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PoJe seeks info
My name is Jacek Gorski and I am
20 years old, and a student of Warsaw
Polytechnical College in the Department of Automobiles and Working
Machines. For several years I have
been seriously interested in military
motorcycles and all-terrain cars from
World War II. r presently have three.
motorcycles and they are a Russian
M72. a Harley-Davidson WLA, and
a BMW R75 Sahara_ I try to make
them as original as much as possible.
I hope to soon buy a Jeep.
Unfortunately, in Poland the
technical literature concerning old
vehicles is not available and it iseven
difficult to obtain photographs
except some of Polish and SoViet
vehicles_
Could you please send me some
photos, descriptions of the Jeep and
the Harley WLA and some photos
of all-terrain motorcycles and cars.
from World War II, In exchange I
am ready- to send you publications
concerning old Polish and Soviet
vehicles or other things from Poland.
V91ume XXIV
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JACEK GORSKI
VI. Budrysow 20a ml9
04119 Warszawa, Poland
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Motocross and to prOVIde a correction of your Vet class results. Greg
Winters finished fifth overall WIth
Kenny Zahrt fourth in the Vet class
at Mammoth.
ANGELA WINTERS
. Ridgecrest, CA
Femme thanks
On behalf of all the girls who
participated in the V.S, Suzukisponsored CRC Women's Championship MX Series, I would like to
thank the following: V.S, Suzuki
Motor Corp_, California Racing
Club, AXO Sport, O'Neal VSA,
Answer Products, Motocross ~ction
magazine, Pro Circuit Racing, Troy
Lee Designs, DMC-Dave Miller
Concept~, Kal-Gard, Racer's ~hoice,
Accurate Cycle Supply, HI-Desert
Kawasaki Cycle Center, Vans Tennis
Shoes, Roko Sport Inc., Thousand
Oaks Yamaha/Kawasaki and White
Bros. Cycle Specialties.
It was their support and contributions that made this first-time event
the success that it was. The continuing support from sponsors such as
these will help keep motocross alive
and growing.
TAMI RICE·
Norco, CA
Missing results
After anxiously walung for the
results from the July 4 Grattan
(Michigan) Six-Hour Endurance
Road Race, I was very disappointed
to ~ee that the Middleweight Superbike' class was omitted in the race
results in your July 22 issue. For our
team, Off Road Racing, this was our
best placing so far and for it to go
completely unrecognized was more
than I could take.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people involved
in the effort: owtfer and captain
Doug Flaugh; chief scorer, alternate
rider and won.derful wife Joann
Mcintosh; aIrernate rider and crew
member Robin Carson; crew
met)1bers and time keepers Dave and
Jim Vauple; and Alan Bechard who
provides moral support.
DOUG MciNTOSH
Clarksville, TN
the restriaor test. After discussing
the issue, the AMA got the other tool
it was using to check some of the
other bikes coming in off the race
track and that tool fit into the
manifold I In other words, the AMA
was using two tools of two different
sizes to check the same thing. When
I asked which tool they were going
to go by, they replied that ~hey we~e
going to use the one that dId not fIt.
Therefore, I was disqualified. I had
qualified third fastest and on top of
being disqualified from the
National, I was disquaItEied for the
$17,500 Camel Pro Challenge Dash.
It is not the intent of thIS letter
to pick a bone with the AMA - a
_ battle which cannot be won - but
rather to set the slory straight and
tell the other side of the story that
the annolJ.ncer failed to complete.
RUSTY ROGERS
Richmond, VA
Desert walking
This letter is in response to the
ravings of Dave Holeman (How You
Can Win column) in the July 22
issue_
His diatribe regarding Cranston's
Desert Bill causing a ban on street
bikes is just the kind of alarmist
drivel that makes people think that
motorcyclists have single digit [Q's.
His problem is a complete misconception of Wilderness Areas and the
Wilderness Act, not to mention a
"me first" attitude that permeates his
column. His public lands are my
public lands, too. They also belong
to many millions of people who may
never see them, but who still believe
that wild land for its (')wn sake, 'with
its own population of wild creatures
is something we need to keep in our
country_
Holeman makes it sound like the
entire Mojave desert will become a
Wilderness Area, of[ limits to only
hikers and horses. Wrong. S7 does
indeed "lock up" some desert land,
but is that so bad? I tremble to think
what might have happened in the
1800's and early in this century if
people with his mentality had been
able to influence the creation of
parks like Yosemite and Yellowstone. We'd be having geyser to
geyser hare scrambles.and running
enduros in Tuolumne Meadows.
I agree that S7 could. use s0n:te
tempering and compromIse, but tn
no way will it close paved roads to
public traveL. Paved roads do not
meet the stringent cri teria -set forth
in the Wilderness Act for Wilderness
Areas.
I go to a lot of nice places in the
desert that I can't get to on my street
bike or my dual-purpose bike. How
do I get there? I walk, Try it some
time, Dave. You might see that the
desert has a lot more to of[er than
pucker bushes and whoop-de-doos.
ARDEN KYSELY
Santa Barbara, CA
Parkersburg incident
It was inferred by the announcer
at the Camel Pro Series Parkersburg
Half Mile that I was not running
intake restrictors during time trials.
The issue was not restrictors, but
rather the size of the intake manifolds, The manner in which the
announcement was made implied
that I was trying to get by with
something illegal, when in fact that
was not the case at aiL. Furthermore,
I.have been running the same manifold set-up the entire season and have
'passed tech inspection at every other
race track.
At the July 18 National, one of the
tools which the AMA uses to check
the manifold would Hot go into the
opening far enough. At that point
it was announced that I had failed
ISDE trip
I am looking for one or two nonsmokers to join me for the 62nd ISDE
in Poland. My itinerary is as follows:
I leave Chicago ()n Wednesday,
September 16, and arrive in Frankfurt, West Germany, the following
day where I will pick up a car_ I then
plan to drive to Berlin and then on
to Jelenia Gora through East Germany. I am scheduled to Teturn from
Frankfurt on Wednesday, September
30, but this can be extended to
October 7 as long as arrangementS
-are made before August 25.
The air fare is under $600, round
trip from Chicago. Anyone interested
in going with me and sharing rema-car, etc. expenses can call me at
312/237-2407_ You can also call
Linda Nice ai Pegasus Travel, 312/
237-6466. She is arranging my visas
and plane tickets and while her o(fi<;e
is not open on Wednesdays, she 11
there on Saturdays from 9 to 2 p.rn.
Remember, August 25 is the deadline
to take advantage of the great air fare,
so if you are interested you had better
get it together.
Trade Tech support
On Wednesday, August 12, then
will be a public meeting at the Los
Angeles Community College District
Office building at 617 W. 7th Street
in Los Angeles. A no,:\-agenda item,
our new proposed power productS
and motorcycle program, will be
heard between 6 and 9 p.m. If you
can attend and wish to be heard call
on Monday, August 10, or Tuesday,
August II, at 213/628-7788, extension 2235. Refer to this as a nonagenda item and you will be given
three minutes at the podium.
We are running out of time to get
approval for the fall semester whidl
will start on September 14. Because ,
of the excellent attention given to our
struggle, 86 studems are now on our
waiting list ready to enroll in the
program if we are given the go ahead.
Five of these people are ladies and
they will be represented by Elizabeth
Morgan at this meeting. Several
industry people are also scheduled
to speak. Please consider getting on
the agenda. We are a public com.munity college and support from the
taxpayers and voters will assure our
program for the future. Just showing
up to suppOrt our s.peakers will be
appreciated.
As I've said before, it might take
the Cycle News Finish Line Camera
to determine our margin of victory
but with your support we wiJI win.
PAT OWENS
L.A. Trade Tech
Los Angeles, CA
