Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ V .O.T.E . Trials-- _ Your Dealer 15 Helping YOU ~ b y J oe K iggens MOORPARK , CA L.• Feb . II . 197 3 M .... en O n e of th e slic kes t o b served tri als in th e A merican Trials A sso ciation histo ry w a s t::i staged at Muntz Park today. It was n ot J:i on ly slick. it w as wet, gooey an d thic k ~ as we ll. Th e d a y b e fore th e tri a l it be ca me ~ o b vio us th at d ue to th e incessant rain ~ and con d itio n of the tria ls it wo uld b e w imp ossib le to get observe rs t o the sec tions in th e b ack coun t ry. t; With out a secon d thought to p ostp on emen t , th e rid e rs o f V alle y Observed Trials Enth us ias ts led b y that in defa tigable m ailman, Bo b Rub o ttom wh o really di gs th a t "flood. mud o r d ark of n igh C' st uff. set up n ew sec tio ns in the fro nt of th e park n ear th e was hed o u t m o to cr o ss trac k . Novices, A ma te urs a n d Ex perts rod e the sa me sec tio ns with ve ry in te restin g re sul t s. T h e wi n n in g A m ateur. ri ding ' w h at pro ved to b e his last ri de in th a t class . tied with th e thi rd p lace E xpert o n p o ints. Th e leade rs in th e Novice cl a ss mo ved w e ll in to conten tio n w it h t h e A mat eurs, th o ugh keeping a resp ec table p oin t spread . O n a lo op w h e re the sligh tes t o ff-ca m be r wou ld net a rid er as much di st an ce sideways as h e coul d m ak e straight-o n, o nly seventee n p o in ts we r e ~ Q. t3 A rrowhead Tria ls at Arroyo by Ch ris top he r O st lind D EVOR E. CA L., Fe b. 4 . 19 73 - A b rand n ew gro up of e n th usias ts called th e A rrowh ead T ri al s Club h ave just held th eir fi rs t eve n t and by all in dica tio ns they will join th e already es ta b lishe d cl u bs in presentin g q u ality tria ls eve n ts in the Sou the rn Calif o rn ia area. T he ir idea of se tti ng o ut the Mas te r sec tions an d givi ng th em names like D ir ty D raw, S aigon Gulch, Kin g A rro y o , an d Mas ter Brea ker is n o t a n ew one . b u t it h asn't been used for quite so me time . I t ad ds a real fla vor to th e eve n t wh en a rid er can re fe r to a p articula r sec tion b y it's n ame in st ead of so me .n u rnb e r. In fact as th e trial w as in p rogre ss y o u cou ld h ear a fe w o f ri d er s as king o ne a nothe r. " H ow ' d you d oon th a t S%&t* D irt y Dr a w?" and th is is J&J MOTORS NORTHWEST MOTORCYCL E CAPITOL La rgest Dirt Bike & Dirt Bike Parts Stock i n West . We sp ecia lize i n No r ton, Mcntesa, Mai co, AJS. CZ. Monark & Pen t on . We've got all t he hard to f ind parts & accessor ies. - dro p ped by th e wi nning Ex pert, Bernie Sch reiber , th e Bu lt aco m o unted w h iz kid fr om La Cr escen tao In secon d pl ace, o n h is first ride as an Ex pert w as Mon tesa rid er. Mike Griffi tts with thi rty one p o in ts. Dr oppin g .o n ly one ma r k to Mike for thirty two points was th ird place Elmer X orman o n an O ssa. T he A mateurs we re shown h ow b y Bultaco riding G uy V an G assb ee k who lost only thirty two ma rks. lie was fo llowed by Mik e lI an sen and J e rry Wien ce k wi th thirty seven and forty four points resp ec tively. T he winnin g Novice. ve ry capab ly campaigning a Cotton was SCOtt Pa rke r w ith fifty six ma rk s d roppe d . He h ad thi r teen cleans. Second place wen t to Paul Mellucci with a tw in score of 56 but wi th I I cleans. Down only one ma rk w as th ir d pl ace Denni s Mci nt osh wi th a 57 p o in t total. Th e kids cl ass w as w on by Ma rc Pri nce w ith Bryan Fraser an d Lynn Flos tro m a close secon d and third. Led b y Ke vin Walk·e r. who el ected t o serve as guide and o bserver so tha t the Ma ste r cl ass co u ld use the b ack cou n t ry sec tio ns . th e Mast ers took off in wh a t tu rn ed o ut to be a four h o ur first lo op . T h ough b a rely recogn iza ble a t th e fini sh they were all smiling - an o utstand ing t ria l. The win n in g Mas ter O n Wednesday. Fe b ruary 14. 19 73 so me 8 0 motorcycle de ale rs fro m In y o, Orange, S an Bern ardin o and Rive rsid e cou n ties met in Santa A n a, California . T he meeting. h osted b y Marv in Lee a n d Malco lm Sm it h . rep rese n tin g th e d ea le rs o f these coun ties on the California Motorcy cl e In d ustry Council's Board o f Dire ctors, w as t o e xch ange informa ti on and vie ws amon g m o to rcy cle d ea lers. S p ea ke rs in cluded I\Ir.J ohn ~ I ay n a rd of J o h n Maynard In su ran ce and 1>1r. R ay Prin ce o f E ldo ra do In su ra nce plus ~ I r. Tom Heini n ger of Webco . Pr esident of th e Mo torcy cle In d ustry Council. D urin g di scu ssi on o n la n d closu res , Skip Fo rdyce of Ri ve rside vo lun teere d himself as a com m ittee o f o ne t o rai se $25.0 00 for a lega l fu nd to com b a t th e "written p ermission law s" in C alifo rnia, an d th en ra ised o ver S9,OOO in pl edges o n th e spot! Inv o lveme nt. as di sp la ye d at th is gath eri ng is w h at it wi ll take to sa ve th e m otorcy cle sport - well done ! These "wri tten p ermission law s" are unconstituti onal an d h ave b een found so b y the co u rts - three tim es in O range Co u nty alone. Vet th e o rdi n ance, illegal as it is, h as h a d c o ntin ue d e nfo rce me nt. We. and a ll m o torcy c lists m u st figh t th ese an d oth e r bad laws t o retain our rights. Wh en a b use o f la w comes thro ugh e nforce ment agencies. th e on ly re med y or recourse is through th e cou rts. This costs m oney. an d ad ding in su lt to inj ury, th e other sid e spe nds y o ur tax money t o o p pose yo u. Th ese d ealers h av e ta ken th e in itiative an d we must con tin ue. Y our c o ntri b u ti on s a re n eeded t o prote c t y our sp o r t . S e nd to : w as th e sen sa tio na l Lan e Lea vit t ridin g a Bu lt aco . Lan e dr opp ed only 3 0 p oi n ts. In secon d p lace w ith 38 p oin t s. also Bultaco m ounted . w as A .T .A . n u m b er o ne R ich Bledsoe. Wit h 4 8 p oi nts in th ird p lace Was Marli n Wbal ey th e Mon te sa m o u n ted m agician an d current State Ch amp fro m San tee . Ca lifo rn ia. Mar k Egga r, curre nt n u m b e r tw o Master, fe ll early in th e firs t lo op . He re turned un ass isted t o th e p its fro m wh ich h e w as tak en to th e h ospita l. It w as d isco vered th at h e had b roken h is arm . Mark w a s t o h ave rid d en ne x t m onth in th e Span ish Round o f th e In te rn ati o n al Champio n ship . He will n o t ri de b ut h e will go t o Barcel on a t o ass ist h is fe llow rid ers. A grea t sp o rtsman. the kind of th ing that makes trials the sort of sport tha t it ' is. There is a real rel a tio n sh ip between the ri d ers a nd the p rob lem s tha t they m ust co ntend wi th d u rin g the co urse o f a trial. One examp le of rapport that the g uys have wi th each other was d em onst rated b y Bernie Sc hreibe r. a co n sisten tly h igh fini shi ng E xp e rt wh o rod e .w ith the Masters today. Bernie was negotia tin g a very difficult off-ca mber sectio n calle d Sli d e Hill wh en h e wen t flyi ng off of h is Bultaco just as h e exited th e t rap . His m ach in e we nt flip -fl opping d o wn th e steep incli ne and Bernie e n de d up d eep in the bran ch es o f a tree. A lmos t ev ery o bserving Master immed ia tel y went to hi s aid so that h e co u ld e x trica ted h im sel f wi th the le ast am ou n t of h assle. T he fu n ny p a rt o f th e incident is th a t as soon as Be rni e 's fro nt ax le was o ut of the section , hi s ge t-o ff w as already in p ro gr ess. Bernie wanted everybody to kn ow so b adl y th a t h e h ad cleaned th e secti on tha t as h e w as crash ing in to th e tr ee he w as ye lling. "My axle w as o u t! !\ly ax le \ "' 3 5 our!" Talk abou t involve me n t. Th e Novice cl ass h ad its sha re o f action too as n in e year o ld Tim Le Blanc totalled 3 0 poin ts t o ace ou t hi s " O ld Man" T ed by 6 p o ints and third p lace rider Ken Koskie b y I I: It a ppears th a t Ti m is ge tti n g it all together at a very earl y age an d th at ca n be go o d and it can also be b ad d ep end ing on y o u r schoo l of thought. bu t n o b o d y is go in g to ta ke aw ay the . fac t tha t T im is a co m p e ta n t m o t orcy cli st wh o will n o do ubt get b e tter w it h age an d stre nz th . 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Mark has a ph en ome n al ability to p ick wh a t se e ms to be the m ost d ifficul t an d hai ry line th rough an y sec tio n an d then slam h is way o ve r th e o bst acles withou t losing h is b al an ce or a n y poin ts. This is n o t to say th at Mark can n ot fin esse th e less d ifficult a re as b ut th at he ri de s in a very aggr essive man n er that gets h im th rou gb m an y sit uations t hat lesser skilled ri d e rs wo u ld st al o n . The A rrowhead Club h as d efinately m ad e an excellent st art t owa rd s h ol d in g com petitive trials a n d so we a ll lo ok forward to thei r ne xt e ffo rt w it h m u ch en th us ias m . • Birthd ay s, A n n iversa ries, Fath er's Day , G rad uat io ns , Door Pri ze s a nd EV EN Moth er s Da y . A JS & Mon tesa carbo & air cleaner boot s $ 19 .9 5; guaranteed w ater proof & easy Land Use Legal Fund c/ o CMIC 13353 W. Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, CA . 90066 . 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