Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. .,. ~ '" N .... 0> > '" :2 ~ w Z W ..J U >- U 1'111 I ••• Amer ica's Number 1 weekly moto rcycle new sp ap er. You 'll always see it f irst in Cycle New s. Rand y Diet zel . ( Mrc) MOTOR'C!;;''C:~'if IN D U STRY ~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~C~O ii;i;i C~I~L ~U N~ UNUSUAL POSITION I find myself in a very unusual position - I agree with Cook Neilson. F irs t time th at ever happened! Your last fe w issue s have re ally been a gas. ls there any ch an ce you could fix me up w ith one of those sign h old ers like what's h olding the Rawhide sign? I'll even su pp ly th e h elm e t and Cycle News sti ckie, even. HY CIDER Marin Cycle Supply San Rafel, Cali f. EVERBODY WA S SWELL Never before in my 12-ye ar his tory o f p romo ting mo tor sp orts have I felt co mp elled to publicly give my imp ression of competito rs at my even rs. Ho wever , o n April 22 a t Beeline Dragway I was impresse d gre a tly b y the c on d u ct , performa nce , and gener al attitu d e o f th e drag bike set. They wer e far and away th e easiest gro up I have ever worked wi th in drag racin g and th e supp o rt th ey gave th e first event w as lit tle sh ort of fan tastic. I w ould like to take this op p or tunity to th an k each and every p erson who sup p or ted th a t even t for myself an d th e 9, 72 7 pai d sp ec ta tors and th ou san ds of kids fo r th eir performan ce and gen tlemanly ·co nduc t. They may rest assu red we will d o it aga in for a mu ch b igger purse nex t time . RI CK LY NETT Ge ne ral Man ager Beeline Dragway Phoen ix , Ariz . HOT WHEELS · In read in g Mr. Ed P orter' s gripe , it seems that so m eone sh ould sti ck up fo r Pau l Marshal l' s Osteen Park. If Mr. Po r te r feels th a t the race c ourse is too du sty and tough , maybe h e should b uy som e Ho t Wheels . We all have to ride with th e same dust and ro ugh course. As to Mr. Por ter 's co mp laint about rul es, if he were so concern ed he could ha ve asked be tw een m otos, A lso if hi s w ins are so few th at h e h as to cry to the public abou t no t gettin g a th ird p lace. may be he should ride wi th th e Jun io rs. R. RI PPY... Row land He igh ts, Ca lif. MISSOU RI GETS IT ON Co ncerning y our Ap ril 25 ed ito rial "NE EDED: A moto rcycle tra il p atrol" , I th o ugh t I'd dro p you a no te and let y ou kno w - we in Missou ri have an organization such as those menti oned in yo ur "Writin ' " column. It's called r.l.I\1A (Missouri Mo to rcy cle Associatio n) 22 13 S. which he adquar ter s at Bren tw ood, Bren tw o od , Missouri Ph: 3 14-9 62-38 00 . This 63 144 ; Association w as fo rm ed b y the Misso uri MIC and th e tw o w o rk toge ther. Jackso n Waterbury & Company was retained to ad min ister the projec ts de sired by all Missouri cyclists, clubs and b u sine sses. Dan Borgmeye r is Execu tive S ecreta ry an d the b oard of d ire cto rs is mad e up of 14 p eop le fr om wi th in th e st ate . MMA h as the sta te of Misso uri d ivided up into five distri cts with a distric t manager fo r each. Dealers p ay d ues by th e volume of bi kes th ey sell a y ear ; corpora te bu sin esses (su ch as my sel f) p ay S 15 0 a year du es ; clubs $1 0 0 a y ear; trail, co mpetition an d ro ad riders pay $3 pe r year. At th e presen t MMA has three registered lobby ists on a fu ll-time basis at the Missouri Ca pitol in J efferson City. They ar e in th e process of h aving th e five di strict m an agers regi st er ed as lo bbyists, making a total o f eigh t. R e c en t l y, D an Borgm e y e r represented us to th e Park Direct o rs an d Fo res t Supervisors at Mar k Twain Na tional an d Clark Natio nal thus getting a 45 d ay extension on their prop osed trail riding regulations plus boosting th e . Publisher Charles Clayto n Sharon Clayton Tom Culp . . John Bethea David Switt . Art Friedman Ed Dreehsler Barbara Richard Rheba Smith Marla Tarbet AI Duke . . . Paul Boudreau Howie Fowler . larry Groves . Marion Hatashita Q. .,; ,, . .. . ... . .Business Manager · General Manager · Managing Editor · . .. . . Editor · Assista nt Ed it or · Advertising Manager .Advertising Assistant · Circulat ion Manager · Circulat io n Assista nt · Circul at io n Assista nt · Prod uct ion Manager · Productio n Assistant . Eleanor Duke . . Beverly Townsend Bobi Culp . . . . .l ab Teehnician · . . . . Typographer · . . . . Bookkeeper . Bookkeeping Assistant · .• . . Reception ist . .Cycle News Products ,, Natio nal Advertisi ng Director (Cycle News West . Cycl e News East , Cy cle News Dix ie) : Tom Cu lp . Cycl e News West , P.O . Bo x 4 98 , Long Bea ch , Cal ifo rn ia 908 0 1. (213) 427·7433 ; L.A. 636·8844. TELEX NO. 673-474 Subscriptio n: One year. second class mai l 2 years, second class ma il 3 years, second class ma il S in gle copy price $ 10 $17 $2 1 $ .35 Pub lished weekly e xcept the first and last w eek of th e calendar y ear b y Cycle New s, ln c., Post Offi ce Bo x 498, Long Beach, Ca lifornia. Also p ub lish ers of Cycle News East, and Dix ie Cycle News. Second Class Post age pai d at Lon g Beach , Cal if . Ed itorial stories, cartoons, photos, etc . are welcome . Addressed , stam ped envelope assures return of ed itorial matter. Reprinting in whole or in part only by permission of th e publishers. Advertising rates an d circulation in fo rmati o n will be sent upon request. See S .R .D .5 . Copyright€> Cycle News, Inc . 19 72 al/ rights reserved liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilJ de cib el count fro m 85 to 95. In Missouri , Park Directors, etc . do h ave a phone number, office and o rgan izatio n to co n tact on land use for cyclists. DICK AINSWORTH "Checkered Fl ag News " Kan sas City, Mo. NOT FADE AWAY I t has been rumore d that Distric t 36 h as a newly-elec ted District Commissioner. T hi s may b e true as so me Sp ortsman card s h ave been issue d an d n o m oney h as been returned. Bu t o n the other hand, no p oints have been officially logged since the end of Dec em b er , an d no C ommissio ner h as be en seen a t any of th e m aj o r comp e ti tio n even ts in Distri c t 36. Of Hound was a perfect example: The first loop was 9 0 percent ro cks! Y ou cannot race entirely in rocks without making a mistake and it takes on ly one and you 're on your head and ask anyone , rocks can kill you . I, fo r one , will not ride any more ra ces in Lucerne u ntil clubs begin to realize th at th e p urpose in raci ng is to have fun n o t to des troy you r equipme nt. T ERRY B. RAYE 253 T Novi ce Se cy . F ou r Aces M.C. ACA EST AME As of May 8 , American Mo tocross En terp rises will b ecome the san cti o n ing the jump bu t merely cert ified the distan ce. In answer to when is a wo rld record a world record, I would suggest th at when distance is achie ved wh ether it b e motorcycle ju mp ing, ski j umpin g, pole va ulting, or any o ther test of a man's ability , a wo rld record is a recognized distan ce by a renowned sanctioning body that exceeds any p revio usly accomplishe d di stan ce. Even taking into account all other motorcycle ju mpers' clai ms, without any verification, the jump Sup er Joe performed on October 31, 1971 at the San ta Cl ara Fairgrounds was the longest succe ssful jump that any man has ever made. Kn ievel had previously published his " w o rld re cord" as a hund red and twen ty-nine fee t. Mr. Clayton is obviously partial to ~IY. Kn ievel , however . h e faile d to state that Kni evel w as claimin g " w orl d records" years ago. I firmly d isagre e with Mr. Clayton 's co m ment tha t motorcycle jumping is not a sport in th e sen se tha t any thing that tests a man 's ab ility to perform b e tt er than ano the r ma n is in fac t sp ort . DEE ANN E HOFER Re nesch & Associates San Bruno . Calif. Cla yt on re plies, "v.. and I su ppose if yo u were " managing" Billy the Kid, you'd claim that mu rder contests merely test a ma n 's ab ilit y t o perform bette r than another man. Nobody VOl ES OF co ur se , it is possib le th a.t . our ne~ Commissio ne r IS an apparru o n , o r IS all-knowin g, all-seein g, an d ever-presen t even though we d on ' t see hi m , or could it be that h e is avoidin g hi s resp on sibili tie s to th e co mpe tit io n ride rs. Co me on District 36 Co m missio ner , whoever you ar e. Do your j o b , ac t li ke an ord inary mortal , ma teriali ze an d be seen. Re me mber m ost of th e riders are normal h uman beings wh o would lik e to know where th ey currently stand , and th ey need and expect so me firm and visib le guidance , even if it is wro ng, it is better than n o th ing. LOIS R . DICK Davis, Calif. HE TH I N K S PR EJUDICED WE'RE I th in k y ou gu ys are prejudice d . All yo u d o is ta ke pic tu res of th e great MX riders b ut none of th e so- so riders. MX MOO RE She rm an Oaks, Calif. MS.-TAKE Lately I've noticed a strange phenomenon in th e desert. Girl participan ts wh o are new ri ders an d others who have nev er even earn ed o n e transfer ride are now classified as Amateurs. I have fo un d o u t th at Ron H all, th e Ligh tw eigh t Division II S tew ard , h as taken it upon h imself to give ou t to an y and all girl riders the Am ate u r status. T o these new girl Ama teurs , I wish y ou a big new "n o th ing" . - Riders wh o h ave not earned t h is statu s des erv e no th in g! If you' re in cap ab le of earnin g an Amateur p late , wh y sh ould it b e given to you? Ron Hall, pu t these girl s in the Novice class where they be long. If you feel as I d o call Ron and tell him. If not, call him an yw ay , ma ybe he'll re-classify you too. Expert, maybe. CURT SH IPPER Desert Novi ce ROCK OUT Th is letter is me an t as a p lea to all District 3 7 clubs. I know our riding area in th e desert is limited by many factors bu t when a club throws a run in the Luc ern e area why do they usually throw n othing but ro cks at us? The recent Cactus Cats Hare and organizati o n fo r th e fo ur regu larly sched ule d events betw een SaddJeback Carlsbad , Cal if. All ACA an d m embe rsh ip card s issue d to 4/23/ 72 will be h on ored at all AME events fo r the comp let io n of the y ear. JACK KELL A merican Mo tocross Enterp rises CAT CA L L I see your frie nd Pap a Wealey is acc us in g me o f alliteration. I as ked m y neighbo r about that and he said it's w hat his female cat does all the t ime. I assu re y o u I do n ot p articip ate in tha t in an y wa y wh atsoever. M y n ext gre a t ne w produ ct is go ing to be a tool b ag fo r the ne w Pen to n w hic h attaches to th e lea th er str ap whic h h olds down th e gas tan k. I am thinking of call ing it th e Tank Top Tool T oter. We are abo u t to h ave the first loca l me e tin g o n land allocations , per Nixon 's direc tive. On the program, as p ublish ed . they have h ikers, bicycle rid ers, h orse ri ders and sn o wm obile p eople b ut y o u guessed it - n o rep resen tati o n fo r mo to rcy clists. I am wearin g o u t th e tele phone talking to o ur th ree local cy cle organ izatio ns tryin g to get u s on th e program an d organ ized. I bel on g to the na ti on al MIC . bu t no t to th e sta te MIC o rgan ization and th ink th ey most of all sh ou ld be represen ted , and it appears they will be . Hoo, boy ! CA RL SHIPMAN Alb uq ue rq ue, N.M. BOO CLAYTON I In a recen t article by Cy cle News' p ubli sher, Charles Clay ton , he is q uite cri tical of false claims of reco rd s for moto rcycle j ump ers, as h e sh ould be, wi th th e excep tion of one in stan ce he sights on th e re cen t ABC Wid e World of Sports telecast. I am employed by th e orgapiaa tion that promotes and man ages m o torcycle jumper, Sup er J oe , who w as th e fea tu red performer on the telecast in . q u estion and I w ould like to se t th e record str aigh t on a cou pl e o f poin ts . Mr. Clayton stated that "ABC Wide World of Sports was conned into announcing..:a new world's record' distance for jumping a motorcycle". He further stated that the network retracted the statement a week later. The retraction , as I understood it, was simply that the MIA did not "sponsor" wa nts t o sa nctio n su icide contest s, and wh o can b la me th e m? " C ycle New s will co nt in ue to repo rt alleged d ista nces but ma ke s no en d o rse men t of any ' wo rld reco rd ' clai m. Pub lisher Clayto n even re jected a large paid advertisement (not Super Joe's) tha t carried t he offending wo rd s. Guess he mea ns it. .. Ed. BOO CLA YTON, II I'm referring to " Wri tin ' A round" by Ch arles Clayton in th e April 25 edition. Has any body seen "The Time Mach ine " , a movie th at dep icts a possib le fu ture of mankind ? Or read the book " O rp h ans of th e Sky " b y R obe r t Heinlei n , th at de pi cts an eq u ally grim view of wh at co uld h ap p en - a " leader" race an d a "worke r" rac e? T he " Le ader" race wo u ld designate (ap point, en fo rce) th e areas in which the " w orkers" co uld go to rel ieve th eir tensio n s an d exist in ign orance of h ow th ey be came workers. Even with sm all groups of workers as sp o kesm an going in servitude to in fo rm th e lead ers tha t all is well an d th ey would con tinue to h arvest the "green paper" th at the Leade rs use as currency for a game of Mo nop oly . I'm so rry , Mr. Clay ton . I' ve sup p o rt ed y our views u n til n ow . If y o u will con tinu e the long-ran ge viewpoin t that y ou eschewed in y o ur earlie r e ff o rts to b an d us tog ether fo r a common ca use, th en I'll con tinu e to sup port your pl atfo rm. If y ou persist in advising u s to work .for th e govern men t, then I gu ess I'll make pl ans to m ove to Canada o r something. I say this because I believe that we b ikers are on e of th e last holdouts o f th e " wo rkers" and if we fail , all is lost. If we are forced on to reservations, then they will have won ag ain . Please, Mr . Clayton, h elp expand our im mediate goals into m o re far-reaching aspirations. Help band u s toge th er to fight, not surr en der. Fi ght? That's no t really th e co rrect ch oice of word. "Inform" wou ld be m o re app ro p riate. Inform th e leaders th at w e are doing less harm wi tP our k nobb ies th an they are with their stri p m ines an d we want on ly wh at is ours to b egin with. Perhaps, if suc cess ful, we co uld ge t o ther mi nority groups to see th e light an d join in to achieve , once again, a govern men t by th e peop le. JOlL R . LYS TER " Sylmar, Calif. DEAR RON SCHNE IDERS, Leave Mike Jackson alone! NANCY DES ROSIERS Long Beach, Calif.

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