Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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You'll always see it fi rst in Cycle New s M c: ~ , Member MOTORCYC L E IN D UST R Y COUNC IL Internal Specs ISDT : Trailing with t he Triumph-R ickman Team ENDURO I: High Mounta in,long push ENDURO II: CRC Fam ily Affair TECHNICAL: T ime ENDURO II I: Two day Lame Dog , MOTOCROSS : Tibblin teaches how TEST: Suzuki Sierra ED IT lOP: Nationals and Dirt CALENDAR : Today's date , TEST: Puch Enduro after the Honeymoon MORE ISDT: How to qual ify ; who did it at Potosi R ESU LTS : What happened MX CAT: Blows your m ind AMXT CAPTAIN BUSINESSMAN S har o n Cl ayt on PUbli sher Tom c ute Gen eral Manager Grace Camp O ffice M anager John Huet t er M anag ing Edit or Art Fr iedman ", Edit or A ssist a nt Edi t o r D av e Sc h o onma k er H owie F owle r Adve rt lsing M anag e r Adverti sing A ssist an t W end y B lanton Rheba Smit h Circula tion Manage r Ma rla Boudreau Circula t ion Assistan t C heryl St einb erg C i rc u latio n Assistant Mik e Dill on Product ion M a nage r H ect or Aguil era Lab T echn ician M ar ion H at ashit a Ty po gra p her M elvi n Phelp s . . . . •. A ssista nt Ty pog ra p her D ave Crowe Coll ectl on M anager Barb ar a Beb eck A ccou nting A ssist ant Ch ris K olbe t A ccoun ting A ssistan t G arne t D unn ! A ccounti ng A ssistant Mi cha el C ofi kas • • • • • • •Se rvic es & Su ppor t Ke n Le e Ser vice s & Su p por t Squ eek v H ayn es Se rvices & Su pport Dav id Pau li Se rvices & Su p port Nan cy G o odman Re cepti o n ist Nat io nal Adve rti sin g Di rect o r : T o m Culp Cy cle News West and Head q ua rt e rs P.O , Box 49 8 . Long Bea ch Ca lifornia 9 0801 (2 13 1 427 -7433; L,A, 636-8844 TELE X NO . 673·4 74 Cycle News . East-Di x ie Ed it ion 4 19 0 Fi rst Ave n ue T ucker. Georgia Cy cle News. Ce nt ral Edi tion 111 8 West 6t h S t reet Au stin . T exas Subscr ip ti on : On e year . second c lass m a il ... 5 12 .50 2 years. seco nd cla ss ma il . ,., 5 2 2. 50 S30.00 3 yea rs . second c lass mai l Sing le copy pri ce , , 5.50 Publi sh ed week ly except the first and last week of t he calenda r yea r by Cycle New s. Inc .. Post Of fice Bo x 498 . Long Beach . Cal ifo rn ia. Sec on d Class Po st age paid a t Long Beach. Cal if, Ed itori al stories, cartoo ns. photo s. etc. a re welcome. Add ressed , st a m ped e nve lo pe ass ures re tu rn o f editoria l matt er . Reprintin g in who le or par t o n ly by pe rm ission of the publish e rs. Ad vertising ra tes a nd ci rc u lation info rm at ion w ill be se nt u pon req uest . See S .R .D .S. Copy righ t <1:1 Cycle News. Inc. 197 3 all rights reserved . ._ _ L E SS SOU N O _ _.... TURNS I went to see am an in Atlan ta abo u t a sm all pie ce o f chro me m ol y to repair a ' gusset on my Maico, and sta yed and st ay ed an d sta yed. My new partner, J oe Zappa, co mers th e heliarc welding market in Georgia, h elia rcing jet eng ines for the airlines in h is shop o ff th e so uth end o f the Atlanta airport. J oe 's sh op is n ow b eing lab eled Zappa Racing Pr oducts under Bryan Kenney Enterprises, Inc. We are po o lin g J oe's expe rtize in m etallurgy and wh at I've p i cked up vagabo nding the mo to cros s circuits here and abroad, to offer a lin e .o f products that experts will rec ogn ize as th e real t hing . Alre ady we are ma n ufac t uring th e " Zap pa" bar a chro me m ol y handlebar fo r m o to cro ss with a sub tle co m binatio n of d esign featu res th at I h ave n 't been a ble to fi nd in anyone bar else wh ere. We are also ad d in g seve ral ot her item s which I ran across in Europe, all of which will be di stributed on a regular basis th rough ro u te me n in .~ o ur area. It's a great sou rce o f satisfac tio n to be ab le to build and repair motocro ss ' eq uip me n t j ust the way y o u want it wh ich I' ve fo und ra ther hard to do o n th e road fro m Uplan ds Vasb y to Esanatoglia! BR YAN KENNE Y Bo x 334 Hape ville , Geor gia RED ROCK RUMBLE T his is co ncerning the ciass ification of R ed Rock Canyon . We are cir c ulating a p e ti tion and h ave ta lke d to a membe r o f th e Trials Co m mi ttee about this pe ti tion. He said t ha t all of the m embe rs o f the Kern Coun ty Supervisors, t he me n elected b y you to reflect you r views, have vo ted fo r Re d Rock to b ecome a sta te park. (No ORV use !) If there is an yone in terested in hel pin g m e get this pe ti tion to the ORV people , esp ecially in Kern County , please' con tac t m e. Don 't fo rge t le tte rs. R ed Ro ck Ca nyon w i ll ' go to th e posey-sniffe rs without yo ur help . As o f now, the y are winning. Write Frank Bech ler ; S tate Par ks a nd R ecreatio n Dep t., Sa crame nto, Calif. 95828 . And get t o you n earest m o t o rcycle sh op a nd sign the p eti ti on ! S ALlE DO WDL E 16 34 Blackwall D r. Si mi Valley , Calif. 93 063 8 05-52 7-08 65 LOOK OUT BARKFEATHER FOR Lunch H our Mo t o- X (Pg , 5, Apr. 10 ) was the n eatest t bing an ybody has ever read t o me . I can ' t wait til' I ge t to go to school. BILLY BA R K FEATHE R Barkfeather R acin g, U.S.A . Sin ce he 's already cond uc ted his own MX sch o o l we figure Barkfeather to be a " snoev-In for firs t o veraIL .Ed . INSURANCE INSURANCE M O R E GRO UND FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON A REED AND THEN. One can not make a complex su bject sim p le b y making sim p le statemen t s abo u t th e su bject. T he foll owing state rne n ts were made in their ad in yo ur paper: about CMC-sanctio ne d motocross. "CMC is t he wo rld 's largest motocross organizer and sanc tio ning body. In 19 72 tb ey sanc tioned ove r 400 eve nts in nine states , with 1 1,0 00 licen sed riders co mpe ting . " Du rin g 1972, AMA sa nctione d over 2,00 0 :8 12 16 18 20 _ .2 2 _ .2 6 30 32 36 38 : 39 .47 m ot o cr o ss ev e n ts , w ith 48,0 00 com p e ti t o rs , and o ther e ven t s with some 125 ,000 participants. CMC the wo rld 's largest ? I questi on th at ! Now o n th e in surance : AMA, in an effo rt to h old insurance costs down, made co verage from $100 t o $ 1,0 0 0 op ti on al, all owin g e ach promoter to do hi s thing , but giving protection on large claims regardless o f the promoter's decision. CMC's co verage is mandatory! OK, fell o ws, what d o you want ? AMA benefits are paid in addi ti on t o -o t her in suran ce be nefits available t o inju re d riders. CMC insu rance benefits are pay abl e only to th e exte nt tha t they are not p aid by othe r insurers. O n e , qu estion th at sh o uld be an sw er ed co ncern ing th e CMC In suran ce Program is just h ow mu ch of th e en try fee goes to ward insurance cost in ad d it ion to the $ 11 1? T he 'wr ite r indicate s that he was unfortunate eno ugh t o co llect $39 7. 00 on an injury , ' w h e n th e enti re cost o f AMA membership was $ 7. 00. T h at happens to be a return o f 560 0%. . In 1~7 i and 197 2, th ere we re 1600 AMA sanc tione d even ts in California. This resulted in ove r $400,000 in ben efits b ein g paid o u t t o Californians. It is quite eas y to see th at , with o ut an y allowance fo r administrative expe nses, it would h ave be en ne cessary t o have collected $2 50 p er eve n t in order to pay claims. ($ 4 0 0, 0 0 0 divided b y 1600 even ts eq uals $ 25 0 paid o u t per event.) With t he se figures it b ecomes very obvious th at one o f two th in gs mus t be the ca se : 1) t he $111 pe r eve nt pl an of CMC ins u ra nce is not what it is crac ked up to be or, 2) A dditional m oney is being co llec ted (mos t lik ely out of tb e ride r entry fee .) In sum mary, the AMA m embers nation ally have on the average receive d $2 .0 0 in ben efits for ea ch $1.0 0 in pre mi u m paid. Pe rh aps, so me one can do a be tter j o b , b u t I d oub t it. From one wh o knows VI R GIL R. CR AYCRA FT, C.L.U . . Insurance Co ordina tor Insurance Ad minis trato rs AMA membership is now $12.00, partl y 'as a result of increased insurance co sts . We appreciate that th is is not a sim p le problem a nd t hat efforts to insure spo rts man compet itio n are particul arly tricky ... Ed. SRADANGER? While taking m y boys to deser t an d rno to cross races fo r the past three years I have never see n o ne so po orly run and danger ous as th e one we at tended A p ril 7 , at California City sponso red b y the Spo rts man R aci ng Association. T he fi rst part of the co urse w as very p oorl y m ar ked, a n d hal f th e rider s we re o ff co urse . I didn't s"e on e d anger , marker on a course I co nsidere d dange rous. I thin k a race like this is a dis cr edit to t he sport . D . A . H ARMA N Lancaste r, Calif. We presume yo u are aware tha t a downwa rd pointing arrow indicates danger o n a de sert co urse . .We saw plenty o f t hes e in completing t he 9 6 mile s and wer e grat ified to note very active flagmen at the only really dangerous area o n the co urse: t he .t wo deep gull ies. Last week 's st ory ind icate s o ur impression of the event . We have' seen a LOT of events that were more po orly run ... Ed. NOISE: The sound that kills the sight. Y o u s ure m a d e So u t h B ay Mo t orcycles lo o k bad in th e T ho mas Sm it h letter whic h w as prese n ted in the Ap ril l Oth issu e. I ca n't beli eve all th at Was p resented in the letter based on this o ne fac t. South Bay has b een involved in th e d e velopmen t p rograms on the 1 2 5 an d 2 50 C Z r e ed valves m anufactured b y DH En terprises. T he engine s w hicb I use d t o develo p th ese re eds were p ro vided by South Bay. In resp ect t o th is co urtesy , we wholesale only th e fines t o f reed valve hardwa re t o South Bay . I feel th at T ho mas S m ith sele cted a p o or choice o f wo rd s wh en h e say s " th e p arts that w er e used wer e j un k parts." If Mr. Smith has been "h ad", I'm sure it w as his own d o in g b y a lack of understanding. It's n ow la te at night as I w ri te this. I h ave spen t all afte rnoon at South Bay in the final testing of a huge reed fo r th e 4 00 C Z. T he p oint is th at South Bay is still in vest in g th eir tim e an d effort to h elp d evel o p the DH re ed valv es fo r C Z eng ine s. With this lon g range pla nning in mind , ' it s inconceivab le to m e th at Sou th Bay -wo ul d gy p Mr . Sm ith as o u tlined in his $224 .7 0 letter. T his co u n try 's largest CZ dealer d idn't m ak e it t o th e number o ne sp ot b y suc h alleged bad p ra cti ce. One question for Mr. Smith's so n Did you r reed val ved 12 5 CZ run quick er th an st oc k? Of cou rse it did. Why wasn 't this m e ntioned in this letter ? DALE HE RB R A NDSO N Owner DH Enterprises Our interpretat io n of Mr. Smi th 's letter was that . "junk parts " co nn oted used instead of new materials. Even the best equ ipment. improperly set up, won 't do th e job. It still seems to us that custo mer sat isfaction should be of prime co ncer n to a de aler . We know y our reeds work , Dale... Ed. GOOD BEARS SAMARITANS AND On behalf of the b o ys o f the G ood Samari tan Boys Home I w ould lik e to p u bli cly thank th e "O ran ge Coun ty Motorcycle Club and Riversid e R aceway for their genero us donation o f o ne hundred d ollars w orth o f fr ee tic ke ts for their Great Bear Grand Pri x. All the bo ys h ad a great time and enj o yed it immensel y. I h ope th e . eve n t w as a success and be comes an annual even t be cause it see med so enjoyab le for eve ry one. I h ope pe ople both in an d out of th e m o t orcycle indust ry reco gn ize th e chari tab le and valuable service render ed to us b y th e Oran ge County Mo torcy cle Club . KENNET H M. QUINN Good Samaritan Bo ys Homes Corona, Calif. HUH? Yo u r April 3rd issue, V olume X , Nu mber 12 con t ain ed more garbage' than any six previous issues. Your article on J ess Unruh is suitable for' th e Los Angeles Ti mes Editoria l Page. A Harle y-D avi dso n 35 0 S p rint c'm o n , this is a racing rag . Your 19 73 , Model Top anga Canyon Boulevard road test is jus t wh at tbe Si er ra Club o rde re d. Yo u were righ t about the garbage on pages 26 an d 27 - it probabl y didn't h umo r any one but you rself. Yo ur Ho ugb Payl o ad er and yo u r Edi to ria l O pi nion an d Blah , Blah , Bu zz , Bzzz.. . we re b ad , bu t the co ve rage of th e Podun k MX w as worse . Killer, the Great Cycle Ne ws Bo mb co m ple tely fizz le d . The co mplete issue w asn 't eve n suitab le for th e lin in g of m y cat's litter box. In fact , the garb age m an wouldn 't even accept it with my tra sh . Wh at h appe ned to the su perb ra ce cove rage th at was so evi de n t in th e twe n ty- five cen t issue o f th e p ast ? I sup pose th e next st ep in y ou r regression will be coverage of choppers and bike tips fo r the Hell 's An gels. Un fo rt unately, I still have a year and a hal f left o n m y su bscrip tion ; maybe th a t was a mi stake. Ge t b ack to racing co verage for the racing en thusiasts wh o buy and su bcribe t o Cy cle News. T han k yo u , A . M. WIGHTO N Pom on a, Cali f. Thank s f or the compliment on the Jess Unruh interview . Cycle New s has never been excl us ive ly a "racing rag" and we regret that you didn't read the front page headline that said "Special April Fool' s Issue ". Matter of ta ste , we suppo se. Look fo r an upcoming te ch article on :'Tuning Your Chopp ed Hog"...Ed.

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