Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ w Z W ..J ~ . U a'I~1 I ••• Amer ica's Number 1 wee kl y m ot or cycle newspaper . Yo u'll a lways 'see it fir st in Cycle Ne ws M ember M OTORCY CLE I N D US TR Y CO UNCIL official co uld have been com p e truo n committee man Roy Erlenbach and I don't believe that eit he r w as drinking or being a red n eck. BILL SP ENCER Mountain View, Calif. Internal Specs CO LUMN : Oop ' , : CRC Euro-Scram Hound-up .... . ..•.. •. . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . SECTI ON : North THE MINT: Cash,Crash,and Rash TECH : The water cooled Yammie TEST: The Harley 350 Sprint O PINION: Bla h, Blah, Buzz, Bzzz ROAD TEST: T op of the Panga to yer PREVIEW : The Bulmotox DZR ... . . . . .. . . . . ....... . . .....•. .. PERSONALITY: A day in the Life of who? NEWS and other noise LOCAL RA CING : Podunk and Grasscatchers P.ROJECT MA CHINE: Killer Honda ! CALEND A R: Why? CARTOON: Slith e r RESU LTS: Po in t ing : 7 ..8 10 12 16 18 12 22 .28 26 30 32 34 35 38 .40 MORE INVAD ING On Sunday , March II , I made it out to Red Mountain to participate in my first Ur eal AMA desert race." Imagin e my ch agrin and d isappointment afte r all th e preparation when a rear shock on my 4 ·month-old bike broke o n ly 30 minutes before start time. I , resigned my sel f to the situation, removed my tank card, and headed over to th e sign-up area to in vestigate the possibility of c o llec ting a refund before h e adin g 150 miles back h ome. Fortunately , th e Invader I ran into was John McGowan, who care d enough to inquire wh at the problem was, and promptly offered me the loan of one of th e Girlings o ff his b ik e so th at I co uld ra ce . Boy, did that make my day !!! Gosh arooties, tliese d esert racer peopl e are really swe ll friends - to co mplete strangers ye t! PATRICK McEVOY Pie Plate 19 Se nd Kookie a bone, why do nc ha ?..Ed . CUTTING COURSES OUT OF SCHOOL Char les C la yton PUb li sh er Sharon Cla y t o n Business Manager T om c ure G en eral Manager Ra nd y D ietzel O ff ice M anag er Joh n Huetter M anaging Ed ito r A rt F riedma n Ed lt o r Dave Schoo nm aker A ssistant Ed it o r How ie Fowle r Ad ver tl slng M an ag er Adver t ising A ssista nt w endy B lanton Rn eb a Smit h C ircula ti on Ma nager Ma rla Bo udtreau C ircu la ti o n A ssistan t Ch eryl Stei n berg C ircu la ti on A ssist ant M ik e D i llo n Produc tion Ma na~e r Hector Agu ile ra _ L ab T ech niCia n Ma r lo n H alash lt a T y p ogr aPher Mel vin Ph e lp s A ssist an t Ty po gra P her D av e C rowe . . . . . . • .. .Co llect lo n Manager Barb ara a ee ec k . • • •• Accou nt ing A ssist ant M a ril y n K ir k . : . . . • . A cco unt ing A ssistan t G a rn et D unn . . . . • .. A ccoun t ing A ssist a nt Michael Collkas .• .• . . . Se rv ice s & S uppo rt K en Lee ... ••..... .. . Se rv tc es & Suppo rt SQueeky H ay ne s •.. ..• Services & S upp or t N an cy Goo d m an . . . . . . .. • .. Recept to rrl st Nat io na l Ad verti sing Direct o r : Tom Culp Cy c le' News West a nd Headq ua rt er s p .O . Bo x 49 8 , Lo n g Beach Ca liforn ia 9080 1 (2 131 4 2 7 ·7 4 3 3; LA 6 36·884 4 TE LE X NO . 6 73·4 7 4 VOICES OF THE WEST IFOA SPLIT As a m ember of th e Interna tional Fo u r Owners Assn. pl ease beli eve me that not all m embers feel as d oes Bill Robin son. My own informal survey shows m e that 75 % of all Four Owners race desert races. S ure ly with no figu res to back up my sta te me n t it would still b e as valid as Bill R obinson ' s; wh o also produces n o. figu res . I have regist ered my comp lain t with the F our Own ers Ass n . and h ope th at other bi g bik e o wners wh o also h ave dirt bikes d o th e same . MIK E MATHEWS An aheim, Calif. Some eN staffers have also own ed Honda Fou rs and desert racers simultaneo usly and didn 't want to give up either aspect o f the sport... Ed. Cycle News, East -Dixie Ed it ion 41 90 Fi rst Ave n ue T ucke r, Geo rg ia THEY ALSO SERV E Cyc le News, Cen tr al Ed it io n 1118 Wes t 6th Street Au st in , Texas S Ubscr ip t io n : O ne yea r, se co nd class mail 2 years, second class ma il 3 ye ars , second class mail S ingle copy pr ice S12 .50 522.50 5 3 0 .00 5 .50 Pu b lish ed weekly ex ce pt the firs t and last week of t he ca le ndar yea r by Cyc le News, Inc., Po st Of fice Bo x 498, Lo ng Beac h , Ca liforn ia. Sec o nd Class Po st age paid a t Long Beach, Ca lif. Editoria l stories, cartoons, p hotos , etc . are w e lco me. Add ressed , ' sta m p ed en velo pe assu res re tu rn of edit o ria l m atter . Rep rint ing in who le or part only by permission of th e publishe rs. A d ve rt is ing rates a nd circulat io n in for ma ti o n w ill b e se n t upon request. See S.R .D .S . Copyright «:) Cy cle New s, Inc . 1973 a ll rig h ts rese rved ~ _ _ L E SS SO UN D MORE G ROU ND _ The growing interest in English T ria ls these d ays migh t m a ke on e wonder wh ere this aspect o f moto rcycling is hea ded . Whatever great ness o r p op ulari ty this sport migh t achieve in this co un try , le t' s never forget it coul d not be possib le without the dedicated people tha t tu m out at each event to chec k the sections . This d edi cation was m uch in evi dence o n Sun day , March I I at Rawh id e Par k, with .2 1 sections (so me with two che ckers) being tended by these h ear ty so uls for over four hours in cold rainy weather; Mere word s cannot ex press the sin cere than ks to those wh o gave up their co nveniences to make it possib le. This incl udes th e se t-u p c re ws an d sco re rs . T hey kn ow wh o th ey are and we co uld n ' t go far without th em. JERRY WIE NCEK , V ice-Presid en t Plon kers Trials Club ON THE CORNER .I just return ed from th e great est race in the world, the Daytona 200 . First , I was happy th at Jam o won th e race. Secondly, wh e re d oes th e AMA ac q uire thei r fla gm en ? I sat in th e grandstand on tum o ne and witn essed th e u nnecesa ry c rash of DuHamel an d Baumann. T his neve r should h ave h ap p ed but th e flagman on tu m one was happily visiting wit h people ove r again st the fence which he had to cross th e pit road to ge t to. I'm sure he m ust be getting paid to b e out there . T hank God the two riders wh o lai d their motorcycles d own to avoi d a fallen rider a nd mach ine in th e middle o f the track we re two of the best or it could hav e been d isas trous. This comer is th e m o st "blind" co mer on th e tr ack an d riders d ep end on a good flagman . There was n one, so D uHamel an d Baumann crashed. This flagman never did h is job eve n after th is incide n t. He co n tin ue d a t the "fen ce " thro ugh the ent ire race . Please do so me th ing ab o ut this before it's to o late. Riders' lives d epend on it. KATH ERY N DE UBLER Sioux Falls, So. Dakota We have heard th is fro m other so urces. also.•. Ed. WHAT IS "HELP"? H aving re-read R on Schneide rs' " G am b it " co lu m n regarding en d uros, I feel a n eed to reply. . Li ke an y o pin ion article, th e reader can accep t o r rej ect wh at e ve r he d esir es and so with "Gam b it." Som e of the thin gs Ron brings up a re o bjec tive and well ta ke n and I'm su re can help improve thi ngs .. .he should have sto p ped the re. T he remainder of hi s co lu m n o ffers nothing p roductive a t all . I feel th at at tim e, suc h as th ese, wh en th e writi ng is o n the w all an d eac h of us n ee ds to help each other so we ma y ke e p an':! enjoy wha t we have , antagonizing each o ther can serv~ . no co n stru c t ive purpo se. The p ro moters of t hese e ven ts, wh ether fo r fun or pro fi t n eed encourageme n t, not abu sive critici sm. (Here .agai n I dis agre e with R on abou t the profit angle since as far as sportsman clubs go, there is no real p rofit and th ere is usually much in divi d ual sa crifice an d expe nse) . When a cl ub attemp ts to ope n a new area to ridin g, suc h as Frazier Par k, they need so me sup p o rt fro m th e rest o f us, incl udi n g the di strict, the A~ "I.A. , and th e n ew s media along w ith th e rider s. DAVE SMIT H Pro sp ectors M.C . We maintain that a respon sible journalist doe s everybody a disservice when he/she reports t hat "Everything is just swell." when it isn't... Ed. SALINAS UNSCRAMBLED? I must t ak e e xcep t io n to th e st o ry written b y Patrick Neil , February 18 , 1973, concern ing th e winter scrambles at th e Salinas sa nd pi t. It is not a matter of being objective bu t of facts that really b o th ers m e. Mr. Ne il sta tes that th e man th at won the 250 Expert Main eve nt was a clu b member. T he winne r was Dennis Huff who is not a m embe r of any club although he is :i very accomplished rider. The slu r agai nst the club also reflec ts o n the distri ct of wh ic h I happen to also be a n officia l. Mr. Neil's reflec ti ons on who is the official an d what is 'righ t is a m a tte r of so me qu estion. The referee fo r the d ay was Stan f lc Vee a nd th e only o ther At the Day tona National m otocross, Saturday , March 10 , 197 3, 25 o f the 25 0 Novices who h ad rid den the Florida series were auto ma tic ally qualified to ride this even t. Experts suc h as Peter Lamppu and Gary Jones were required b y the A!vIA to run q ualifiers to ge t in. Pe te r calle d me S aturday eve n in g fro m Daytona to tell me he pl aced seven th in each money m o t o but that John Lancione, th e AMA refe ree , informed him afte r th e eve nt, th a t he might be d isquali fi ed in th e first m oto since one of th e scorers sai d h e had c u t th e cou rse. Peter sai d h e did n ot d o this, t o his knowledge. T he fo llo wing day, th e res ults we re p o st ed and Peter had, after all, be en d isq ualified. . When I w as scori ng for th e AMA during the m o st recent T ran s' AMA se ries, I told J ohn Lan ione th at I saw a rider cut the course , gocomp le tely o ff th e t rac k and ar ound a jump. I asked h ow th is sho uld be handled sin ce I w as only a sco re r reportin g to him, th e referee . He an sw ered to just fo rget it be cau se he, personally , didn 't see it . I really would lik e to know why my husband was p enalized in this m anner causing a drop fro m fi f th position overall to twen tv -Fifth . A ren 't th e AMA rules supposed to be the sa me for everybody? J UDY LAMPPU Shennan O a k, Calif. "Light 8rown " and Peter seem to have come to agreement that Pete did go off the course, though unintentionally . It strikes us that if a scorer or starter sees a rider cut the co urse the decision to penalize a l.tp (or whatever ) should stand.••Ed. TW O S IDES INV ADERS' RUN OF THE I wo uld like t o make a po in t co nce rnin g a flyer d istributed at the In vad e rs Hare & Hound, 3/ 1 1/73. T he Invaders recommended a bo ycott of bu siness firms in Ridgecr est an d California Ci ty for th eir stand on Red Rock Canyon S ta te Park vs. State Re cr eation are a which would be ope n at O.R .V.s. . . Why b e so greedy ? Red Rock Canyon is a u nique a rea th at consists o f delicate sandstone for one th in g andIt also is on one of th e major hi ghways which carries a large number o f Si erra Club m e m b e r s . ORV, including motorcyclist s, co uld do th emselves m ore goo d if th ey would co ncen trate on . ke eping d esert a re as open that a re away from well trav el ed highways: out-of-sightc out-of-mind. An yone th at h as take n Highway 39 5 North from Cajon pass near Ph elan tum-off can see how concl usio ns are reach ed abou t how much damage is done b y m o torcy cles. T he sa m e t rail s aw ay fro m t he high w ay p robably w o uld go unno ti ced, . Le t Red R o ck Can yon be a p ar k fo r th e Sierra Club and walkers. let's co nce ntrate on other areas . Le ROY MA RQUA R DT Ch in a Lak e, Cali f. If off- road mot orcycl ing co uld be assured of ha v ing "other areas" , it would seem reasonabl e not to worry abo ut Red Rock as it's on ly a few square mile s. But preceden ts established arc, effec tively. impossible to reverse... Ed .

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