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Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/141060
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I read with interest your article on
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not too su rp rised to find that they had
'" . changed the stock forks to a Rickman
set-up. the stock fo rks are so weak that
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start a good
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s someone couldbut straightening business
doing nothing
them. I
~ was a little more surprised to find a
w Triumph ad in the next issue stating
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w that th e Triumph team had done well
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o with these bikes at the Potosi Trials .
>- bikes with "very minor changes" they
o said. I think a would-be Triumph 500
buyer would think of a $150 set of
forks as mo re than a "very m ino r
change."
Of course, tha t ad wasn'ras bad as
the one in the Feb. 13 issue stating that
the Rickman that qualified fastest at the
Houston national was a STOCK
Rickman . Mos t people knew that bike
had a Boyd and Stellings
frame .
Rickman knew, Cycle News knew.
I also noticed in the sa me issue that
had the Triumph team bikes a story o n
page seve n stating th at Po meroy had
won t he first 250 G ran d Prix , then on
page 12 I see a Maico ad stating th at
Han s Maisc h won th e sa me race. Well,
m ay be th ey read The Latest Poo p on
page seven also, it stated, in so many
words, t hat Han s Maisch had indeed
won the race o n a Maico,
I though t editors we re supposed to
straigh ten out th ings like the "Pomeroy
or Maisch" confusion before the paper
gets printed. And is it the policy of
Cycle Ne ws to print ads that they know
a re misleading, in the case of the
Triu mph. or fraudlent ads, as in the case
of the Rickman? Looks like Cycle News
is growing up. "Cycle World" style.
TERRY HANDELN
San Francisco, Calif.
WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES
WHIZZ-Z-Z
O ne th in g I' ve neve r see n m en ti oned
in the green stickie controversy is this:
When you decide to change rear fenders,
and therefo re try to peel off the sticker
to put on the new fender, it decides to
come off in a thousand pieces. So, like a
good citizen should, you run down to
the DMV, explain the situation. and
find that you have to shell out another
$3 fo r a replacement. You know. it
seems that for $15 a shot in the first
place, we should get (at least) a sticker
that can change fenders when you want
to.
When 'l asked the clerk where the 53
would go, he see med baffled and
co u ld n ' t give me an answer. Neither
could anyone else in the office. I've
decided not to pay till I do find out,
and from lo o kin g at all the nothings
we've gotten so far, I'm wondering if it
was w o rth it to pay th e 515 in the first
place.
.
Does anybody know where this 53
replacem en t fee is goi ng to?
DAVE GA RDNER
Ba rstow, Calif.
It goes to DMV, fo r expenses...Ed.
I recen tly acq uired a m o t orcycle
which I haven't ever seen before and
was wondering if I m igh t receive some
information on this bike. I t is called a
\\' hizzer , and as near as I can tell, it is
about 20 years old. If there is anyone
who can tell me anything about it. I
would be very satisfied. The bike is
almost original except for the seat.
which was taken off, A new ,
homemade one was put on in its place.
lt looks like the bike was used for a
paper route, and the paper carrier is still
intact. There are still fan belts on it an d
the springer front end.
Please see if there is anyone who
migh t be familiar wi th it so I can fix it
up and then sell it, or maybe use it as
my new desert thumper. Vespa Beware.
JOHN D URB IN
545 W. Randall
Rial t o . Calif. 92376
WHERE'S OUR GOLD, ACE?
O n Ma rch 3rd, we raced t he A.C .E .
Desert E uropean Scrambles near Cali f.
City.
Upon finis hing we were told to call
in two weeks for our trophies. We did
and was told t hey would mail the
trophies (gave the n am es, address etc.) .
Since then we h ave not received our
Lucky yo u. The Wh izzer was Am er ican mad e
and is lo ng o ut of b usin ess. Wh iz zer fans ,
please con tact Mr. Durban ... Ed .
NEW BIKE BOOK OUT
A no te fi rst and forem o st to th ank
you fo r your h elp an d gui dance th is p ast
year while I wo rk ed o n my bo o k on
motorcycling. E ntitled BIKE FEVE R,
th e book will be published by Fo llett
Pub lishing Co mpany of Chicago o n June
10 .
For m an y years I have been planning
and h opin g for the opportunity to write
a book about m o t o rcycl ing that no t
only captures the exhilaration of the
o f tnese guys an d gals who ma ke it all
worth while.
BERT BOT T A
San Francisco, Calif.
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