Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.'" '" s: M .... Cl -: c. <[ en ~ w Z W ..J (.J >(.J I'I~I I ••• Am er ica 's Number 1 weekl y motorcycle new spaper. You 'll a lways see it fir st in Cycle New s [MIi'C) ~~~~CYC LE INDUST R Y COUNC I L Sharon Cla yton •. . Tom Culp . • . .. . . G race Camp John Huetter • . . . . A rt Fr iedman Dave Schoonmak er How ie Fowler Wendy Blanton .. . . . .. . .. " ... . . ... . . . Pub li sher .Genera l Manager . . Office Manager . Managing Ed itor _ E ditor . ... •. Ass istant Editor Advertising Manager Ad ve rt ising Ass istant Rheb a Sm ith Circulation Manager Marla Boud reau C ir culat ion Assistant Cheryl Ste inberg C ircula tion Ass istant M ike D illon Pro d uc t io n Mana?er He ctor Ag uilera Lab T ec h n tc tan Mar ion Hatash lta Typograph er Melvin Phe lps . . . . •. Assi stan t Typogra pher Dave Crowe Collect ion Manager Ba rbara B eb ec k • • • • • Account ing A ssistant Chr is Kolbet Accounting Assi stan t Garnet Dunn Accounting As sistan t Michael Co lika s ..• .. . . Services & Sup port K en Lee Serv ice s & Su p p ort Squeeky Haynes Serv ices & Su p port David Paull Services & Su pport Nancy Goodman . . . •.... . .. Re ce ptionist Nat io nal Ad verti sing Dire ct o r: T o m Culp Cycle News West and Headquarters P.O . Bo x 498, Long Beach Ca lifornia 90801 (2 13) 427 ·7433 ; L.A. 636·8844 TEL EX NO . 6 73·4 74 Cycle News, Central Ed it ion 1118 West 6 th St reet A ust in, Te xas S12.50 522.50 530.00 5 .50 Pub lish ed w eek ly e xcept the first an d last we ek o f th e ca le ndar ye ar by Cycle New s, lnc., Post Office Bo x 498, Lo ng Beach , California . Second Class Post age paid at Lo ng Beac h , Calif. Ed it o ria l stories, cartoons, photos, et c. ar e we lcome. Add ressed , stamped e nvelo pe assures return of ed it o ria l ma tter . Rep rinti ng in who le or part on ly by permission of t he pub lishers. A d vertising rates and ' c ircu lat io n information will be sent upon requ est . See S . R.D .S. Copyright (C, Cycle New s, Inc. 1973 a ll rights reserved ~ _ _ L ESS SOUND _ _.... M O R E G ROU ND Last week I took a very sophisticated managemen t co urse at the Universit y of Utah, When I saw that several District Managers o f the Bureau of Land Man agem en t were o n the roste r t aking th e same co u rse, 1 thought of t he go lden op portun ity to t ake these ogres on (our family h as fo ur b ik es). I'm glad I ke pt m y big mo uth shut un til later in the week, by which ti me I had a better measu re of these men . I have never me t. in business or go vern ment , a b etter grou p of men . T hey are c o m p e ten t, inte llige n t , ded icat ed , are very aw ar e of the ORV ex plosio n , an d a re :-.l OT an ti -rno t orcy cle. T hey wan t to reach th e bi ker t o let him know th at th ey aren 't aga inst him , that they are attending to his sport und er very severe restrict ions and that th ey hav e an immense se t of o t her probl ems t o handle in ar eas th e hik er d oesn't kn ow an ything ab out. They are not th e Sierra Club 's o wn private go vern me n t arm, No group o wns th ese men . O ne of th em, Lly od Fergus on , told me ab ou t th e quarter million d ollars he obtained for his district to put a paved road in to th e ra ce are a he has mapped o u t , and an other quarter mill ion he go t fo r camp sit e facilities (toilets, drinking water, the whole bit). Jerry Hi llier invit ed me to attend races in his district. Anti-motorcycle, these guy s? Let's ge t o ff th eir b acks and help th em , for th e simple reason the y 're h elpin g us , A letter to your congressman . and sen ato r, will go a lon g wa y toward ge ttin g fund s for th em t o work with, C.S.SLOAN Sun Valle y, Calif. WHpOPS I would like to teII you that you almost ruined a weekend for myself and two frie nds, In your March 27 edition under the Calendar y o u have a D·3 7 Hare-Hound race listed for Sunday, April I, at Re d Mo untain, We drove to R ed Moun tain only to find that th e ra ce h ad take n place three weeks ago. T hat was so me April Fools Joke ! Luckily we foun d a nice off the ro ad .lo cation to "get our ya yas out." FONG, MONK & YU MBO Huntingt on Beach , Calif. We really did recei ve a Calendar item in the . mail fo r that event. Some immature turkey 's idea of a joke, perhaps... Ed. AFTER THE "BEAR" LEFT Cycle News, East- D ixie Ed it io n 4190 F irst Ave nue T uck er , Georg ia Su bsc ript io n : On e year , second clas s ma il 2 years, seco nd class ma il 3 years , second cla ss ma il Singl e copy pr ice . . : BLM GOOD GUYS This letter is to pass along a few observations made by the Riv erside International Raceway management to OCMC afte r the G reat Bear Grand Prix. 1. They were amazed how clean the cam ping ar ea was, the y h ad never had this experience before. 2. They had absolutely no dis orderl y conduct problems with anyone. The riders and spe ct ators wh o attended our event c o n d u c ted th emselves just like th ey always do, o nly this time, they were o bs erved by people who can and will h ave a pos it ive influen ce on our sport. OCMC would like to thank all of those who attended for being good ci tizen s an d go od sportsmen . WAYNE KING Corresponding Secretary Orange County M.C. KILLER HONDA CHALLENGED Gentlemen , (I use the term loosely) I hereby present a challenge, I propose a race. dis here fir e-b reathin Honda c- l 0 2 what you is go t ain 't so quick . . I got me on e 0' dem fa aa ssst harl eys . It am a 65cc motor what runs on just about anything yo u want's ta put in it . Lat ely i been runnin peaat mo ss in it b ut I'm plannin on swi tchin it over t o b randy (Ch ristian Bros.) You- all just le t me kn ow wh en yo u w an ts to do it an d I'll prepare m y dragst er. I d on want yo u fellers trying to git . o ut 0 th is here national challe nge on acco unt me and Borris Murray is all ready prepari ng di s here harley, I ex pe cts a repl y fro m you gu ys instan tly. Semi-sin cerely, JIM DEATSCH AN D CL EM Frank Cram e Cycles C on co rd , Cali fornia Oh , yeah ? You just wait til we put air in the tires !...Ed . VOICES OF THE WEST HICKS ON LAND Congra tulation s o n publishing the article, "A Con cern fo r Freedoms " by Mich ael J ordan. It was a pleasant surprise to read his referen ces to my view s on mai n tainin g access to trail riding o p p o r t u n i t ie s through co o p e r a t i o n with l a nd o w n e rs . a u th o ri ties, and o ther users. The "adversary " to ne of mo st of the articles you p ublish on th is topic h ave troubled me some, but since I am no t privy to dire ct contact with your circu mstances , I felt I co uld hard ly pass judgment upon th is ap proach. It has generally been proven that the fan atical fringe of ANY special in t erest group seldom produces lasting benefits for that group, I like to hope that personal dip lomac y c o u l d be en couraged nationally, for it is the only way to assure ourselves co ntinue d access to land, wo rking with th e other co ncerned , not s tandi ng off and hurling ac cusations of favoritism, discrimination, and fanaticism at them. I was happy to see you publish a viewpoin t th at effectively presen ted the conc ep t of harmonizing relationships involved in recreational land use . . BOB HICKS Editor & Publisher Trail Rider Magazine WE LIKE IKE Re : foto caption, lower I.h " page 28 , last issue . Please no te co rrec tio ns. (A) Did n 't just fa ll over - rear wheel broke after j u mp, chain locked u p the whole works...h ard to steer! (B) Expert, n o t Junio r, (C) Ike , no t Mike (D) 60r no t 60. (E) T he fence was n ot bent.. .i t d id n ' t eve n b udge! ( F) Dislocated my in d ex finger. (Sounds trite, but try it for 100 laps.) Anyhow...my riding record h asn ' t warran ted a foto in Cycle News so if m y once a year crashes d o , tell it like it was .. .you're gonna ruin my ego! "IKE (no t Mike) MIZERE L ~s Angeles, Calif. SEE THE WORLD FROM THE BACK OF A HARLEY I just finish ed reading y o ur test of our H-D 35 0 SX . Gentleman, I mean to tell yo u an article lik e that does n o on e any goo d in th e industry at all ! Le ast of all, us deal ers th at sell this model. How in hell d o yo u ex pec t us to sell a product when you tear it to p ieces ? T he ligh tw eight market is getting b ad enough, and n ow your test on the SX just makes it th at much tougher to sell. I believe in telling th e tr uth, and Jets face it, the SX is n ot the best 35 0 in the co un try . However, it is nowhere near as poo r as y o u make it out to be. A ll in all, for the average rider , it is a damn good m o t o rcycle. The bike was no t designed fo r Joel Robert or Brad Lack ey, All motorcy cles h ave bad points. However, t hey are barely mentioned wh en y o u ar e testing other brands. Try to be a little more on the fair side if y ou can. _ I hav e ridden other 35 0's and 360's in the dirt, I like th e Sprint, You know wh y ? Because I don't have to car ry a tool kit to keep it running . all day. I can 't say the same for the others, Please try to st ay away from unfair tests lik e the SX. Thank y o u for 'y o ur time. SAM ARENA ,JR. Harley-Davidson Prods, San Jose, Calif, The nice thing is having to carry only one wrench to keep the drain plug tightened . The not so nice thing is having to carry a first aid kit for off-road rid ing..,E d . GRAND PRIX EXPERIENCES T his is another o f one of those com p lain t le tters , with a difference : it is co mp letely justified, A two-day Grand Prix eve nt was held at the Corona track, Flie rs/entries were d istribu ted at the OCM C Great Bear ra ce at RI R . Being basically deviat es , my p ar tn er an d 1 ride a sidehack an d are fro m Ph oen ix, Ariz. T he flier stated tha t the h acks w ould run at 3 :3 0 Sun day (A p ril l st , 19 73) , Well, it was an April Fool's j o ke on us an d two others. T hey ran the race at about 1 :30. T hey we re n o tified that our rig an d Don Davis' were co mi ng out to race at the lis ted ti me. T he on ly explanation I can suggest is th at they wished to get the hacks o ut of the wa y, sort of like second-class ci tizens, The upshot of th e affia r is that we drove a long way for nothing. Desert Center quickly loses its chann when you can 't race d ue to obvio us discourtesy. , An o th er subject equally cl ose to my heart: thanks a lot to the OCMC for the 10 0% pit-racer con trol. I'd ra th er hear drinking parties any time than an OSSA Stilleto n ext to my tent at midnigh t, Great Bear was well run. A, H. TELLIER Arizon a Sidehack Ass'n. Phoenix, Ari z. Whet her. or not a complaint is justified inevitably depen ds on whet her you are the com plain-er or the co mplain-ee... Ed. Internal Specs NEWS: Pomeroy serves notice in World MX TEST : Bultaco's 175 Alpina , . " " . , OPINION: Hown co me I' m not here? , . , .. RACING : The Corona GP . , HILLCLlMB: Upthe Widowma ker , POLIT ICS : Go ing green in Sacrame nto , . . , OTHER RACiNG " " , . . , DRAG RACI NG : Bee line Nationals PRO MX: Pho enix Q ualif ier , ."" " : IMPR ESSI ON: The Harley Elec t ra Glide MOR E LO CA L RAC ING PRO HAL F MILE: Asco t opens T EST : The Honda 125 Trials HA NGTOWN: Pierr e " .. , . , . 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