Ups & Downs
Ups & Downs
UP: To Los Angeles-based New Times magazine, for its entertaining cover story on the 1999 Willow Springs 24-Hour. Typical was author Michael Gougis' description of a nighttime pit stop: "Fresh riders, anxious to rejoin the fight, pin their throttles open leaving the pits; bikes with their blinding racks of headlights slam past just a few feet away in a mechanical crescendo that drowns out the incessant jackhammer sound of the generators powering the pit lights. It is like watching from the deck of an aircraft carrier as it flings jet fighters into the night sky." We couldn't have said it better.
DOWN: To the earth-weenies, for their proposed shutdown of OHV rid ing areas. A coalition of more than 90 preservation groups has peti tioned the U.S. Forest Service to re evaluate its nationwide trait system. If the petition is granted, motorized vehicles will not be allowed on feder al, state or county dirt roads unless those areas undergo environmentalimpact studies. What's more, all roads and traits must be evaluated within the next three years. Other wise, the areas will be closed until the assessments are complete.
UP: To the two enterprising Canadi an youths who found a way to profit from bucking the system. Their plan was foolproof: One boy stood up the road from a speed trap holding a sign alerting motorists to its presence, white the other stood down the road with a bucket marked "Tips"
