Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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As5t. Accts . Rece ivable. Terry Dailey. Credit Manager. Circulation Rheba Smith, Manager. Shirley Shan. Sarah Taylor. Michell<: Allan, Assistanu. Duane johnson, Dealer Sales Mgr . Want Ads Leslie Tharp. Want Ad Sates . Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, Receptionist. Jim Leal, S&S . West 2201 CherTy Ave.• Long Beach. CA P.O. Bo. 498. Long Bea cb . CA 90801 (213)427.7455; L .A . Line 656-8844 . East 4190 First Ave . • Tucker. GA . P.O . Box 805 . Tucker. GA 50084 . (404) 954 ·7850 . Cycle News /WCSI (USPS 141·540) is published weekly ~xcrpt the fint and last week of the ca lendar yrar for $18 per year by Cycle News. Inc.. 2201 Cherry Avenue. Long Beach. CA 90801. Second d ... postage paid at Long Beach. CA . POSTMASTER; Send form 31>/9 to Cycle News. P.O. Box 498. Long Beech. CA 90801. Subscription rates: One year. second class mail, S18 : two years, second class mail S~: three years , second class mail , $41; 2S weelu . $10 , Cycle News welcomes unsolicited editorial material including stories, cartoons, photos. etc . Such material, if published. becomes the exclusive property of Cycle N('WS. Such accepted material is su bject to revision as is necnsary in the sole discretion of Cycle News . Unsolicited ma terial which is not used will be' returned if accompanied by a self addressed stamped envelope. All unsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care, however. Cycle N~ assumo no respcnsibiliry (or the safety, loss or damage to such material . Repri nd ng in whole or part only by permission of the publishers. Advenising rates and circulation information will be sent upon r~uest. Sec S. R.D.S. Copyrigh t Cycle News . Inc . 1980. Trlldemerk Cycle News registered U.S. Patent Office . All rights reservlld. ON THE FRONT PAGE:' ; :';'k . Mountain Three-Day Qu8tifier winner Ed Lojak hustles through the beautiful northwest Oregon scenery. Cover· age of the event begins on p, 6. Photo by Dale Brown. 4 TIcket prices too high Being a former short track racer and a great fan of Class C type racing, it was with great regret that I missed the Long Bea ch indoor short track on May 7th. However, there was no way that I was going to pay $8 each for my wife and myself to go . and pay to park. I applaud Cliff Carr and the others involved for b ringi ng short track back to Long Beach - and I certainly understand escalating expenses - but let's be real about this. Long Beach is not the Astr odome a nd $8 is what a ticket to the Astrodome Nationals costs. If the promoters expect to bring short track back to life, they must at tract new fa ns and in these times of short money they aren't going to attract many a t $8 a head . ..",. GEO RGE L. HUEBNER . -. . R .C . Engineering It I never really thought much about it before. I mean, I never knew anybody who had actually tried it. None of my friends would even consider it. Who knows what side effects it could have on your body and your mind. I hear it can be ad d icting for some individuals': The people who are experiencing it come fro m every age group. Women' are getting involved and experimenting with it at a much faster rate, than ever before. I've seen cases where the whole fa mily takes part. W owl Can you im agine? There is, however. an extremely large percentage of people who are. still totally unaware of its very existence. A few unbelievers . Skep tics. S~me even suggest it's done ~with m irrors . "T I guess I was -one of those. i ,just; . wasn't int erested; too busy to, get in- ''', volved until a yea r or so ago ; when.'Fa -' " close friend turned me on' to it: All he' . did was show me what these people " were doing a nd d id ii . himself with some frie nds . I didn't even have to try it. J ust bei ng awa re of its existence and watching oth er people get into it was enough . W hat a bight I'm sure there will come a day when I' ll just have to try it for myself. It still sca res me a bit. After my first experience with it I just wanted to tell everyone and tu m them on too. But after trying to explain what it is to a dozen or more people. I've given up. No more detailed descriptions . They'll just have to see it for themselves. To tell you the truth, I hope it doesn't get too well known . The minute too many people start turning on to it . they'll make it illegal. tax it or something. Somebody will try and make some fast bucks off it and it will be ruined. It costs enough as it is. We've got a good thing here . Let's not blow it. It's a privileged high for those who can accept it as it is. IT: trials. CAND Y NILSON Resed a . CA Not too over the hill to say thanks For those of us who have been around motocross since th e early days. racing has always provided us an op· portu nity to enjoy the more desirable aspects of hum a n interaction. Whether it was borrowing a tool or a part or getting aid from a stranger after a crash, races have always seemed to bring out the best in people. Therer are those who wou ld say those days a re past , but recently I was able to participate in an event that was , .a shining example of just that feeling . The race was the Over The Hill Gang MX National and the place was Huron Cycle Pa rk. Homer and his all volunteer crew worked day and night for three 'weeks preparing the track and the park for the race. putting finishing touches on their new building as late as Friday night. These gentlemen have donated their time and their own mo ney _creating and improving the facility for no reward other tha n the .sa tisfaction of a jo b well done . Members of the OTHG and more ~fi~lly their wives put in 14 hour d ays that weekend so tha t t he rest of us :,('coa ld : ha ve a sm oo th ru nni ng hassle' ., free week end. And th en there were the .~ "~ponsors . .Desp ite the fact th a t. by som e sta ndards. th is was a relatively sm all even t, over 20 members of the motorcycle esta bl ishment dona ted pri zes and m on ey to go to the winners a nd the losers a t this event. Because of their ge nerosity I would like to ta ke this op po rtunity to t ha nk Kal-Gard , Ancra , Cico , Pro-T rac , O 'Nea l Distri bu ting , Bu rb ank Yam a ha . Interna - T he questionnaire from Senator Edward Kenned y published in the june issue of AMA's American Motorcyclist on page 20 is a bare-faced lie! Ted dy said. "As a federal legislator I ha ve not had the occasion to vote on manda tory helmet legisla tion." The Congressiona l Record for December 20. 1975. page S2194 1, proves he did vote on mandatory helmet legislat ion. Look it u p in an y good library. Kennedy's name is among th e 37 U .S . Senators who voted to keep the U.S . Department of Transportation's blackmail on the hel met law . If the "Chappaquiddick Kid" had his way. all bikers would be forced to wear hel mets. Don't vote for Ken nedy! O n another presidential candidate. four years ago jimmy Carter said he had taken no position on the helmet law. His son jack blew the whistle in a Sep tem ber 19. 1976 Parade magazine interview . He said , "I agree with Dad on most of the big issues. but on the small ones, like mandatory rules for wearing motorcycle helmets and seat belts, we disagree. On those things I believe people should be all owed to make their own decisions . Dad doesn't ." W hen the U.S. DO T threa tened to penalize California for failing to enact a helmet law in 1974. th en Governor R ona ld Reaga n threatened to scrap its state highway safety program and close down its office. Rea gan is the only presidential ca ndidate who has taken a strong public sta nd aga inst helmet la ws as Governor of Californ ia , the on ly st a te th a t has never had a helmet law. KELLY WENDELN Cha nu te. KS Also concerned I'm very gladand relieved that I am not the only one concerned a bout out· door MX. After reading Mr. Giana tsis' editorial, I can only hope that more people concerned about th e sport read it . I've a lways wondered a bout places like Saddleback and Ca rlsbad, where m ajor races are hel d , no one ever pu t in bleachers for the specta tors. If you are not an enthusiast, sitting on the side of a dirt hill is not very a ppeali ng. Also having no faci lities a nd no concessions to speak of is no help. Ho w ca n you ever get someone ne w to the sport to come to the races and th en expect th em to return? I'm not rea lly in t he know abou t the AMA . but if this is ho w they choose to run the spo rt, I' d p refer it if th ey just got the heck ou tl I ho pe in the future to see more be ing done for outdoor MX because ind oor is nice , but ou tdoor is what it' s all about. JOHN FINN Canoga Park , CA Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News. Inc. Send letters to Voices. Box 498. Long Beach, CA 90801.

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