Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

If y ou find yourself rea d ing some of the it 's because some one th e eq uip me nt. We'r e * p roblem with head s (the AMA tech inspectors wer en ' t to o su re th at th ey like them, it seem s) th ey w on 't h ave to . wo rry about the rest of th e pro bl em s. a bit seasick afte r copy in th is issue, th rew a cla m into w o rking o n it. * * * * * Doug Grant says he is go ing nuts wa iting for that cast to come off. He says maybe in about two we eks he can ramble about again on his Ajay and will , ho pefu lly, b e ta k ing to the tracks aga in in about a mo nth and a half. " I' m so stoked about rac ing again. Last wee k I almost went out t o ride aga in-w ith th e cast on. Now th at I' ve got a ll t h is fr ee ti m e o n my hands, a ll I do is sit arou nd t in kerin g on my b ike . I'm t o th e po int • no w where I' m d rilling ou t th e nuts to * * * red uce the weig ht . T he bike is getting t o The world m o to rcycl e governing body, be reall y t rick. It's read y t o go . I can' t the FIM , h as p laced weigh t m in imums wait to race ." on all m o tocro ss b ikes. According to the * * * press rele ase we received , as of J anu ary CO Editor Davi d Sw if t is splitting o ver N I , 197 3 , all 125s mu st weigh a t least 80 to "Dirt Bik e" m agaz ine. Not that h e kilogr am s, 250s 88 kg, and 5 00s 95 kg. doesn't like h is job here. It's ju st th at No w, w ou ld so me ma th freak o ut there th ey p romised him a tric k o ne-off conve rt these to p ounds an d tell u s what fac to ry-spon so red ty p ewri ter with th ey are? ti tani um key s and a conic al carriage. As * * * th e Portugese say , se la clam ju ice. Ch r is Jackson of Downey , Ca lif., was t icked off because we forgot to mention * * * IF THE BASEBALL GUYS CAN DO that Jack Habel narrowly aced out Bob IT, SO CAN WE: One more th ing. Swift Dunsire for the Bultaco Pursang in the w ill be replaced by John Huetter, last leg of the ACA Bultaco Series at former editor of " Dirt Bike". Saddleback Park two weeks ago. * * * Southland Cycle was the dealer who Clams are in. Even with th e vitamin M. gave it away. Norton-Villiers has announced another contingency program for the District 3 7 desert dudes who do it on a n AJS . Working from a cur io us point system , ove rall w inner will receive $150 , first in class w ill be awa rded 50 clams , and class places on down t o f ifth, wh ich is wo rt h $10. T he resul t s have to be published in CoN or one of the other guys. Fo r more inf o wr ite t o NorV il, 6765 Paramo u nt Blvd., Lo ng Beach, CA 90805 . * * * * * * * * THIS ' WEE K'S TRICK BIKE OF THE WEEK AWARD goes to Eric Hinton of Australia who built a three-cyl inder Yamaha (so to speak) using parts from a TR-2 road racer. Displacement is 525cc's and top speed was in the neighborhood of 170 mph in it 's initial outing. The FIM h as also adopted the noise con tr ol regu la tions th e AMA uses, star t ing in 19 73. * *. * We got a few calls, letters, and words to the effect, "Hey dolts! Daylight savings time don 't start till the last Sunday in April." Here, here. Now we know you read this column. Since only about 10 people caught it, we suspect that beginn ing this past Sunday, motorcyclists all over the West Coast w ill be an hour ahead of everyone else. Why couldn 't that have happened in the Baja 1000? * * * REMEMBE R : If you are ta lking long distance and som e on e p ick s up an ex te n sio n , it d oubles th e co st of the call. Yo u ge t wha t y ou p ay for, as Proteus Ech o u sed to say . * * * * An elusive two-stroke Honda has been ru nning about th is country for the Past three m'lnths,we hear. It was tested most recentl y at Carlsbad but has also been seen in Connecticut and other. places. Our sources tell us that it has 36 horsepower, weighs 196 pounds, and handles " better than a Maico" . The Suzuki still h asn ' t gotten rid of their tire problems , experienced at Day tona, or th eir h an dling prob lem s, exp erienc ed in Eng land . The tires were d ist orting p re tty iseverely at Road Atlan ta and th e " flexi-flie r" fr ames were still d o in g th eir thing. Of course , if th ey can' t solve th e ATTENTION UNICORN MOTORCYCLES CLUBS-PROMOTERS-CYCLE PARKS We will do all the work for you advertising, sign-up, starting, scoring, flagging. We have a complete crew to run your complete event. (714) 830-7646, EI Toro . Home of ACA #1 TEAM short track and TT MAIL0RDER SPECIALIST 325 S o. S a nt a Fe A ve . Vi s t a C a li f. (71 4 ) 7 2 6 ·1860 eng ine is a plain old piston port jobbie and "looks like a cross between a CZ and an Ossa". In usual Honda fashion they are going about this full throttle. Little men in white caps are scampering about Europe getting the best riders to sign up w ith Sochiro . * * * HOW TO GET RID OF T A PEWO RMS: .Rid ding one 's intestines of tapeworms calls for a special d ie t consi stin g solely NORT HWEST LARGEST STOCK OF ACC ESSORIES & CLOTHING FOR STREET OR TRA I L BONANZA ..._ ....... Dealerships Available contact Bonanza Southwest 7252 (D) Eton St. P.O. Box 323 Canoga Park , ca. 91303 24 hour phone (2 13) 347-5880, (213) 884-8802 N.W. MOTO X HEADQUARTER S SfNO,,,,, UNIVERSIT Y HONDA FREE BUlJ'ACO K AWASAK I JAWA C Z CA TALOGl.£ 5908 ROOSEV ELT WAYN.E. SEATT LE WASH. 98105 * * * Go t some more radio stations for the AMA Broadcasting Newo rk , wh ich goes o n the a ir Sunday at 12:45 Pacific T ime f ro m Colorado Springs and t he Mile. Jot th ese suckers dow n now so if someone .fRelafeafp"6fJ of frie d cl am s and oatmeal cookies. This diet mu st b e foll ow ed religiously for a peri od of at least 3 0 days in order to obtain m aximum efficie ncy in p urging th e sy stem of th e dread ed tap eworm. F irst, y ou must eat n othing but fried clams for b reakfast. Dinner must con sist of no th ing bu t th e oatm eal coo kies . Yo u may eat as much as you wish but never, never vary fro m th is die t. Fried clams fo r b reak fast an d oatmeal cookies fo r di n ne r. At the end of th e 30-day pe rio d ea t the usual fried clam (s) fo r b re ak fast b u t DO NO T eat any oatmeal coo kies for dinner. When the tapewo rm peeks out of your m outh and says , "Hey , where's my oatmeal cookie ?" clu b him over th e he ad with a hammer. * * * The curse following the Spanish GP for the last 15 years caught up to Sylvain Gebboers in France . Traditionally , the winner of the Spanish GP has always been p lagued by bad luck and has failed to w in the Championship . Sy lvain , the on ly fellow destined to give Joel Robert a good go fo r the crown th is year, hit two downed riders unavoidably in practice and broke his right leg . Later, Joel took h is 45th Grand Prix and will certain ly h it an unheard-of 50 before the season is over. * * * The cam p aign to p ut Richard Bro wnell , cu rre n tly the May o r of Pomo na , Calif. , into the State Asse mbly is m oving into h igh gear for th e May 9 elec tio n in District 49 . T he member of th e San steals you r issue of CN you won't be without t h e inf o : . KB IG, Southern ' Califo rn ia , 740; KKO K, Centra l Ca lifornia , 1410; KEGL, Northern Ca lifornia, 14 30 ; KLlQ, Oregon, 1290; Seattle, Washington, 12S0 ; KTW, KBKW, Aberdeen, Washington, 14 50 ; and KN EV-FM, Reno, Nevada , 95.5 . * * * .' * * FAIR WA RNING ! Boogied up to alo ng Marysville th is wee kened In terstate 5. The Highway department recently opened a gru elingl y-efficient 184-mile stretch and so me guy with a subtle sense o f humor fo rgot to include p rovisions fo r gas alo ng the way . Well, we di d n ' t ru n o u t of gas but several o thers had appar en tly dri ed up alon g th e way . We wer en ' t especially w orried since w e h ad a ca n of p re-mix along as a last res ort. Be su re to kee p 'er topped up , n on eth eless. Cy'cle News debuted its spur-of-the-moment Nail Down The Chickens, Ma, They're Coming Through Racing Team at the Sierra Mesa Grand Prix last Sunday . Editors D. Swift and Art Friedman served as p it crew for the fast-and-foxy Nancy Des Rosiers as she campa igned her beloved Ossa Stiletto in the 2S0 Novice Division I class in Saturday's 5ports(wo)man race. First moto she got out of the hole fine but when . every o ne funneled int o the first turn she freaked out. She still picked off a number of riders and . finished 11 th out of about two dozen . Next time, ---'.... WantedlJ\,A ~M.mber:.1 To represent in government Moto rcycle Owners, Riders. an d Enthusiasts: PO Bo x 26062, Sac rame nto 95826 ~-----_ I .. _--~ DRACO'S MOTORCYCLES KA'W ASAKI ONLY One of Orange County 's Largest Stock of KAW ASAKI MOTORCYCLES & PARTS Mot orcyCle I nsurance Fi n an ci n g A vailable Master Ch ar ge - Ba n kam erlc ard 16 2 9 S St andard SA • . •• . • • . 54 3 -9 6 8 8 Explore our new ROUGH RIDER ROOM Immediate Shipment on all Paris and Acce sscoes Gabriel Valley M.C. is up against three o th er candida tes . Word is tha t th e MIC , CMIC an d AMA are in c o mp lete supp ort fo r his elec tio n . If you are a registe red voter in Distric t 49 , vote Brownell. new & user,' l .A.P . P.G.'s& ~ SUZUKI CITY ESO SPEED _. .. 1Ii~~~ BIKES Levi's - leathers - boots gloves - MX pants $39.9S up edsCycles S. Ma in Fallbr:'" cane, 9 2028 ok 728 S . La Brea Inglewo od , Ca. 90301 (213) 674·1431 14) '728 -86 3 8 DUCAT I r~~~\ti.C\lEMf.NTrTHRlll r.~--~0~t~~;~~:w~~ ~~~i:~~}f~~~rpar I r::~;d-;r250~-;1;;;~s~Ride;;;;"h;~-;cl;;;~;f~;rt;;~-;;;;o~~,-;aci~, ".' • • : 1st prize ' 2nd 3rd 4th 5th $150.00 125 .00 100 .00 75.00 50.00 6th pr ize 7th 8th 9th lOth _ $35.00 3S.o0 25.00 25.00 _....... • ... 2S .00 _ And a special prize fo r last place . All f in ishers will receive a beautiful certificate . On Sunday , May 7th, we will hold a Hare Scramb les of about 50 miles in duration over various types of desert terrain. Entrants w ill be over and under 250cc's and again a rider may enter as a novice for t rophies or as an expert for cash. 1st prize will be a m in i enduro 2nd prize $200.00 7th prize . ... ..•.. _ _....• $50.00 3rd 175.00 8th _.. .. .... ... • • .. • .... , 50.00 4th ' 1 50.00 9th _... ............ .. • . • •. 50.00 5th 100 .00 10th . " .... . .. .. •. •. . • ...... . .. . .. ... 50.00 6th .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ...... .. . . . .. •. .. . . SO.OO Last . . __ special prize NAME a,CALIFORNIA CITY J , 12 Mil . From Moja~. oH Hwy . I.. .,. . I I I I I I I ... SAFE, SAF ECOURSf ~!.~~ Y_E,N..2.~~~ @ S~?~~~~~B,~~ FOIYOVICOMfOIl J'o() "- EASURf U " l'fOUI)A NN llQOMS · W: n " fOOD " TWO AMIlUL ANCfS ' l IJNO H ILICJ( S ' COLO IWt ' COll) ltOP ' CAoWS!lf S .. .. I 11000"'-_ FOR INflJllM A TION I""",' I---~- -- AGE ADDRESS CITY NOVICE I'" IlfAUTlFU TIME Of YEA L R) Competition Number Assigned $15.00 For Cash Prize per day The u nd er sign ed ent rant, by a ffiX ing h is In iti al s b el o w , acknow l ed ges that h e assu mes th e r i sk o t any l o ss from I nj ury or proper t y dama ge t o h i msel f o r to others , d u e t o his p art i c ip ati o n I n this ra ce an d h e h ere w ith spe c i fically h olds harml ess t he pro mot ers an d its offi ci al s f r o m an y sai d loss . I f en tran t Is u nder 2 1 , h is p aren t or guardia n m ust sign t hi s en try, ac k now led gin g c on sen t to th e terms of entry. It Is un d erstood an d a gree d t ha t I f h e is In jure d f r om wha t soever cause d u r ing t he raci n g eve n t covered by t his en t ry , h e h er ewi t h consen t s t o an d e u tnor f z es f irst aid and ambulance ser vi c e as p r ovid ed b y th e p r omot ers . an d furt her hol ds all p ar ti es h ar ml ess f r o m an y con se q ue n ces of su ch al d. He agrees t o conform t o an d c om pl y w ith th e ru les go ver ni ng t h is con t est . I " 00Ct0ll " ' 0IL £n --I I MoJ _ _ . . . . ...., ~ i ~ 1J N1l0BERTSO[Sf.RICtASSlC : wish to enter the event check below, ENDURO ENTRY__ 21l~221 ~ i 9304So<>t,tb~ Dl" i SIGNATURE OF ""'014 NO'''''''' i u...d,H,n,c.90210 J ENTRANT -------------- ~------~---------- I ''''''I .....;,,':z.-:;-.. " _ PHONE _ STATE ZIP__ _ _ _ _ _ _ $10.00 for T rophy per day EXPERT, RACING IS A DANGEROUS SPORT '213 ~ " " HARE SCRAMBLES __ IF UNDER 21 , SIGNATURE OF PARENT OR GUARD IAN ----

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