Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Shamrocks, Do Y Thing! Hotcha our ~ en ., C1. .... '" '" g. > ., ::; til ~ W Z W ..J U >- U Six Sham ro ck s clea n up the t rai l you r ode, if y ou rode their en d uro . Story & Ph oto s b y Bill O cheltree l\IOUNTAIN , ANGELES NATIOl'\AL FOREST, l\lay 13 , 1972 Well , it isn ' t over y e t. The S hamrock Enduro ma y h ave been a great ride for a lo t o f people, but for the Sh amrocks it's sti ll a lot of work. At 9 a .m , this morning eig ht Sh amrocks, armed with pi cks, h oe s, shovels, rakes an d 400 pounds o f see d and fe rtilizer, st arted d own th at n ice tw o mile stre tc h of fir e break in to Pacoima Can y o n on the firs t loop. I' o r th e rid ers o f the previo us Sunday , it w as abou t a 20 minute ride in two sections of ei gh t and four mp h , On foo t a t a n easy hi ki ng' pace it ta ke s ab o ut an h our. Assistant Distri c t Ranger, Len Graff sp ent a bout four hours after the run marking out sec tio n s requiring re st orat ion . The eigh t Shamrock s wh o went d own this hill today sp ent six h ours a t h ard labor. T hi s is th e rea l price th at has to be paid for a run in Na tional Forest lands. A total o f 8600 fee t o f t ra il require d ra k in g and seeding. Twen ty -two wa ter bars h ad t o b e b uilt b ack up which required movin g ab o ut h alf a c u bic yard o f ea rth each . And they're not d one y e t ! Two other se ctions o n Mt, Gleason and M t. Pacifi co need so me rewo rk which means some more shot ~ IAGIC Shamro ck -Saturdays. o ther m otor veh icle s. A few o f th ese " cl o sed" t ra ils w ere u sed o n the e n duro with the under st andin g th at th e Shamrock s w ould mak e an y ne ces sary rep air s to prevent e ros io n . That's wh y the $3000 b ond - no t th at they didn 't b elieve us, they 're j ust good busin ess men - it wa s "Put up or shut UpH. V ou w onder wh y th e I' o res t Service would allo w so lowly a gro up as a m ot orcy cle club to pu t o n an eve n t? It ' s no bi g d eal , o rga nized events a re a routin e thing with them; th ey've been d ealin g wit h c h u rc h , scouting, eq uestrian an d sim ila r groups fo r years. A ny legitimate o rgan ization m a y u se th e fo res t fo r any ap p ro pria te ac tivity provided they assu me full responsibilit y and liab ili ty and back it with sui t abl e b onds a n d insuran ce cove rage. If the y don 't live up to the agr ee m e n t the y ge t shut d own - it's th at simple . Th is is where all the h assle ca m e in . Anoth er t ip of the h at goes t o J ohn C lausen fo r all th e leg an d p ap er work h e d id . Yes , the S ham rocks thin k it w as worth it , an d fro m all the n ice co m me n ts we 've had so far . we'll probably d o it agai n , Besides , bein g so clo se to h ome , we w ere able t o pu t the gas money we saved in to more beer. Hey l 1I0w abou t o ne o f th e o the r clubs puttin g o n a sim ila r ru n so we ca n rid e it ? Maybe Ron S chneiders ca n ge t the Red D o ts to d o it. Isn't it ab out time th e pot gav e th e kettle so m e th ing to talk a bou t? O f course some pe ople d on ' t like to go in t o th e kitchen when the h eat is on. G o tch a, R on! PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS fo r HONDA 750 All RC Products have been dyne-tuned and race track tested on our own bikes, We don't just talk , . . we DESI GN OUR PRODUCTS TO WIN! Try us. We'll even send you a FREE Catalog! We feature Complete Machine Shop & Engine Building. _ Was it worth it ? For mos t o f the Sw eepstake Enduro riders the answer is: " H ell, yes". The re cently laid -o ff young Shamrock who put up his life savi ngs o f $3000 on a performance bond, in su ri ng the compl eti on o f tr ail work to th e satisfac tio n o f the Fo re st Service , th inks ' it was worth it. T he Shamro ck ro ad gang d o ing the grunt work wasn 't so sure un til after th e job was d one a nd th ey h ad h ad o n e o f th e best damn S aturd ay af te rnoon bee r-busts in y ea rs . If the amo u nt o f b eer cons u me d an d th e speed of the be nc h rac ing w as any measure of valu e, the Sh amro cks th in k it w as we ll w orth it. Was it w orth it to you ? Would yo u be will in g to restore chewed-u p trails and bu ild new ones just for the sake of an occasi o n al ride . for yourself an d the ridin g of a lot of o thers w ho aren't will in g to wo rk ? I d ou b t th a t there wo uld be lo n g lin e o f vo lun tee rs if th is wer e th e only way to ride Na tio n al Forest lan d s, Il'd l , this isn't the only w ay, bu t -it was th e best th e Sh amroc ks cou ld d o wi thou t h avin g all fi re -roads and p avement. ~Ian y of you p robabl y h ave th e mist ak en n o ti on th a t th e Sh amro ck E n d uro h as "opene d" th e An gel es Fo rest to b ik es. Well this isn't exactly true b ecau se th e fo rest h as n ever re ally been closed to bi kes . T h e F orest Servic e h ow e ver. h as n ever e nco u ra ged bike ride rs fo r vaious reasons, and m an y a reas are cl osed to b ik es as we ll as to all Contribute Generously to the Trash Can of Your Choice WantedlJ\/' '~Q. Members V~., To represent in government Motorcycle Owners, Rid e rs, and Enthusiasts PO Box 26062, Sac ra m e nt o 95826 RC Engineering, Home of Run Coilln 5' " World' s Fastest Street Bike" . 61 Nati onal Records - 10.46( 129.87. CYCLE PISTO S IN N CREASE PERFORMA CE A DRELIABILITY N N PISTO N PERFORMANCE: • Cam ground tap er fin ish to re du ce frichon . We ber Carbs set up to At specs for 75O''S . You install in 20 minutes. • Lo w expansion heat-treated alum inum lor high stre ngth at elevated temperatures. • Spec ial r ings to m inimize drag and flutter at high RPM . • High ly pol is hed domes r.educe hea t an d car bon bu il d up . 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