Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ w Z W .J U > U IJI~I IIIVI Am erica's Number 1 we ekly motorcycl e newsp aper. You 'll alwa ys see it first in Cy cle News M ~ r- ... Member MOTORCYC LE INDUSTRY COUNC IL C har les C layto n . .. . .. . Sha ron Cl ay t o n .. •.• • . To m Culp • . . . .••. . .. J ohn Huette r •... • • •. • . . . •. • • Pu b lish er . B usiness M anager ..G en er a l M anag er . • Ma nag ing Ed it o r A rt Fr iedman . . •. .. • . . . . . • . . • .. . E o it o r D ave S ch o o nma ker .. . .• . A ssist an t E d it o r Advert isin g M a nage r E d Drechs le r H ow ie F o w ler .. A ss't . Ad ver ti sing M an ager Nan cy Goodman • ••• Adve rt is ing A ssista nt Rh eb a Sm ith Circu latio n Manager Ma r la T arbe t • . . . . .. Circu latio n A ssist a nt Che ryl S t e inb e rg . . . . C ir cu lat ion A ssista nt L er o y Cha nd le r .. • .. C ir cu la t ion A ssist a nt Pau l Bo ud reau Prod uc ti o n M anager T er ry Fadd en •... . . . Pr od u cti on A ssista nt Michael C ollkas . • . . . Produc ti o n A ssista n t Larry Gr oves Lab T ech n ician Marlon Hatashita TYPoQra pher Mel vin Phe lps . .. • . . A ssistan t Ty pogra p her Randy D iet zel .... . • . ... .. . . a o o kee ee e Bar b ara Bebec k • • • .• Bookee ping A ssista nt Marilyn K ir k . .. •. . . B c ok eept nq Assis tant Squeeky Ha ynes . . . . CYCle N ews Pr odu cts H ec to r A9ui le ra • . . .. Co m p u ter T ech nic ian Wendy Blant on R ecept io nis t Nat ional Ad vert ising Direct o r : Tom Culp Cycle News West an d Headq uart er s P.O . Bo x 498, Lo ng Beach Californ ia 90801 (213 ) 427 ·7433; L.A. 636-8844 TELEX NO . 673-474 Cycle News, Eastern Divis ion 37317 Detro it Road Avon, Ohio Cycle News, Dixie Edition 4190 First Avenue Tucker, Georgia Cycle News, Central Ed it ion 1118 West 6th Street . Austin, Texas Subscription : One year, second class mail 2 years, second class ma il 3 years, second class ma il Single copy price 512.50 522.50 $30.00 5 .50 Published weekly except the fir st and last week of the ca lendar year by Cycle News, lnc., Post Office Box 498 , Long Beach , Californ ia. Second Class Postage paid at Long Beach, Cal if. Editorial stories, cartoons, photos, etc. are welcome. Addressed, stamped envelope assures return of editorial matter. Reprinting in whole or part only by permission of the publishers. Advertising rates and circulation information will be sent upon request. See S.R.D .S . Copyright © Cycle News, Inc . 1973 all rights reserved ~~_ LESS SOUND _ _.... M O R E G R OUN D CYCLE NEWS INDIA Major Inside Reports COLUMN : Poop, the lat est lowdown DESERT : Starting over : FEATURE : Insurance, wh at you shou ld k now TEST : The Triumph X·75 Hur rica ne FEATURE : Yo ur head a nd b rain, what you Sho u ld k now LO CA L RACI NG : Ho w they d id it NORT H : What's up CARTOON : Moto cross Pussyca t PRO MX: Baymare GALLERY : Dan Mahony st udies t he Nation a l Ch amp PRO TT : Ascot OP INION : What about the D·37/A MA hassle ? CALENDAR: What about next w ee k? MINIS : The Championsh ips re visited POINT STANDINGS: Who d id it in 72 RESULTS : This year ~ En closed is a p ic tu re of me with m y frie nd fro m In dia , Daulat Masuda - he ' s the o ne on you r right, wearin g m y brother's Cycle News Ha t. Until yeste rday he had n ever hear d _ of Cy cle Ne ws or Cy cle Ne ws h ats so I am ordering on e fo r him . He p romises to wear it when he returns. to India. KEN G EO RG E Pomona, Calif. 7 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 26 28 33 36 .48 .42 44 THE GOOD AGAIN VOICES OF THE WEST '------ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"VOTE FOR ONE - EL CAJON M.C.OR BLM" Next Sun day, J anuary 21, 1973, eve ry motorcyclist an d offroad vehicle enthusiast will have an opportunity t o express their opinion o n the po sition taken by the EI Cajon M.C . Club regarding the requirements that the Bureau of Land Managem ent has decided that we, th e publi c, must meet in order to "compere" in a motorcycle, or other, event on our Pub lic Lands, On this date th e Ca ct us Cats M.C., with th e h elp of a great m any o ther inter ested p eople, will stage a Hare Scramb les in L ucerne Valle y, app ro ved as a desert p oin t even t by Distr ic t 3 7 an d Dist rict 38 , sanctioned by the A .M.A. , o n a B.L.M. ap p ro ved co urse. T his even t is o p ene d t o all de sert moto rcycle racers and rider s, regard less of affi lliation, wi th' th e entire n et p roceed s, in cluding donati ons , t o be p resen ted t o the ElCajon M.C. defen se fund . H ow d o y o u vote ? If y o u su pport the EI Cajon M.C. Club, th en you must co me o ut to th e race, o r help , or make a con trib u tio n in money. If yo u su p port th e BLM regula tions , then stay h ome an d make ou t yo ur Cycle News ad to sell y o ur bik e, 'cause y o u ar e o n the v erge of bein g " outlawed" fro m yo ur Public D omain - or d o you really give a d amn eith er way ? JIM HO NET E R Cactus Cats M.C. C oro na , Calif. BRILLIANT OR HALF-BAKED? Since I first subscribed to Cycl e News so me m onths ago, I have been t r yin g to d e cid e w h e th er R on Sch neide rs is th e b rillian t in cisive journalist th at h e some times ap pear s t o be , o r the half-bak ed self-sty led philosopher that often comes through . His GAMBIT co lum n in th e 12 -19 issu e goes a lon g wa y t oward class ify ing him as th e latter. He makes a statement that the Natio n al Rifl e Associati on and the Sierra Club are two examples of organizations who have 'ab used th e legisla tive influences that th ey enjoy (gro upin g them with the "oil com p anies and oth er big business" ). A t le ast hi s . name-callin g is effective. Well , I can tell you that on thi s su bj ec t Mr . Schneiders d oesn ' t know his expansion chamber fro m a desert min esh af t. I am a tar ge t sh oote r, hunter, and I':RA mem ber, as well as an AM A m emb er thoroughly hung up on off-road rid in g. I th us fe el that I h ave so me ins igh t into th e p ligh t of both grou ps of en th usias ts. Mr. Sch ne iders ' ignoran ce is showing through; it is obvious tha t h e is p o o rly informed of the nature and function of the 1\RA . Gun -owners and hunters (partl y through the 1\R A) have only b ecome "p olitical" - in recent years, wh en the y fo und their co nsti tu tion ally-guar an teed righ ts bein g - assaulted by id iot p olitician s and the med ia. T hey have fou nd exactly wh at the bikers are only -n ow wa king up to , and that is tha t " there is a whole bunch of us," and we h ave a good deal o f political clout at the ball o t box (as I':.Y. ex -congressman Emanual Cellars and the la te ex-Senator Th omas D odd fo un d to their dismay). Bikers an d shooters have a great deal in co m m on and suffer m uch of the sa me ty pe of h arrassm ent. Bik er s are a vu ln erabl e mi n o rity group (as we 've fo und la tely in th e on-goi ng crisis with th e BLM), an d we had be tt er b e th e last pe ople to cas ua lly d ism iss th e righ ts and in terests of o ther simil ar gro u ps . If the N RA's efforts to f ight for con sti t u tio nally-gu ar an teed righ ts is "very o ffensive, imm oral, and o fte n illegal " (in Mr . Sc h nei de rs ' w ords) , th en th e efforts of MORE an d sim ila r endeavors fall in t o the same b ag. But, t hen, I\1r. Schneid ers an d I probabl y co uld n o t agree on much , because , whil e n ot a Sierra Club m em b er, I do o wn hikin g boots an d have b een known to (h o rr o rs! ) go back-packin g in the High Sierr as with Si erra Clubbers, The p oin t that I' m trying to make is th a t "bad gu y" labels an d finge r-poin ting j us t does n o t w ork o r make good sense. wheth er it is " th em" at "us" or vice-versa. PATRICK McEVOY Distric t 3 7 Nob ody We agree that a "devil theory " of perceiving world is probab ly unreal isti c and bikers sho uld, perhap s, be envious of t h e N RA a nd Sierra Club 's acq uired pol itical c1o ut ••.Ed. th e THE EUROHACKERS REMEMBERED T he E urope an Side -Ha ck Mo t ocr oss T ea m sho uld like to thank all the people who h elp ed us to realize o ur exh ib it io n ra ces at Hopetown, Pu yallup, Livermore an d Saddleb ack Park. Esp eciall y we sho uld like to thank; th e Side-Hack Association, Mrs. Nancy Person, N orton Villi ers, American Motor c ycle As so ciati on Mr . John "Light Brown" Lancio ne , Wasp Motorcycles England, Heu ga Carpet, Gonzalez Motorcycles Tacoma, Dirt Diggers, Carn egie Cycle Park In c., Family Brillisour, Bell T op tex helmets, Norm Reeves In c., Puyallup Racew ay Park, Cycle World Magazin e, T ed Schafer "The Champ ", Dick Leitner, EIme rs Sp ortcy clcs, Live rmore an d many o th ers . We wish all of y o u a Happy New Year an d h op e to b e back in the U.S. A. in 1973. Lo re nz Haller Rikus Lu bbers Bo Strandell Bart Notten Samuel Hall er Han s Po lsvoo rt Teddy Stromberg Lee van Dam Jan Jensen Tom Van Heu gt en Hans Georg Peppinghaus Assen , T he 1\etherlands GUYS STRIKE I p urchased o ne of Pacific Cus to ms' n on -break abl e gas ta nks, and af te r several race s it starte d to le ak around th e p e t co ck area. I also drilled m y pe tcock h oles ou t, an d un-mechanical as I ain ' t, I naturall y destroyed th em. An yway , I sen t th e tank b ack to Pacific with a tale o f woe. In fo ur d ays it wa s back to my d oor ste p , leak fixe d, n ew petco cks, n o charge. Man if yo u never prin t an ything else I wri te , pl ease p rin t th is. T hese p eop le have go t to be a bunch of straight arrows , the kind the y almost don't make any more. DELL OWENS Phoeni x , Ariz. We have had a similar ex perie nce with these guys. R ef r esh ing , isn 't it? .. Ed. EQUAL TIME I am a fe llo w, (or should I say female) cyclis t, and faithfully read Cycle News every week. It is th o ro u ghly enjoyed by m y h u sb an d and tw o year o ld so n . Bu t I h ave o ne small co mp lain t. Y ou a l wa y s s h ow cu te little pit -t o o tsies, and almost t opless Bill Walter s leather girls (w hich is fine for th e guys) ; so why no t sho w a lit tl e Bur t Rey nolds or S tev e McQueen tootsies? We girl readers wo uld reall y appreciat e it. NANCY BAUN T housand O ak s, Cal if. We did have a pictu re of Larry Pfu tzenreuter with his sh irt off. Didn 't know t ha t Bun Reyno lds rode bikes... Ed. YUCCA I d on 't car e to reveal exactl y how I kn ow ab out this situat ion, but I have heard all sides of th e story , unlike y o u did before y o u formed a bi ased op in ion . It ap p ear s you were very unfair in co n dem n in g th is ho tel without kn o win g th e other side of the story. How d o you know th e man is telling th e tru th an d that he j us t d oesn ' t want to get b ack at someone who caugh t h im at his gam e of trying to p ay th e h o tel fo r two peopl e to st ay th er e wh en he m ay have had fifteen or twenty p eople who just wanted to use th e facilities, for free ? I'm sure y ou think I'm old and part of th e establishment. I am 23 and do enjoy riding a cycle. It just made me so mad to read how these people who are running this h otel are being threatened of being put out of business and possible bodily harm just because some guy shoots off his big mouth. It is truly unfai r. Why didn't you get the o ther side of th e picture before telling your readers t o boy co tt th e Hotel. You co uld be inv iting a bi g law suit from th e owners of th at h otel. T h is is very po or journalis m. ONE PE RS ON WHO KN O WS BOT H SIDES OF THE STO RY We have heard bo th sides o f the storY - f rom Ron Hall and t he Yucca Motel. Why d id t hey pre tend no t to have his rese rvatio ns in the first place ? Why d id t hey immed ialely jump to t he co ncl usion that all th e peop le with the Halls were trying to rip them of f ? Having heard both sides , it st ill see ms like the propr ietors were narro w-minded. More po or journalism ? .. Ed. (Continued o n page 3 2)

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