Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

We wer e sa dde ned to hea r o f th e dea th of Au stin , Texa s, motocrosser Carl Beers. Beer s, a lo ng- ti m e centra l T exas com pe titor, was a fr iend ly face at the races for ma n y a nd a competi - to r and fri end to o ne o f our sta ffers. H e had been in a co ma since O ct. 3, 1982. aft er a fall in a lo cal ra ce. H e turned 19 whil e in th e hospi tal and d ied Ma y 12, 1983. Godspeed Carl. . . Frank Word III (H- D) was t he win- ner of the rescheduled Bo ise . 10. regional IT. be sting Ron Yama- moto (Yam ) and M ickey Fay (Han) i n the Expert ma in event. Honda- mounted Dan Bennett won the Ju- niorevent. M ike Arthur (Yam ) won the Novice feature . Fans headi ng up for th e Ma y 2 1-22 San J o se Camel P ro Ser ies Na tiona ls can rub elbows with the Harley- Da vid so n fac tory tea m o f J ay Spring- steen, Ra n dy Goss a nd Sco tt P a r ker . They ' ll be a t Sam Arena H a rl ey- Da vid son o n Frida y even i ng, May 20, be tween 5 and 8 p .m . T h e shop is located o ne mile so u th o f the Sa nta Cla raCo u n ty Fairgrounds on Mo n - terey Ro a d. Speaking of San Jose. a reminder that the short track National will run Saturday night. May 21. at 8 p .m. The following day's Kawa- saki mile will start at 2 p .m. The Santa Clara County Fairgrounds are located on Tully Road just west of U .S. 101 . Two-time World Speedway Cham - pion Bruce Penhall will be ba ck .in hi s leathers and o n a spe ed way bike Wednesday, Ma y 18. Now before yo u start th inking th at the sta r of th e recentl y ca ncel ed N BC series CH iPs is trying to make a co m eba ck, yo u sh ould know th at P en h a ll is only go in g to put in a n exhibition per- formance a t a special benefi t race a t 'jo h n La Do uch er 's In land Motorcy- cl e Speedwa y in San Berna rdin o , Calif. The proceeds from th e event will go to " Pa r tners," an organiza- tion which wo rk s with dis advantaged a nd abused children . For informa- tion . ca ll 213/446-0969 . An d don 't feel too sorry about Bru ce 's show bei n g can cel ed. From wha t P apa hea rs, "The Fox " sh o u ld n ' t be o ut of work too long . POST ENTRY: On-leave Cycle New.' Dealer Sales Manager Nancy Emde Bragger and husbend Fred are the proud parents of ' daughter Kelly. born May 16. Kelly passed weigh-in and tech at seven pounds, 14 ounces. and 21 inches in length . Parents and daughter are all doing well; no word on when Kelly will make he r first Day- tona appearance. T he Ca lifo rnia Off-High wa y Mo tor Vehi cle Recreat ion Com- missio n m et fo r th e secon d tim e at P ismo Beach on May 6. Com- m ission er s M ik e Bishop, Dr. Steve Ca sagrande, Ma rt in Co ren , Chairman Jim L ivermore, J ohn Motley and Marge Sutton . p ius O R V veh icle u sers a nd inter ested p a rt ies d ep arted fo r th e first i tern o f b usiness, a tour o f th e Pi sm o Bea ch SVR A. On th e re tu rn o n th e bea ch goi ng th ro ugh Arroyo G ran de Cr eek , th e Commissioner s got a fir st-ha nd view of th e co nd it io n o f the sa n d a nd how soft it is for every bod y to tra vel in order to ge t to th e sa nd dunes. The C omm i s si on er s crossed A rroyo G ra n d e C reek at th e wid est p o int , seeing a ll o f th e to w tru cks that sit and wa it for unsuspecting user s to ge t stuck. Once we cro ssed O so Fl a co C ree k. th e lega l boundary for OHV u se, we were give n a tour o f th e Gaud- a lupe Dunes. Kathl een God da rd Jones ga ve a report o f th e resou rce protec- ti on problems tha t aff ea thi s area a n d O so Fl a co Lake. Aft er tra versin g several of th e dunes, we stop pe d for lu nc h a t th e Maidenform Flats. Dur- in g our lu nch break , Commissioner Mike Bis h o p m ad e avail abl e two ATVs to th e Commissioners so th ey cou ld rid e a nd experience first-hand what it is like riding the d u nes. Commissions Ma rg e Sutton . Marty Coren and Dr. S teve Casagra nd e a ll rod e. Everybody thoro ugh ly enjoyed thi s experience a nd better und ers tood wh a t th e OHV u ser s enjoy so m uch in the d u nes . Our n ext s to p wa s Ca lenda r Ro ad. This si te is a proposed si te for a sta g - in g a rea wh ere it was reported b y Dave Keck' tha t th is co u ld be a n ar ea where res ta u ra n ts and su p port sto res for off-road veh icles cou ld be installed. Th e Problem in th is a rea was th at U n io n Oil Co . is stro ng ly aga ins t th e usin g o f thi s entra nce because o f th e reserve th at th ey ha ve set up. T he n ext s top wa s th e "sta bles " a rea . T his a rea is p ropo sed for a stag- ing a rea a nd a n e ntry to the d un es. The co n fl ic t would be that prime agricu lt ura l land wo u ld haye to ~e u sed in orde r to accom phsh th is o bjective. T he fi na l stop wa s O ceano Ca mp- gro und wh er e it was show n that a stagi ng area co u ld be set u p in th e interi m in o rde r to accom modate the ve h icl es th a t co me in to the P ism o SVRA . Evening meeting Chairman Jim L iverm ore opened th e m eeting a n d because of th e eno r- mous amount o f p u b lic particia pation - in th e 200 s - Livermore immedi - atel y we nt into the g overnmental agencies, gi ving th ei r repor ts, local govern me nt, California Coa stal Com- mission, a nd p ubli c co m me nts. It was a p pa rent th a t there wa s not more th an o ne g ro u p wh o favored one spe- cific entra nce into P ism o SV RA . It wa s agreed by a ll concerned t~at so me th ing has to be done to provide a n a lternate a ccess to th e du nes other than th e P ier Avenue en tra nce . J im R yer son inform ed th e Comm ission- ers tha t th e Coas ta l Commissio n 's pe rmit wa s issu ed a nd a review in six m on th s shou ld be made as to what p rogress ha d bee n done on the reco'!1- me ndations of the Coastal Commis- sio n to Parks a nd R ecrea tion . H e a d m itted tha t so me progress ha s bee n made with regard to OH V action in th e southern portion of the p roj ect. Mr . R yer son stated th a t a task forc e o f P arks and Recrea tion Sta rr. headed by Ro ss H en ry . and Coas~1 Com- mission sta ff would be meen ng Ma y 9 a t th e South Count y Ce nt er . H enry reported that a t th is meeting th e P arks a nd Recrea tio n Dep a rt m ent wo ul d request a n inc rease of ca m p - sites of fro m 500 to 1000 : tha t th e southern boundary be moved to th e sout he rn edge of o ur exis ting bo u n- dary; a nd th a t so me fen ce ali~~ment be mad e closer 10 th e veg eta n on . Publ ic a nd govern me nta l testimo n y co nti n ued with SLO Co unty a nd U n io n O il re presenta tives favo rin g th e O so Fl a co en tra nce a nd o p posing th e Ca le n dar R oa d ent ra nc e. To co u nt er, St a te Fi sh a n d G ame came ou t aga ins t th e O so Fl a co entra n ce, a nd th e Ma yor of Pi sm o Beach went o n record in ' fa vor of the Ca le nda r Roa d si te. CORVA a nd Di stric t 37 represen- ta tives a rgued fo r th e O so Fl a co area as th e primary entra nce. Ed W a ldhe im a lso brough t u p the prob le m of th e to wing from P ier Aven ue 10 Arroyo G rand e Cr eek. It seem s tha t a n ybody coming.thro~gh the Pi er Avenue ent ra nce I S ta kin g ch a n ces in being a ble to g et out wi.th - o u t being tow ed. a nd th at towm g services a re act ing lik e vultures o n thei r prey, d em andin g high fees from a m inimum of 50 to as much a t S1800 to pull o u t a rnotorhom e. Jt was suggested that so me th ing has to be don e on this very quickl y. It was al so sugges ted th at th e camping be ra ised f~om 500 to 150.0 with specia l emphas is made o n tra di- tiona l hol ida ys. Morning meeting The Commissio ne rs reconve ned a nd Carol H a ll ett, directo r o f Parks a nd Recrea tio n . gave h er report. She s ta ted th a t th e b udget seems to be in good sha pe; th a t maj or hurd les ha ve been ove rco me wit h o n ly four pos i- tio ns r em oved w hi ch P arks a n d R ecrea tio n will ac t upon. H all ett a lso em p hasized legis la tive issues that the Comm issioner s sho u ld be a wa re o f suc h as Sen a te Bill 156 for th e repa ym em o f O H V m oney; Assembl y Bi ll 596, which wo u ld prohibi t sta te a genci es fro m bu ying foreig~ made m o torcycles; a n d Assembl y Bill 2029, w hich wou ld be a bond ac t for $340 m ill io n . H all ett sugges ted th at th e next meeting shou ld be in Sa n Diego a nd th at th e Com m iss io ne rs set up su b-c o m mi ttees on var io us co ncerns ' such as fees, co ncess io ns, opera tions , p la n ni ng and acq uisition. tra il s. local gra nts. coopera tive agreements a nd a m in u te co m mi ttee. Chairman's report C hairman L iverm ore sta ted that the Commiss io ners a ll received their packets o f informa tion with reso lu- tio ns a nd o the r m aterial just pri or to their m eeting. It wa s th e feeling o f all tha t th ey hav e to recei ve in format io n at lea st two to three week s before th e m eet ing so th at th ey would h ave a n opportunit y to go through a nd review every thing th at w i ll be brough t up at the meeti ng. Livermore was a lso upset th at th e Coasta l Comm ission wa s ha vi n g a m eet ing o n Ma y 9 a nd th e OHV Com missioner s were no t even a wa re of th is u nt il i t wa s br o u ght up a t th e m eet in g th e ni ght before. Th is is a n o the r exa m p le o f DPR 's ac tion to wi th ho ld informa tio n from th e new co m missi o ne rs. Sounds lik e th e o ld CO H V Adv isory Committee days to me . Committee reports Dr. Steve Casagran de reported that th e 'ru les a nd regu lations would be ge nera lly acc ep ted as th ose used by th e P a r ks a nd Recrea ti on Commis- sio n . It was recommen ded that thei r m eetings be h eld th e fourt h Fr ida y of January. March , Ma y, Jul y. Septem- ber a nd November, wi th th e excep- ti o n o f a separate date to be se t wh en these meetings fall on a h ol ida y. A presentation was made by Mi ke Naug hton on th e Fra nk Ra i ne~ Pa rk which is in Stan lislaus C unty 111 Del P uerto Can yon . This project ha s been a n d OHV area with about 400 acres and developers a re th inking about tu rn in g thi s into a sub-divisio n . Th e urgency was bro ugh t to th e Co~m is sio ners o n th e need to acq u ire a n a dd i tio na l 2600 ac res so that th is co ul d be in co rp o ra ted into a n SV RA for the fu ture. Action o n thi s was referred to su b-co m mi ttee. Pismo Dunes SVRA L iverm or e o pe ned the P ism o Bea ch discussions by sugges ti ng th at th e Department negot iat e with the ow ners of "the sta bles " o n a n agreement to excha nge the sta bles for properties owned by th e OHV fund a t O so Fla co La ke. Th is a rea o f th e SVR A is un - . ·1 •• usa b le, pa rtic u lar ly th e " le tt uce field s" as the Fish a nd Game gro u p a nd the Co a s ta l Commiss io n a re adamantly opposed to OHV recrea- tion in that a rea . Chairman Liv er - m ore a lso suggest ed th at th e " J a ck- bilt .. property so u th o f Os o Fl aco La ke ow ned by th e OHV fund be exc ha ng ed for th e dun e preserve a rea . The ad va ntage is that s ince both th e a fo re me nt io ne d ent i ti es s t ro n g ly o p pose opening th e Jackbilt prop- erty. the SV RA could be exp~nd~'

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