Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

for open riding land. What we are being left with is a very expensive "park" which, through upkeep and management costs, will bleed the "green stickle" fund dry. It is apparent that Parks and Rec is unable, or unwilling, to operate this area in an appropriate manner. It is also apparent that Parks and Rec has handled this project in an incompetent manner from the very beginning, (Only now are we becoming aware of what regulations and laws are going to effect the use of this land, even though the ORV community asked for this information long ago. It causes one to wonder why these rulings are being "found" now. and that they all support Parks and Rec's original plans. If this information had surfaced ten months ago, I doubt that the ORV community would have supported the acquisition of Hungry Valley.) o - ---------1. 00 0') America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Sharon Clayton. Publisher. Caroline Gcndry. Executive Secretary to the Publisher. Editorial Charles Morcy. Managing Editor. 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Cycle New>/West (USPS 141·540) i. published week.ly e:llcept the fint and lut week. of the calendar year for $20 ~ year by Cycle New>, Jne.. 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90801. Second class postage paid It Long Beach. CA. POSTMASTER: Send form 367!1 to Cycle N_, P.O. Box 4!IlI. Long Beech, CA 90801. Subscription rates: One year, second dau mail, $20; two yean. second class mail, '55: three years, second class mail, $55; 25 weekJ. $11. Cycle News welcomes unsolicited editorial materia] including stories, carlOOns, photOl, etc. Such material, if published., becomes the e:llc1usive property of Cycle News. Such accepted material is subj«t to revision a. is necessary in the sole discretion of Cycle News. Unsolicited. material which is not usoi will be returned if accompanied by a selfaddressed stamped enve,lope_ All unsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care, howevc,r. Cycle News assumes no responsibility for the safety, loss or damage to such material. Reprinting in whole or part only by permillion of the pubJishcn. Advertising rates and circulation information will be sent upon requClt. Stt S.R.D.S. Copyright - Cycle News, Inc. 1910. Tredemerk Cycle News registered U.S. Patent Office. All rights SllfVed. r. 4 ON THE FRONT PAGE: For Steve Wise. pavement usually just connects racetracks. But he mastered it to win the Superbikers competition in front of Andre Malherbe. Coverage begins on p. 6. Photo by Chartes Morey. Course cutting The CRC Iron Horse Enduro was a great example of what a three loop enduro should be, family first loop, a little tougher second loop and the tough third loop. The only bad thing was second and third loop riders weren't penalized for late points on the first loop. A well known "A" rider took advantage of this while breaking the rules. This is what happened: This rider who was riding buddy-up got a flat tire, and then had a friend who was riding on the same number ride his buddy-up rider while he left the course and went back to camp to fix his flat. After he fixed it, went back out onto the course, picked up his buddy-up rider and proceeded to the finish. This was witnessed by a rider on my line who was never passed by the rider in question. So at the end of the enduro I went and talked to Jerry McNeal (CRC Referee) and he told me to write a formal protest and give it to him or Art (CRC Assistant). the formal protest I wrote explaining the above and quoting this rule (from the CRC Enduro Rule Book): "No rider may knowingly or unknowingly cut the course. All riders must stay within 50' of either side of the course to avoid disqualification." Also I included a half a dozen names of witnesses, which CRC didn't contact a one of before maklng the decision not to disqualify the rider in question. In my opinion that is like throwing away the rule book. BRETT TILLY Ventura, CA More on SCORE's numbers Steve Ronsden is right in at least one respect - he is not a West Point graduate. If he were, he would have been taught to quote facts not hearsay and to present these facts in their entirety, not piecemeal. His calculator is right, the bikes were paid $7,500. Did SCORE promise more? Was anything else implied in the bulletin announcing the $7,500 minimum guaranteed cash purse? No - and that was paid whether or not there had been 20 entries or 72 e!\fries. He failed to mention that two of the 4·wheel races were individually sponsored. Removing them from his figures results in a payback of 66.7% of the 4-wheel entry fee. And what if there is paid attendance (his figures are grossly exaggerated), conccs&ions, membenhips and sponsors. Does he think promotion is free? Does he think SCORE just moves into Riverside and stages an event with no COSts? Individual and company memberships cover a full year of services (plus the subscription) - not just one event. Thanks for the offer, Steve, but Sal's calculator is OK and most important, the input is accurate. TED JOHNSON Director of Sal's Calculator Westlake Village, CA It is obvious that the OR.V community and the "green stickie" fund are being ripped off. What to do? It is time to ask some hard questions and take decisive action. It is worthwhile to continue with the Hungry Valley Project (as it is developing) or would it be belter to sell it and look elsewhere for land? Has Parks and Rec operated in a fair and honest manne~? Is Parks and Rec, with its obvious bias toward ORV "open areas," the agency best suited to managing our lands and the "green stickle" funds? CORVA will work to see that an investigation and full hearings on these and related matters are conducted by the legislature. CORY 4 will work to see that, as proposed last year, the "green stickle" money is removed from the control of Parks and Rec. CORVA believes that before any "green stickle" money is spent. Oil Hungry Valley or any other project, the public has a right to know what it is buying. The Hungry Valley "affair" has amply demonstrated the pitfalls. of dealing softly and sweetly with bureaucracy. Even though we have had "open lines of communication" we are getting screwed. It is time to take the "big stkks" out of the closet and demand an accounting. Musical SVRA If you have been following the game of charades being played over the development of the management plan for Hungry Valley, then you are aware that it aU hinges on how much development and restrictions are to be allowed. Parks and Rec originally advertised this as a project to gain 19,000 acres of open riding land. This was the only reason that the ORV community went along with spending millions of "green stickle" dollars for this property. From the beginning Parks and Rec has attempted to heap more and more restrictions on the project. Each time the Hungry 7 and the ORV community has said no (sometimes very loudly and none too nicely). Each time Parks and Rec has told us that they now understand what we want and will go back and redo the plan, and each time the plan has come back with more restrictions and conditioJ:15 on the use of this land. The latest edition calls for fire closures, rain closures, and severely limited camping. Also, we now have a "scenic corridor" along the whole front of the property, with very severe restrictions on use. This "Corridor" may encompass 15 to 20 percent of Hungry Valley (Parks and Rec was unable to give an estimate of its actual size.) Add this to all the other restrictions and conditions and we end up with no guarantee that there will be anything left to use, even though we have already paid millions of dollars RICK GOCHNAUR "Thumper Freak.:' 213/862-3975 P.S. If you would like to discuss the above, you can find me on Alvord Rd. on the morning of Nov. 29. Shove it, J.R. Dynamite sponsor To Mike Klinger, a tip of the hat for. a mostly fine job of reporting on the Sept. 21 CMC Saddleback MX, except for one glaring error. Mike mentioned Dale Lewis in the Open Pro class as an "unsponsored and unsupported package." Dale has been and is presently sponsored by Track 'N Travel Maicol Can-Am in Pasadena, and by Oakley grips and goggles. He will also be the 1981 CMC number two rider in the Open class, behind TNT's "other" Open rider, Val Tamietti. Thanks fQr the correction. HAL SANGUINETTI Track 'N Travel Pasadena, CA Published letters do not necesserily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. 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