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" 11, ro e, M ,... '" e'" .s:i " L1. ~ W Z W ..J U >- U a'I~1 1••1 America 's Num be r 1 week ly motor cycle ne wsp a per . Yo u 'll a lwa ys see it first in Cy cle News M ember MO TOR CYCLE INDUSTR Y CO U NC I L Char les C la y t o n Pub li sh e r Sha ro n C lay ton c Bu sfne ss Man age r Tom C UIP Ge ne ra l M anager Ra ndy Diet zel Offi ce M anager Ma naging Editor J ohn H uetter " Art F ried m a n Ed it or Dave Sch oo n m ak e r Assista nt Ed it o r H o wi e Fow ler . . A sst. 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A d ve rt is in g rates a nd c irc u lati o n in for mation will b e se nt u po n req uest . See S . R .D.S. . Internal Specs COLU MN : Po o p S ECTIO N: North PRO IN DOO R: Cow Pa lace - no surprise SPEEDWAY : Do w n u nd e r LOC AL RAC ING OPI NION : Some n ew fa ces PRO MOTOCROSS : St. Pete's Winte r·AM A RO AD RACING: Carlsbad 's butte rfl ies " TRIALS : A couple ENDURO : The Cal ico PRODUCT EVALUATIO N: T he Great CN Boot T est ENDURO TECH NIQ UE : Fl ip Card t ime kee ping ,NAT ION A L ENDU RO : Do n' t Thee Ha rp eth o n it DESERT: Desert desert EN D U RO TEST : Yamah a 's 10 0 is ne at . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . •. . .... . . . HUMO R: MX spectator's gu id e ROAD TEST : 250 S u zu k i CA LE NDA R : R ESULTS : NEW PRODUCTS VOICES OF TH·E WEST VOICE OF REASON I e njoy as m u ch as anybo dy riding acr oss o pe n land witho ut being sid esw iped h y anothe r b ike r or waitin g in line to cl im b th e next hill , as in so me cy cle parks . I am fully against closin g up the des ert , bu t it see ms th a t some co n tro ls m ust be ma de in or der to insure the sa fe ty o f de se rt life . T he d ay has co me when a free, unco ntro lle d li fe is past his to ry . Wheth er a person like s it o r n o t , every aspect of h is lif e is un d er so me kind of con trol . To ge t . an y th in g co ns truc tive happening, ha th the p ro te ctionists and the people wh o wan t a totally un con tro lled dese r t have got to realize tha t n either o f these ca n be. A m ediu m somewh ere mus t be so ugh t b y all to insu re e njo y me n t by all and insu re safety t o dese rt p lan ts and wildlife. I am fo r dese rt racing a nd riding, but 10 all pe op le who use th e d ese rt , usc it wisel y a nd take care of it. Don 't a b use y o u r right to b e th ere . Ab us ed righ ts are lost rig h ts . A nd rem em ber p rotectionis ts. "Manage men t, no t p ro te c tio n ism , assures th e g rea test likelih o o d of a hap p y fu tu re ." Si nce everybody's lives are affec ted di rectly b y thei r enviro nment , they m us t conform an d c are fo r it, no t try to ove rco me o r ch an ge it. Wit h a d estr oyed en viro n m en t m an ca nnot e xi st. TOO MITCHAM Chin a Lak e , Cali f. THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK In you r ro ad tes t o f the ne w Honda 250 Elsinore , yo u sai d it could beat every 250 and ever 40 0 excep t one, in th e star t a rea d rag races. Wh ich 4 00 co u ld n ' t it bea t ? l.O U D UPL ES SIS EI Cajon, Calif. The one bi ke/ rider comb ination our test bike couldn't beat was Rex Sta ten on the very specia l A me rican M oto cro ss Ake Jon sson Repli ca Maico . Rex 's 400 was trick and Re x is one v.~ry . ._ - L ESS SOU N D --1Illo.. M O RE GROUND quic k guy of f the line. T he 25 0 Mak os up til' that t ime bu t Rex wh ipped it on u , j it jr h em ... Ed . Els i no re Co py righ t © Cy cle News, Inc. 19 73 a ll rights reser ved 7 8 10 11 12 16 18 21 22 23 24 26 .2 7 28 . .3 0 33 34 36 .4 0 . .43 had b ea t ot he r OPEN SEASON ON ALL In re ply to the lette r from Mr. Harry I.. Howarth of West Covin a (Cy cle N c w s , Vo l. X :-;0. 4) , regarding the cam p aig n to legalize shoo ting wild burros b eca use th ey arc a th reat to the desert e c o lo gy, an d h is referen ce to issuin g a lic en se to h un t mo t o rcvc lis ts because th ey damage the eco logy .. Let's face fa cts . Ope n season has bee n d eclared on all off road vehi cle use rs. Fed eral an d Sta te legislation has bee n passed to re s trict our fo rm of re creational use of pu bli c lan ds. Hu t see wh o h as be en lobbying to hav e th is legisla ti on passed ? I t 's no se cre t th at the Cattle men 's Associa tio n is one o f the h igges t backe rs o f th is fo rm of legislati o n. T he nu mbe r o f ca ttle being grazed on p u bli c lands in th e d esert is stag geri ng. Laws have been passed to co n trol o ff road vehicle use on th ese lands, b u t the re is no control of the inn o c ent bu rros wh o wander over th e dese rt. T hese b u rros are ea ting a lot of food th a t co uld be used by cattle . Co m pare d wit h ca ttle, wild b urro s d o little da mge to ou r eco logy . In fac t, th e wil d bu rro is act ua lly a part of the . d eser t eco logy. A nd wh en yo u co m pare the dam age don e to . our ecology by massive loggin g operat ions . min ing operations. pipe lines, p ower lin es, railroads, land spec ula tors, and the military bases th at h ave c o nsu me d a large portio n of our on ce p ubli c d esert lands, the n you m ight see thi ngs in a d iff er ent light. A large lo ggin g ope ratio n can d o m o re d am age t o th e p ublic lan d s in o ne week th an a m illion m o t o rcycles co uld do in a year. Le t 's fa ce fa cts . T he m o t o rc yc list s, the sports ma n, the ro ck h ound, the Sunday picnicke r, a nd yes, eve n the lo w ly b urro , are a ll th e targe t of special int ere s t gro ups. Writ e to yo u r Asse m blyme n, Co ng res sme n, Sen a to rs , an d o the r Rep resentatives. Let them kn ow how yo u feel. J oi n a nd sup port M.O .R .E. Le t 's figh t to sa ve th e b urr o , a nd let's figh t to save th e righ t to use public lan ds for re c re atio nal use. LO UIS H. McKEY Fo n tan a, Ca lif. It had also occurred t o us t hat wild burros are part of the de sert e co logy that mo st peop le don 't know what the wo rd means. In this case . th e eco-freaks want to disrupt an in-balance ec osy ste m.. .o r so me thing... Ed . ISN'T IT WORTH A TRY? So you thi n k yo u 're 'gon n a save th e sand dunes in Mo n te re y Co un ty fr o m cl o su re to O RV's b y send ing in pe titions, e h ? Well , it j ust ain't so ! T he C oun t y S uperviso rs a re no t to o in tere st e d in w hat. n on -c o u n ty re siden ts, often c o n s i d e r e d in I r uders a nd desp oi lers in th e case' of O RV ent husiasts, want don e in their c o un ty . The on ly thin g' that co un ts is the wan Is and d esir es o f the pe op le they r e p r e s e n t, n am ely th e vo ters of Monte re y Cou nt y . I f, a nd on ly if , a large nu mb er o f mot orcycl is ts wh o live and vo le in !\Ion terc y County dem and t h r ough letters, ph on e calls, and p e rs o n al app eara nces, th at th eir S up erviso r vo tes aga ins t this m o ve , you an d yo u r co ho rts will he ab le 10 pla y carp e tb agge r d irt ride r in the Marina Be ach dune area aga in. If no t, you are ou t o f lu ck. You m a y now ask w ho I th ink I am, sp oiling all th e fu n ? I kno w what impresses th ese guys , but you' re not go ing to like it. Wha t impresses th em is the 2, 0 0 0 le tt er s ad vocating total p re se rvation of d ese rt and wi ld ern e ss areas ( that m ean s no O RV use) th a t they recei ve fo r every O:-;E ( I ) le tt er suggesting tha t ORV use is des ira ble. . Som e th ing mu st he d on e, but the peo ple wh o elect th e o ffici als wh o clo se th e lan d have ( 0 do it. N o o ne is go ing t o d o it fo r th em , an d if th ey will nOI take th e tim e t o personally co n tact the ir re p rese n ta t ives, w e wiII so o n see the day wh en th e on ly OR V use in Californi a is in small co n tro lled ar eas . . J OHN O. UL R IC H La Mi rad a, Calif. ' BOYCOTT COORS Do you ride in the dese rt ? I d o ! T he tim e 'is c o ming that you and I m ay n o t he rid ing in the dese rt any more. Th ere have been a 10 1 o f peop le d oing a lot of things to h elp riding. We h a ve CMIC (Ca lifo rn ia Motorcycle Ind ust ry Council). org-an ized cl ubs, an d Bruce Bro wn . ~ We also have pe ople that are trying to s to p us, and close th e dese rt. To singl e o ut o ne , tak e the Sierra Cl ub . It seems like it is their numbe r one o bjec tive to close that vast riding area called th e desert. T he y hav e h elp. T he sta te legisla ture is o n th ei r side an d so is Coors Beer. Coors don at es tre me ndous . sums o f m o ney ea ch year to the Sierra C lu b . We have pe op le helpin g us also . Yam ah a d on at ed a lar ge su m to MIC t o he lp figh t the closing o f th e dese rt. R iders, we must d o so mething to hel p . I pe rson all y will n ever d rin k anoth er drop o f Coors bee r. I wonde r if Coors wo uld be so read y to give such large su ms of rrion ey to th e Sie rra Club if aho ut a m illi on peop le sto p ped dri nkin g their beer. I S AY ALL RID ERS BOY COTT CO O RS AN D STO P DRI NK ING THE IR BEE R! We se ll aho u t 10 0 b ikes pe r mo n th , of wh ich ab out 90 a re off-high way vehicles. Let 's lo o k a t the reven ue for only one m o nth fro m p eople b u yi ng bike s a t o ur shop to ride in th e sam e d esert that th e S ierra Club an d S tate of Ca lifo rnia a re t ry ing to close . The average ta xab le m oto rcycle sale at o ur shop is a bou t $ 800 .00. Eight hu ndred d oll a rs m u lti pl ied by 9 0 bikes co m es to $72, 0 0 0. T he average tax at 5% 10 th e sta te is $43,2 00 pe r ye ar from p eople ridi ng in the d esert. T he poin t th at I'm tr ying to make is th at i f you p u t this to ge th er with h un dr eds of o ther mo t o rc ycle shops in Sou th e rn California, along with the cl osing o f the d ese rt and yo u 've got what co uld be th e mo st d isastrous lo ss o f tax rev e nue in s ta te history . ' T he Sie rra Club an d Coors' Bee r appare n t ly do n ot care , b ut h ow a bo u t the peop le in th e ca pit al. A re th ey blind ? I hope I have reach ed some d ese rt ride rs an d pote ntia l d ese rt rid er s. With the help of CMIC m aybe we can turn the legal power to our side for a ch ange.. MU RR A Y G RU BBE R K & N MjC Rive rside. Calif. SUBJECT: NEW ITEMS ON THE ACCESSORY MARKET. MOT ORC YCL E BRAND NAME WATC HES ll O ND A WATCH : You p ut it on , and your a rm fa lls off. B.S .A . WAT CH : Yo u wind it , an d it vib rates righ t off y o u r wrist. T R IU MPH WAT CH : You wind it, a nd you r armpit starts drip pin g o il. HA R L EY WAT Cll : T ak es two h ours o f w ind ing befor e it s tarts . BULTACO WATCll : You wi nd it , an d th e glass fl o ods o u t... KAWASAKI WAT CH : You wind it , an d it' s too la te . HODAKA WAT CH: You win d it, an d it fouls the seco nd han d . ~I AI C O WAT CH : Yo u wind it, and th e crystal fall s o ut.