Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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Advert ising Assistant Larry Groves Lab Technician Marion Hatash ita Typographer Dorothea Lang Bookkeeper Eleanor Duke Bookkeeper Assistant Beverly Townsend Receptionist Bobi Culp Cycle News Prod uct s Natio nal Advertisin g Directo r (Cycle News West. Cycle News East. Cycle New s Di x ie) : Tom Culp. Cycle News West. P.O . Box 498. Lo n g Beach , California 9 0801. (213) 427-7433; L.A . 636-8844 . . T EL EX NO. 673 474 Subscription: On e year. second class mail 2 years second class mail 3 years. second class mail 5ingle copy price 59.00 515.00 518.00 $.30 When we read your rewrite of our New Products Release, concerning our "Will To Win" poster, we didn't know whether to laugh or to cry . Even though your photo caption was cleverly worded, so that some of your newer readers won't get the impression that I'm a "dirty old man" trying to downgrade the sport and industry, I would like to point out that our company belongs to both the American Motorcycle Industry Association and the Motorcycle Industry Council, and that we have actively and ed itorially supported both groups' programs and goals over the years (not overlooking the fact that I served as President of the MIA for three years) . I'm sure that your caption wasn't intended as any type of insult, but did want to go on record in the event some of your readers may have interpreted it as such. BILL BAGNALL Bagnall Publishing Co. Sierra Madre, Calif. [ha-ha) into sponsoring him. Maybe it's not Gary's story, but maybe Art Cox'? NAME WITHHELD ETERNITY To Don and Fred of the IOO's M.C.: I will be eternally grateful to you and your 4·wheel-drive for rescuing my husband from having to spend a cold and hungry nigh t out in the desert Feb. 13. If it h adn't have been for your determination to find those five guys stranded on Checkpoint No.6, I'm sure they would still be there wondering, "Where did everyone go?" CATHIMATlIEWS Hustlers M.C . him out to me (one of the event officials was pointing with a Colt, but somebody else made h im put it down) and telling me that I shouldn't be mis led by my own imp ressio ns but should wait to read" his next column before deciding what the enduro was actually like. T urned out it wasn't too bad. J.G . KROL Anaheim, Calif. CHOP ROUND 3 This letter is in reply to the reply that appeared in the Voice of the West co ncerning my letter that you entit led 'Chop Chop '. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to start a running b attle in the pages of Cycle News but I feel that I pass on any we might receive... Ed. T I RED OF H EA RING IT! In your issue of 2 {I5, I be came a little ,~ngered at reading "Donna Dons... The grumbling heard isn 't as wide-spread as the article would have one to believe. Spillway is a motocross track, that's right , Moto-X! If everyone wants a smooth track I suggest they get into something like "IT or short track. The action is super fast there too, but the tracks are smooth. At any Moto-X track one would care to visit, I'm sure there would be just as many crashes as at Spillway. It isn't the track that needs to be "slowed", I feel that the riders who are participating in any competitive event need to better rea lize h is ac t ual skills . No matter what new obstacles are p laced on the track, there is going to be those few who go through them faster. After all that's the name of the game Moto-X. Comp etit io n ! R egardless of the ro ughness of th e tra ck - so mehow - t he b est guys still fin ish first. I've heard m o ans and gro ans at near ly every trac k I've been to and it seems as th ough everyo ne (exc ep t for th e guys taking th e go ld) have an excuse fo r not wi n ning including m e. But let's no t put down a fine track su ch as this one. SKIP RIC E Orcutt, Calif. WHAT I F? Imagin e a bullet in fr om th e AMA every q u arter listing good and bad leg islation co rning and the voting record of our elected officals p osted in every mo to rcycle sh op in th e U.S. An d the Annual Report b efore the elections ma iled to every registered motorcy clist in the USA. The AMA would have to buy a couple of blocks in Westerville to ho use their expanded offic es cuz motorcy clists would care about th e AMA. Here's ho ping ... CHUCK BAIRD Carmel, Calif. MORE THAN THREE In your February 15, 1972 issue, you state on page 11 that Gary Lunsford "fresh out of the woods" has only just completed his third motocross ride. I have attended many CMC motocrosses and have seen him win at least two events overall. He currently holds an Intermediate status with the CMC but has not ridden for sometime. I think it is u nfair that h e says he has only ridden th ree races to possibly fool Edison Dye kind of guy who punches down a ~ear and blasts through when he gets In a tight spot. He usually won't get involved in a long process of loo king so meth ing . up and then making a phone ca ll, then writing a letter. This takes a lot of effort when he just wants to get it on. I'd be will ing to bet that if you sent all your subscribers a letter to sign and send (including envelope with postage), that less than half would do it. I suggest you stir them up with stronger, but factual propaganda and tell 'em where to write. J IM LANE Torrance, Calif. Our "Where to Write" list will appear next week...Ed. TENNIS, ANYONE? We were just funn in' around , for sure. We have been waiting from some weird letters, We'll Co p y righ t €I Cycle News. Inc. 1972 all rights reserved ... '_ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;:.l HE'S CLEAN though. Publ ished we e kly except the first and last week o f t h e ca lendar year by Cycle New s. Inc .• Pos t Office Bo x 498. Long Beach, Ca lifornia. Also publishers of Cycl e News Eas t. and Dix ie Cycle News. Sec o nd Class Po stage paid at Lo ng Beach . Cali f . Editorial stories. cartoons. photos. etc . are welcome . Addressed, stamped envelope assures return of editorial matter. Reprinting in whole or in pa rt only by permission of the publishers. Advertising rates and circulation information will be sent upon request. See S.R .D .S. VOICES OF THE WEST COURTIN'DAYS I am writing about that guy that got hurt himself at Vasquez Canyon Rd. That guy was a real idot for taking the owner to court. I know friends who have broken their fo "Ot or have gone off a 10 foot embankment, but nobody tried to take the owners to court. The place used to be a real bitchin ' place to ride ; we ll I guess that is all over. I hope the owner win s the case or it gets dropped. It o nly took some d umb parent to do such a thing, and maybe in five years or so the riders will ride there again. RICK GRANT Sep ulved a , Calif. have to reply. First off, Iceman as you call yourself, don't you have the guts to use your real name? Are you afraid to let the readers know who you are? Secondly, you say don't knock it until you've tried it. I wouldn't try a chopper for the simple fact that most choppers, with their extended forks, have so much trail that they don't want to turn. T his, alo ng with t he dubious quality of the components use d makes me somewhat lee ry . See my point? I do agree on one point, an occasional article or picture isn't going to hurt. LA R R Y THEOBALD Perh aps " Iceman" IS his real na me... Ed. TO T HE IN VAD ERS M.C.; THAT POSTER AGAIN I am sorry I ran o ver one of your mem b ers when h e fe ll at the Desert M.C. race. I ho pe he is all righ t. Als o , I want to th ank y ou for h elp ing me wh en I fell . JIM G RAZIANO No . 761c Desert Fo xes M.C. Of all th e unmiti gat ed gall! How dar e yo u even insin uat e that I, as a dean , d ecent, up stand ing, American mal e, mi gh t desire that st o lid ex amp le of int olerable filth . It is smu t lik e that wh ich give motorcy clin g a bad name. I would no t accept th at ludicrous ex cuse fo r d rollery even if I w ere remunerated to take it. p.s. Got any more ? WIL LI A M LAHR Compton, Calif. GOOD SAMAR IT AN One o f o ur rid ers broke h is leg o n a ru n to th e b omb b efore th e SBVMC race. lam Dr ake provided the wh eels and much of h is time to get our rider back to the pits . Thank yo u , lam Dr ake fo r being a fr iend ind eed ! ANTELOPE RA MBLERS M.C . REVEN GE! In rep ly to Vol. IX No.5 Chop, Chop , Chop. Referring to Vol. IX No . 1: I'm th e owner o f this scooter and I also ride d irt. T h erefo re I'm glad to se e that t h ere's people who can app reciate bo th. The o nly re ason I did not write a repl y to this bi ased o p inio n sooner is b ecause I figu red anyb ody that wo uld write something like th is must have fallen off his Honda Trail 70 so many times and ate so much dirt, he 's lost all of his good taste! BOB PRICE Long Beach, Calif. WHAT IS REALITY? Are Papa Wealey and Rod Breaker real people? I know Rotten Ron Schneiders is real because I saw him at an enduro o nce; p eop le were pointing WRIT E WE M UST Re: Presid en tial Proclamatio n, Feb . 22 issue. If we all don't wri te to th e righ t pe ople , like R uss Sanford says, the bronzin g people will have lo ts of b usin ess. . Lo ts o f people will take th e tim e to loo k up an d write the right p eople , bu t I am sure th at mo st will not , even if it mean s they mi ght not h ave a p lace to rid e. God help use if we don't take the time to write these p eople. BO B SlIAW Van Nuys, Cali f. TIG HT SPOT Re : "Presidential Proclamation". Please go a little further and have someo ne on your staff come up with a list of names and addresses of persons (e.g., the President) to write to about the use of p ubli c land. Pub lish this list. Do everyth ing you can to h elp the "infamous" cylist become m o re verbal. Why? I believe the typical cylist is th e My father was a member of the Gripsters Motorcycle Club and he is now beginning to ride for Fantasy Racing Team. I have been brought up in the mo torcy cle world, so I at least know what I am talking about. I can't believe that motorcycle riding may be "blown off the map." What a bummer! What are teenagers like me going to do on the weekends when we aren't able to go out riding? Go out and playa couple games of tennis? I'm sure! How many kids a re you going to go see playing tennis? Very little, if any. What are we doing to do? Motorcycle riding is the greatest sport in the world and it can't be abolished! DONNA DUNNINGTON Buena Park, Ca lif. AM A D ISTRICT 37 BULLETIN SPORT S COMMITTEE, FEB. 3 The D ist r ic t 's trophy presentation will b e held on Friday. Fe b. 18th at the Cu lv er City E l k s. 1116 0 WaShington Plac e, Cu lv er City , at 8 n .m. V'a ll come. - T T MC h as been grante d 4 additio na l scra m bles dates of Mar. 12, Mar. 26, A p r il 3 0 , and O ct . l. -

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