Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Z W ...J U >- U I.w. America's Number 1 weekly motorcycle newspaper. You 'll alwa ys see it fir st in Cycle News M ~ r- ... Member MOTORCYCLE IN D UST RY CO U N C I L Cha r les Clayton • •• •••• •••• ••• Pu blish e r Sh aro n Clay t on ..• . . . • • B u si ness Manager Tom Cu l P . . . . . • • . . • . . •Ge ne ral M a n ager John Huetter . .. ••. _ . . . • Ma na gin g Ed i t or Ar t Friedman .•.. •. • •.. .• • • ••• .• E ditor Dave Schoonmaker A ssista n t Ed i t o r E d Drec hsler .• •. • • • • Ad ve r t isi n g Manager Howle F ow l er .. A ss·1. Ad ver t i sing M an ager Nancy Goodman . . • . Adve rtisi ng A ssist a n t Rhe ba Sm i th ••.• .• .• Circul ation M an ager Mar la Tar b et •.••••• Ci rculatio n Ass is t an t Cheryl Stein berg .. • • Ci rcula tio n A ssist a n t Internal Specs COLUMN : Poop LOCAL RA CIN G : 0 -37 et al OPINION : Ahem PERSONALI T Y : Lackey's tuner is a racer in his own right MORE LOCAL RACING PRO RACING: Jackson ville Winter- Am HOT FLASHES : Evel on a w o rks Yamah a ? Not qu ite MASSIVE 250 MOTOCROSSER TEST : Mr . Honda. meet Mr . CZ SECTION: North CALENDAR : Dating RESULTS : The outcome NEW PROD UCTS: An airy subject 7 8 12 14 16 22 23 24 30 32 36 .41 VOICES OF THE WEST Leroy Chan dl e r . . .•• Circulation A ss ist a n t Terry Fa d den .. . . • . . Prod uct io n Assista nt Michael Colikas Prod uct io n Assista nt Larry Groves Lab 'r ec t mtct an Marion Hatashita ' ." .T ypg rap he r Melvin Phel ps Assistant Typ ographer Ra ndy Dietzel Book keep er Ba rbara Beb ec x .• •. BOOk keep ing Assist a nt Ma rilyn Kirk BoOkkeepin g Assista nt s cceeev Ha y nes Cycle News Prod ucts Hector Agu ile ra Com puter Technician Wen dy Blan ton Recep t io n ist Nat ional Ad vert ising Dire ctor : Tom Culp Cycle News West and Headquarters P.O . Bo x 498, Long Bea ch Califo rn ia 9 0801 (213) 427 -7433; L.A . 636-8844 TELEX NO. 673·474 Cycle News, East e rn Division 373 17 Det ro it Road Avon , Oh io Cy cle New s, Di xie Ed iti on 4190 F irst Avenu e T uck er, Geo rgia Cycle News, Ce nt ral Ed it ion 111 8 West 6 t h Street Austin , Texas Subscription : O ne yea r, second class mail 2 years, seco nd class mail 3 years, second class mail Single co py price S12.50 522.50 530.00 5 .50 Pub lished weekly ex cep t t he first an d last week of t he ca le nda r yea r b y Cycle News, Inc., Po st Office Box 498, Long Beach , Ca lifo rn ia . Second Cla ss Po st age pa id at Lo ng Beach, Calif. Ed itoria l st ories, cartoo ns, photos, etc. a re welco me. Add res sed, stamped e nve lo pe assu res ret u rn of editorial matter. Reprin t in g in whole or part only by pe rmission of the publishers. A d v e rt isin g rates and circulation information wi ll be sent upon request. See S.R. D.S . Copyright I!'l Cycle News, Inc. 19 73 all rights reserved _ _ LESS SOUND MORE GROUND _ In vo lume x number 2 you have an ar ticle about a ll o yd & Stellings frame works. I w ould like th ei r ad d ress so I cou ld find o ut about a 25 0 S uz uki m o t o cro ss fr ame an d re c ome nded r ak e fo r the b ike. BO B FO:'olTEC ILLA Re n o , Nevad a Boyd & St ellings gel their mail at 2 1 1 1 S o. Gra nd Ave., S anta Ana , Ca lif. 92 705 which , must to nob ody 's su rprise , is where their sh op is... Ed. . YAMAHA CARES We the members of th e EI Cajon Club would like to publicly t hank Ya maha l n tcrnarional for do na ting a ne w 197 :; 2 50 ~ [X wh ich we raffled off at the Ca ctus Cats - EI Cajon be nefit ra ce o n the 21st of this month . T hese p e o p le were gracious an d in te res te d in supporti ng o ur figh t to keep th e Pu b lic La nds o pen 10 th e Publi c. " Ya maha Ca res !" T h anks are also in order to the Cact us Cats w h o are dona ting the n et proceeds of th e race to the E I Cajon Motorcy cle Club Special Legal F un d , We wi sh we co uld t hank everyone an d let th em k no w we ap preciate their su p port. It 's n o fun figh ting "Cit y Hall " , but if yo u thin k yo u can sit back, tak e n o part and le i th e Fed eral Go vernment look afte r yo ur best in te rest yo u will surely ge t za p pe d by th e B LM ' s overa ll p lan for th e sys tema tic closure of th e de se rt. EL CAjOr-: Mot orcy cl e C lub Membe rs ~ I o t orcy cl e Unfort un ately , t he test case d idn't occu r bec a use it d idn 't go t o cou rt (See Cy cle New s Vo l. X. Issue 4 ). Th e inte n tion s were all goo d ; th e resul ts, m ixed .c.Ed , GATOR AID Pa ul B o ud r e au •.• . ••• Prod uction Manage r ~ ~ w a'I~1 MORE B-S V IVA AMA SAYSBLM RE. EL CAJON Mr. Ge ne Wirw ahn Legis la tive Directo r A merican Moto rcy cl e Association P.O . Bo x 14 1 Weste rville. O hio 4308 1 Dear Ge ne : I wan t to ex p ress my pe rsonal thanks to you a nd Mik e Hen sh aw fo r the tremendous coop e ra tion wh ich you gave 10 both sides in th e settl em en t o f th e G overnmen t's cl ai m s a rising o u t o f th e E I Caj on m otorcy cle cl u b's race con d uc te d in the Yuha de sert on December 3 , 197 2. With out yo ur . ass ista nc e and mediation I have d o ubts th at a se tt leme n t co uld have been a rr ived a t. Th e settl ern en t goes a lo ng way t o wa rd imp r o vin g rel a ti on s be tween th e mo to rcycl ist s a nd th e Bu r e a u of Land Man agerne n I in California a n d greatly assis ts in -assuring tha t responsible motorcyclists will be pe rmitted o n public lands in Ca lifornia in th e fu ture. Aga in le t me thank you for th e lim e and effort which you put into this matter. I look forw ard to seeing y ou on y o u r n ext visit to Sacramento . CHARLES R. REi'\DA Regi on al Solicit or SacramentoRe gion U.S_ Dept . of th e Interi or NUM BER ONE SPEA KS OUT On j an uary 15 I depa rte d on m y first trip abroad wh er e I spen t 4 days in England, visiting the orr Lea the rs fa ctory and co n d uc tin g interviews with the press. I learned a lot about professional m o t o rcycling in the rest of the world , and it gave me a totally new ou t look on wh a t we h ave ac complished in th e United S ta tes. Mo st - o f o u r riders ca n't possibly reali ze ho w good th e y h ave i t un til they learn tha t a top class win ne r a l the Isle o f Man will tak e hom e abo u t $300.0 0 fo r hi s efforts . When I refl ect o n my capabilities o f ea rn ing $ I 00,000.00 in a year 's lim e , I be come ve ry th ankful I am racin g m otorcycles in Am eri ca. Cons ider th e fac t that a great rid erIik e Pau l Sm art earned more at o ne r ace last year th an h e had earn ed in hi s en tire E ur o pean caree r up to th at p o int. It's no coincid ence that we h av e a better sa fe ty reco rd , more racing and h igher purses than an y cou n try in Europe. We have ac hie ved all o f th ese things because o f th e sincerity and efficie nc y o f th e men wh o work a t the AMA. I'm convi nced th at I'm ridi ng for th e to p sa nctio n ing body in the wo rld , and I'm sure: tha t anyone else wh o visits Euro pe th en sees how it is done b y th e AMA will share my feelings . MARK BR E LS FOR D AMA Grand National Cham p ion A DIFFERENT POINT OF V IEW As a co m me rical pil o t , I've spe n t man y h ours ove r the Mojave d esert. On my last fligh t, 1 became awa re of wh a t . really has t om up our d ese rts. In every directio n yo u can see f re eways, o pen p it mi n es. stri p mines. milita ry b ase s, aban doned re al estate d eve lopments, trail parks, and a lo t more th at I ca n d ocument if anyone is in teres te d . . T he n e xt ti me a c o n se rv a tio n is t te lls me h ow bik es and bu ggies are tearing up th e Moj ave , I'm go ing to take him for a short sce nic rid e. Wh o kn ows , if he sees th e ligh i, I mi gh t even bring him back . Get in touch if I can help in any way o n th e BLM b attle. My se rvices a re free fo r th e cause. CHUC K JOH NSTO N 3 08 Island Aven ue Balb o a, CA 92 6 6 1 SOREHEAD In the Vikin g Race, o n j an . 7 . 19 73 I left m y black 10 01 bag with you. I've tri ed to find yo u bu t I gue ss I' ve been looking in th e wrong pl aces . If at all possible would y ou please get in touch with m e. I ride with the Desert Squirrels ~I.C. and I' m usuall y at all o f the D-37 ra ces. Or yo u can call me. Thank yo u for helping me out when I was in a bind. TODD EMERY 8 32X Dese rt (2 13) 287-5953 What 's really hap pen ing here? ..Ed . PRETT Y GOOD? Me an d m y brothe r were talking and w e ca me up with, we think a pretty goo d joke. Desert Ride r to Powd e r /'u ff , asking her 10 go steady . " Want to wear my kidney belt !" DA N & SUr. PHILLI PS Wh itt ie r, Ca lif. Up around yo ur neck ?... Ed . T ROPHY PRESENTATION OR TROPHY PICK -UP? How would yo u lik e to tak e off work an hour ea rly in th e middle of th e wee k, beat it h om e , ge t cleane d up , pack up th e wi fe and kid s, d rive 65 mil e s to a tro p hy presentatio n a nd then fin d a cold ware house. n o p la ce to si t d own . n o refresh men ts e xcep t f or some un -refrigerat ed beer (no t h ing for th e kid s)? Then , how would yo u lik e to stan d a ro un d for 4 5 m inutes un til some hal f-bli zed cl u b membe r d ecided to pass o u t the tro phies? T hese guys have been around long enough to know th e difference bet ween a trop hy pick-u p and a presentation and this was a slap in the face . Na me Wit hheld by Req uest District ~:o . 37 End uro Rider Is it p ossib le th at a p ictur e of o ne m y alligators w as p rac tically th e " Ce n te r fold" in last week s Cy cle Ne ws? I ra ise Am erican alliga to rs as a h obby an d m y husb and john is in vo lved in racing . (Last year he trav eled w ith Gary Scott.) Any way, m an y of th e riders stay o ve r a t' o ur house wh e n they a re here fo r Asco t. Man y a lso ta ke "crea tu re pictures " and judgin g fro m th e fee t an d no se th is is a p ic ture o f m y alligator , "G at es ." He is 6 f t. and 25 yea rs old. As a l ligat o rs go he h as a grea t personality . (He has buill in racing leath ers ) Keep the gre a t ph oto s co m ing . JACKIE JACOIlSEN Clarem ont, Calif. T he photo was actually taken by the man aging editor to co m me mo ra te a trip to the jungJed swamps of Nayarit ...Ed . BAD WATER Th e m embe rs o f Cycliers Mot or cycle Club wish to exp ress th eir d eep regret an d ma ke sin ce re apolog ies to all the riders wh o were p lan ning to ride the February 4th European Scramb les at Hit terwater Ran ch . I I was can celed , but n ot b y us. Bi tie r indeed . After weeks of planning, co u n tless hours spent by club members (n o t to mention the gas for th e m an y long drives to and from ) la ying out the co u rse and several hundred dollars out of the cl ub b an k account. we were n o tifi ed by landowner Bill Sanders that we co uld n ' t use the la nd. On Mon d ay night ! ~I r. Sanders had known of our ra ce date for nearlv two months. yet waited until Jess than six days before the event to let u s know tha t a sheeph erd er w ho h ad leas ed gra zing rights on Bit terwate r Ranch, refused t o allo w a race u pon this land. I t would see m that Mr. Sande rs is not nea rly as eager to h ave a m ot o rcy cl e re creation p ark as h e w ould h a ve eve ryo ne believe. Oth er cl ubs or prom oters may d o as they wish ab out usin g Ilitterw at er Ran ch, but Cy clie rs M/C has acqui red a ver y hitter (w at e r) ta ste o ve r his less than con sid era te . ac tions. Once again , a d eep apology to all riders wh o w ere going to rid e our even t. JOHN CRAW FORD Secre tary Cycliers M.C . EQUAL TIME What is the reason for th e " co p-o ut" d isclaim er a t the end .o f Al ic Rh ea 's co lu m n (pg . 39 - Feb. 6 th issu e)? Has the Si er ra Clu b o r IlLM got yo u scared or has " C & S Pu b lish in g Co." lost the "&"? CHUC K LUNDER O range, Calif. Ye ah , the S ierra Club has us te rrified, b ut not abo ut ed ito ria ls. The d iscla imer ha s alwa ys a p pear ed nea r th e o pinio n col u mns because t he ed ito rial views o f th is new sp aper do not al w a ys co in cide with t hos e of our co lu m nis ts ... Ed.

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