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ON THE FRONT PAGE: Kenny
Roberts. Eddie Lawson and
RandyMamola road raced themselvesto an American sweep in
Austria·sRRGP. Photos by Henny Ray Abrams .
Dear editor. ..
In th e May 18 Cycle N ews, I must
say m y eyes o pened when I read th at
" g o offi cial " letter b y Bob De
Miranda. It has been better th an a
year since I penned a letter to y~>u
about trying to get a class for sen io r
citizens,
In th e response I wa s referred to as
a septuagenarian, ,,:hich I th~ught
was a diny word until I looked It up.
But now I am referred to as a n "Old
Geezer." In my younger days an o ld
geezer was an old coo t who hung
around the blacksmith 's shop with
tobacco juice drooling in the corn~rs
of his mouth. The same always disgusted me ~s. a lad. So, Bob. I .a m
going to visu you. and that IS a
promise.
LO U BOUSCAL
D-36 #74B
Takes offense...
I take offense to the article in Cycle
N ews Western Hotline in the June 8
edition, "Mason builds win at Blythe
MX ." by Pam Hardin. namely, .h er
referen ce to th e 80cc Intermed iat e
class.
To m y knowledge a ra ce co ns ists of
riders participating. n ot injured riders who go one lap just to qualify for
th e NMA Nationals. Apparently Ms.
Hardin is more co nce rned with who
is not racing as opposed to who is
racing. It wou ld be nice to read ?ut
the riders who wer e out there glvmg
their a ll to win. not th e riders sitting
on th e sidelines with injuries. We all
respect i n j u red riders, but cr edit
should be given to those who are riding and participating.
Ms . Hardin. I feel th e terminology
" free of distraction " does not a p p ly
to m y so n Lance Barnett . H e has previously bested the riders mentioned
in other national series races. Perhaps you should do yo ur homework.
Also. it wou ld be nice to see the
total results of the races, including
the final results for the NMA Qua lifier.
MICHAEL BARNETT
San Diego. CA
Is a rider who spends the time and
money to ride injured. roen if for
only one lap. to qualify for the final
eve n t he has worked for all year. an y
less a co m petitor than th e rider w ho
has the skill and fortune to remain
unin jured througho ut th e seaso n?
Ms. Hardin has instruc ti ons from th e
editors to severely lim it the length of
her stories. She tries to m ention as
man y riders as possible in the lim ited
space allowed. We ask her to use her
judgement to decide what is newsworthy. The missing results were an
editorial mishap. not the fault of Ms.
Hardin and are in the Results section
of this issue ...Editor.
Border to border trail
As reponed in Cycle News. the
California Statewide Trail P lan is
abo ut to be presented to the state
O HV Commission. A draft of this
plan is w hat was presented at the
recent publ ic meetings I made two
unique proposa ls that wou ld make
the p lan easier and quicker to implement.
.
The first is to create a new class of
motorcycle and license that would be
in between the cu rrent enduro/Green
Stickie bike and th e dual -purpose/
street -legal bike. Of course this class
of vehicle could not be used in cities,
on freeways. or at night. but they
co u ld be used on rural county roads.
which would make long distance
loops ea sier to create and make gas.
food and lodging access more practica l.
The second proposal is to immediately create a temporary trail sys[em using the best ex istin g routes
a lo n g th e proposed corridors. These
temporary routes would be scouted
by volunteer committees, who would
report them [0 th e state so that the
state could publish them. Many tem porary routes wou ld be open toOHVs,
but some would require dual-purpose
bikes for highway interconnects between trails. This proposal was warmly received by EDA Wand Hank Ortmann fro m the Par ks department.
In o rder to show th e Commission
that th is plan is practical. I am looking for volunteers to h el p me docum ent a border-to-border route using
the best existing open trails, dirt
roads. and when necessary. paved
roads . I need h elpe rs from Alturas to
Tecate who cou ld scout 100- to 200mile sec ti ons. If you are interested.
(Continued from page 3)
open to all li censed AMA Pros. but
amateur riders holding an Expert
classification and having reached
the age of 16. can get a $40 ProAm license which allows them to
compete w ith the Pros w ithout
sacrific ing their Amateur status. A
Pro-Am rider can get up to 25 of
the 40 advancement points needed
to transfer from Novice to Junior.
and up to 40 of the points needed
for the Junior to Expert jump. In
addition to the Pro classes. wh ich
will be 250cc Novice Pro and
500cc Junior Pro. there w ill be
250. 500cc and Vets amateur classes . For more information. call the
following number (which was printed incorrectly in last week's Ascot
ad) , 213 /316-1291 . Pro-Am licenses will be available at sign-up.
Off-road vehicle enth usiasts, especially those w ho like to ride in the
Seq uoia National Forest, o ught to be
a ware of the Bun o n Wilderness Expansion Bill . House Reso lu tio n 1437.
which is currently before the Co n gress. The bill calls for several wi lderness areas where O HV is use is currently popu lar. Those wilderness addi tions are ca lled Monache/ So uth
Sierra. Do mela nd Addition and Scodies. All have varying amounts of
OHV use at present; hard ly q ua lifying the areas as wilderness to begin
with. Senator Alan Cranston has supported the Bun o n wilderness proposals in th e past. so it would be a
good idea to write California's other
senator, Pete Wil son, in Washington, DC. 20515. The AMA and the
California Association of 4WD Clubs
are working to ha ve these areas deleted
from any wilderness legislation.
Exactly one year after his horrifying accident in Baja that eventually cost him his low er right leg,
off-road star Bob Balentine is still
proving that he has what it takes.
Balentine rode the f irst day of the
Trask Mountain Two-Day and turned in a very respectable score.
However. possibly the lack of competition made its mark and Balentine was too stiff and sore to ride
the second day. Earl ier in the year.
Balentine rode both the Quicksilver
National Enduro and the Spur.
Texas. One-Day Qualifier. Good
to see a good man back.
H o nda -m o u nted Joey Dun lop won
the Formula One race at the J u ne
6-11 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy.
R id in g an 850cc water-cooled H o nda
V-4, Dunlop romped to a 30-second
win over Mick Grant (Suz) , seuingan
unofficial lap record along the way of
115.34 mph.
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