Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. 0 M ."'" ~~\ON~ c, M ~ Ol czj > . ::E Vl ;: w z w ...J S E R ~V e. S A L E S ~~~ ?ORC'(t~ I C E by Ron Schneiders Husqvarna U >o HERE WE GO AGAIN 1'»E:!!P "SA ~ H0DAKA MOTORC'YCL a. S " We hav e th e parts" Desert and Mot o-X Preparatio n Complete machine & welding shop 785-4289 8730 Se pu lveda, Sepu l ved a Ca (just n o r tn of Par th en ia) . Hand Washa b le ~aJ ~ ~~ Ot hman Distr ibuting Co . 18227 Ludlo w St. No,th,idge. Ca. 91324 fisg a m bIt 1 • Rid ing • Rac ing • Street GLOVES Dealer Inquiries Invit ed (2131 363-6230 MAVRICK Spring Rallo. from 65 t t o U5 t In . tock Shock . e ome with 1S t a ••tandar d .oa.. .prlng. 58.00 pa ir. Compl.l. r.bu lld kits 55.0 0 ... 1\2" Exte n. lon . 53,00 pr. S.als $1,50 pa ir P i.... . pec lly mof oreyc i. make & model. Mou nt type requlr. d. E ye at .aeh .nd or .ye and e l.v l. Iyp • • Now In . toc k the new " Mavrlek" 5-wayad juslable heav y dut y . hoek., reb uildabl. lus trous c hr~me . prlng. , llW or 1V,. I. ngth a va l lable , C.nter to eenter of .y es 3\1" At the District 37 meeting this mon th it was announced that the Cactus Cats M.C. are going to take over where . the EI Cajon club left off. If you recall, the Cactus Cats th rew a benefit race on January 21 of th is year. EI Cajon was to receive th e proceeds of the race for their legal defe-ise in the threatened BLM suit . Whell EI Cajon settled with the BLM, the Ca ctus Cats were left with the money, so they d ecided to make a test case th emsel ves. T hey have co mpiled with all B L~ I regulations but have refused to pay the $1 use fee . Ma rtin Hildre th , a cyclist ' lawy e r who has already been instru me ntal in testing the written pe rm ission laws in Orange Coun ty , is hand ling th e case fo r the Cac tus Cats. The Cac t us Cat s have a much b e t ter case than the EI Cajon club because many of the extraneous matters h ave been eliminated. They had Bu\1 approval for their c o u rse site and no claims of damage have been made. It's possible that the court case can be restric ted to ji-st a matter of the legality of the fee. As justification for the fee, th e BL~I ( Russ Penny ] h as quoted several se cti on s of Federal law at various times, and none o f them seem to give h im proper authority . So far, however. he has not had to give his authorit y under o ath and it's quite possible that those sources he has quoted are merely smokescreen and he has a "hole card " that will cove r him. Two issues that are ce rtain to co me up in co u rt are the determination of "fair market value" of land used for desert racing and whether or not the 8L1\I is providing servi ces or facili ties. _ To me this fight is similar to the war the ca tt leme n fought against th e farmers in their attempt to prevent them from fencing open ran ge. Who is right or wrong in sq uabbles like th is is irrelevan t. T he cattlemen lo st and we will lose. T he only q uestion is how lon g the war wil l last and how many casualties there will be . Le t's, fo r a m ome n t , suppose that we can win the court ba ttle; th at we ca n p rove that th e BLM h as no right to charge us a fee for using the desert. If we manage to do this, we can be qui te ce rt ain th at Co ng ress will pass the necessary legislation just as quickly as possible . And while th ey ' re at it, they might just write so me things into the law that would not appeal to us at all. Another possibility is that, if no fee can be charged, organized events will simply not be permitted on Government land. Ron Sloan is working on a pla n to ge t the fees re duced o n the basis of a Cost/Benefit analysis being d on e by a firm that works for hi m . This see ms to me to be a better approach. I like the idea of Government h avin g a good reason (mo ney) for encouraging us to use the dese rt. In a wa y , I think so me of our lea ders are encouraging us to fight for one of those no bl e causes like " m a kin g the world safe for democracy," so me thing th a t sounds good but d oesn ' t m a ke much se nse. At this Distri c t meetin g three clubs as ke d fo r and were allo we d a $ 10 en try fee fo r th eir "G ran d Pri x. " A good c h u n k of each of th ese en try fees go es to so me pa rk ope rator wh o offe rs n o mo re in m o st cases th an th e BLM. The riders can ' t wai t to pay S I D to rid e these events. T he y 'r e pa ying a hu ge " land use " fee wi t ho u t a squawk. Ye t ou r lead er s are ass u mi ng tha t th ese same riders object to paying the BL~ I a $1 fee. It's an assumption that see ms to me to be un p ro ve n at best. The real tragedy of fighting for hopeless or silly c a uses is that energy is wasted w hic h c o uld be utili zed to achieve something of real value , As someone at the District meeting pointed out, we are far b ehind the four-wheel-drive clubs in terms of political organization and - in terms of p romoting those sorts of projects that improve our public image. If we are going to co n tinue riding the desert and trails around here we are going to have to do several th'ings and quickly, I would imagine. One of those things is to do our own HI mpact Studies" 10 lind out exac tly what our effe ct is on the land we ride on and whether or not we do have any effect on wiJ?life a~d. vegetation . Ot her groups are .d o m g this in order to co m p ile a case agamst us . I f we have no studies of o ur own, a ll we will be able to do is mum bl e that it isn' t tr ue, b ut no one will be listen ing . In cases wh e re our own studies show that we are d o in g so me thi ng ha rm f ul, we sho uld b e ta king th e in itia tive in stop pi ng whateve r it is th at' s ha rmful We sho uld , in o th er w ords, clean up o u; ac t be fo re so meone else d o es it fo r us in a fash ion we d ont like Once a trai l has been established as being for a certain group of users, it hecomes very hard to dis lo dge the m. W should be making great efforts to get tra i ls marked a nd mapped as "Moto rcycle Trails." T his has already proved successful in several areas of the country. We should be negotiating with large landowners, the railroads and travel. W. Pay Po . ta g. on Pre pa id Orde rs. Ca ill ornia Res ld. nt. a dd S,," for sa les tax NOW NEW ADDED WAR RANT y ...... If the 1 fa ll s on any M AVRICK unit ,within 90 da y. from dal . of pure hase w. will replac. Ih. . .. 1 fre•• P.S . Does any body . 1•• do t his ? GET READY FOR THE '73 TRANSAMA & PRO MX RACES WITH YOUR PRO-AM NIX SHIRTS MAVRICK DOES IT AGAIN Talle advanlage of the bes t Ihe year. SPOOL buy HUBS, 40 ho le with 5/ 8" bear ings lne lude d, Be.la lloy with chrom. like fin l. h• 0' '" " ~ .... . De a le r Inqui ries Invll.d MAVRICK NORT1f AMERICAN IMPORTS 2321i Cerro Gordo , P.O. Box N Mojave, Calif, 93501 It is becoming more and m o re eviden t that the green stickie has about the same intrinsic va lue as McGovern b u mpe r stickers. Just recently riders w ith green st ickles were in formed that they could not ride in the Anza-Borrego area wit h o u t being st reet legal. (That means a license pla te.) The Federal officials d on't care whether you have a green stickie o r not on Federal land. A t the m oment it 's di ffi cul t to say j us t w he re yo u ca n ride whe re it 's advan tageous t o h ave a green stic kle, You . ei the r n eed a licen se pl a te or n ~ thmg. W h a~. we n~ed is a law se tting aside a ce rta in p oruon o f ou r license p la te fee for th e use of the Dep ar tment o f Par ks a nd R ec rea ti on and with it poss ib ly a second class ofI icense pla te . Ho w abou t a dirt bi ke licen se wi th min im al equipment req ui rements and no right to use freeways? Then we could have a driver's license program for dirt hikes o nly with lowe red age limits. Yo un g kids co uld ride their bikes to schools and in the boondocks, b ut not on freeways. A program like this would pour some real money in to the Parks Department fund and might actually get us some trail s. The amount c u rre n tlv ~o mi n g from the green sti ckle program Isn ' t paying the administration costs. . FROM THE " GL ENDA L E NEWS PRESS, APR IL 5, 1973" "Patty D o rnav of the G lendale Ten nis Club and' Linda Jacobs we re defeated in the Class D women's doub le finals of the Griffith Park tourney on Sunday ," Well , back to the desert .. ... ISDTQUALIFIER T he S ham ro ck s will hold thei r [S OT qualifier o n Jun e 23 an d 24 in the Barsto w a rea . A m ap is availab le an d rid ers are permi tt ed to ride th e co urse p rio r to t~ e ev: n~. En tr ies o pe n ~I ay I and there I S a lim it of 3 0 0. Writ e t o th e S ha mrocks fo r further information Lo o ks like a n inte res ting ( to ughl) co u rse . A n um be r of eastern entries have already been recei ved . including teams fro m Husky, Penton, and Yankee. CMC BISHOP MEMORIAL WEEKEND MOTOCROSS Participants wishing to enter the :"Ia y 27 Me morial Weekend Bishop Motocross either as · a Junior o r Inte~e diate (no n -p ro fessio nal, race for trop~le s ) or. a.s an Expert (pro), ma y obtain an official entry-b lank hy writing the CMC , P.O. Box 1402, Costa Mesa California 92626 or bv con tacting th~ severaf Bishop Motorcy c le Shops. Admission fee will be 52 , which includes a pit pass. C~IC SALE On all cycle boots Up to $70 Value number for all PRO AMA RACES on thl. Inlroduetory offer , Ca lif. resld.nts ad d - 5% sa les lax . /'t STAINLESS STEEL , "'.::; 'S POKES ~ IN STOCK NOW THE GREEN BOONDOGGLE It's a must that you have a name and -,,. $10°0 1'tt~ utilities, fo r fo rmal permission to ride o n their lands. We should be pu tting p ressure on the Go vernme nt to let us ride o n so me of the vast h old in gs of the mil ita ry 'in Cali fornia and Ne vad a, A bove all, we should be o rga nizi ng o ur clubs to be .political u nits, to be influential in getting people elected an d defeated. O ne club is at least starting to do something along these lines. T he Shamrocks have a sort of "legislative analyst " who keeps the club informed an d tells the members when they sho uld w ri te letters and to whom. VIKING NOT Second s Most Major Name Brands 512.95 each \1.0 .nr ( TH I ' III ' III T I\ tn: 1I0m .1I "'''O il r ", " 'W Ill "" "', \1~ c. . It l PW) - \\I P m du (· t ~ . 111(' . 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