of Dave Reinha rd t. There was qui te a change of leaders the second moto , Dyla n Nie hart got t he jump off th e line but Mo ntgomery had the will to win a nd that's just what he did . Dwayne Lock e was seco nd , but Vince Landry pushed on Locke and Dwa yne cou ld n 't hold up' under the pressure . Niehart followed in Landy's wak e a nd Locke was pushed down to fou rt h. • Montgom ery got a n awful start in the final moto a nd 'was ca ught in a tr affi c ja m through out th e . entir e race . Landry wheel ed his 360 Yamaha int o the lead had held on for a ll he was worth . There was no cha nge in pos ition this race and the fina l outcome was Landry , Reinhardt (360 Yam ), and disappointed but still overa ll winner Montgomery in third . Jeff Springman really did a job on th e 250 Exp erts. Three wins earned !,im th e trophy, and the much desired points to move him closer to the Number One plate . Danny Perkins stuc k in the re for seco nd after som e c r ush ing a n d clos ing fro m R ich ie Volk . Vo lk was in pitching th e second race, and rod e right on Springman's rear wheel all th e way , but Springman saw himself as the victor , a nd on one was go ing to shatter t hat dream. Volk had added worries besides gaini ng t he lead . He had to worry about Larry Bird cu tti ng him ou t of th e seco nd spot. But everyon e hu ng on and Sp ringman , Vo lk, and Bird finished in that orde r . Volk got a taste of the acti on. a nd some d irt , in th e fina l race . On lap one Yo lk ha d th e lead , but on ly for a la p . The second lap Springman ed ged past and th en Yolk got a go od close look a t th e tra ck . Nose to th e gr ound . Perkins p icked up where Yolk left off and ushered Bird in for third , Perkins was second overa ll and Bird was third . • Resu lts in Results Section. J o yce Haas was the " nek k id virgin" at t he Mast er Links V irg in Run . ~ o

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