Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

tr« U } 1\11' (N ational continued from pag e 9) political 1111 11{()~11~1> 1>\\11'1 ~I~(' I ~II I ()I{ S I I{ I< ) 1 -, ( )\11'1.111 (II{ Trophy Race 250/370 lUI SUZUKI 9" of Travel /:l" of travel for Betor, Cerian i, Kawasaki, CZ , Suzuki, Yamaha, Mon tesa, Penton, KThI, ., Hodaka. Designed for aIT or spri ng . better dampening - sm oo th er action - more con trol - longer travel. T he fron tend kit that beats them all. Iree' 800-854-4691 Deaier or Direct ) '(., IlLlj' PO BOX 1321 Hesperia. CA 92345 714·2472646 Takes Good Care of Your Threads The Oakland Corporation Barrell Rd , Troy, Mich. 48084 - - All lnillakes 10 L wg ic;i ng y o u r ; ld Vt~rt ca m pd ign Is a phone call 1 0 the advert ising d epartme nt .n Cvcle News 213.- 427-7433 DE ALERS ATTENTION ~, 1.'~~~c,es NO~ toJ\o\ot ?attS \\~ 40 C U.S. Forest Closures Fifteen ·of the U.S. National Forests in California are under a Stage Two Closure. The U.S. Forest Service Regional Head- 90 day mOlley back guaralltu 1893 M .O.R.E. from Californ ia By Russ Sanford out of state call ton T/~'J~ U made no difference , for on the restart it was a ll Crabbe again . H is ru na way win led Skip Aksl and a nd Vi nce Mead's self-spo nso re d Ha rley ac ross th e lin e . ORDER DIRECT ;:' EA L ERS ON L V I f-fERCULES DIST . LI ST . 98 2 7 Mas on Av ', Chat sworth . Ca. 91 3 11 . 12 13188 2,8 272 quarters advises that this closure was prompted , by the "tinder - box " condition of all of the forests . despite the recent rains . The USFS explains that a Stage One Closure m eans campfires can only be had in designated campgrounds . A Stage Two ' Closure means that motorized vehicles may only be operated upon designated and signed adm inistrative roads, and that smoking may onl y be done in closed automobiles and in designated campgrounds , A St a ge Three Closure is a complet e closure to all of the public . Personally. I don't want 10 go nea r the National Forests in th eir present condition. primarily due to the fa ct . that I might be tr apped by a . fire caused by someo ne ' else's ignorance. And I certa inly would hate to lea rn of a sit u ation wherein a for est fire was caused by an off-road vehicle . But I am more ind igna nt about be ing treated as a second-class ci tize n. Logging operations , chai n saws, hikers , backpackers , ho rsem en , hunters , and fishermen are still all ow ed throughout the National Forests under a ' Stage Two Cl osure . Supposedly, person~ in volved in such , activit y will not be allowed to build fires or smoke except in' designated campgrounds, but does anyone truly believe that will happen? I If you would like to express your feelings on this subject , you can. write ' to Mr. Douglas Leisz , Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service, 630 Sansome Street, San Francisco , CA 9411 1. " But whatever you do, if you go into the National Forests be ' certain to sta y on the designated and signed roa ds (You know , the ones wit li the markings on posts like TN31 , et c.) . It a p pea rs that all trails are out, unless they have such markings. Stage Two Closure will be lifted just as soon as fire conditions im p rove. Kern Plateau trails are open to O~ V's in Sequoia National forest , • Rhodes joins unemployment ranks Herbert Rhodes has been ousted as Director of California's Department of Parks and Recreation . Official word from the Governors office came early Friday. September 2, Russell Cahill , 39 , cu rre nt Dire ctor of Parks and 'Recrea tion in Ala ska has been named to replac e Rhodes . It is our understandingvat th ist im e . that Rhodes will move 10 a positi on o n th e California Un empl o ym e nt Insura nce Appeal s Board . So fa r , the on ly i n fo rm a t io n r eg a rd in g t his un exp ected cha nge of com ma nd is Rryu=fficial . • The first t h re e laps of th e "co nso la t io n " r a ce we re le d b y Connect icut's Ray Lega ry, b ut he was bu mped back 10 second by Terry Poovey on t he fou rth la p , again to fou rth by Skip Aksland a nd Rand y Goss on the six t h lap , and t he n to fifth by Rick H ock in g a nd his Yama ha . Aksland m oved into th e lea d o n th e ninth lap. Poovey and Goss stayed right with Aksland , but the win we nt to th e )'o ung Californian . Roberts d ecided no t to sta rt th e Trophy Ra ce a fte r having fin ish ed sixt h in his sem i. " W e tr ied a softer com po un d tir e in th e semi. Sure d idn't work , di d it?" sai d a d own Ro ber ts , National Mike Kidd held th e pole po siti on as a result of having turned in th e fa stest he at - and from the penalty lin e , remember? J oining Kidd on th e front row were Hank SCOll, Freeman , Gary SCOll. Ingram . Eklund , Boody, and Davidson. Occupying the second row for the 20 ·lap ra ce were Keen er . Springsteen , Lawwill , Sch aeffer , Eves . and Crabbe. It wa s obvious by t he end of the -second lap th a t the win , barring a ny mechanical problems or ger -offs, was going to ei ther Hank SCOll o r Mike Kidd, The pair walked away from the remainder ,of the field , wh ich was being led a rou nd by Ga ry SCOll. Kid d got by SCOll o n the ou tside going into turn three and -he ld off Hank's repeated attempts to pass for the rest of th e race . Third place , a lt ho ug h held by Ga ry SCOll at the end of every lap. was for grabs th roughout th e race . Keen er got by Scott d own the backstraight on th e 13th lap , but SCOll took it ba ck down th e front stra ight. The Scotr/Keener battle was joine d by Eklund and Boody o n th e 15th lap , and Eklund got by Keener a lap later 10 hold off both Keener a nd Boody to the finish. • Behind the front runners th e sto ry was mostly "follow the leader ," since the track's groove prevented any passing, Jay Springsteen got by Bill y Schaeffer on the 14th lap to settle into his ninth finish ing position, . pulling Lawwill past Schaeffer at th e same time . Lawwill dropped back to 12th at th e fin ish . Dropping out of th e race were Billy Eves in the ea rly laps when " oil out of 'the breather tube got on m y rear tire and put m e sideways on th e straight, " and Willie Crabbe, whose Harley's " o il plug came out and the brakes went away. " up Points race thriller - o n to Syracuse With only five races remaining, the '77 points battle is shaping u p as one which could possibly top even last ' year's in the race to motorcycl ing's most coveted number one money. Next week ' the venue will be the Syracuse Mile, the world's fastest mile b y virtue of last year's record performances by Rex Bea uch am p , who turned in a 97 .64 mph qualifying lap and Jay Springsteen, who won the ra ce at a mile record average of 97 .5 I0 mph . • Results NATIONAL 120laps, 8 m in . 31.52 sec.l; 1. Mik e Kidd IH·D}. 2. Hank Scott IH-D}' 3. Gary Scott (H·D). 4. Steve Eklund (H-D)' 5. Corky Keener {H,DI. 6. Ted Boody (H0 ).7. Ted Davidson (Yaml . 8. Steve Freeman (H·O). 9. Jay Spring steen IH·DI, 10. Bill Schaeffer (H·D). 11 Ed Ing ram (H-D). 12. M ert l awwil1 IH-D). 13. Wille Crabb e IH·DI, 14, Bill Eves {H·D}. , TROPHY RACE: 1. Skip Aksland (H·D). 2. Terry Poovey (H-D). 3. Rand y Goss IH-Dl. 4. Rick Hocking (Yam). 5. Ray legary IH-DI. 6. Vince Mead (HoD). 7. Bubba Rush (H·D!. 8. George RichtmeyP.f (Yam). ' 9. Brent l o we IH-DI. 10. Billv Burbank IH-Dl. VOICE OPTBE WEST Bulta cos . Everv tim e I see an ad for Bulraco , I get ~o ~ad I could lear the damn Ihing to p ic-res. They hrag about t he great warram y and th ..ir bik ..s. I bought one of their junks and hav .. never be ..n ripped '" had in mv lifc , T his is' m\,- fourt h MX bi ke , a 1976 250 Pu rsa n,~.. a garbag.. man's delighr l Everyarrich- I r..ad said this bike is " the priva teer's a nswer;" or " it ha ndl es grea t ;" or " it's so fa st !" T h..y never m .. m io n how to k.... P it tog" t he r fo r one who le ran' day . In 10 m onths I ha ve used tilt' b ike 10 ti;"es. most of whic h was break -in time . At two we.. ks old and its fir st ra ce , th e " new . improved lo w end goes to hell . T he dea I.. r tell s rne it will be six 10 eight we... ks.. (he fa ctory doesn 't have t lu- parts because so rn a n y others broke before mine . B ul ra co l n u-rnutiona l ~a\e me a break an d rx t e nd .. d my GO -d ay warrarnv unril th .. hike was fix..d .. 10 weeks lai l'L Se cond ra ce and th e tran smission breaks. I' m wid t ha t I wasn't USi'.')1; th .. clut ch tu shift and t hat caus..d the breakag.. , Eight wee ks later : no parts at - ti,.. f acr orv for the " i rn p r o ved transmis~i on "' "It look anorher ej~ht w.... ks for the parts and S 138 . ' Th ird ~ra c t" and thl' lower end g-0{'S - ag a i n . with no m ore i han 10 hours rot a I on the hik .., So (h" H' it sits aft .. r another S i lO. new and shining: and co llect in g" dust in t1](' ga rag" . Thes« an" JUSl a ft,W n -asons why I wish ti lt' w hok- da mn Bult aco [actorv would bl ow III h.. lI! ' MIK ED UVIEILII New O rl.. a ns. LA Kasey strikes out Kas ey Rogers ha s made hist oryl Sh e has set women's racing back 10 years. The Women 's National was a very im p o rt a nt event fo r wom en m otorcycl e riders . H ow sad that it was so poorly organ ized 'a nd publicized. The sco re kee pe rs scr ewed up , Kasey crea ted havoc at awards tim e and th e pit-rootsie rac e was a money-makin g farce. (They were prom ised 20 minutes and got less tha n eig ht for $8 .00) , Kasey's favorit ism for certain riders was very obvious and re cognition to lesser finishers was a slap in the face . . SYBLE MILLER Calexico , CA Whereatho n t hat marathon7 I am trying to find some info on a marathon-type race held in Colorado. If you have the name of th e club and their address , could you let m e know? JIM GUFFETH Fresno , CA Th ere is an eight hour desert race coming up Octob er 2, in Grand J un ct ion , Colo . Th e Desert Scramblers, PO Box 411 , Grand Ju nction, CO 81501 would be th e clu b to co ntact , For more info rmation , chec k out the calen da r listing f or that 'event in t his issue : , .ed.

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