Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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Yo u 'll alwa ys see ir first in Cycl e New s M em h er M OT O RCY CL E IN D UST R Y COUNC I L Cha rl es C layto n Internal Specs COLUMN : Poop , CALE ~DAR : When and where POLITICAL : Ronald Reagan on b ike; a nd ho rses MO T O CROSS WITH PEDALS : Bik ing w it h bi ke s DESERT : Baker to Vegas . . . . . •.. . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. .LOCAL RACI NG : Utah ENDUROING: Endu ring NATIO NAL : Dall as, Smartly TECHNICAL : A moto r like Pau l's RESULTS : The guys o n top MORE ENDURO : The Red Garter , ACCESSORIES : New Products for the enduro rider NATIONAL MX : The Tex-AMAs CARTOON : Motocross Cat at the Tex-AMAs 7 8 12 14 16 18 20 24 26 29 36 .45 .46 .47 Pu bli sher Sh aro n C layton Busin essM anager T om c ure . . . •. .. .. . . .. • Ge neral Ma nager Grace Cam p O ffice M anager · J o h n Huett er Aort F r iedman Managi ng Ed it o r Ed it or ave Schoo nm aker Assista nt Edit o r Howl e F o wl er A dve rtisi ng Man ag er W endy B ran t o n Ad ve rti sing A ssist an t R heba S mith Circu lat io n M an ager Ma rla B oudrea u Cl rcula tlo n A ssistant Cheryl St e inberg ... •.C irc u latlo n A ssistant Mike D illon Hect or A gUil e ra Ma rlC?" 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Bo x 49 8 , Lo ng Bea ch Californi a 9 0 8 0 1 (2q ) 4 2 7·74 3 3 ; L.A. 636·884 4 T E LE X NO . 6 7 3-4 7 4 Cycle News, East -Dixie Ed iti on 4190 F irst Ave nue Tucke r, Georgia Cycle News, Ce n t ral Ed it io n 1 1 18 West 6 1h Stree t Au stin , T e xas S u bscr ip ti o n : On e ye ar , seco nd cla ss m a il 2 year s, sec ond c lass ma il 3 year s, seco nd class ma il Singl e copy p rice $ 12 .50 $22 .50 $30. 0 0 $ .50 Publish ed week ly exce pt t he fir st a nd last week of th e ca le nd ar year b y Cycl e News, Inc., Po st O ffi ce Bo x 4 9 8 Long Beach , California . Second Clas~ Po ~tag e paid at Long Beach, Calif. Editorial sto ries, cartoons , photos , e tc . ar e w el<;o m e . Addressed , sta m pe d envelope assu res retu rn o f edi torial m atter . Reprinti n g in wh ol e o r part o n ly by pe rm issio n o f t he publishe rs. Ad ve rt ising rates a nd circ u lati o n information will be se nt u po n req uest. Se e S .R .D .S. Copvriqht c Cycl e New s, Inc. 197 3 el all rights reser ved LES S SO U N O _ VOICES OF THE WEST THE $224.70 REED VALVE Thi.s lett er is in regard 10 one o f y o u r and the servic e they give , or don t grve I sh ould say. I am re ferrin g t o South Bay Motorcycl es in Red on d o Beach , Cal . . O n J an. 2 9; I to o k my son 's I2 5c c C Z t o have a Mikuni/reed valve set-up in ~talled . On the pb one I w as quoted a p rice of $ 14 0.0 0. When I arrived a t the shop th e price h ad su d d enly gone t o a p p ro ximately $ 2 0 0.0 0. Being th e suc ke r that I am , I left th e b ike fo r the w ork 10 be d one aft e r being t old th a t the installation w ould in cr ease th e H. P. The bike w o uld alw ay s s tar t on the firs t kick, low en d wo uld be con sid erab le be tier, an d th at it w ould never load up. When I picked up the b ike in a few days the total bil l w as $2 05 .65 wh ich included a rebore and new pisto n , whi ch it co uld n' t h ave p os sib ly needed as the bik e had less th an 10 h rs o n the m oto r . Wh en m y so n and I go t h ome we tried to start the bi ke to no ava il. Ab o u t a we e k late r wh en the weat he r cle are d we went to S add leback Par k 10 try o ut the bi ke , aft e r abo ut an h our we finally gol it starte d , it ran erra lic al ly fo r a bo u t 20 minu tes and stopp ed and wo uld n 't start again. . I returned i t to South Bay o n Feb . 19 , 19 73 the co un te r man sald the re was probab ly a wire lo ose in th e ign itio n . Wh en I p icked u p th e bike I was p resented a bill for $ 19.05 . We look the bi ke h o me , and a co uple of d ay s later wen t back t o SaddJe back 10 t ry it out. T h is tim e we go t it sl arted afte r ab o u t 3 0 m in utes but it d ie d immediat ely an d w ould n o t st ar t agai n . O n ' Feb . 26, I wro te a lette r 10 the m an age r of Sou th Bay Motorcy cles a nd he d idn "t answe r. I too k the bik e to an o the r C Z d ealer and he sai d th e p arts that we re used were j un k parts: T here wasn "t any w ay he could ge t it runni ng with out go ing th rough the m otor and that it w ould b e expensive. ' I d on ' I think this is any wa y to run a business, and 1 feel that I h ave been h ad to tbe tu ne of $224 .7 0 plu s wh a t it will cos t 10 ge l th e bike runn in g. I d on 't know if you are in tereste d o r not but th anks fo r letting m e ge l it o ff my chest. _ T HO MAS S. SMIT H Garden Grove , Calif. adv~rtl~ers The limit f or claims in Small Claims Court is $300 and you don't need a lawyer. You don'l have 10 be out that $224.70...Ed. LAWYERS ON nNO-FAULTn Th; A sso cia tio n of T rial Lawy ers o f c~ncept of a fair n o.faull aUlom oblle Insurance plan thaI prolecls th e m o !orcyclist as well as lhe ..aulo owner without infliClin g a~d~llOnal co sl. I'm sure you reali ze thaI mIl!lOns of registered cy clis ts in the Umled S tates will be greatly and adversely affected if . th e proposed Hart-MaJ(I1uson No-F ault Bill (S_354) , ~m en ca ~ n do rses MORE GR OUND th: . which may soon co me up fo r a' vo te in ·the Se nate, becomes a n ati onal law . T he cosl o f n o-faul t ins urance th a t p ro tec ls agains t bodily inj u ry is high for ?,olo rcyclists. Comparatively , lia bility Insuran c e is l ow b e c au s e t he ?, olorcy cle 's p o te ntial for caus in g harm IS so sm all. II h as been estimated th a t mo to rcy cle own ers now paying less than $4 0 a year fo r in su ran ce wo uld pay b etw een $ 200 and $3 0 0 for the cov erage un d er th e proposed Uniform Motor V ehicle Accident Rep arat ions Act (U MVA RA ) which is sim ilar in this res pec l 10 the proposed Har t-M agn uson Bill. Las l N ov emb er , th e Co lo rado M o t o r c y c le D e a l er s Ass ocia tion 's oppositi on to a proposed no-faul t pl an in tbat st ate w as based on th e same gro und s. A t th at time, A I Hein, a rep resen t ati ve o f the CMDA, st ated tba l, " the o wners of abo u t 120 0 00 mot o rcy cles on the state's str~ets h igh ways, and m oun la in bik in g trails conside r ~he ini tiative 'di scrimin atory ,' and that II would make m oto rcy cl lsts' insu rance permiu m s p rohibitivel y high ." II was fu rtber s tated that , be caus e cyclists are p articularly vulne rab le 10 ph y sical injury, ins urance co mp any act uaries w o uld h ave to im p ose high premi um r ates o n cy clists be cause o f th e h ist o rical expe rie nce reflec tin g hig h medical co sts. H owev e r, f o r t u n atel v for the Co lorado bi ke o wner, th'e Co lo rado n o -faul t p ro posal whi ch w as presen ted fo r public refren d um, was d efea ted at the polls b y a margin of 3 10 1. Currently , m o torcy cle o wners, like the owners of a uto mo bi les, h ave the option of buy in g insurance to protect the mselves against bodi ly injury if they so choose, an d if th ey can afford th e e x t ra expe nse invo lved . How ever, passage of the Har t-Magn uson Bill would make suc h co verage manda to ry, and b y so d oing, prohibit many fro m o wning and riding a bike if the y could n ot affo rd th at addition al ex pe nse. We bope you wiII m ake th ese po ints cle ar to y o ur readers, and urge them to o p pose passage o f th is bill b y writ in g 10 their senato rs. MARGARET MA ESE Asso c. o f Trial Lawye rs of A m erica Accoun t Ex ecu tive Ne w Yo rk, N.Y. It sho uld be noted that no-fault insurance will con siderabl y reduce civi l litigation in the courts but we feel that motorcycli sts sho uld be exempted -from mandatory rio-fault req ui re m e nts as they are particularly discriminatory of a choice of low horsepower transport ation : the motorcycle . MOJAVE'S POSITION OFFICIAL A colu mn in th e Mar ch 6 197 3 Cy cle News on p age 35 ~ntilled " M.O .R .E." By Russ Sanford contains several statements which in our o pinion ar e unlrue and present what we feel is a fal se impression o f th e attitude o f our o rgan iza tion a nd co m m u n ity t oward o ff-ro ad veh icles , The colu m n states that sinc e ou r co mm u nity an d nearb y co mmunities support classif ication of Red R o ck Canyon as a state p ar k th at we are op posed to 0 RV use : Nothin g co uld be fu rt her fr om the truth . A t no time has o ur o rganiz atio n la ke n an y p ositi on oppos in g tb e use or ORVs , a hobby many o f o ur resid en ts were enjoying years be fore it becam e a nati onal sp o rt . Nor do we op po se th e • use of ORVs in Red R o ck Canyob o r an y place e lse. A nyon e with eve n a passin g acq uain ta nce wit h Re d R ock Cany on sbould b e aware th at th e only way 10 visit m os t of th e cany o n is with an ORV. San fo rd's concl usion co me s from his apparent bel ief that classificat ion of Red R o ck Can y on as a st ate par k will result in " prohi b itng the use o f (ORV s) in th e to tal a rea ," of Red R ock . Bo th state me nts , o n the basis of inform ation fro m the Stale Parks and R ecrea tion Dept. a re n o t true . Under n o classific ation will O R Vs b e allo we d "in th e lo t al a rea" o f th e park while either re cr eation area or p ark status will allo w O RVs to use the existing roads and trails in R ed R ock Canyon . We can 't sp ea k for th e ORVs al ti tu des o f th e othe r two cities mention ed in Sanford's column , bu t one o f th em - California City - is all owin g th e use o f its city an d d eser t slree ts April 7-8 fo r a m o to rcycle Grand Pri x an action th at indicates to us th ey sha re o u r support of the O R V hobby. Your publica lion of this cla rifica tion of o u r view will b e ap precia ted 10 ind icate t o all O RV users that we wel come th em and d o n ot oppose their resp on sibl e u se a t Re d Ro ck o r anywhere el se. EAR L ST EV ENS President , Moja ve Chamber o f Co m merce FOUR OWNERS' REPLY Dear I. F.O.A., I was reall y excite d abou t j oi n ing yo ur club. T his ch an ged yes te rday wh en I read in Cycle N ews that yo u we re in su p port of la ki n g away a very im p o rt anl rigb I - the American righ t 10 pursue h ap pin es, in y o ur own wa y . Don' t gel me w ro ng. I d ori ' t own a d irt bik e, an d I enjoy ro ad riding very m u ch , bu t , o th er s fin d th e sa me h ap pin ess an d free dom rid in g d ir l that we d o rid in g stre et, We b ikers must slic k t oge th er , AL L OF US, di rt and road rid e rs alike . I am a fo ur year m embe r and th is is my second year, and if you can 't do any b etier th an back-stabbing fellow bike freaks , then h er e ' s my ca rd. T h e ne x l time .y o u say yo u l o ok a po ll o f the m e m b er sh ip , do n 't j us t say it, d o it ! No Lo nger Yours. J AMES W. GUNN R id gec re sl , Calif. IT'S NOT WHAT WE THINK IT'S WHAT THEY THINK ' T be a ttache d is submit ted in response to your mo st absurd article on m o t o rcy cle as a sourc e of p ollutio n . "!h; A ug us l 28 issue o f Spalog, th e o f f i c i a l p u b li c a t i o n of t h e E n v i r o n m e n lal Pro tec tio n Agency , rep orted a . recen l study showing th at "ten . cows b urp e n o ugh gas in a y~ar to pro,,?de fo r all the sp ace heatin g, w ater heating, and cooking requir em ents fo r a sma ll hou se. " "B u rp ing c ows m ust ran k as th e number-on e so urce o f air po llut io n in th e U.S .," the article con cl ud ed , ad d ing t:?al A n:'e~ican co\~ s burp a p p roximately fifty million Ions of hydro carbons in to th e atm o sp he re a nnually. Acco rding to the articl e, "There presenlly exists n o a vailab le lechnol ogy fo r c ontrolli n g tb ese h ydro car b on e missio ns ." T h e Tennessean (G . Stewart) " . Wit~ such unfounded scare ty pe j ourn alism we co ul d do o u rselves in with ou t h elp from th e BLM , etc. I would lik e 10 see proof th at a 9 0cc Honda generato r p ollutants in e xcess o f a 6 0 0 0cc Chrysler. BO B WEBB Invaders M.C. The figures quoted were those of the Environmental Protection Agen cy and th ose are the statist ics they will use for making decisions... Ed.

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