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"T h e average motorcyclist is infamous
for his complacency and apathy. It will be
interestingto note his reaction to the President's
Proclamation. If this doesn't arouse him,
he might as well bronze-plate
his bike and use it for a book-end."
--Russ Sanford
SACRAMENTO, CAL., Feb. 7, 19 72 ' Not to be outdo ne by t he Sierra Club ,
Presiden t Nixon today issued his own
u lt im at u m levied at off-road vehicles. In
case you ar e no t familiar with the term,
O RV's in vlu d e motorcycles, trail-bi kes,
mi ni-b ikes , and that little 0 1' Ho nda you
use for h unting an d fish ing, Grand ma!
Y est erday , in San Francis co, t h e
Sierr a Club urged t hat strong res train ts
be p laced upo n t he use o f o ff-road
veh icles - du ne buggies, snowmob iles,
and all th eir kith and kin (to quote th e
Francisco Chro nicle).
"These
San
veh icle s which ho ld a special p lace in
the hearts of hun ters and recreationists,
cause excessive noise in wil derness areas ,
alo ng wi th physical damage to th e
environme nt ,
th e
club 's d irec to rs
decid ed at t heir q ua rterly me eti ng he re
yeste rday ."
T he direc tors , me eting at the Jack
Tar Hotel, co ncl ud ed that th e off-road
veh icles would cause:
"Excessive no ise whic h, in close
p ro xim it y , may resu lt in p hysiolog ica l
effects on animals and hum ans, or may
induce anxiety altering animal behavior
(a nd) ...se rio usly d egrades the so lit ude of
wild areas for o ther users."
Physical dam ag e to th e enviro nment
includ ing "ero sio n wi th consequent
d estru cti on of fish h abitat ...destruction
THE ~lfJ@~~D~@&RJTllfJr; STREETSTER!
What 6Gold Medals and one Silver in
the 1971 ISDY mean to the Western rider:
The Pentons ridden to fourth place in Wo rld Championship competition at the 1971 International Six Days Triill by
U.S. Trophy Team riders were a new breed from John Penton's original concept. Longer, lower, lighter and stronger,
they reflected the lessons learned in that toughest challenge, the annual Olympics of two-wheeled motorsport.
The Six Days of the 'seventies demands the best motorcycle ever built if Gold is to be won; road bikes that can hold
their own in motocross thrashing, dirt racers that challenge dragsters yet quietly glide through suburban streets and all for nearly a week without failure of basic parts, holding a strict schedule each day, exposed to cold and rain
each night to be started within a minute each morning or lose valuable points. What does it mean? A Penton is
built for the demands of western enthusiasts: Long enough to give stability at high speeds in desert going, yet light
and agile as required for climb ing through heavy woods. Chrome·moly tube frame, six-speed box for flexibility, enduro kits for converting from motes to road goi n ~ " 1OOcc to 175cc 2.cycle , • • ." engines, and price tags
as competitive as the bikes are!
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or serious adverse impact o n flora and
fauna ... "
Dest ruc tion
of
flora,
and
of
"archaelogical , scientific, hist orical and
o ther significant sites ..."
Har assment of wild life "leadi ng to
weakened physical condition, d eath and
possib le extinc tion of some species.....
" Illegal h unting, fishi ng , and t he
taking of game an d no ne -game sp ec ies:
" Competi tion with other fo rms of
r ec reatio n. T h e O R V operator, b ein g
much m o re mo bil e is capable of greater
infringement
on
the
recreat ional
opport unit ies of oth er land use rs and
uses a grea ter q uantity of scarce land
per recreational user .,.
A ir an d water polutiori, litter, and
va ndalism .
T he d irect o rs of t he influential,
135,0 DO-member
c o n s e r va t i o n
organization declared it th eir policy t hat
t he operation of off-road veh icles
sho uld b e " presumed to be detrimen tal
to all ar eas and should accordingly be
p ro hib ited o n all public lands u nless
proven
otherwise
by
competent,
imp art ial in vestigat c rs. "
T he very nex t th ing , President Nixon
issued the Presidentia l Procl amation.
A t first glance, the Presidentia l
Proclamation b ecam e a portent of
doo m. Needless to say, t elephones were
ringi ng off the wa lls clear across the
la nds.
As soon as peop le had a chance t o
read the Proclama tion a second time.
the tu mult began to die down. A t hird
reading a nd a hu rried call to Ray
Lobbyist
in
Lu ccia ,
the
MIC
Washingt o n , D. C., revealed th ese facts :
T he federal agencies have six mo nths
in which to d et ermi ne th os e areas and
t rai ls on pub lic lands whe re off-road
vehicl es will b e allo we d o r prohib ited.
T h ey must also set a da te b y wh ich th e
designatio n 0 f suc h land must be
com p lete d.
,
The federal ag en cies m us t develop
and publish' op erating r egulations within
one year.
Russ
Sanford,
the
California
mo t o rcy cle lobbyist told C ycl e News in
an exclusive interview, "Some of the
people I have spoken to feel optimist ic
because the Presid ential Proclamation
allows public participatio n in the
development of regulations and in th e
des ignation
of
areas
and
trails.
Perso nally , I feel as though the judge
has just declared the death p enalty . b ut
has smoothed it over by allowing th e
victim to st ate whether he prefers
hanging, drowning. e lectrocution, or
terminal sodomy."
Sanford , all uding to the 1972
electio ns, further sta ted, "It app ears
that
President has chosen a very
unpopular platform in a yea r when it
wo uld seem prudent to be popular. I
truly wo nder if th e Sierra Club 's
claim ed 130,000 members will pull
more
we ight at th e p olls than
motorcycling's kn own
five million
enthusiasts , It is my o pin io n ," said
Sanford, "that a man can be pretty
undecided about which cand idat e to
vote for on 'bread and butter' issue s,
b u t w hen y o u indulge upon his sp ort
and p leasu re, it is quite a different
our
st ory."
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In closing the in t erview. Sanfo rd said.
"The average motorcyclist is rather
famous , or should I say infamo us , for
h is co m p lacency and apathy. It will b e
int eresting to no te his reactio n to the
Proclama tion. If t his doesn 't aro use
h im. then h e m ight as well b ronze-p late
his b ik e and use it for a book-end."
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