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IINSIDE ~ AMA Grand National Championship/Camel Pro Series. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6 00 l' CMC/Suzuki Golden State Series 10 · t 0') 1""""1 Eklund ~~ as Astrodominator Magoo. Shultz. Richter battle Mother Nature Desert Hotline. . . . . . . . . 11 CRC ha re scram blers How to ride like the Hurricane. . . . . . .• .. . . . . 12 Park planner Pete Cuthbert on his first trail ride . courtesy MIC. Braking without breaking Western hotline Impression: Yamaha IT400E 13 MIC land use ~ planning ; u conference JI 16 Enduro machine for the masses? Northern dateline Central pipeline Results Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . .. WantAds Dealers and service directory ... : . . . . . . . . .. Motocross Cat coloring contest 20 21 22 24 28 31 . 32 ON TH E FRONT PAGE: Steve Eklund receivesthe glory of two wins at the Astrodome. Photo by Charles Morey. Cha rln C . Clayton . President Bob i Scot t. A»t. to tbe President Sha ron Clilyton , Pu blisher Edna Mewt on , Secretary to t he Pu blishe r Advertising Jim Ryan . SOlin Moinaget' . La rry Little . Sa ln M ~n~~r, Margot Bergman. Sal es M ana~r . Chris Kelber. Assist~nt . Editorial Cha rlo Morey . M ~ n a Ki ng Editor , Da le Brow n. Editor . Bri a n George . Assistant Edi tor . Graphics and Production Sur Morq'. Jan Gill , Prod uct ion . . Marion Ha tas hira , Don na Gabard . T ypolVap hy. Dennis Greene. La boratory Producti on . Accounting Mikr Klinger , Manager. jeanne Ha mmond . Accra, Receivable. Natalie Magee, Asst. Accts. Rec eiva ble . Ju an ita Blaee c e . Coll ect ion an d Credit . Circulation Rhe ba Sm it h. Manager. Debbie Drayden . Rob in Holbert , Sandi McKay . Kathy Boae. AWstanta. Services and Support Linda Baca. Rece pnon isr. Ji m Pisarru. S&S. West ZZOl Chrny Ave .. Long Beach. CA P.O. Box 498 . Long Beach. CA 90801 (2 15) 4 27 ·7 4 ~ ~ : L. A. Line 6~6 ·8844 . East 4 190 Fin t A~e .. Tucker. GA . T uckn-. 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AU unsolicit ed mOiteriOi I will be hand led with rea sonable ca rr. however Cycle N~ assumn no respcreibil ity for rbe uff"ty. km or da mage to such ma terial. Reprinting in who le or pan onl y by permission of the ~b lishrn. Ad~rn islng ra t('S a nd circ ulatio n Inform a tion will be sent upon req uest . See S.R.D .5 . Reduce AMA Board by one For the past three years. I served as a Trustee of the AMA . To set th e ru mors aside. I am not going awa y mad . I am just going away. There are pressing business reasons and I feel I can do more for the AMA as an ordinary "A" member than as an industry representative . My resignation offers the AMA a unique opportunity. I wou ld u rge th e members to take advantage of th e fact that th e Board is now sm aller by one person and leave it that wa y. T here is . no need to keep adding me mbers to an already cumbersome governing body. There is. how ever. an even greater opportunity that will a ffec t all members in a ll classes. I re fer to the position of President of th e AM A . The President will be chosen Feb. 20. I u rge all of you to support Roger Hull . of Road Rider magazine . to fill that post . Please bear with me for a few moments and read on . Ro ger Hull has credibility. T he road rider segment of the market needs attention a nd recognition. Roger Hull . having spen t the past yea r as a Boa rd member. can address that problem. I have d iscussed this with Roger and although he is not anxious to take on th e awesome responsibility, I know he will serve (by the way , the job pays nothing) even though he will have to give up some of the responsibility of runni ng his own magazine. If you are a member of the AMA and agree or d isagree wit h m e , you have your chance to make your views known. Class " B" mem bers can attend th e meeting Februa ry 20 in Cincinna ti . Ohio. Class A me m bers can contact their A representative on th e Boa rd or send a letter di rectly to the AMA . Box 14 1. Westerville. O hio 4308 1. Mot orcycling has some serious p roblems. Taking a wai t a nd see attitu de is not the answer. Get involved now or suffer the consequences la ter. JOHN D. W YCKOFF Drag Spe cialties Attention dez racers I would like to take this opportunity to formall y say th a t it really hurts me _ inside, bu t as of now I am a retired desert racer. Yep . I've hung up th e 01' helmet. . My deepest thanks go to each and everyone of you who have helped me ou t th rough th e yea rs. Without any of you the majorit y of my raci ng would not have bee n possib le. I would like to tha nk Dal e a nd Arl ene Dorman . and especially Annett e and J ack McEv oy a nd the rest of th e Pa ck Rats for everything . T ha nks everyone , it's been real fun! MIKE VORNDRAN Redon do Beach , CA Where is LA.T.n After reading you r article on the L.A. Trade T ech. School in the January 11th issue, I became quite interested in a tt ending. Unfortunately you guys left out the address of whe re I can get more in fo . BRAD JONES Columbia. CA 400 West Washington Blvd .. Angeles, CA .. . . Editor Los Much obliged. friends I wou ld like to thank a ll th e people who su p po rted . and ma de it possible fo r m e to go and race Speedwa y in Australi a . T hanks to Chuck J ones, Bell Helmets, Friedla n der Imports , Don Ca ne. Bill Cod y Products. Bill Cod y. Justice Brothers and Bat es Leathers . PAM " PIN KY" BENN ETT #153 Irvine , CA Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News. Inc . Send letters to Voices. Box 498, Long Beach. CA 90801. By Charles Clayton SAN DIEGO , CA . FEB . 1 and 2 1 lA N Would you pay $15 for a 7-mile trail ride? Me neither. usually, but this was the first southwest "Off-Highway Motorcycle Work· shop" sponso red by th e Mo torcycle Industry Council. The four japanese factories provided playbikes , and some 35 bureaucrats. park planners , ana land managers from the western states met and coughed up the ante to listeD and learn all th e good and bad th ing; about our cu rious form of fun. Aft er th ere was a live the ride. demonstration of everythi ng fr om trials to motocross. 11 T here wer e even a couple of Siena Clubbers along for the ride. £1 Da y one was given over to speech~ a nd conversation at a San Diego motel. T he professional worriers told us what they were worried about. ~, This was the second such "workshop" promoted by Gaml Nichol es, MIC's new people planner consultant. The firs t was iri Utah las: year. MIC ha s discovered the existence of a hitherto unheard of species - tlie " Recrea tion al Playbiker." This is1 tlie person who uses a dirt bike as a mean; of access to other outdoor pasttimes, such as sightseeing, rockhounding , fishing, huntin g , camping, etc . Cycle N ews call s it " bi kep ac king ." MI C would like to hel p th e recreatio n planners p rovide for this kind Cl activi ty. in ad di tion to the long. awa ited ORV parks an d trai ls. O ne thing the ou tin g did . it seemed to in fect a few dozen potential trail bikers with wha t has been ca lled "the motorcycle dise ase ." Most of the quest ions were on the order of, "how m uch d oes one of these nift y little motorcycles cost?" and wh at options are availa ble? Perhaps next the ind ustry sho iild put on a "T ra il Test Ride" for a ll the citizens who m ight have thought they wou ld like trail biking. but never Iia'd a chance to try it. •