Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

..... ..... NATIONAL I'm now a pol ice officer in Anc horage, Alaska a nd ra ce a 1986 KTM 250 in th e Vet s cl ass a nd read Cycle N ews reg u la rly. So. whe n I read o f Cranston 's 5206 1 I wrote m y state's sen a to rs. After a ll, w hen it co me s to lock in g up la nd th e."tree huggers " excel ' u p here. En closed is th e rep ly fro m o ne of th e senators as to th e bill's status. P lea se remi nd evervom- "tha t th is is not j ust a O! li forni~ fig ht. We have to fight or su ffer the effects of o ur inacti ons. America 's weekly m oto rcycl e new spaper VIl\'CE BAl\'CROIT An ch orage, AK Se nator T ed Steve ns' reply to Mr. Bancroft appears below . . . Editor. Sharon Cla yto n . Publish" :\.Iik(' Kli nger .Ca m ptraller Skip Johnson . A ssociate Publisher s Ntuional Sales ManaK" Jac k Ma ng us. As socia te Pub/ i,, " ,., -Sm iO Edi tor T Rhe ba Sm it h. Circulati on .\ l a nagn Ca ro li ne Cend ry. Executive Sf'CTfOtary to thr Publisher Letter from Senator Stevens Editoriel J ohn Ulrich . Edit or Kit Palm er . Associate Edit oe Mall Hil gen berg. As socia te Edi to r Pa ul Ca rru thers . Associate Edi to r Fa rren Williams. tfuocial t' Edit or . ., Advertising T erry Pran Sa les M anager T im Rya n. Soles Mana gn Ma rk Tho me. Se les Manag,., Mike Church . Eas trn Salt's M a nagt'T Thomas R. C o m er . Eastm Sates ."t anagt' T l Linda Brown We-Slt'Tn Ad. Coord in ator Carta Borden. Eastern Ad. Coor dinator r\an cy wasretl. Advntisingl E..ditorial Asst . Grephics e~, ,,!.~d.uetion _ G in ger Machado. G raphi c Artis t Mal co lm Wilson , G rap hic A.,tist Dia na H ilgen ber g , G .,aphi c Art ist Marion Ha taehita . T ypesetter Car olyn Branha m . TY fN~u " Dennis G~.1.A b. T ech . Letter from Congressman Dreier Accounting /Date Processing Do n na Bryan. AeeLs Recnva b l~ Coordina tor . Oeneva Re pass , A ssistant f ra n Hamwey, Cr~dit Circulat ion Sara h T aylor. A ssistan t Alm a Anguiano. Assistant Li nda Zamarripa. Assistant Chni Oupman. Assistant Want Ads Sta n Bent, Wan t Ad Sa ks Service and Support Ch ris Aitcheso n, Headquarters Recepuo nist Leo na rd Herring. Seroice and Su ppo rt Netionel Headquarters 2201 Ch err y Ave.• Long Beach , CA 90806. P.O , Box 49~, Lo ng Beach , CA .908 01·0498 (2U) 427· 743~; 2 1~/636-8 844. Eastern Office 4190 First Ave.• Tucker . G A. 30084; mailing add ress P.O . Box 805. Tucker. G A "0085O8OS. (404) 9~ 4 ·7850 , . Cycle News/ We.. (USPS 1 41" ~ 40 ) DAVID DREIER Member of Congress Wa shington , DC is pub- lished weekl y excep t th e firs t a nd las t week o f th e ca len da r year fo r S25 per year by Cycle News.Tnc.•220 1 Cherry Avenue. Lo ng Beach . CA 90806. Seco nd c la ss po stage paid at Long Beach . CA . . PO,&TMASTER: Send form 3679 to Cycle . P.O. Box 498 . Long Beech. c A 90B01-0498 . Su bscri p tion ra tes: One year, second class m ail . $25: two yean. seco nd class mai l. 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All righte....rY8d . 2 Thank yo u fo r your letter letting me kn ow of yo u r co ncern for 5 206 1. the Cal ifornia Desert Protect ion Act of 1986. I a p p recia te ha ving yo u r input on this legislation. About o ne-fo urth of California' s land surface is desert, and about onehalf of this land is public land administered by th e Burea u of Land Man agement. 52061 would . establish a massive pro tect ion policy process on this land. No similar bi11 ha s been introduced in the House of Representatives, bu t you may be sure tha t, if one shou ld be introduced. I would carefu lly scrutinize such an extensive and comprehensive measure. Again, thank you fo r yo ur in p ut. Pl ea se feel free to co ntact me if I ca n be of assistance to you inthe fu ture. ON THE COVER : An insidethe-helmet view of the Uniroyal test f acilit y in Laredo. Texas. as seen from aboard a record setting Honda VFR700F Interceptor. Photo by Dave Bush l Studio 10. Congressman Dreier sint th is lette r: to J im L ivermore of Pomona, Cal iforn ia in response to a letter . . . Edito r. Letter to Senator Cranston After many, m any years o f agreei ng with yo u o n m ost issu es a nd defending yo u on some: I have decided to co ntact yo u o n o ne issu e upon which I must stro ngly disagree. Sena te Bill 206 1 sho u ld not have been introduced by a nyone, in cl udin g yourself. T he Western U. S. ha s had to end u re man y revi ew s in pa st 20 years as to wha t is a wi ld erness area a nd wh at isn' t. Now that th ose revi ew s have been completed , yo u introduce a bi ll to ta ke another 9~ mi11ion acres of o ur Ca lifo rn ia desert a nd decl are it a wilderness. T he only people a llowed in a wilderness are hikers and horse riders. I am ne i ther. Bu t cu rrently I a m an avi d bicycl is t, motorcycl ist . ORV enth usiast and in gen eral , a pe rso n who p refers th e outdoors. And I enjoy pursuing m y ac tivi ties in th e areas yo u are tr ying to rem o ve from use by th e ge neral public. Pl ease withdra w yo ur spons ors hi p and support of thi s legisla tio n at once or I will ~ for ced to p ut m y su pport behind a ca ndi da te for U .S. Sen ator who understands wha t he was vot ed into office to protect. ' BR U CE BERNB AU M Inglewood, CA Than ks for yo ur letter rega rdi ng 5206 1. th e " Cal ifo rnia Desert P ro tection Act o f 1986." 52061 is now p endin g before th e Senat e Committee o n Energy a nd Natura l Reso urces. It is unclear when this bi ll migh t be re po rt ed o ut of co m m ittee; however , I'll keep your co m me nts in mind shou ld 52061 co me befo re th e full Senate for co nsideration. Enclosed for yo ur review is a copy o f 52061 a nd a brief summary of i ts cu rrent sta tus . I ho pe this information is useful to you. Again , thank yo u for alerting me to your co nc ern s. With best wi sh es. SENATOR TED STEVENS Washington, DC A ccord ing to Senator St evens, the Cranston bill (S2061. Californ ia Desert Prot ection Act of 1986) was read tw ice and referred to th e Comm ittee on Ener gy and Natural Resources on February 6 . .. Editor . Threat to off-road life " Ba n 'em" Statler is now history an d yet we have Ala n' Cranston and Mike Roo s to replace him here in Ca lifo rnia. (Fed era l 52061 and California A B2710 respectively) . O ur rights to open riding are constantly j udged and restr icted by others . H o w a bo ut a ne w wrinkle? I have in vested th ousands of dollars into mo torcycles, eq ui p me nt. fees. parts. accessories. transportation , insu ra nce (liabi li ty, auto . medica l) , lod gi ng. etc. My (o ur ) expen ditures help i f.nottot~lly support th o usa nds o f small businesses related' to and serving the OH V public. H ow m uc h - bu sin ess does Hungry Valley bring to th e Gorman area? There must be someone who ca n ca lcu la te th e financial aff ects upon my state and our country th e abovem entioned legisl a tion w ill bring. Politicians like to br ing money to th eir sta tes a nd di strict s. Let 's talk monev and find so me one wh o will spon sor a bill to permanently keep o pen exis tin g OHV areas . Let 's take th e o ffens ive! T ell me wh o to supp r t a nd I wi ll. St. Louis endurance After an xious ly awaiting the latest Cycle N ews to see o ur tea m 's results from theAMAIMotoWorld U. S. En durance Series. Round 2 at St. Louis. we were disap pointed . The overall results listed were correct. H owever. we were li sted as p laci ng th ird in th e GTO class whe n we actually pla ced third in th e GT U class. In th e body copy o f th e article. there was no mention of our team wh atsoev er even though we placed fift h overall. This oversight was particularly n o ticea ble si nce yo u listed teams which finished after us . P laci n g as well as we did, we expected to see some recognition for o u r team as well as o ur sponsors. Greenrose Honda and EBC Brakes. You've a lways given us recognition in th e p ast and we wanted to bring this to yo u r attention so th at yo u co u ld publ ish th e correct results. KU RT HALL STEVE CAM PISANO R isque Racin g Louisville, KY HAYDEN H EAL Orange, CA Wn'te to Governor George Deukmejian, Stat e Cap itol. Sacram en to, CA 95814, and to Senators Alan Cranston and Pete W ilson, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510 . .. Editor. Cranston's desert closure I am a form er Californian of th e 1960s and up to 1972 I u sed to ride Saddleback , Victorville a nd Moj ave to name a few. I left California a t age 17 but h ave many memories of th ose yea rs. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News. Inc. 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