Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

To the Land of Cotas and _~~rpas Seven Bog Wheelers to Spa in b y Ch ris Ostlind . On February 27th seven English Trials riders from the Southern California area will fIy to Barcelona, Spain where they will take part in the Spanish Round of the E uropean Cham pionship. T he ride rs a nd their resp ec tive m arques are as follo ws: Ma r k Eggar, Ossa; KevinW alk er , Ossa; Ma rland Wh aley , Mon tesa; R ich ard Delaney, Mon tesa ; Mar tin Belair, Montesa; J eff Ko skie, Bultaco an d Vic Conaway , Mon tesa, In ad di tio n t o th ese So. Cal. riders, who earned the trip b y fin ishi ng th e 19 72 seaso n h igh up on the SCTA fin al sta ndin gs, w ill be two o utst anding co m pe titid rs from the Pacific N orthwes t Trials Association, Joe Guglielmelli and Nic k Oliver. GROW More And More All The Time WASHINGTON , D .C. Feb. 5 , 1973 T he m o t o rcy cle in d ustry con tin ue d it s rem arkab le growth tr end in 1972 b y to pping the p revio us y ear's reco rd fig ures for im por te d mach in es , acco rding to J am e s B. Potte r, Jr., Executive Dire ct or o f the Motorcycle Ind us try Council , In c. MIC is the n at ional trade association th at sp ea ks fo r th e enti re motorcy cle in d ustry, including m anu f acturers a n d d istributors o f machines and accessories as well as allied trades and retail dealers. Potter noted that although an expected ove rall slackening of demand occurred las t year, nevertheless the United States still imported 8 .4 percent more motorcycles than in 1971 to set a new high of 1,689,811 units with a du tiable value of $697,073,00. This val ue increased some 40.8 percent over 1971, the growth being proportionately la rge r than fo r the n umber o f unit s because o f in c reased d emand for larger , more expen sive m achines. Uncle Sam was a big winner in the b ike boom o f 19 7 2 with calculated du ty o n im p orte d m otorcy cles going up n earl y 18 p ercen t over 19 7 1 to a total . o f $35 ,049 ,0 0 0. 1mports o f smaller m otorcycl es con tin ued t o declin e, with · ro ug h ly a one-th ird d rop in th e number of m a chin e s und er . 9 0 c c e ngi ne di spl acemen t comi ng in to the c ountry. T he largest class increase was fo r m o t orcy cles with engine di splacemen t between 19 0 cc an d 290cc wh ich showed a cl imb of 64 percent in number and 93 p ercen t in value. ' Potter sai d that th e in dustry was looking fo rward t o con tin ued growth in 1973, but that futu re in creases w ould be on a more m odest scale than what h as b een experien ced in the p ast few years. . Mr. F red Belair, wh o h as prom oted the EI Trial d e Espana for the p as t three y ears, announced that there is $ 3 300 in usable fu n ds availabe for the trip. T h is money was gained th is year as it h as for the las t th ree y ears b y th e E I Trial d e Esp ana wi th the ex press p urpo se o f sen di ng top ran kin g S o. Cal . trials riders to Spain . T here th ey will co mpe te an d learn from t he E uropeans so th at they can re tum and pass this exp erie nce on t o th e re st o f th e rider s in th e US. This year, as in p ast years, Fred Belair m an aged to ge t co ntrib utions t o the T rials Team in fo rm o f caps an d jackets fr om Bell Toptex lnc., utility b ags co u rtesy of Webco an d S 150 cas h -from J oe Parkhurst an d "Cy cle World" mag azine. The se nd ing of seven ride rs fr o m th e U.S. t o Spain to com p e te in an International Trials is unprecendented an d it is hoped th at t he ex pe rience th at th ese riders can gain will be irreplacab le during the n ormal co urse of a ridin g year h ere in th e States. Keep th ese gu y s in m ind the n ex t ti m e yo u th ank a bou t o ur rid ers over in E u ro pe try in g to m ake up gro u nd on th e estab lished E uropean co m petitors. T he trials rid er s o f this co u n try are also trying to reach pari ty with the Europeans an d this year, th e effort is a stro ng one. Evel Didn't ~M a ke LOS AN GELES , CAL., Feb. 11 , 1973 Evel Knieve l d id n ' t m ake h is j u mp today . It, like most o ther events in the area, was cancelled because of rain . Although th e event was to be hel d indoors, the promoters felt that th e h eavy rai n s wo uld keep spectators away and so cal led off th e eve nt. We ath er p ermitting Kni evel will attem p t the "world's longest j u m p " o n Fe b ruary 18 , 19 73 , a t th e Los An geles July 1. 1973 Salt Lake C it y. Ulan . J u lV 6... 1973 , Los An ge les, Ca lif • . . July 1:;), 1 973, Lawrence. Kansa s .. July 22, 1973, Toledo, onto J u ly 2 9 . 197 3, U nad illa. N ew York . $10,000 . . 12.000 •. 10.000 10,000 . . 10,000 lt COl " '" " Q. Me m orial C o liseum. The stage is set, b u t the Cal if ornia sunshi ne doesn ' t see m to b e too c o op era tive lately . If b y chance the sun fails n ex t S u n day th en Monday the 19th is go ing to be re served for this ex t ravaganza. Not o n ly will Eve l be there but so me o f auto racin g's to p d ri vers will be on hand to d em o lish 5 0 cars o f th e 70's. A ll ti ck e ts purch ased fo r th e 1 1th, will be h on ored with m any good seats still ava ila ble : Papers Top of the 197 3 Greeves line-up is the 44 HP 380ce QUB rnotocrosser. It also comes In a desert (Contin ued from page 13) version w it h the same en gine . Nicholson Takes Over All USA PRACTICE Did you kn ow that Yvon D u Ham el at o ne time was a garbage co lle c tor in Can ad a b efo re he becam e a cy cle racer? His big m omen t came when he was promoted fro m barrel man to driver of the truck ! Trash truck drivers are n o ted for their co m er ability and getting the job done in a hurry so the y can go home. Does tha t tell you something? Western Regional referee, Chub Kellam, was involved in a traffic accident in late January. Got hit on the freeway in the fro n t and t he rear b y th e same woman driver. The cause o f th e accid en t? A m otorcycle rider who ran ou t of gas and di d n't know he had a " Res erve" sy stem on his m achin e ! As o f January 1, 1973, Nick Nich o lso n Motors, In c. will d istrib u te Greeves thro ugh o ut the entire U.S .A. A re cen t large o rder o f 175 cc, 250cc and 380cc models will so on start t o a rrive in th e U.S . Nicholson was th e first Greeves Di stributor in the U .S., sta r tin g with Greeves in 19 58. Nick Nicholson started racing in 1946 and selling two stroke machines as far back as 1954, always raicng what he sold to promote his bikes. He has sold two stroke machines longer than any other com p an y in the U.s . His knowledge of racing has i ns p i red the Greeves Fac to ry to in corporate _ the Motoplat ign ition as a'I~IIII~1 DEADLINE W Er N E S D AY A T !5 prn Feb, 14 ~ ~, for issue No.7 , " . r;~ on sale Feb. 21 ( .. \\' ~' ~- ~' well as th e all m e t al cl u tc h and th e new lo nger , lo we r G riffon frame which the new m o d el s have fo r 19 73. The n ew line o f G ree ves will h ave a 175cc En duro which u ses the Pu ch six sp eed engin e. T h e model wei gh s 19 0 lbs, T he 25 0cc MX and 250cc Desert models will h ave the new longer, lower frame , weighing out at 216 Ibs. They will have Motoplat ign iti on and all metal clutch . To fill out the line will be the 380cc 44 ph MX and Desert models wei gh in g 2271bs. Fo r information and Dealer f ranchis e s, wri te Nick Ni cholson Motors, Inc., 11573 Vanowen S treet. North Ho lly w ood , California 9 16 05, o r cal l (213) 764-8674 or (2 13) 8 77 -73 66 . ClJ DISPLA Y ADVERTISING of you Cycle News readers advise other people in their purchases of motorcycles C. N . Survey '73 EL MET HOUSE • DEALERS SEND FOR CATALOG . 12010 W. PIca .BLVD., _ LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90064 PHONE (213) 479-4383 Fi nd it fast in th e Cycle News Dealer and Service D i rector MOTORSPORT ENTERPRISES Proudly Presents 1973 Inter-AMA Schedule Set WE S T ERVILLE , OHIO T he American Mo torcycle Association t oday an no u nced the dates f o r the 197 3 IN TER-A MA Int ern ation al Cup Moto-Cr oss Championship. The FIM sanctio ned se rie s for 25 0cc m ach in es will run for five cons ecutive weekends during Jul y , and will cover the nation from New York to Cal ifornia. The $52,000 INTER-AMA ' 73 wi ll again feature the awarding of the prestigious Manufacturer's Cup to the top works team. Last year Gary Jones won the cup for Yamaha as he upset the cream of the European crop in the su m m e r series. The Los Angeles Coliseum will be a ma jor addition to th e 1973 INTER-AMA sch ed ule. After hos ting a very succe ssful motocross event during the ' 72 season , the Coliseum has been aw ar ded the July 6 INT E R -AMA d ate. Again du ri n g 1 9 7 3 , ea ch INTER-AMA will' feature the bat tle fo r in ternational su prem acy in the 25 0cc class, and al so an AMA na tional ch am pio nsh ip ev en t in th e 5 0 0cc support class. Only the top Am erican riders wiII qualify to com p e te in th e INTER-AMA se ries through the 34 qualifying events already underway around the co u n try. T he 1973 INTER-AMA Schedule .... BAY MARE RACE TRACK B ig Bore K its Cams and Tuned Pipes H.C . Pistons . Stroker Assembly FOR ALL POPULAR HONOAS 40% Professional Size TROPHIES Sertd tOf a Uf com ple ,e ca lalog la nd Bonu s Oll . d r. S I .2 S cash Of m oney order . Caulog ••c"pt lo r ' a u' s pecifte y••r a nd modal on ly SOC . Ind i'ftd ua ' Quesl ion s a ns we r.-d gladl, . 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