my th oughts and experiences, as to
be uncanny.
So, thank you, William Edgar, for
wr iti ng down in words a "key" to
let loose a ll th e memories of fun ,
pleasure, a nd advent ures that the
ro ad , m y mot or cycl e, th e fell ow
riders a nd I sha red.
JO E BRADLEY
T emple City, CA
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T h is is in response to Martin
Argo's letter (T ree huggers) which
appeared in th e Octob er 4 issue.
Martin , you reall y hit the nail o n
the head . Martin Argo for pres ident!
DEAN H . SWEET
Belmont, CA
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Mu ch a pp lause to the comments
mad e by Martin Argo in the Voices
section. He mak es so much sense it 's
almos t emb arrassin g to ad m it that
we 're human bein gs , intent on
destroying ourselves by causing th e
tremendous pollu tion of all kinds of
our enviro n ment (a nd not doing
nearl y enough, fast eno ug h, to solve
the problem ). And yet we ha ve the
nerve to elect di m-wilted pol iticians
wh o, of all things, close acres and
acres of our public land!
Wh y in God 's name ca n' t o ur
po liticia ns do som ethin g logical for
once. We live in such a screwed up
society it' s unbeli evab le. T he vario us
helm et bills, for instan ce, are a good
exa mple of th e asini ne thinking of
our politicia ns. T hey're goi ng to
save o urselves from ourselves, rig ht?
Wh y do n 't th ey introduce a bill
req uiring a nyo ne in any type of
vehicle to wear a helmet? Probabl y
beca use they wou ldn 't want to have
to put on a helm et every ti me they
ge t into their lim os.
I hope all you readers o ut th ere
do mo re th an read, a nd wr ite to your
" elected" officials about a ny law
yo u 're no t happy wit h. Aren't we the
peo ple th e o nes wh o are supposedly
ru nn ing th is co untry? Let 's not wai t
un til all o ur righ ts are go ne!
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KEVIN M. DENMAN
w. Covi na , CA
In additi on to wri ting, all m otorcyclis ts are strongly urged to atten d th e
Saturday, October 28, fie ld hearing
w hich wi ll be con duc ted by th e
Pu blic L and s Su bcommittee of th e
H o use I nter ior Commi ttee on
H R 780 (Californ ia Desert Protection
Act ) at th e T ri-Coun ty Fairgrounds
in Bishop, Calijornia. Sports Committee Dist rict 37 has rented the
fairgrounds and after the hearing a
fund- raising entertain men t program
will be conducted and w ill be followed by a barbecue with the beef
and lam b provided by th e H ig h
Desert Cattlemen 's and California
1V00igrowers Asso ciati on s. Demonst rat ions of stadium motorcycle
trials, rop ing, sheepdog trials and
running of obstlUl es by 4X4 vehicles.
w ill take pla ce in the fai rground
arena from 5 to 6:30 p.m. , and the
barbecue will follow. A donation of
$35 per person (ch ildren under 15
free) is reques ted and all donations
wi ll go directly to the Multip le-Use
Advocates L egal Defense Fund to
fig ht SII, HR 780 and to seek proper
management for our desert tortoise .
Reserved cam p ing at th e fairgrounds
will be available for $i per ni ght.
It's im perative that we turn ou t in
large numbers as th e environmen talist groups are plann ing to do so.
A noth er fiel d hearing will be condu cted on No vember 11 iTl Rarstow ,
but the first field hearing w ill draw
th e m ost attention , not only from th e
politicians but th e medi a as well. For
more informa tio n, call th e Sports
Comm itt ee District 3 7 hotlin e, 213/
438-6527 . . . Editor.
Show up in force!
It is im pe rat ive a n d I m ean
im perative th at you gather famil y
and friends a nd show up in Bish op
(see a bo ve) to dem onstrate yo ur
oppositio n to clos ing o ur public
land to all but backpackers. Wh y
should you go, you as k? Well , th e
Sierra Club is going to be there in
force to help th eir · preservationist
ca use. If we do not show up in force
th e other side will win a nd we will
all have a lot of expensive eq uipment
that would be worthless!
DICK MEZA
Pl acentia, CA
Smaller desert
The desert has been mad e smaller,
turtle ri ghts over my rights.
The best riding area in California
closed a nd no editorial, no lett er
writing ca mpa ign , no nuthin ' l
Pl ease ca ncel my paid subscri ption
beca use th e important cycle news
you won't print.
MARK WURT ENB ERG ER
Visali a, CA
P.S. I dare you to print thi s.
DOTl 't figh t us, Mark . Fight th em!
Be in Bishop on OCtober 28 (see ·
in for matio n above and in th e public
service ad on page 55) .. . Edit or.
Phillip Island forever!
I would like to reaffirm Melbourne's commitment to a nd su p port for th e staging o f th e Phillip
Island Grand Prix.
Melb ourne is the sport ing ca pital
of Australia. Earlier th is year Melburnians demonstrated th eir great
interest in the sport by welcoming
rider s and ent h usias ts with a week
of activities cu lm ina ting in a motorcade through the city streets. Thousands mad e th e trip to Phillip Island
to enjoy th e spec tacle.
We ha ve a world class track and
facilit ies. We have the su pport of
bu sin ess and com mu nity a nd the
sporti ng world.
Victo ria has the ideal venue for th e
Australia n Motorcycle Grand Prix.
I seek your assurance th at we will
agai n have the o ppo rt un ity to stage
a uniq ue Au stra lia n Motorcycle
Gra nd Prix a t Phillip Islan d.
BILL DEVEN EY
Lo rd Mayor
City of Melbo urne
Melb ourne, Austra lia '
As we have reported and con tin ue
to repo rt (see W ind section), a baTI
on cigarette advertising in Victoria
is t hreaten ing th e return of th e
Aust ralian
GP
to
Ph ill ip
Island . . . Editor.
Road memories
Last ·year I went so lo on a 3000
mil e rid e a nd two years ago o n a 5000
mile ride. T he Cycle Dream s in th e
Sep tem ber 27 issue was so similar to
Published lett ers do not necessarily reflect the
positton of Cycle News. Inc. Send letters to Voices ,
P.O. Box 498. long Beech. CA90801 .
Wind
(Contin ued from page 1)
by hi s fath er whil e he remains
hospitalized . Cards a n d letters
sho uld be sent to XRs Onl y, 6944
Santa Fe, Hesperia , CA 92345.
Petersen Publish·ing Co. will stop
publishing Super/Moto Cross
magazine after the December
issue. Starting with the January
1990 issue. ' Super/Moto Cross
magazine will be merged into Dirt
Rider magazine in the form of a
special section devoted to motocross that will contain 16 to 24
pages . Subscribers to the
Petersen Motorcycle Group publication will be offered Dirt Rider
or an extension on their existing
Dirt Rider subscription. Citing a
shortfall in advertiser support.
Publisher Richard Lague said.
"Our projections gave us little
hope that the advertising picture
would change . . . If market cond itions were to change. we would
seriously consider a relaunch."
Super/Moto Cross started as a bimonthly in 1988 and went
monthly this year.
Supercross and 25 0cc Nati onal
Champion j eff Stanton and Team
Honda ra ce technicians will be a t
Motosports Park in Byron, Illinois,
O ctober 22, to o Her advi ce a n d
technical assista nce to Honda rid ers.
Tri Pro Racin g, a local H o n da
deal ership, will a lso be offering test
rides on th e 1990 CR motocross
lineu p .
Bob "Hurricane" Hannah will be
the featured guest at the October
21 Suzuki RM Open House at
Country Roads Honda/Suzuki in
Cedarsburg. Wisconsin. which is
20 minutes north of Milwaukee.
Door prizes will be awarded, a
service clinic conducted. and food
and refreshments will be availa b le . The happening takes place
from 9 a .m . to 5 p .m.
Honda is constructi ng the H onda
Californ ia P rovin g Center near
Ca nti l, Ca liforn ia, in the Mojave
Desert northeast of Los Angeles.
Rep orted to cost nearl y $50,000,000,
th e 4200-acre site will feature a 7.4mi le ova l test course p lus off-roa d
courses. The facil ity will be ope ra ted
by H onda R&D a nd will be used to
test a nd develo p both motor cycles
a nd cars.
The final CRC night MX of the
season at Los Angeles County
Raceway in Palmdale. California,
will take p lace Fr iday night.
October 13.
Alt houg h it was rumo red that after
15 years as a H a rl e~Da v i d son facto ry
rider, th ree-ti me Grand National
Champion jay Springsteen , 32.
would go it a lo ne in 1990, word now
has it that he'lI con tin ue to receive
support from the factor y. Springer ,
(Co n tinued to page 55)
