Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

BUCO PRODUCTS TO MARKET GOODYEAR TIRES AND TUBES. Th e largest sing le orde r fo r m otorcycle tires a nd t ubes in G o odyear com pany h ist ory was pl aced ' in ea rly De cember by American Safety Eq uip men t Co rp or a ti on. Enc ino. Calif. , in th e inter est s o f th eir Bu co Pr oduc ts Divi sion. lead in g supplies o f m otorcycl e h e l m et s a nd other rel ated motorcy cle-oriented products. G o ody ear m otorcycl e t ir es a nd tubes will be m arket ed through Buco Pr oducts na ti onal sale s o rga nizatio n directly t o dealer s - addin g a n ew p roduct line t o several other b rand new mo t orcycle products being so ld by Buco represen tatives. Further information on th e n ew Goodyear motorcy cle tires a nd tubes is available fr om yo ur lo cal Bu c o rep resentat ive or wr ite Buco Products, 1605 5 Ventura Blvd., Encin o , CA 91 316. International ! Report... ; N Br itons are going ba na na s o ver a ne w law wh ich raises th e min im um age fo r mot or cy clists f rom 16 to 17 . In a fro nt page ed it oria l, "Motor Cycl e News " bl a med t he failure of t he go vernme nt t o provid e proper tr ain ing for y ou ng e nth usiast s as t he rea so n fo r t he necessity of the ball•..The A ut o Cycle Uni on , o ur eq uiva len t to t he AMA , cou nt ered t he mo ve by stati ng they had no inte n tio n of b anning 16· year -o lds fr om co mpe ti t io n. Who sa ys rr laters like t o just go slo w? Lat est word is that Wo rld Champion Mick Andrews will be ridi ng t he Mexican 1000 ne xt November o n a SOOee Ossa-powe red six-speed twi n-cy linder two-stroke Yankee... Forme r wor ld sideca r cham pion Helm ut Fath is b uildi ng a SOOee flat -four two-st roke. It w ill ha ve t ran sist o rized ign itio n a nd J uel in jecti o n, a nd will put out roughly 100 bhp, Joh n Ba nk s has sig ned a one-year co nt ract wit h CZ. Ban ks, wh o ro de CZ in the Tra ns-AM A series after a b-rief bout with Husky (which came abou t after BSA dropped its racing program), will be delivered a new works 400 (206 Ibs.) and will chase down both th e world a nd Brit ish ch amp io nshi p. The 28 -yea r-o ld Brit o n said, '" beli e ve I am fit a nd good eno ugh to win the wo rld t it le." A prom in ent rumo r-q uest io n co nce rn s Tra ns-AMA overall winner S ylva in Geboers and CZ . The Belgia n mak es no sec ret of the fa ct h e is d iscon te nted t o playing "second fiddle" t o Joel Rob ert on the Suzuki tea m. He wa s seen secret ly te st ing a 25 0 CZ ab out t he sa me t ime Banks wa s signi ng w ith the Cz ech facto ry . . It appears that Pete r Williams and new 250 world road racing champion Phil Read will be FINDS FAVOR IN FORD CYCLE HOUSE HELMET CONTEST William Ford of Phoenix , Arizona rec ently won th e Bell Helmet o f h is cho ice in th e latest con test given b y t he Cy cle House in Sa n ta A na , Cali f. He and his wife b o th rid e th eir Yamaha DT -1 's over lo ts of d esert tra ils. (What else?) Bill has b een street and di rt riding for the pas t tw elve years, and works as an electro nic t ech nicia n in Phoenix . NEW EMBLEM SELECTED FOR SPEEDWAY MOTORCYCLE RACING ASSOCIATION PA SAD E NA , CAL., Jan . 1,1 9 72 - The Sp e e dw a y R a cin g Associatio n an n ounced th is week th a t a new R ed, Wh ite an d lll u e id en ti fication emb lem has b een selec te d b y th e Board of Dir ectors a nd will b ecome th e official ins ign a o f th e organizatio n to b e used o n a variety of m ater ial re la ted t o th is association . " T he n ew emblem will be p laced o n all o rgan iza tio nal p rin ted m a t t er and als o ' reproduced in b o th pa tch es a nd d ecals ," d eclared S RA presid en t Peter Pal m er, " wit h th e h op e we ga in favo rab le ex posu re e verywhere th e d esig is exposed. u . n A copy of th e d esign will b e included with each 19 72 S RA m embersh ip card wh ile ex tra p at ch es an d decals will be sold a t a nomi nal fee to h elp su pport an d finance th e p lanned m emb er sh ip drive d uring the 197 2 seaso n. Copies of the ne w em b lem will be forwarded to speedway racing p romo te rs wi th the request th at th e em b lem b e used on all prin ted ra cing p ro gram s t o id en tify th e san ctionin g b ody. T he n ew SRA em b lem was created an d prepar ed b y Wilso n R . Springer, SRA 's p ublic rela ti ons re presen tative, a , pro minen t write r , artist, p ho tograp her and publicist long associa ted with motorcycling. W. EVERETT BRAHEAR, JR. TO HUSKY 200cc: John E. Si m s, Hon., Richard Kendrick, Yam ., Steve No rth, Hon. , Douglas Clark, Kaw.,Charl es L. Blake, Pen., David Dye, Hon., Frank Dever, Hon. 250cc: Jerry Schuler, Hus ., Bobby T homas, Hus ., Denny Fulcher, Bul. , Charles M. Smith, Hus., Danny Sc huler, Hus , John Phelps, Hus., Cha r les J ack. s on, Suz. Open: Rod Coop e r , His.• Earl Balme n, Yam. , Mik e Graham , Yam. , J e s se ' T homas, Hus . , Rick Trimble, Hus . John Gr eenr ose, Hus. , Ken Shelton, Hus . W. Evere t t Bras hear, Jr. has b een appointed General Manager of H usqvarna Motor Corp oration West , th e West ern distributorsh ip which is lo cated a t 4 79 0 Palm Avenue, La Mes a , California. T he an nou ncem en t was m ade j ointly b y Beng t O. Farnstrom , Presid en t of H usqvarna of Sweden , In c ., South Plain field, New Jerse y an d Edison Dy e of Med -Interna ti o nal. Bra shear co m es t o H us q varn a fro m Kawasaki Motors Corp orati on, wh er e h e was Sa les Manager , wit h total resp onsibility fo r sal es pla nnin g. co ord inating a nd market research in 15 we stern sta tes. H usqvarna Motor Corp oration West is on e o f two di stribut o rs for Husqvarna motorcy cles in th e United S tat es. It 's Eastern cou n te rpart is th e Husq var na Motor Corp oration Eas t in Lorain, Ohio , with J ack Leh to as Gen er al Manager . NORRA'S DAM 500 Th e National Off R oa d Raci n g Associati o n is going t o have ano ther 500-mile race February 12 , 1972 , a nd it will be in the good 01' U. S . o f A . Th e race w ill b e two 25 0 -m ile lo ops and will start a nd fin ish in the to wn of Parker, Arizona. Th e n am e : The Dam 5 00. One lo op will be in California and the rid ing fo r Nor t o n o n the asp ha lt circ uits thi s yea r, wh ich put s the English fi rm in t op co ntention in the newl y-est abl ish ed 750 cla ss. Nor Vil is sti ll loo king fo r a t hi rd man a nd it just mi ght b e Jo hn C ooper...Meanwhil e, Read ma y also co nt est t he 500 cla ss on a Ducat i. A ke Jon sson t urned down a n a tt rac t ive off er fro m Yamaha an d plans t o stay w ith Maico . Jo nsso n lost th e 50 0 wo rld cha m p io nshi p last year whe n a spark plug ca m e un scr ewed so he feels he ca n w in o n t h e sa me ma ch ine thi s yea r. Besides, he rod e th e wor ks 36 0 Ya m me r and fel t it was no t sufficien tly co m pet it ive to w in th e titl e. Doug Hele , the R&0 chap behind BSAlJ oh n Cooper's pheno menal success at Brands Ha tch , The Race of t he Ye ar, a nd t he Ontari o. 2S0 , t ur ned down an offer f ro m Norton. T en-t imes wo rld roa d -racing cham p io n G ia com o Ago st ini is sti ll un decided as t o w heth er or not the MV factor y will be ready to contest t he Dayt ona 200 with the, new 750 s. If he d oes, Ago feel s t he English threes are t he rea l threat , ex pressing littl e fa it h in t he tracta bili ty of the new 100·plus-hp Kawasakis and Suzukis. An d y Roberton a nd Brya n Wade , two of Brita in 's most hop eful pr osp ect s, hav e signed full contracts t o chase th e 500 world cro wn wit h Hu sq varna . other will be in Arizona. T he same categories us ed in th e Mexican 1000 w ill b e used in the Dam 500. Category 7 will be m oto rcy cles of 125 cc a nd under w hile Cat ego ry 8 will b e all bi kes larger th a n 125 cc. En try is set a t $2 75 per vehicle. O ne or two riders may e nter but the rider c hang e must t ak e pl ac e at the h alfwa y point. A d raw in g w ill b e held J an uary 24 for starting p o sit ions. Entr ies will still b e open, h o wever. . ap plicat io ns a nd fur ther For informa ti on , contact NOR RA at 1616 V ic to ry Blvd ., S uite 200 , Glendale, CA 9 120 1. (2 13) 245-1033 . excelle nt cond ition. D uring th e Eu ro pe an circ u it , th e t eam will b e m ech an icall y assis ted b y Yam ah a , and a co n tin uo us d evel opmen t p ro gram will be m a in tain ed for the bikes by Tors ten Hallman. BOB BATES, FOUNDER OF BATES INDUSTRIES, KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Robert Ow en Bates, o w ne r of May w o od Hond a, fo under of Ba te s Industries, and lo n g a colorful figure in m o t or cy clin g, was kille d in a tr a ffic acciden t nea r Vic torville, California o n Dec. 19 . He was r e tu rn in g fro m a d esert _ _ __ ra ce with t wo young riders he sponsored whe n th e accident occurred. PACIFIC JA WA Bo b Ba tes formed Bates Industries in American Jawa Ltd . of Los Angeles, 19 43 . His firs t p roduc ts we re Calif., the West Co ast imp orter a nd wi ndshie l ds for C ushman d istributo r fo r J awa an d CZ Mo torscooters . After t h e war h e m o t orc ycl es a nd accesso ries , h as just annou nced a distribu tin g agr eem ent wit h Pacific J aw a Inc. o f A lbany, Ca lif., for e xcl us ive sub-distributi ng rights for the J awa-CZ lin e a nd spare parts fo r the sta tes o f Washin gton a n d O reg on, as well as th e n orthern h alf of California . American Jawa reports that the new sub-distributor has a co mplete mo t or cy cle and p arts in ventory o n ha n d an d w ill be ac tively so lici ti ng fo r new d ealer s in th e Pacific North wes t regio n im m ediatel y . A ny d ealers interes te d in contacting Pacifi c J aw a for p o ten tial d ealer sh ip inf ormation , o r pric es a nd in fo rm a ti o n on Ba rum tir es , Favorit chain o r PAL sp ar k plu gs, shou ld c o ntac t ei ther R.K. Ligh tn er o r Bo b Briner at 4 15 /845-0444 in Alb an y , or at their m aili n g ad d ress; P.O . Bo x 64 16, Al bany , Cali f. 94 7 12. ex panded hi s produc t line to include many o th er accesso ries for b oth scooters a n d m otorcy cl es. His seats were JEFF JAMES JOINS DOWNEN 'S extremely popular for desert, 1'1', st reet, CYCLE CENTER a nd custom us c, a nd, amo ng h is wide J eff Jam es, fo u nder of J am es, Ltd in ran ge of products , were prob ably most Costa Mesa, Calif., h as accep ted th e resp onsib le for making -the name Bates p os iti on of genera l sa les m anager of so fa mi liar to ri ders. Downen 's Cycle Center in Hawaiian In 19 6 5 he re tir ed fro m the Co m pany Gardens, Ca lif. tha t st ill carries his nam e. Bu t h e was Do wnen 's Cycle Center is locat ed at too energetic t o stay inactive long, and 11 83 5 East Carso n in H aw aii an in 19 6 7 h e es tablished May wo od Honda Gar d en s. in th at Los Angcles su burb. H e fre quen tly ro de AMA t ours, a nd was a fa m iliar figure on hi s 75 0 H onda YAMAHA, AMXT LIN K co m p lete with special fairing. r ad io and Th e 19 72 American M o t o -Cr o ss luggage caddy. A lt ho ugh h e would h ave Tea m h as accep te d Yamah a been 58 in J an uary , as r ecently as a year Intern atio nal ' s offer to cam paign th e ago h e was still d rag racin g - a nd setting co m ing G ra nd Prix mo tocross seaso n o n reco rd s! D uring the 19 50s h e was th e new Ya maha m o t o cr oss machines . we ll-known personally to many d esert Wes te rn m oto cr o ss ace Ga ry J on es will racers b eca use h e served as a vo lu n ta ry join Cap tain Brya n Ken ney , a nd th e a m b ula nce service. His red sta tio n t eam wi ll en ter m o st of th e G ra nd Prix s wago n, k no wn as "the o ld reg w ago n " , in ad di t ion t o as ma n y Internat ional an d h is knowledge o f first aid , m ad e Even ts as fu nds will allow. As th e te a m h im the foreru nn er of t od ay 's Rescu e 3. fun d grows, the t enta t ive plan is t o add He is su rvive d b y two so ns, Bob a third m ember (yet un nam ed ) at a la ter Bates, J r. his p artner a t Ma yw o od time , who wi ll jo in Bryan an d Gary on Ho nda. Fred Bates o f South Gate a nd a the cir cuit. daughter , Dian e Kin g o f South Gate, a AMXT ' 7 2 wi ll continue to use their b ro th er , Donald Bat es o f Omaha, a nd a Fren ch h ead quar t ers in Eu rope, and t he sist er, Evan Reh er of Grand Isla nd , Team van purch ased las t year is sti ll in Ne braska. ..., '" ' (J) :;: w Z W -J U >- U

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