Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

com plaini ng abou t the no ise , etc . I th in k th e Elsinore GP is one of the best races arou nd (next to the Barsto w to Vegas Run ) and I h ope it ' ll stay around for a while . MIKE T HATCHER SGVMC ELSINORE GRAND I' d just like to tell you how much we enjoyed the 5th Ann ual 19 72 Elsin o re Gran d Prix . It was reall y far o u t. True, there was a little trouble, but most of it was cau sed by outside . motorcycle groups trying to ruin a go od thing for those wh o reall y enjoy it. Both days there was a lot of excitmcnt and a unique closeness disp layed among all of the ride rs and th eir families . Yes, th ere arc st ill man y good p eople left in the wo rld . And to the opposing citizens of Elsinore : We are very sorry th a t th e people w ho wen t to cause trouble give us suc h a bad name . KAREN & !\IARCIA H acienda Heights, Ca lif. P.S . Pau l and Pat we'd like to see y o u again! DRAWS A BIG Completely un exp ected is just the be st way to describe my fami ly's and my o wn fee lin gs about a family sty le poker ru n we went to t his weekend put o n by the Blue View !\I.C . I have been riding my o id thumper for a t least twe nty -five years and have never wr itten any on e but these guys put o n the best eve nt o f th is type I have ever b een to and I have sat arou n d th e o ld ca mp fire p lenty. I w as as ke d to go by a fr iend of a frien d so rt of thin g. I aske d h ow m u ch an d was told tw o bu cks ap iece. I figure d, " Oh man, what a joke" b ut fo r m y tw o d ollars ev ery e n try rece ived a pri ze a t the fi nis h. Al so at check three, jus t wh en you were th inking ab out a co ld beer wh a t do th ose guys do but h ave a free be er o r coke. Th e cou rse was gre at for thi s type o f th in g. The right dis ta nce and easy to foll ow, p len ty o f p rizes and j us t th e thi ng m y fami ly and I needed to reju venate: th e o ld in te re st in d ese rt ridin g aga in . Fo r two b ucks, this clu b co u ld no t have p ocke ted 10 0 mu ch w i th all they ha d go ing o u t. Any time this group pu ts o n some th ing aga in. co un t . on us. DUTC H !\IOR GA:" & GANG RIGH T ON . RESCUE 3 From out of nowhere to lend a hel p ing hand, T o give aid and comfort 10 every bo y, woman and man. No task is to o b ig, no r inj ury 100 small, th ey 'r e johnny-on-th e-sp o t wit h th e very fir st call. So wh en yo u find yourself fly ing in a mo st peculiar way . And yo u 're try in g to figure o ut wh ich wa y y ou're go ing to lay , One th ough t sho uld cros s yo ur mi nd when yo u finally hi t th e gro und.... . "Right on, Res cu e 3 , th an k God th at you're a ro u nd . " I:"/VAD ER VICKIE MOTO INFO We have o b tain ed eighty ac re s o f excellent moto cross properly. Our fir st event is planned for july an d we want to h ave a first -class motocr oss. If possible, would you forward any information reg arding professional motocross designs, layo uts, regula tions and any material to aid u s in p ro vid ing a good m o t ocro ss for our district. If you are un ab le to give us th is in formation at t h is time. co u ld yo u p lease provide us w ith an y n ames a nd ad d resses of p ersons th at yo u believe may b e help ful. BEES' :\10TORCYCLE CL UIl D istri ct 26 17 20 So uth 1900 East Salt Lake City , Ut ah 84 108 can 't see h o w ! jumpers will start from the usual gate position, one at a time, ride through the usual first turn and over th e sam e first jum p . Sure, their fJigh t sh ould be longer but the pressure and danger o f "being used for traction" by a d ozen following riders is absen t. Lions h as never experienced an injury acciden t o ver the big jump unless the fallen rid er was struck by an o ther bike. C!\IC is not abou t to je opardize its hard fough t new insurance program fo r fo lderol, so Lions will let them and the expert riders ma ke th e d ecision. STEVE EVANS Ge ne ral Manager Lions Drag Strip T he Elsinore Grand Prix is acc eptab le bu t the !\(ay 19 .. Lions Leap" is "foolish , dan gerous fo lderol " ? I'm af rai d I don't foll ow Pap a II'e aley 's immediate ~oals Lio ns' u pc o min g ju m pi ng con test. O ur so le intent is to offer Lion s fans a nev.. tw ist and an opp ortunity fo r th e · SEND 250 FOR BROCHURE For dealer I n f o . w rit e or call : 5345 [DEP E IS · NI R C I' " Timken S t .. La Mesa. Cal. 92041 . sho p lOlA / 1069 E. Edna Place Cov ina, Californ ia 9 1724 custome r s, un iq ue to any park. 3. T o provide safe and sane guidance and sch ooling, and ye t ma in tain the fun and fe ed o m of rid ing. 4. After we ha ve wo rked o u t the kinks and bl o cks, to mak e this service avai lab le to o th er parks. th en , to expand 5 . Hopefull y na tion allv, O u r criteria for our m e n will be : A . Cu rren t Red Cross First Aid Card B. Dirt riding ex perience , C. Ma tu ri ty (no t age) . D. InstTU c to r(s) to teach begin nin g and interme diate ridi ng sk ills , an d E. Suffi c ien t n umber of pa trolmen t o cover th e areas. I lavin g had some experience wi th the sk i p atrol b ack in th e 5 0's, an d bei ng an avid s k iie r , as well as m oto rcycle bu ff, I wo uld lik e t o co p y as mu ch of th is fine gro u p's e x perie nce as we can . T he lo cal mo to rcy cle p ark s see m to be t he place to start thi s idea . especially , wh en yo u co nside r so me of the parks' a tti tu des to their custo m e rs c o n ce rn in g safe ty an d se rvice. Al so, lik e th e ski p atrol, wh o serve o n ly at private areas. this w ou ld se e m t o be the logi cal starting point fo r organization . I' m n ot su re that any one c o u ld ever organi ze a pa trol se rvice to cove r th e tremendou s areas of p ublic rid ing th at is d one . An oth e r a rea o f conce rn to o u r p atro l is to educat e th e public as to wh at th e p a t r ol is all about. It is n o t a service to supply pl ugs, to o ls, an d fl at lire service five mile s fr om a p ark in g area, fo r in s tan ce . Our grou p wo uld be.m o re than hap p y to d iscuss o u r p lan s o r id e as in det ail , at any mutually-con veni ent tim e. with anyone. Curren tly, we a re in th e p rocess of expandi ng th e n umb er of pa trolmen three fo ld: p ro viding Red Cr oss in st r u cti on . h a ving circu la ting patrolmen fully eq uip ped with safe ty equ ip me n t, w orkin g o u t a unifo rm syst em fo r tr ailm arking and d esign ating beginning, inte rm ediate, th em as ad vanced o r expert only, es ta bli shi ng rapid com m u n ic a tio n sy st ems fo r emergen cy us e. a n d working o n an identificatio n sys te m that will allow th e public t o recognize the p at rolmen at any speed for quit e some di stan ce. GALEN COFFMAN 2973 j ava R oad Cost a Mesa, Calif. 9 262 6 DOUBLE TROUBL ED Speaking on beh alf o f th e Am eri can Federation of Motor cyclist s (A FM) I wou ld like to ta ke thi s opportu n ity t o say that a lotta pe ople are mi ssing some reall y fin e road racing by not co ming to th e races . T he San Fran cisco Ch ap ter h as a race schedu led for ~Iay 14 at Vacaville. D on"t blow i t, be th er e . Also . re: C alendar, Ma y 2 - did any load m y Yamaha up an d drive (0 Imo la (Italy)? Th at's like advertisin g th e Alph a Cen tauri Har e "n ' Ho und ! JAZZ BEllO San I " Cla ra, Cali f. d id ...Ed . cri tic izi ng fMl\Yl IT:: COMPRESSION REL EASE IMlfA\D L O C K S DIRT QLB are : to spoil what we feel is the finest nigh t week's issue (714) 460-6234 (714) 460·1402 I. To fo rm our patrol 'as th e best-eq ui pped , kn owledgeable and most efficien t o f any park p atro l. 2. To ini tiate sa fe ty serv ice to the q ual if ied ride rs to earn ex t ra reward s and re cognition . \r e ce rt ain ly a re n ' t o u t last U.S. Dist. for T re lleborg MOIOCrOSS tires Torsten' Ha llm a n sp ec ia l d es ign leathers & racing eq u ipment. How very timely was yo ur recent co lu mn on needing a tra il patrol. Two weeks ago. we , the volunteer p atrol a t o ne of our lo cal motorcycle parks, had our initial meeting to fo rm , hopefull y , the genesis of a n ation al patrol service . To your second po int, Imola happens to be the biggest and richest race in Europe this year. We often get req uests both b y mail and phone on dates for the major European races so we de cided to spread t he word b y putt ing it in Calendar. By the way, you d jdn 't go (we assume ) _ but Ron Granr and Don Emde logic in Cl TRAIL PATROL FORMS one o f yo u clow ns thin k I was gon na HE RE'S T HE OT HER SIDE TORSTEN HALLMAN_::~~ .1 a. i RACING INC. -::~~. ~ feature bein g m o re dangerou s than the usual mo to cross program I ho nestly O Uf POKER RUN HAND .... m o to cr o ss a nywhe re . As to th is special 15,15O. ~I}. eM CWest RegiDnal f~OTO 1<0$5 '77;7 j.]tt,.& /fd $',000. E!Z POWDERKEG PARK C L A S S £ SI 10C<, 125<' 2%<, SZ,£ oU:ERlCA ' S .~V(,)i'z. ~h F1KEST 5Cl c e ~TORS JtI,;: OR IS IIlT~IAT g PR OF~10S.lL $5 lOC~ TRO PHU3 J R " I IIT nlo SHiRS ' 1 115 iac. 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