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4 ( Continued irom page 1) As soon as the winner of the I.V M.C. Hare SCrambles reined in his mount, we prevailed upon Husqvarna distributor Edison Dye . to let us try it across the rocky dunes. Ed says this is the forerunner of a de termin ed assault on the American sportinp; market by the Swed ish factory. Only forty bikes a month of the works replica moto-cross machine will be available for a wh ile. Naturally the factory wants to win where it counts, so for the present, Californ ia will get them all. • • • • 250 HUSQVARNA TRYOUT Still warm from victory, the 250cc single started on the first kick. Star ter is on the left, shift on the right. Down for low. T he gear box feels stiff, but positive. The clu tch had "grown'lduring the race, but shpped not. With our limited ability we were only able to stretch out 3rd l{ear • to th e limit running cross-grain over the dun es. At that spee d (we'd guess 50-60 mph) the front wheel has to spend a lot of time off the ground, The Husqvama feels very reassuring in this attitude. The I!}" front wheel simply becames weightless and, despite really fierce acceleration, there isn't a tendency to rare back. In other words, it's a one-wheel wonder . Picking a path through hum mocks and brush becomes more difficult at higher speeds. As long as one can steer with the thro ttle , it is a beautiful bike to control, and it should prove qui te as spec tacular • on our TT courses as it is in European moto cross championship s. Being of functional, Swedish design, it is not surprising that the Husky works racer is sanita ry in its essentia ls. The fra me HOD BlLITV \5 a way of-lWeI is two wide diameter tubes joined by pressed steel zussets. 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