Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

.. N M 0> Q. M .... Cl eo . ::;: > Here's Dirt... INYOUREAR :;: '" w Z W ..J U >- U by Ali ce R hea GENUINE GREEN STICKlES T he O u tpos t C a f e h a s " Ge nuine " Green Stickies again an d Russ S an ford , D~I V , an d CliP n otwith standing I bough I two of th em , one of w hi c h is goi ng on th e b ack of m y Suzuki. If somebody w o uld like to cite me for trying to defraud the State of Ca lifo rn ia I'm goi ng to accep t th e ti cke t and the n tak e m y license pl at e s w ith me t o court . A s far as I know, th ose gree n stic kles w ere m ad e and bought as a jo ke and it reall y burns me up to h ave the gov ernment get all huffy ab ou t it. * * * AND THE POLICE I have h eard several cases of "friends o f m ine" who were cited fo r n o t having the real green sti ckles on th eir bikes and, in ea ch instan ce, the bike s were supposed ly b eing hauled in the backs o f vans o r p ick-ups ; n ot b eing rid de n . You kn ow th at if yo u ar e using yo ur bike o n ly in o rga n ize d co m p e tit io n suc h as District 3 7 desert ra ce s yo u d o n ot h ave to ha ve th e o ff highway stic ker. Furth er, it is n ot lawful fo r th e officer to ci te you for a n o ffe nse which h e AMA for Reflection WESTERVILLE , OH .. Feb. 16, 19 73 Am eri c an M ot or cy cle Associa tio n Pre side nt J .R . Kell ey h as an no un ce d . that th e Executive Committe e o f th e 200,000 m ember a ssocia tion h as en dorsed th e principle o f reflectivity for n igh t-time m o to rcy cle safe tv, Kelle y ass u mes you h ave com mitted o r are go ing to c o mm it . T h ey h ave to c a tc h you in th e act. So - if you ge t st opped a nd the officer wants t o w rite vall a ticket fo r h avin g th os e bikes in the b ac k of your truck, you are wi thin y o u r righ ts to loo k h im in the eve and te ll hi m th at y ou a re n o t brea king th e law. I f you d o get a ticke t , c a ll m e . If y o u ha ve receiv ed a ticket (an d h ave p roof) ca ll m e . I w ould love to talk to th e boss of th e o ffic e. s wh o a re handing th em au I. From wh at I hear, it h as not b een worth th e time to go down an d fig h t th e tickets, b eing c h ea p er to send in th e fin e rather than take tim e off work and go to cou rt . Well, I would be in terested to h ear wh at the supervisors of the ci tin g officers have to say for their boys. I know that t h e CliP would sav th a t their patrolmen have better thin gs to d o than har rass us. * * ANOTHER PLUG * Wh o op·De·Chews h ave go t th e fun n ies t bumpe r stic ke rs o n th e mar ket. I w ould love to tell yo u ab o u t the m . but my m oth e r re ads this colu m n . You 'll h av e com me n ts , " The us e of re fle ctive material s o n th e m otorcy cl e a n d its rid er d e finit el y improve s th e visibility durin g th e periods when m ot o rcy cli sts are m o st vulnerable t o mishaps c a use d by m o tori sts wh o fail to see the smalle r two-whee -l ed veh icle." / I \ \ \ \ l' .\a WARREN WILSON MOTORS t o sto p b y S led Ri ders' p it s some S u nday an d take a look at th e one o n the back of m y va n . Or better yet, order o n e fo r yourself. ( Un le ss y o u r mother reads your van) * * * ICE HOCKEY, ANYONE ? Open up th e April issue o f "Popular Cycling" to the article about Rol f Tibblin and you will see a p icture o f so me world famou s m otorcy cle ra ce rs p osing with th eir hockey sticks. Xow Torsten Hallman Racing, In c. , has t ossed ou t a c h a llen ge to any m oto rcy cle-orie nted gro u p to a ga me o f ice h oc ke y . Th a t is th e o nly spec ta tor sport I really e njoy wi th t he ex ce p tion of S peed w av (tha t st a rt ed Frida y in C ost a ~I esa . . .Wh o opee !) Pr o hockey isn't all th a much fun , but th o se am ateurs reall y ge t it o n and if th in gs d on't go to suit them th e y have at it with th e sticks . More fun . I f any of y o u clu b s, dealers or whoever decide t o take up th e challenge. le t me kn ow. This I gotta see . * * * MONTESA 9000 SEPULVEDA BLVD . S o ut h of Nordoff in Se p u lved a , Ca lif. (213) 894 -92 18 Sales Service by Maureen Lee THE YEAR OF T HE CRASH Re cen tIy I h ad an opportunit y to c ha t with Mert Lawwill (We Greeves rid ers st ick to geth er. You remember what he rode in " O n An y Sunday ."). We talked about Daytona. lie remarked th at a lot m o re riders fe ll th an was repo rt ed o n radio, and that it lo oks lik e this co uld be "Th e Year o f the Cr ash:' If y o u ' ve b e en aro u n d racin g fo r a while. i t d o es se em tha t things run in cy cl es. (No play o n words in te n d ed .) We h ave y ears when people start falling o f f right a t th e b eginnin g of th e seaso n . Th ere are o the r years when some rider s are pl agu ed with the w orst o f lu ck. And the n th ere are m arvell ous vea rs wh en n othin g goes w ron g b ike s h old to gether and if ride rs tumb le th ey d on't get hurt. T h is y ear we h a ve alre ad y had a frigh te n in g nu mbe r o f o ur ve ry top riders c o me to gr ie f in off-r o ad ridin g, a m o ng those in various stages of disrepair, ar e Bob St effan, on e of th e cou n trie s' very best en d uro riders, who did h is t hing at th e Checkp o in t en d ur o ; T e rry C lark, w h o is one of th e yo ung terrors t o beat in the desert; p lu s G en e Fetty an d Steve Hurd, all go t th eir share in th e Mint. T o ad d to his injuries, it's a bl o ody wonder that Stev e didn 't go into shoc k while waiting for t h e a m b ulance. It t ook an hour and a half for th e veh icle to re ach h im and begin the trip into V egas . Th e officials kn ew about it, but I gue ss p art o f that tremendous S350 e n try fee d oesn't go towards ad eq uate a m b ula nc e cove rage. Sure, we all know ra cing is dange rous, but ev ery rider in any eve n t should be entitled to adequate help in case he takes a fall. I t c o uld be the _d ifferent between lif e and d eath . FOR SALE 4 0 Ac res O n 39 5, Modern Facilities, Permanent Unrestr icted P e r m it s . 1 10 1 1 Ra c e Rd . , Adelanto, Calif. 714-246-6 109 DISTRICT CHEATING? 37 LEGAL I've re ceived a letter th a t accuses the D istrict 3 7 Competiti on C ommittee ·o f legalizing ch e a ting . Some riders are allowed to get a w ay with it and some arent. You c an b et this won't be the last o f this accusat ion. especi ally as one rider in question is a Distri ct Steward. I 'll keep y o u posted. CZ ·IAWA MOTOCROSS SPEEDWAY ~9&Q~ fjJ -:;..- 5133 WALNUT AVE. · SACRIoMHlIO, CALiFORNll • (!I 6133I· sm 1 Triumph Rickman Maico Hod ak a Gem ini Rupp BSA Mall O r der 5 4 2 So . Ma in M ilpitas, Ca li f . 950 35 Why 5 out of 4 cycle riders eat Catf ish 8r Hush Puppies ", JOURNEYMAN TRAILERS * Harley-Davidson lost Cal Ra yborn and Mark Br els ford a t Da y to n a an d D on Emde, last year 's D ayton a w inner, h ad th e b ad break to h ave a rider go d own in front of him at th e A scot 100 Lapper and came up with a bro ken sh oulder. S o, if y ou kn ow any of th ese gu ys , o r are j us t a fa n . se n d ' em a silly card . It d o es c h ee r you up a bi t! Rolf Tibblin, wh o h as be en w orking e x tre mely h ard witb Mi tch Mayes, pro v ed ag ain tha t th e Eu ropean discipline w orks. S ome d ay we'd Iide to see th at di scipline applied to bike ro ad ra cing teams. Ba ck in th e fift ies , wh en Mer cedes-Benz was ~umb er O n e in Grand Pri x . Herr N e ub au er was te am m an ager an d o ne c o uld wr it e a bo ok abo u t h o w th e race stra te gy wa s planned. li e had World Champion Juan 7\-l anuel Tan gio as his numb er one and the g-re a t Sterling Mo ss as number two. Th e o n ly th in g- that matte red wa s that ~ I -B fin ish ed one-tw o . Th er e wa s n o passin g o f te am rna re s in ' tu rn s. IIi gh sp e ed ch ase s, n crfin g, e tc., were not allowed, and n o in dividual c o m pe ti tio n was permi ted betwe en th e tea m drivers . Ferrari had Phil Hill a n d Graf Von T rips, who made each ra ce a pe rson al battle, o fte n to th e d e tr iment o f th e te am effor t. We 've see n shades o f th is recentl y on b ikes, in fac t very re cently , and we d on't mean an American-m ade bike team ei the r. Sa les Se r vice Pa r t s A co mp le te tra vel tr ailer de signed to ca rry 5 b ik es . * Eve rybody I see asks m e wh en J .:" . will be re adv to c o m e b ac k to the d esert. I th ink .th a t is the que sti on I m ost often hear. A nd t h e truthful ans we r is.. .1 don't kn ow . But as soon as I kn ow (which may be whe n I seem him out a t a ra ce ) I' ll let yo u kn ow. I am wi th you all in b eing a nxio u s to see him back . (Y a hear, J .N.? We miss you. C ome on back to th e d ese rt .) ~cle""" '<, Ma> y : 5MU~LER ' 0 6 24 M 'dway AVI!!., (I!!rfItOI. c.a. '30701 • J,N , Scra:mblin' Ar-ound 395 CYCLE PARK Motorcycle POOR KOOKIE Whassamatter with all yo u girl dogs? A re vou too bash ful to c a ll the fa mous Kookie ? Here he h as be en sitting by the tel ephone a ll week long an d n obody ha s call ed. Maybe yo u think y ou aren 't sophistic ated enough . for th e Wond er Dog, but d ee p down in side he is j us t an ordina ry dog li ke the rest o f y o u with simple ta st es and a ge n t le h eart. Yes , h e h as b een o n teJevisio n and in the movies. b ut b eliev e me, h e isn ' t the le ast bit concei te d. Come o n . h ave a heart. He is d ving to m e et yo u . Pe r f or m a n ce by B ail ey (408) 262-3388 (2 TJ I '124 218<1 BELISLE)S RESTAURANT 12001 Harbor Blvd, Garden Grove , Calif, We're N OT all ANGELS just motorcyclists Some of our oth er specials; DIRT BIKE W EST s.,., :::"~:c._ Ch id,'o/ f " i ,"m l SI ,'I1 /{: ( :o llli l r y r ~ '" H~ E 12131 ( ; , u;. 'o' ) ' 11" '\ / "'1/ S t'y l,' Ht't f St ,'ll.' J//1/I1m H·HQ. Hl'I' lll i lJ_ \ ;r: So "th " ", \ I yl ,' ··Chi' -!.('II ' (Jl d l-"l\ l,i fl " .\ k at I .OIIf "' OJ ORC l'Cl ES ltlEX1C A'" CONOUEROR" ~I c.no:~ ~.~C::, A : E.T•.CYCLE SALES 1 mile south of Disneyland R eal dow n Ho~ e Coun try Cooking Spe cializing in a heart y app etit e ( );< , " / H " Sw i n n"',' £:: /) umpl i u/:.\ " ."it o ';t!o{ Recomm ended by OCMC Biggest ea ters You are never to early or to late O pen 24 hours Betcha Can't eat here just once..

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