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.... N m :;: ~ W Z w -' U >- o a'I~1 1 I ••• . Am eri ca's Number 1 weekly moto rcycle new spaper. You'll a lwavs see it fir st in Cycle New s M ember M OTO RCY CL E INDUST RY C OU N C I L Internal .Specs TRIALS NOT FORGOTTEN COLUMN: Poop-dee-poos 7 SECTION : North .. . .. ... .. ... . . . .. . .... ..• .. ... .. . . . . . . . . . . .8 FAMILY ENDURO : Are u man enough for G ra n ny Two 10 DESERT : Shoam dusty 12 RECORDS : Kawasak i + Daytona + Yosh imura = 9 14 FRIENDLINESS : Sideca rs 16 T~CHNICAL: ·More sw ing arm f o r more trophies? ' 18 OPINION : Speak ing up 20 GRAND PR IX : AME ing it 22 PRO MX : 125 Nationall;hampio nsh ip : . .24 PRO OTHER STUFF : 100 la p TT a t Ascot , 28 SMOOTH TRACK : In the Imperial Valley .30 B R IG GO: Briggs on the End , 32 NEW PRO D UC TS : Trick stuff for you r motorbike 34 CA L EN DAR : U pcoming coming up 36 RESULTS : Wh o m e ? . . .. . .. •. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . ... .40 CAR TOO N : Being catty : ..49 THE MAN WHO WO N DAYTON A : JarnoSaarinen : .50 \ } I I , I C h a rles C la yton Publ ish er Shar on Clayto n Busin ess Ma nag er Gene ral Manager T om C u lp Off ice M a nager R and y Di et z el M anaging Ed it or Jo h n Huet te r Ar t F r ied m an . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . Edit or Dave Schoo nmaker A ssista n t Ed It or A dv er t ising M anager . H o w ie F owler A dver ti sin g A ssistan t W end y B la nt o n C ir c ulati on Ma nag er Rh eba S m it h Ci rc ul at io n A ssistant M a r la T arb e t . . • ' C he ryl S te inberg Ci rcu la ti o n A ssistan t Pro d u ct io n Manag er M ik e D il li on . ' L ab Tec h nic ia n H e ct o r Aguilera , . . T y p o gra p her M ar io n Hat ash it a ,. ' Melv in Ph elP s A ssist a n t T yp og rap h er ' Co llect io n M an a ge , D av e Cro we Barba ra Bebe ck A c c o un t ing A ssistan t Ma r ilyn K irk , A cc o un t ing A ssist an t G ar net Du n n . " , . . , Acco unt ing A ssistan t M ich ael com-as , . . Se r vic es & S u pport K en L e e Se rvices & Suppor t scue eev Ha yn es , . Se rvtces & S u p po rt Na n cy G OOdman " ' . , . R ecep ti o ni st Nat ional Ad verti sing Directo ri , Tom Culp Cy c le New s West a nd Headqu art ers P.O . Bo x 4 98 , Lo ng Bea ch Calif or n ia 9080 1 (2 13) 4 2 7 -74 33 ; L.A. 636-8844 TELE X NO . 673 ·474 Cy cle News, East -D ix ie Ed it io n 41 9 0 F irst A venue T uc ke r. G eorg ia Cy c le New s, Cent ral Edi ti on 1118 West 6 th Stree t A ust in , T e xas VOICE OF THE PEOPLE CAN BE HEARD I SAY AGAIN Wh ile reading, in th e Ma rch 6 CN, Mr . Mich ael J ordan 's attack u p on my view s, I was as tonishe d to disc ov er th at; in a nu m be r of in stan ces, I w as n odding in en thusias tic sup po rt of his criticisms. Could it be that 1 stro ngly di sagr eed wi th mys el f ? The my st ery . cl ear ed up wh en I reali zed tha t o n m ore th an a d o zen .p ar ticulars, Mr. J ordan goes .so fa r as to attrib ute t o m e p o sit ion s exactly th e o p posi te of th o se I h ave ta ken rep eat edly, in de ta il, an d at length , S u re ly th e resp onsibility fo r su c h sw e epin g an d wh ol e s a l e mi sunder st andin g ca n no t b e en tire ly min c o Perh ap s if Mr. J ord an wer e able vt o h obble hi s p re co n cep tions an d to che ck-rein hi s imagination, he w o uld di sco ve r that hi s di sagreem e n t wi th w hat he fancies I say brings him in to to lerab le agreement w i th wh at , in fa ct. I do say . J . G. K ROL Anaheim , Cali f. To answer the le tter from J obn Ulric h o f La Mirada publish ed in C y cle News, February 27, 19 73 conce rn ing the p o ssibl e closu re o f Ma rin a Be ac h Dunes, 35 0 C y cl e. N ew s reader s feel th a t yo u 're wrong, j o h n .. . 1 m entio n this b ecause, to d at e, 35 0 ri ders h a ve signe d pe t itions an d re turned the m t o th e ORV S ub commi ttee .fo r use in any mann e r to save "Marin a Dun e s". PeL " .. ally, I'd lik e to co m m e n d Joh n o n h i s a de p t u se o f "reve rse psy ch o logy " . I must ad mi t th at hi s le t ter co n taine d p oin ts th at were we ll tak en. O n Januar y secon d , 19 73 wh e n · Ma rin a Beach Dun es ORV activity was b rought before the Monter ey Coun ty Boar d of S uperviso rs, th e Ca liforn ia O ff Road V eh icle A sso cia tio n sent its re presen tative to the me e ting w ith a pl ea for establishment o f th e area as an OR V park, a rme d with a p et ition c o n t a i n i n g 3 96 signatu res (T h ese signat ures in cidentally were co llec ted over a · t h r e e · y e a r period). The recommendat ion made. and the petition p r e se rite d were the o~l y de fense solicit ed in b ehalf o f th e ORV re creationist residin g in the ' r o u n t y . From this one inst an ce b lossom ed the c o n s i d e r a t i o n bv the Board o f Supervisors lo ' e stab lish the ~l on t erey County Off-Road Recreational Vehicl e Advisorv Subcommitte e. To t ~ke th e attitude that pe titions and signat ures of organized pleas "uren ' t worth a try" would o n ly be a con tr ad ic tio n of th e benefit that they all owed on J a nu ary second. Addit ional signatures wi ll only verify the in terest in the parti cular are a, wh e the r thes e c ome from c o un ty or no n/ county resid ents . Furth er , it wi ll substan tiate th e need for suc h an area. If eve ry ORV en thusiast / ride r look a " d e featist" attit ud e, re crea tio na l needs wou ld never become know n; D RV use would h ave fite ra lly been legisla ted out of existe n ce lo n g ago, an d off-ro ad vehicle en th usiasts w ould n ot acquire the st rength in number that appeals to legisla t o rs. in c o ncl usio n may I slate tha t the O R R V Sub co rnrnit tee in Mo n te rev Coun ty b as fores tal led any di sp osit io n o f th e Ma rin a Dunes for 45 days from F 'e b r u a r y 2 1 s t , m a ki n g a re commen da tio n 10 the Bo ard of Supervisors to allo w the sub co mmittee time to sub mit a c o u n te r proposal. For more infor ma t ion , write CORVA, Northern R egio n al Office, 60 Talbot Street, Salinas, California 9390 1, (408) 422·0 136. A.J . DOM A ;":G U E Re gion al D irecto r Northe rn R egion al O ffi ce C .O .R .V .A . It woul d be nice to see two thinki ng bikers agree. Howe ver, we 're goi ng to stay out of the crossfire ... Ed . S ubsc ript io n : One y ea r, se cond class mai l _ _ . S 12 .50 2 yea rs , seco nd c lass mai l 5 2 2.50 3 y ear s, seco nd c lass ma il S 30.00 Si ngle copy p rice S.50 Pu bl ished w eek ly except th e first an d last w ee k o f the ca lenda r y ea r b y Cyc le News, In c.. Post Off ice Bo x 4 98 , Lo n g Bea ch , Ca liforn ia. Se cond Clas s ' Po st ag e paid a t Lo ng Beach . Cal if. Ed ito rial st o ries , ca rt oons . ph oto s. etc. ar e wel come . ' Add res sed , st amped en ve lope ass u res return ' of ed it o ria l matter. Re pr int in g in w h o le o r part o n ly · by permission o f the publ ishers. Advert isiny rat es and c irc u lat io n in fo rm at ion w ill be se nt upon req ues t . See S. R.D.S . Copyrig ht ,c, Cycle News, Inc . 19 73 all rig hts re se rved L E SS SOU N O VOICES OF THE WEST _ TH E NATI ONALIST SANDWICH Your re cent test o f the 2 3 5 R euben wa s certain ly a moto rcy cle-journ alism fir st . I would like to co m me n d y o u on a fin e testing pro cedure fo r a single unit . wh ich accoun t I read with relish . Ho we ver , it irk s me n o e n d to find yet another 'e x amp le of creep ing le ft -win g eli t ism, especi ally in a field wh er e th e Am er ican ( flags an d trumpets, ple ase ) product is unquestionably supe rio r to Eastern transp lants. T h e Al l-Am eri ca n m odel is one o f a lo n g lin e o f su pe rb cre atio ns; other models include the 1I0t Dog , th e Ham b urge r, and th at all-tim e favorit e th e BLT. -In the days of my youth , th e GCS (grille d c he ese san d w ic h) Stage I was i production in Lo s A ngeles. A h , n ow th a t was a han dfu l - p ep pers, o n io n s. and b am o n a base of jack che ese . In th ese d ay s of eco nomy an d ecology the full -d ressS tage I has been suppla nted by a streamline d S t age II I. The ne wer mode l see ms t o hand le much be tt er in tigh t p laces, a feat ure I'm ce rtain you appreciate . S:\:-' I KI1'\GS LEY Pres. :-'larusho !\lotors Ltd. SUPERMAN Cou ld you yourself advise me all about m o to cro ss rid in g or co u ld you tell m e w ho I co uld con tac t ? Craig R o ach ._ S he r man Oaks, Calif. We do n't know anybod y who knows a ll abo ut motocross and probably wouldn 't believe M ORE G R O U N D them if t hey said they did. You could cable Rob e rt , Bru xelles 14 16, Belg. for ope ners... Ed. '. Perusin g th e lat est Cy cle New s we find a letter b y the self-c la imed " N orth A me rican T ria ls Champ io n" exp lai n ing th e rules of th e . A rn e ric an T ria ls Associa tio n, wh ich we th o ugh t we kn ew ! Wh en Sa mmy :-'1 ille r , Mick A n drews, an d R o b Edwars rode in ATA trials, thev fo llowed th e ATA rules. These ge nt le men are in ternationa l caliber riders, and th ey didn 't have to mo ve a stake two feet so the y c ou ld ri de the section with a cl ean. Wh en w e are se tting u p sect ions w e have a technique of dearing aw ay brush and loose rocks. \Ve turn o ur fee t to the side and drag th em alo ng the gro u n d wi t h : much sto mping an d turke y laugh in g - th is we ca ll th e "Leavi tt Sh u ffle. " ATA ru le No. 8 un de r "Tria ls Course" slates : "N o change s w ill be al lowe d to th e sections at any ti m e w ith out th e sp ecific cons en t of th e Course Marsh all." Wh en vo u d o th e "Leavitt Shuffle" thru a se~ t i on during a tri als eve n t, y ou ca n ve ry eas ily change the sec tio n o n th e lin e yo u in te n d to rid e . The w idth of a t ire is 'A in ch es , no t 25 feet. Wh y , eve n Mr. Barkfeath er in only a h alf d o zen ex tra trips using th e " Leavitt Shuff'le " can di sp lace eno ugh roc ks a few inch es at a lim e to get hi s S ear s Super T thru th e m o st h id eous sec tio ns . Every on e sho u ld kno w th ey ca n go to Sp ain an d ride . We st a r t w ith th e 1'\0.l ATA rid e r, an d go as fa r as we can w ith th e mon ey we get fro m th e T rial d e Espan a. To b e A T A No. I , yo u must acc u m u la te th e m os t ATA Ma st er class p o ints. T o b e eli gibl e for p o i !S, you must b e an ATA m ember. To be a n AT A m ember you h a ve to join an A MA m ember cl ub, that is SCT A , Plonkers, VOT E o r SD TR , and that is wh ere th e rub is. Y ou see, the cl ubs a re goi ng t o req u ire you to wo rk. T h a t means. se t-u ps , p o in ts an d h o rr o r of h orros che c ki ng . We would be delighted to see th e " C ham p" checki ng a sectio n all d ay. Afte r ru n ning th ru 100 Novi ce s an d 50 Am a teurs three tim es, h e w o uld fin d the sma r t lip and int imida tions from a rid e r a bi t to ugh to take. Le t's a ll get out of th e ra ft ers an d eac h o the r 's tre es, a n d pl a y the ga me with spor tsma n shi p, no t ga mesma n sh ip , ' b ecau se , Lane , w e too ar e deeply h urt and trul y u p se t. ' MARVIN E. R USS ELL Presid ent, SeTA Bu ena Park , Ca lif. GRANNY ISDT QUALIFIER The gu y wi th th e tw o ch ild ren (j od ie and Kell i}" th at picked me up in the black pic k-u p truck. You reme mber th e kid tha t w as free zin g ou t in the de se rt at th e G ranriy II Enduro ? Thank you 've ry , very mu ch ! !! TERRIIIOFFER Hacienda I1gts.. Calif. A BOOT IN TH E... I was ve ry plea sed 10 se e your rec ent rep ort and eva luatio n of the various mot o rcy cl e b oots o n the marke r. Comparisons like the se are need ed more o f te n so c o nsu me rs can mak e in fo rmed d ecisions abou t purchasin g ite ms best su ited to their o wn ne ed s. I found th a t I, to o, had b een fo oled. I had taken the w ord of friends o n wh ich mo to cro ss bo o ts were the be st ."! le arned fro m your bo ot compa riso n though, that th e b o ot s I had purchased were "only sui te d for tria ls riding and not good f'or much e lse"! I have informed my Friends to do more research before su ggest in g :\lX bo ot s to anyone else , Please info rm y o ur readers not to tak e s erio us l y any . recommend ations fro m my frie nds . Th ey are R oger D eCo ste r, Ak e J onsson, T o rst en lI allm a n , Bra d Lack cv a nd Mar ty Tripes , to men tio n a few" A fter all, wh at do th e y know abo ut mo tocross b o o ts.. ... C IIUCK RA MA G E Parts & Sales Man age r 'I'o rsten Hallma n Racin g La Mesa, Calif. We'd wear freebies, too , Chuck if we got t hem . Yo u r " Whoo p-de·c hews" ches t pr o t ect o r is still a neat ite m. You r friends know from whence endorse ments come ...Ed. CYCLE EWS IS RED