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WEST America's weekly motorcycle newspaper ' Sharon Clavton, Pu blisher Caroline Gendry. Executive Secretary to the Publisher Lisa Schorr, Advertising/Edi toria l Assista nt , Editorial Dal e Bro wn , Senior Editor. La nce Bryson, Ed itor. Kar el Kram er . Ed ito r. Jim Bowman, Editor. Advertising Skip J ohnson. Nati on al Sale s Manager. T er ry Pratt. Sales Manager . Duane Johnson, Sales Manager. Steve Wils on , Sal es Manager. Linda Brown, Advertising Coordinator. Nancy Danger, Adverti sing Assistant. Graphics and Production Kristin Cooper, Graphic Art ist. Rona Kramer. Assistant. Mar ion Hatashita, Typography. Dennis Greene. Laborato ry. • Accounting/Data Proceuing Mike Klinger. Controller, Donna Bryan . Accounts Rece ivable Coordinator. Geneva Repass. Assisrant. Terry Dailey. Credit Manager. Circulation Rheba Sm ith, Manager. Michelle Hanna. Sarah Taylor, Debbie Walk er , Lyna Hood. Assisrants. . Want Ad. Loah Corry, Want Ad Sa les. Dealer Sal•• and Service Nancy Emde Brogger , Dealer Sal es Manager. . Service and Support Ch ris Aitcheson, Receptionist. Gregory Hanson , S8eS. West 2201 Cherry Ave.. Long Beach , CA P.O . Box 498, Long Beach . CA 908010498. ( 2 1 ~) 427-74~~ ; L.A . Li ne 6~ 6-8844 . East 4190 First Ave.. T uc ker, GA . P.O . Box 805. Tucker, G A ~ OO8 4- 0805 . (404) 9~ 4-7850 . Cycle News/West (US PS l41 -~40) is published weekl y excep t the first and last week 0 1 the ca lenda r year lor $20 per year by Cycle News. Inc.. 2201 Cherry Aven ue. Lo ng Beach, CA 90806. Seco nd class po stage paid at Lo ng Beach. CA. POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 to Cycle New., P.O. Box 498, Long Beech, CA 90801-0498. Su bscriptio n rates: One year, second class mai l. $20: two years. second class mail . $35; three years. second class ma i l, $5~ ; 25 weeks. $1 1. Fo reign rates ava ilable o n request. Cycle News welcomes un so licited editorial ma terial incl udi ng stories. ca rtoons, p hotos. etc . Such material, if publish ed. beco mes the exclusive p ro perty of Cycle News . Suc h acce pted ma teria l is su bject to revision as is necessary in the so le discretion of Cycle News . Unsolicited mater ial wh ich is not used wi ll be ret urned i£ accompa nied by a sell addressed stam ped envelope. All un sol icit ed material will be ha ndled with reason abl e care, however , Cycle News ass u mes no respon sib ility for th e safety. lo ss or damage to such materia l. Reprintin g in who le o r part on ly by permission o f th e publish er. Advertism g rates an d circula tio n inf or mat ion will be send u pon request. Sec S.R.D.S. Copyright Cycle New., Inc. 1983. Tredemerk Cycle New. regl.tered U.S . Petent Office. All right. re. .rved. 4 ON THE FRONT PAGE: The Husky XC250 takes it easy while its corpulent rider works out. Photo by Patrick McClure. Sequoia volunteer.' party The Sept. 29, 1982 issue of Cycle News contained an article in Voices reviewing the successes of volunteers in Sequoia National Forest over the last two years. As noted, th e Sequoia Volunteers Party was to take place near year's end. Kathy and I regret to note that, due to death in the famil y, th is event had to be postponed. We again want to thank the several hundred volunteers who have made Sequoia a better place to ride. We hope to have th e Volunteers Party in la te spring '83_ But in any case , will look forward to seeing you all in the '83 Summer Ser ies. I have been advised that the Forest Service will be working hard, over the winter, on more new trail mileage.. I think they a lso deserve a hand Cor their excell ent cooperation with motorcyclists, and maximum work from a minimum budget allowa nce, to date. See yo u down th e tra il. BILL HERNDON Barbenders West M.C. Los Angeles, CA Thanks for '82 The 1982 ra cing season is over, and before we really get into th e '83 sea son, I'd like to make a few acknowledgemen ts. A special thanks to Am erica n Honda for all their support, and don't forget Keith Reev es and all the o th er great people at Honda. T h an ks to Max Suzumoto and Larry Sebastion of the Honda R&D department C a ll o£ th eir help and enco u ra geor ment. And a tip o£ the h elmet to a ll o£ you at Showa as well. Also , a thanks to Bell Helmet s, J T Racing and Dan Melbourne, an d to WK Standworks. Thank yo u Cor all o f yo ur help and su p port during th e '83 season - yo u' re all ver y special people to me! Happy New Year! JASON COLLIER Riverside, CA Bureaucracy Ame rica is the last place on ea rt h wh ere a ny man has the righ t to be uniq ue, defiant , ungovernable and wh at he wa s meant to be: one of nature's little kings. This right is notably exercised by the Phantom Duck o£ the Desert .- champion of the public-land motorcyclist, nemesis o£ the BLM, quintessential liv ing Quixote. Although this little blade clinks futilely against the impenetrable stone walls of the BLM's mighty fortress, it is a sound heard throughout the world. He glares up and shouts " C h ea ts I Liars l Officious Boobsl" He pickets them in the rain, he goes to their mee tings wearing a pis tol, he hints darkly that their agents may disappear in th e field, Poss ibly he is mad. Possibly h is cause is hopeless. . -The Phantom Duck has many allies. Some are like himself , unafraid to kick shins, call names and openly support The Cause. Others admire him secretly. They are cautious. They a re big. Reall y big. Honda - and Yamaha-big. Being cautious is how the y got big . Like the BLM , they are monol ith ic bureaucracies run by ultraorganized hordes o£ invisible superhymenopterous beings in threep iece suits who group-think, doubletalk and win big because they always count every card. The Duck is a king, and motorcycle bureaucrats prefer to bet on aces . They donate vehicles, time and money to ghetto-child rehabili tation plans, civic improvement programs, police sa fety courses - things no one can poss ibl y crit icize without appearing cruel , insens itive or stu pi d. Their donations, called public rela tions, are carefully calculated and budgeted; and yes, the y give from th eir excess. That isn't wrong, it 's human. Louis McKey gi ves from hi s sustena nce, which is divine. Happy New Year , Louie. WINSTON BEAUMONT Wrightwood, 'CA Hammer Fund growing T he J an . 2 Bru ce Hammer benefit dirt poker run wa s a huge success with 105 riders co m ing o u t to Ca liCornia City. Numerous phon e calls a bo ut thi s ride began with, " Whe re in th e he ll is Cali£ornia Cit y?" or with " Ca n a roa d bi ke na vigate th e co u rse?" Being honest we di scouraged man y stree t ride rs fro m making th e th ree h our rid e from Los Angeles to th e desert. Since there wa s so much in KalG ard dona led products left and so many stree t ride rs inte rested in th e fund ra iser, we are havin g a second Bruce H ammer Fund Raiser a t Los Angeles T rade-Tech nical Coll ege on J an. 23. The co llege is close to bo th the H a rb o r and Sa nta Moni ca Freeways. The loca tion of the fu nd raiser will be th e facu lt y parki ng lo t. Ta ke Grand Avenue until yo u are j us t south o£ Wash in g ton Bo u levard an d th en m ake a righ t tu rn on 2 1st Street. This wi ll lead you directly in to th e parking lo t which will be reserved for mo torcycles only. Because Bru ce Ha mm er is a TradeTech gradua te I wo u ld lik e to see th e m any T rade-Tech gradua tes working in th e ind us try a ttend . All present a n d past mot o rcycle rep air ins tructors are pl anning 10 a tte n d , including Ron Preece and J De Minton. The public is a lso invi ted. We ha ve p icked up severa l m ore prod uct spons ors with others to £01lo w before J an. 23. If you wish to hel p the Bruce Hammer Fund but can't attend, send yo ur check to Bruce Hammer cI 0 Pat Owens, Los Angeles Trade-Tech, 400 West Washington Blvd. , Los Angeles, CA 90015. To date we have received ch ecks totaling $150 . Mr. Belford Welsh of Duarte has donated a h ydraulic wheelchair lift which Bruce can use. The poker run took in over $600 Cor Bruce. Seems that many celebrities will be present, including a former Grand National Champion, if his busy schedule allows, and Thomas Stevens J r , ' president of Trade-Te~.. . Donations Cor ra£fle tickets Will be ava ilable Cor both $2 and $5 for the various products. Both Bruce Hammer and John Ulrich will be present and they are bringing a Yoshimura Suzuki which will be raced in 1983. If yo u have a Hammer " T " sh irt, please wear it. 1£ yo u wish to purchase one they will be ava ilable from Team Hammer. Ra£fle tickets can be purchased in advance from Alhambra Honda , Buena Park Yamaha and Ma rina Suzuki. My on ly request is that you keep yo u r speed level and noise level down when entering the Trade-Tech campus. The Security Office is still skeptical abou t the group expected. I am con fide nt that we ca n police ourselves and have a great turn out to help Bru ce Hammer. PAT OWENS Temple City, CA Thanks, Brad and Donnie The Sacramento Jammers Motorcycle Club wish to than k Brad Lackey and Donnie Cantaloupi for the specia l " closed club" mOIDcrOSS school which th ey ga ve Cor Jammers members . In spite of extremely inclement wea th er, the club had some 30 members in a wid e variet y o£ age and ski ll levels. The cha llenge wa s a bly m et by Lackey and Cantaloupi, who did a very pro£ess ional job o£ instructing, demonstrating and a nswering questions. At the com p letion o£ th e one-da y sch oo l, th ey gracious ly submitted to an ex tens ive a u togra ph/p ho to/ bench ra ce session. They won the club over with their a bi lity and £riendliness. Thank yo u Brad and Donnie! The Jammers will a lways remember this . as a highl ight of th e club's h istory. SACRAMENTO JAMMERS M.C. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc..Send letters to Voices, Box 498, long Beach, CA 90801.