Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

another not ch to th e racing gun. We have had our ups and downs and have gone through a few rough and bumpy areas - that 's m ot ocross, However: in all , I think we have taken a no ther ste p in th e advancement of motocross as a m~ jor spo rt in th is cou ntry. . Our tre me ndous ad va nce me nt is d ue, in part , to m a ny people promot ers , r id ers , offi cia ls , m echanics, press and spectators. I would like to take this oppo rt u nity to thank all of these peop le for their hard work and dedication in helping to take the sport of m ot orcycl ing to th e heights it deserves. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I am looking forward to seeing and working with a ll of you again next yea r . MICHAEL A . DiPRETE AMA Professional Mot ocross Manager W est erville , OH BINSIDE s t 1978 Hondas 6 More cylinders, more valves, more pipes MX de las Amer icas .••.. 8 Western Hemisphere champ ionship 10 EI Tria l de Espana Schreiber's bike speaks the languag e, 12 Desert The Donkeys' tale. Enduro . and Nevada Championship , Mosier's Maico Works 18 2O Paperwork prep plan • LA. Trade Tech. '.' ... . . 22 College for wrenches Street is Neat .. . ... • . . . 25 Western hotline 26 Northern dateline . . . . . . 38 Central pipeline 42 Results . . . . • . • . •... -• . . . 44 Motocross Cat . • . •: 45 Calendar 47 ON T HE FRONT- PAGE: Souvenirs, stickles, and paraphernalia montage by Chuck Clayton. .Photo by Dennis Greene. Charles C. Clayton . Presiden t Bobi SCOlC . Aut. to the President . Sha ron Clayton , Publisher Edn a M ~t D n . Secretary to rhe Publ ishe r Advertising Debbi e Wilkins. Sales Mgr . Jim·Ryan. Salea MgT. SkipJohmon . S.. ln Mgt". C h r~ Kolb et , Assistant. Central concern Sun's stocker I would like to poi nt out an error in recent Cycle News ' Ya maha's advertisement regarding the Anaheim Supercross race . They state that, aside from Bob Hannah, .. . . . nine of the top 10 finishers were astride hand-built , no-other-bike-like-it. works machines." The people at Yamaha must have overlooked the fact that Chuck Sun finished in the; topI 0 (seventh) at the Anaheim race. Chuck's bike was anything but one of a kind , being a production 1978 250 CR Husqvarna • - hand built yes. but then again all . Husqvarnas are hand built. Chuck went on to clinch the TransAMA 250cc class championship the week after Anaheim , on the ' identical bike that is on the floor of local Husky dealers right now , Hu sqvarna has always raced production ma chinery, not just on chosen occasions. JOHN PAVICH Regional Sales Manager Husqvarna Mot orcycle Co . , Inc . . Laguna Bea ch , CA _ Editorial KSI conqrats Charles Morey. Ma nagi ng Edi tor , Dale Brown. Ed itor . Bria n Geo rge . A ~ btant Editor . I would like to compliment the Knobby Shop International for the great job they did a t the Fo ur Stroke Internationals. The racing was excellent, some serious and some just out for a good time : Also , thanks to Cycle News for your excellent coverage of the race . But someone forgot one little thing: They make small four strokes tool There was ' a 150cc Sportsman class , Novice and Amateur. which wasn 't even listed in the results , let alone in the a rticle, These guys prepare and put out a lot for th is special once a year race and deserve some credit. Graphics and Production Produ ct ion : Judy Klin~r . J an Gill. Typo. gr aphy: Mari on Hatashira . Donna C aba rd . Lab orat ory Production : De-nnis G reene . Accounting Mike Klinger . Manager. Jeanne Hammond . . Aceu Receiva ble. Pam ela Dicke rson . Aslot. Accu.. Recei vabl e. Juanita Bla nton. Collection a nd Cre-dit Circulat ion Rheba Smit h. Man age r . Dia ne f elton . Debbie Dra yden . Sa ndi McKa y. AssUtants . ..- - Services and Support Jim Pisa~tl. Linda Baca , recepuonier. West no t Cherry AYe'•• Long Beach . CA P.O . Box 498. Lon g lkach .CA90SO I (213) 421·1433: L.A. Lin. 636· 8844 . East P.O . Boll 80S. Tucker. GA 30084. (404) 9M · 1850. Subscription One year. second c lass ma il. SIS; ! yra n . secon d claSi ma il. 127 ; 3 yean . seco nd c1 .J.SI mail. S~7 .50. . 4· CopyrigIK © eyek N..... Inc . 1971. Trademark CyCle News registered U.S . Patent Offitt. All righu reserved. Pubt.. bed Wt tbe font and last week of the calendar year by Cycle. New•• Inc., P.O. Box 498 . Long Beach. Cali . fornia . Second class ~ta~ paid at Long Beach , CA 90801. Cycle News welcomes unsolicited editorial materia1 inc luding stories . cartoons. phOIOS, etc . Su ch material, 'if published , become. tbe exclus ive copyright proprny of Cycle News . Such accepted material is subjec t to revision as is nec~rr in the ~e disc~tio!, of Cycle New• . Unsolicited m4llten4ll1 which " IS nOI used will be returned if accompanied by a . sel f-a dd ressed stamped envelope. All unsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care , however Cycle N~ assumes ' no respo nsibility for the safery . lose or damage to such material. Reprinting in whole or pan o nly by permiu ion of the pub lishers . Ad vertisi ng ra tn and circulation mformation will be sent upon rrquol. SeeS.R .D .S. RANDY SCHWALENBERG Santa Barbara, CA riders come to Amateur events , blatantly break the rules and then are defended in a publication like Cycle News' District ~6 has a set of ru les that a pply to every rider of sa nct io ned events within the District , no matter who they are. The rule book 'sta tes, "Participants in Cross Country events may not ride the course within 48 hours of . the time they are due to start." At the November I ~ Wilseyville hare scrambles R ick Hocking was caught riding the course Saturday, 24 hours before the event. During the event Hocking was observed by club spotters cutting the course on three separate occasions, On the third instance. Mr. Hocking cut approximately one-quarter mile off the course by the gas pits. At this point , 1 had already disqualified him but was deluged by incensed spectators. riders , pit crews and club members to take action against this rider before he hurt someone. , I personally feel that any rider who knowingly breaks the rules of our sport does himself and all of us a great injury. But possibly a greater injury is inflicted when Mr. W,H . Spencer, an official of the district in which' the events are run casts the rule book aside and defends the wrong doer in a Cycle News race report. BR AD TEEGAR DEN Referee , Polka Dots M C Sacramento, CA Dear Cycle News bossperson ... Cycle News is the most important piece of literature in our house. We think you do an excellent job of production , and you have a great bunch of writers . and photographers. Give those boys and gals a nice Xmas bonus! • MRS . LANAJ , RUNDLE Pleasanton. CA What a great idea '-Ref eree's reaction What has ha p pened to Our sport when National caliber professional Onward, upward Editor and thanks Another race season ' has come and gone, and I feel we have added I've just been looking over the December 7 issue of Cycle News .West, and fra nkly, I'm worried. I re me m ber when Cycle News Central was moved to CN West and articles and pic tures were run in abunda nce. Well , if Centra l Pipeline gets any smaller, I won 't be ab le to find itl Ca n this really represent the 10-15 centra l U.S. states? R . TOMLINSON Corsicana, TX One of our New Year 's resolutions (also our n ew editor's resolution) is to • im pro ve both qua nt ity and quality of Central Pip eline co verage. You'll notice a note to [reelancers in this week 's Poop column. Sometime shortly after January I , we 'll make personal contract with fo rme r Central cont ributo rs and see wha t we can do to g et th em umting and' snap ping photos onc e again . . . Edit or. Tulare Cvcle ,=,ark needs heraldry . The City of Tulare Parks and Recreation Department has recently completed construction. ' of a twenty acre off- road cycle riding park. The facility, the on ly one of its kind in central California , will be utilized for a co mb ination of motocross events and recreational riding. As an agency closely connected with th is recreational pasttime, it would be most apprecia ted if ava il able m iscellaneous park accessories suc h as fl ags, banners ; erc. , could be forwarded to our Department: Parks and Recrea tion Department. City of Tulare, 411 E. Kern Ave . • Tulare, CA 9~274 . KEVI N J. BAK ER Recreation Superintendent Pub lished letters do no t necessarily re flect t he position of Cycle News, Inc . Send le tters to Voic es. Box 498. Long Beach. CA 90801.

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