Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Hayes announces Governor's support of new Sagebrush Rebellion bill What carroll Shelby did for cars In the 60s, Craig Vatter wants to do for motorcycles In the 80s. HIs new Mystery ShIp fe8t\ns individualiy mocIfIed Yoshimure KZ1000 engine, Superblke speciflcetion chanls and strearnUned coachwork. Only 200 will ever be built and orders for the first 10. . . . . _chI . . being accepted. Mystery Ships, Inc., 4420 Edna Rd~ San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. The Angio-American promoting team of ClIff c.r, leigh Canham and Paul G. .rd wII be promoting a pair of Indoor ahort treek reces In May that promise to draw some pretty big nemes. The first of the two wi. be In San Franclaco's Cow Pa/ece on May 2. just a couple of dBye before the San Josa mile. The MCOIId, also convetllently lIcheduled SACRAMENTO, CA. MAR. 3 Assemblyman Bob Hayes IR-5an Fernando) today applauded the Governor's actions in his support of the new Sagebrush RebelUon bill. AB 2302. "After extensive negotiations, the office of the Governor and my office reached agreement where we will amend provisions of AB 1407, the original Sagebrush Rebellion bill, into my AB 2302. the C8lifornia State Lands Use Planning BUI," Hayes said. AB 2302 requires the State Lands Commission to develop a master plan for the use of all public lands within its jurisdiction. It ~ enows that monies raised on state lands by the State Lands Commission be used by the State Lands Commission to improve the quality of the lind under the jurisdiction. One percent of that money is to be returned to the counties in lieu of property tax. The new Sagebrush Rebellion provision of the bill will require that the study now be conducted jointiy between the Attorney Generel, C8lifornia Stete Lands Commission and the Governor's OffIce of Planning and Research. The study will be expanded not only to include tha legal aspeets of the Sagebrush RebeUion, but also the economic and environmental impact of state ownership of thesa lands. Upon completion of this study, if the study so does indicate, the Attomey General is instructed to teke all steps necessary to vest the title of these lands in the State of California. And finally the State Lands Commission will assume control over these lands and may not dlsposa of any of thesa lands without the exprass permission of the LegI8lature. ThIs involves roughly 18 to 20 percent of the State of C8lifornia; 16% million acres under the jurisdiction of the Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management. "With this new action and the firm commitment from the Governor's office to sign the new bin CAB 23021. I will drop my override on AB 1407," said Hayes. ' AB 2302 will have its first hearing before the Assembly Resources Committee on M•• 25. 1980. Complete briefing next week. Would you believe the Hurricene racing a four-wheeler? ThIIt's whet we hasr. Bob Hannah will be at1he controls of an unlimited sIng/e-seat ICI... 11 dune buggy at MIckey Thompson's Off-Roed ChIImpIonships at the Loa Ang.... Coliseum June 10-12. Hannah repol1edly will be a teammate to Roger Meara on the Trecy's Party Ice team. 2 In the fint of the rnIJy big International motocroaes preceding the start of the European GP season, World 500cc MX Champ Graham Noyce turned in a 1-1 performance at St. Anthonis, Holland, on his Bill Buchka-tuned Pro-Link Honda. Second overall went to Maico-mounted Peter Heer· ling with a 5-5, followed by fellow Maico pilot Kees Van der Ven who tallied a 7-2. Yamaha's Hakan Carqvist finished second in the flJ'St moto, but did not compete in the seconri after becoming violendy ill due to stomach flu. Suzuki's Gerard Rond had a third in the fint mota, but DNF the second with a flat tire. Noyce won both motos by about 12 seconds, .and Buchka noted, "We're still in the basic IItap of testing the bike, so it was quite a surprise that we won so easily." The court caee -that wII decide whether or nat Bridsh motoenlsser Nell Hud80n can breek his cohbact with MaIco to sign whh Yamaha has been deleyed In ...... until Mar. 24. Sort of In no-man's land at the moment, Hudson hes been cempaigning a privateer Yamaha at some International races. Congressional hearings are underway on two California Wilderness bills which iep&t:IC11t opposing views 011 the wilder· nell issues. HR 5586. sponsored by. Harold Johnson (OoCalif.), favon for WInston Pro Series compedtors. will be Wednesday night. May 7, at the Long Beech Arena In southern C8Hfomla. More details In future issues. CMC President Stu Peters (left) and C8n-Am's Tony Murphy pr. sent a new 126cc MX-6 C8n-Am to Don Hoov., the Sportsman Grend PrIze winner In the recent CMCf C8n-Am Golden State SerIes. multiple use, while HR 5578. introduced by Phillip Bunon (D-Calif.), would provide for more wilderness review. Both bills have evolved from the Forest Service's RARE II, completed in 1979. The principle difference in the two bills.invol_ a sensitive issue known as "!'dease language." Simply put, re- . lease language wou1d permit thole areas identified by RARE II as non-wilderness to be removed from future wilderness consideration which is exactly what RARE II was designed to do. HR 5586 contains the Ialtpage, while HR 5578 does DOt. Multiple'use interats, includ· ing trail bikes, have been stifled in their attempts to gain equal treatment UDder RARE II propouls by the failure to include the essential release language in RARE II legislation. The dilemma is complicated by John Seiberling (DOhio), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Public Lands. This subcommittee determines which bills are considered for vote by the House of Representatives. To date, Seiherling has refused to consider emy wilderness bills containing release language. As a wilderness advocate, he has decided to reserve additional wilderness reviews and stymie multiple-use of our public forest lands. Let your Congressman know you supponHR 5586. Unofficial results list Yamaha-mounted Mike Sixbery as the winner of the 25Occ/Open Expen event that was pan of the Mar. 1-2 Viewfinders M.C. Great Bear GP at Riverside. Finishing seco;nd overall, fiI1lt Open Ex-pert was Bruce Ogilvie. also Yamaha-mounted. Third went to Honda thumper pilot Rich Eientedt. "It was raining like hell on Sunday," sighed our weary i~teJ, whole coverage of the event will run nextweelt. International Six Deye Trial latter·· of·lntent riders hed batter, .. one penon put It. "get their act together." Deadline for filing that ietter.of-lntent is M•. 22. The first three rounds of the HarleyDavidson Dirt Track Series in Florida are history as of this writing. In the first round, a Junior/Expert short track in Ocala Feb. 28, Army's Mike Kidd won on a Honda, ahead of Califomia Junior Jim Filice (Yam) and David Jones (Yam). The second race, a half·mile in Jac:ksonville on Feb. 29, went to HarleyDavidson's Randy Goal over Billy Labrie and Scott Peanon. The Junior .and Novice finals went to Califomiam Rich Arnaiz and Tom Walton. The Mar. 2 third round, another half mile in Barhersville, again went to Gaia. Amaiz pulled off his second straight Junior win, and the Novices were headed by Barry Gregg. K8wasaId announced that It is poet. Ing .2UIlO In c:ontIngencies for Oeytol-. A K8v.FJ It! rider wInnng the Bel Superblke 100 would gat .,0.000, es would a Kawasald rid. who won 1he 2IJO.m1l.. For short track.. ualng Kawesald engines, Kawasald has ott.ed . . per night to the wII. . . . In adcIItIoI.. general public Is Invlt8cl to participate In a free drawing for one of

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