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Show I 'I- ) i & People T1IE SAMPLER Friday, Oct. 24, 1980 4 Jim Rouths card Have motorcycle- - wilt travel motorcycle clubs. I ONCE traveled. 300 miles one way to attend, he adds. That kind of support is not uncommon, says Routh, because there is a special kind of comrader-i- e that exists between fellow cyclists. Everybody feels something for every other rider, he says. I once broke down, he continued, . and as I was getting ready to repair the problem there was three or four riders standing over the hike saying they would do it. So I sat on the railing and watched THE FACT is, Routh says, I could return today and take up where I left off without skipping a beat. Or a meal, for that matter. I was always eating an Italian breakfast somewhere liecause I had been late getting back from a rally and a family put me up for the night. Living only 20 miles from the Alps, his trips were almost always scenic as they were friendly. As he says, I just like the basics; good weather, some fast cornering and a lot of relaxation. In his time, though, Routh hasnt always been this relaxed riding a bike. Motocross in his day wasnt the Cadillac comfort it is today. Stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas, from 1971-7- 6, the a club to which raced other sergeant belonged groups of riders representing the Air Force, Navy and Marines. A SORT of Texas shoot-ou- t occurred every racafternoon. ing The shoot-ou- t, however, wasnt a picnic. You had to have plenty of physical stamina to do it, he course points out. "Once, we raced a seven-mil- e for three hours. But the usual schedule was three races a day, 45 minutes a race. After that, all you wanted to A) was drink some Gatorade and crash. But Routh says he quit for two other reasons. MOTORCROSS is very specialized, he began. If you dont have a sponsor to buy you the best equipment, you never have much success. Routh didn't have either. He also just outgrew the sport and looked to other interests besides racing motorcycles. And besides, he says grudgingly, Im not 27. any more, am I? Over tlie last 10 years, SSG Jim Hoi it h has gotten urouiul. tours of duty have afforded him the opportunity to traverse the roadways of Mexico, Italy; .Switzerland. Germany and several other European countries. THOKCII the road signs have changed, his companion on these journeys has not. He it a Doucoti 450, a Yamaha 050 or even a dirt has been Kouth's way of life hike, since he was 13. As such, the sergeant has ridden quite a numlier of motorcycles starting with a mini-hik- e to his re' based Yamaha XS 11(K). the biggest pu.-cently hike Yamaha manufactures. Mis two-wheelin- g the AS ROUTH'S hikes have changed over course of the years, so have his interests. When he licgan, he rode mainly on the streets, lie turned to dirt hike's later on with his involvement with moturcross. With his transfer to Vinccnza, Italy in K)76, Koulh was introduced to the sport of touring. "Touring," he says, is packing up whatever you'll need on a trip, loading it on the hike and taking off for rides wherever vou want to go. while he was overseas, the sergeant liecame interested in building his own hikes for touring. "1 enjoyed taking apart hikes that had been neglected and putting them hack together in A- -l condition." he explained. 1 would fix them up the way I liked them and then sell them. Hut the money I received was put aside to buy another hike I only biiild hikes to match my expectations; never for profit." A Doucati 450 was his first challenge, though challenge could lie understating it just a hit. WITH THE Doucati, 1 had to order parts." he explains. "The Italian people, however, couldn't understand what 1 was talking alHiut. Kouth ended up. using sign language and a good deal of drawings to get his point across. But he couldii't do this when he. needed to know where the jiart when on the motorcycle. Ilie sergeant ended up making quite few friends simply liecause he needed to find out a where the part fit. It was pretty much trial and error in those days," he smiles. lie-cau-se SSG Jim Routh stands beside the Yamaha 650 he traveled to Mexico on a few weeks ago. f.;-1 - : - v & . 30-year-- TIIE sergeant, however, isnt too old to stop THE DOUCATI finally ended up being repainted with a completely engine, new More recently, he and two friends took a trip down to Mexico to attend the 10th anniversary of the Aspencade Motorcyclist conven- tion. THEY HAD all sorts of contests, he remembered, and displayed the 1981 bike models. Since four to five thousand motorcycles showed up this year, Routh says that he sport is finally beginning to break away from the image bike riders held a few years ago. Oh, there are still your two percenters (rowdies). But now we have doctors and lawyers riding, too. Even the clergy has taken up the sport. Apparently, motorcycle riding fever is hitting all the places Routh left behind years ago. eyes. "It was a fantastic place to he a motorcycle enthusiast." he asserts. "You meet all kinds of people, anil they are some .of the easiest folks in the world to get along with. Nationalities dont mean a thing, he adds. Booth joined a club while stationed in Vinccnza anil .says we used to take off Sundays and go to rallies, which are gatherings in certain towns for Dugway to b dnrs r 2 j ' 1 'in . K r VvT m 2100-mil- e . FFnr ' 11 , touring and that, besides building bikes, is exactly what he's going to do from now on. In April, he participated in a ride to Wendover. re-hu- ilt electrical wiring. and the front end done entirely in chrome. , With the Yamaha 650. which he purchased later in his tour. Booth has been adding to it ever since lie's had it, changing things just the way he wants them. His new ll(K) will have a European look, he says, when it's finally ready to ride in the spring. THE SUBJECT of Europe lights up Routh's 4 .is 'jk . Routh does some work on the Yamaha 1100 he hopes to be riding next spring. Treeed in plan two-ye- ar ... By Sgt. Dave Pinnick k-- 3 A .SCv ' J2T vAfiv' V 1! ii ' - s management and beautification plan; rW Pi In the first three weeks of this plan. Sonny Deuel, and two-ye- -- . . - t I n p V During the next two years about 700 trees will be planted in the English Village areas, as part of a land 'A: ' ' ' 4 fl i ' ' "r . . Greig Moe, have already transplanted 60 trees on post, and will continue planting trees until 9 Nov. when they have to return the special machine that they Have been using. THE STRANGE looking device is locked into position and used to remove the tree, its main root, and wedge shaped piece of soil in which its growing. It is then transferred to the site where a previously dug s ' ' v ,,V ar wedged-shape- Easy does it, a tree is removed from the ground, cork popping out of a bottle. as if it were a hole awaits it. Once transplanted the tree is straightened, watered, and soil around the base packed down. cluding in front of the PX and gym. There will be a line of trees planted near the Facilities Engineers build- Of the 700 trees scheduled to be planted, 400 will be taken from Fries Park and some from Terra. The rest will be purchased, when it is time to ing and behind the Child Care Center and the Capehart. Housing area, .along with the Air Force head- - put them in. Juniper, Chinese Elm, Mulberry and Maple trees will be planted at quarters. There will be spot planting of various places cm post. JUNIPER trees will be planted on the housing area outer perimeter as a windbreaks. They will also be used to line the north ride of Stark Road from the Security Office in English Village to the Main Gate, and from the Main Gate to the golf course on the south ride. Other kinds of trees will be placed maintain other yards and trees in ' . between the bowling area parking lot and Ware Baracks, on the school ground sides, east and west on School Street. Also in a triangle between the PX, gym, and chapel, in Ma- ple, Elm and Mulberry all over the English area, but' Deuel said he may transplant more Juniper from Terra, if the ones hes already planting do well. Deuel stated the Juniper was a hearty plant that needs little water to get started, but can fend for itself without a sprinkler system used to . housing. Although Deuel has to return the transplanting machine, Dugway is in the process of purchasing its own which should be here in the early spring. IN THE meantime, Deuel and Moe, will be tending their tree farm located beside number 2 fairway at the gplf course,' and removing seedlings in housing that are located too close to the houses, and putting them in the tree farm area. They will be allowed to grow, until they area ready to be transplanted to other areas on post. In order to transplant the trees successfully, they must be moved in late fall, winter, and early spring, according to Deuel. Using this procedure,. Deuel believes over 90 of the trees will make it and within a few years will have more green shady trees around and in it, making this truly an oasis in the desert. Dug-wa- y BONNEVILLE MOTORS USED TRUCK Be SPECIALS! 1978 FORD COURIER T bed, 1976 5 speed w.v. 5 WAS 4495 NOW 3795 ... SW .. lag FORD 14 TON Loaded. 4 speed WAS 3995 NOW 3495 sSssSSiaa 1976 FORD ft TON 6 cyl, with shell. WAS 2995 NOW 2495 ft TON 1975 DODGE 4 speed 1973 FORD WAS 2195 NOW 1595 ft 4x4, 4 spd. v TON . . . WAS 2695 NOW 1695 No. Main Greig Moe watches as Sonny Deuel positions the planted from Fries Park, to English Village. 882-057- 2 - b tree-transplanti- ng machine on a tree to be trans- |