Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

u ti lit ies t o force te nan ts to m o ve ( th is is a landlo rd ' s method o f circ u m ve n ting th e law an d o fte n puts yo ung c h ild re n in d ange ro us si tu ations) Wedworth was convenien tly absen t. Acco rding to hi s com petit ion, Wed wo rth h as fa ile d to vote on II ou t of 19 im portant b ill s in the last six months. Of course you ca n't j ust vote against someone. Yo u h ave to vote for so meone . so th e idea is to genera te enough votes for one of Wedworth's opponants t o in sure tha t \\'edworth has to find another occupation come the firs t of the year. There are actually 7, candida tes tryi ng to become th e ir party 's hero in th e 3 1st dist rict b ut only two seem to have a re a l c hance . These a re David Cunn in gh am and R ich ar d Mansfield . 1 called the campaign offices .o f each of the candidates to get some idea of the issu e s and see if th ere was any clearcu'i reaso n for supporting e ither of Wedworth' s m aj o r opponents. From a mo to rcyclis ts view, there's no t mu ch to choose from : Nei ther of the candid a tes (according t o their cam paign manage rs) we re eve n awa re of th e prob lems botheri ng us. David Cunningham's manager. Mrs. Maxine ' Vate r s, h o we ver , seemed to me to be m o re gen u ine ly in tcre s ted in O Uf p ro blems an d virt ually in sist ed that I come do w n to th e ca m paign head qua rter s to m ee t th e can d idate and disc uss the p ro b lem s. S he a lso sai d that he w ou ld b e very happy to have so me bike riders partic ipate in Cunningham 's motorcade th e weekend before the election , gam it By R on S chneiders L ET'S GE T T H IS GUY! M o torcy cli sts lik e action b u t wh en it com es to p ol itics vv·e ·re to ld to write letters. S o we writ e le tters an d m aybe wh at w e we want happen s and m aybe it d oesn ' t , Even if i t d o es. we d on 't k no w if it w as u s th at m ad e th e differe n ce o r n o t. 11'5 as ex ci ti ng- as an und erw ate r pin g-p ong match . So h ere 's somethin g excit ing to d o. In th e 3 1st S ena to rial d istri ct th er e's a poli tician n amed J ames Q. II'edwo rth wh o 's in a ve ry ti ght con te s t to retain hi s S en ate sea t. T he 3 1st is th e area ar ound Hawth orne an d Inglewo od , but even if yo u d on 't live there, stic k aro un d . Mr. Wedworth w as b rou gh t to my a tte n tion b y Al an Bydgn e ss wh o ph oned m e fro m u p S an Fran cisc o way. I t seems th a t A lan an d several others h ave been tr ying to ge t a bill through th e legi sla tu re tha t w o uld return to us th at p ortion of o u r gaso line ta x es that we re spen t o n off-road vehicles. Th e m oney wo u ld b e spen t on tr ails an d veh icl e parks. Th e amo un t of mo ney in volv ed is su bstantia l so i t' s an im p o rt an t bi ll. T h e fir st time it ca me up in th e R ev enue an d Taxatio n Co m m ittee , M r . _ \l' edw o rth was in s trumen tal in getting it d efeated , ha th speaking against it an d vo ting agains t it. T he nex t li me it ca me u p. \\ 'edworth was abse nt an d the bill got th ro ugh the committee , b u t d ela y m ight have been fat al. We'll kno w before lo ng. M r . \l' ed w o rth also vo te d in favor of the m a n d a to ry headligh ts-on-at-all-times b ill. li e has been q uo te d as saying tha t he did n't sec why m oto rcv c list s h ave to ride o ff the road at all ! 'We need h im like w e ne ed a fo u led plug. T he time to ge t h im is in th e prim a ry el ectio n tha t occu rs this com ing T uesday. I f h e w ins in the p rimary , we ' re p robab ly st uck w ith h im for a lo n g ti me becau se hi s is a de mocra tic di stric t an d h e'll p robabl y win re el e ct ion in Nove m b er. But h e 's go t tw o s trong o p pon ents in th e prim a ry . and if we ge t to work ne x t week, w e no t on ly d o a good d eed but w e can see the re sults, I w ould n ot advo cat e defeati n g a politi ci an solely o n th e bas is o f his st an d on m otorcycling. Mu ch as I like riding, I realize th at th ere a re oth er and sometimes m ore imp ortant things happenin g in th e State gov ern me n t , so I thin k we h ave to lo ok a t th e to ta l pi cture o f a p olitici an ' an d m aybe som et im e s acce pt an an ti-b ike man w ho UNADI LLA GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS $50,000 INTER·A MA SER IES J une 25 marks the p remier even t of the American Mo torcy cl e Associa tion's 250cc su m mer international mo tocross series - the lnter-Avl A. The six-even t seri es, featu ring $50,000 in t o ta l p u rse m oney , wil l span th e co untry d u rin g J u ne a nd Jul y . A n on -p o ints p ayin g FIr.1 G ra n d Prix even t a t New Berlin, New York, w ill hi ghl igh t this su m m e r's series . Leading off th e se ries o n Ju ne 25 w ill be an S~,O Oo eve n t in Bo ise, Idah o, p rom o ted by th e Owyhee Mot orcy cle Clu b , Box 733, Boise , Id ah o , 83 70 1. Th e nex t wee k en d , Jul y 2, th e com pe ti tors will trave l to O lymp ia, Washin gton , fo r an 8 ,000 event, promo ted by Straddle Lin e R acew ay s, Rt. 15 , B o x 1 13, O ly m pia, Washingt o n, 98 502 . Los A n gele s Mem ori al Stad ium wi ll b e th e scen e of the third Inter-AlIIA eve n t on Jul y S . Featuring a $ 10 ,0 0 0 p urs e, this event is promoted b y Le isu re te ch , Inc. , 1'.0. Box 13 369, Sa cr amento, California, 9581 3 . Fea tu re d event o f the series will b e July 16 Grand Prix even t on th e grueling Unadilla mo tocross course ne ar New Ber lin , N .Y . Al th ou gh n on-p oints pa ying, th e $8,00 0 event prom ises to draw t op n ation al an d inte rn a t io n al stars to com pe te on th e a lways-exciting Unadilla track. T h e event is being p romo ted b y th e Unadilla Valley Sports Cen te r , In c.. Rt. 8 , New Berlin , N .Y . From Unadilla, th e competitors will journey to Elkhorn, Wisconsin, for the July 23, 8,000 event. Moto-Sp orts Racing Circus, LTD .. P.O . Box 29i, Elkhorn, Wisc onsin , 5 3181. The series w ill e n d July 30 with an "S,OOO even t at Mansfield, Ohio, p romoted by :lIid-Ohio 1I10to-X Park, In c., 11 3 5 W. Cook Road, Mansfield , Ohio 44906. is d oin g good w o rk in other areas. But th at's certai nly not the case w it hj a m es Wedw or th . Mo st cvclists are m id d le o r lo w in com e pe o p le an d m o st seem concern ed with ecological p rob lems. Here's a ru ndown on - h o w Wed worth vo ted on some no n-motorcycling b ills in these areas. On u sin g gas ta x es to can tro l p ollu tion an d d evel op m ass ra pi d tran sit , he vo te d no. li e vo te d to in crea se pro p er t y taxes to finance sc h ools. li e voted to increase legisla tors salaries. lie voted agai nst a b ill that w ould require public u til i ties to p rac tice eq ual opport uni ties in h iring. li e voted aga inst Medi- Cal fo r low-i nco me non -welfare fam ilies . lie vo ted aga inst a Stat e financed ea rthquake insu ran ce pro gr am. O n tw o of the m o st se ns it ive issu es in hi s di st rict, 1IIr. \I'edworth failed to vo te a t a ll. Th e fir st was ' th e S iero ty Coas tli ne protec tion bill, w hic h w o uld prote ct th e Cal if o rn ia coas t . from ex p loi tat io n b y land d evel op ers. In his previous cam p aign \I'ed wo rth p ro mi sed to sup port this imp ortant b ill, b ut wh en it came tim e to vo te . h e was o u t buyin g a horse, so he said . On a bill which w ou ld prohibi t lan d lordsfrom cut tingoff I ask ed each o f th e can d id a tes managers to give me a rundown on the c an d id a tes p o siti on o n sev eral issues an d to analyze the ele cto ral sit ua tio n in the di strict. I'm not goi ng to en dorse an yone on th e b asis of a tele p hone ca ll, but I re ceived m uc h b e tt er vib es from David Cunnin gh am ' s o ffice th an fro m Man sfield 's , Cunn in gh am ' s man age r d iscussed the issu es very specifica lly and left n o dou bt wh er e her can d id a te stood o n th e iss u es , I receive d a strong impressio n of both in te grety an d compe tence . I in te n d to accep t th eir invita tion to visit the office a nd d isc u ss th e cycl ists prob lems. Each rea der can call or visit th e can dida tes office a nd make u p his mind wh ich man is th e bet te r choice. Th e importan t pain t is to m a ke a c hoice an d th en ge nerate so me votes fo r that m a n: Use a b it o f im agi n ati o n to vo te in that election. you'll h av e to b e a re gist ered Dem o cra t an d you'll h ave to res ide in the 31st Sen at orial d istr ic t. Bu t eve n if you can ' t vo te , ge t on th e p hone an d call someone yo u know w ho lives th er e an d ge t h im cl ue d in. Th ere are seve ra l of you d eale rs in the area: p ut signs o n your coun ter o r pas te this article to a p iece o f ca rd board an d Jet you r c ustomers kno w th a t it m atte rs th at th ey vote in th is elec tio n. So me o f y o u ro ad riders can p a r ticip a te in David Cunningham 's m o to rcad e. R ich ard Mansfie ld's office n u mbe r is 672-3 13 1. David C unningham 's is 778'- 5512. Ca ll the m. Get a li ttle action go ing an d yo u' ll be able to see the resu lts in one wee k . • a IS celebrating growing distributing lightning • winning . • our 2nd year in the U.S. ma rket afte r an exte nsive program of research and development' rapid ly with the additi on of 3 new competit ion models to our continually growing linel nationally through a network of over 200 autho rized dealers whi ch is expandin g dailyl fa st delivery schedules. being the clo sest foreign manufa cturer to the U.S.I • C.M.C, North announce the last two Carabela Series Race in Carnegie Park , Livermore, Calif" June 4th and 8th. 4 Carabela 's 1972 125cc 5 speed Calientes a high point winner in each class. j CALIENTE 125 cc MX 5 SPEED COYOTE 100 cc MX 4 SPE ED CARRERA 200 cc MX 4 SPEED 19 HP 13.5,1 compress ion 2 stroke engine ' Multl·plate wet disc clutch 7';' In . ground clearance weight 183 lbs. 12 HP 10,1 compression two stroke engine ' Mult l·plate wet disc clutch 9'/, In . ground clearance weight 137 lbs. 25 HP 13.50 1 compression 2 stroke engine · Mult i·plate wet disc clutch 8'/, In ground clearance weight 205 Ibs. For Dealer or Motorcycle Information Contact Carabela Motorcycle Corporation 172 Freedom Ave . Ana he im, Ca lif. 92801 • (71 4) 870-5243 Cl "' g Q, N .... Cl .., c (J) ;!; w 2 w .J U >- U

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