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30 SCORPION TRYOUT from page 28 c ruising. It wheelies at a ny speed whe n yo u want it to, j ust by twisting the th rottle and lifting th e bars. The s teel c lutc h is, a s fa r a s we know, indestructible. The brak es a re fin e and shif ting ge a rs is a pos itive de li ght. Fact that it is a one- kic k start er and th e passionat e e xha ust sound c onvi nce us it meets the road require ments. How a bout t he dirt? Aha! See those forks ? Spanish C erianis (act ua lly , T eles c o, a copy of th e Ceriani design). Unbolt the li ghts, unsnap the wires (t he re is no batt ery), c ha nge rear sprockets for maximum d ig and look out , Malco lm... Viva . her e we come! F ortunat e ly, not all ab out t he Sc orpion is pe rfect , or e lse Kimball would ha ve no thin g to do a ll ye a r but fill orde rs . The brak e pe da l allo ws yo ur to e to s li p off in e mergen cies . Need s an e xt ra bend at t he tip. The air cl eaner isn't quite ye t up to California's dusty demands (why not us e s ome of that s pace behind th e pane lin g for an e normous filt e r?). T he se a t req ui re s just one more inc h of foam rubb e r padding. And th ere is one bot he rsom e flat spot in t he acce leration c urve (a bout 2500-3000 rpm at a guess) that sal es rep . Erni e Aragon c laims a few bolton goodi es will c ure . All th e s peed equipment ac c essories a re availabl e from Montesa dealers t o turn th e Scorpion into a LaCross Scrambler -tuned racing exhaust, high-compression head , bigger carburetlon. The buyer has his choic e of tire s, inc lude d in the price, and the machine comes with . a kit of tools , in c a se yo u wond er ed. - by C.C . ~rd ANNUAL NATIONAL TWO DAYTONA CHAMPS TO CARLSBAD AMA RACE CYCLE WORLD MOTORCYCLE SHOW IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL CUSTOM CAR SHOW - LOS ANGELES SPORTS ARENA APRIL 28, 29,IO&MAY1 See over 400 of the world's motorcycles and scooters plus hundreds of accessories special equipment In dudin all 1966 models, road and track racers, fabulous g customs, dragsters & record holders. The largest, most complete motorcycle show in America: DON1 MISS IT! YAMAHA INVITES YOU TO VISIT THEIR BOOTH 1113 tin 1& AND INSPECT THE FABULOUS TD-1 winner of 8 out of 10 first places at Daytona in both 1965 and 1966 0 ,1_ Joe Leona,d (In ear), fla nked by VP of Yamaha safes Richard Holmbe'E (I), AAR head Dan GU'''y and 0 1,. 01 Yamaha Public Relations Ji m Jlngu. Carlsbad Raceway 0 wn e r Sandy Belond announced this week that not one. but both of the recent Daytona In- ternational Speedway winners will be at Carlsbad for the May 15th road race. 200-mile champion Buddy Elmore and i oo-mn e 250cc winner Bobby Winters will both be here- for the first professional cycle road race to be held in the state sin ce 1958. The EI Paso, Texas and Ft . Smith, Arkansas riders will make a s pecia l trip to California for this one event only, before again headi ng back eas t for the coming national AMA circuit that starts on May 29th in Wisconsin. Elmore and Winters both se t new course records at Daytona in March. Both are being brought to Calif. es pecially to ride on the official Yamaha factory racin g team in the Carl sbad event on May 15tb. They are al s o expecte d to e nte r the big bike race. Elmore will ride Triumph while W inters will probably be BSA-mounted. The two Daytona winners will joi n Ralph White and Buddy Elmore to bring the Yamaha tea m up to full strength for the ir second challe nge from the Suzuki factory team of Dick Hammer and Dan Haaby, and the Har ley-Davids on entries of M LawwUl and Ca l Rayborn. ert • YAMAHA'S INDY EAGLES In a jo int announcement made at the Los Angeles Statl er Hilt on Hotel. April 21, Yamaha International Corporation , one of the world' s lea ding motorcycle manufacturers, and All American Race rs , headed by Dan Gurney and Carroll Shelby , announced thei r major s ponso r tieup for the forthcoming Indianapolis 500 race on May 30. Thi s is the seco nd yea r in a row that Yamaha sponso red the Dan Gurney race team. This organization is known as All American Rac ers Inc .. and their highpowered s p e c i a I racers are calle d " Ea gles " . Mr. Hideto Eguchi , Vice Presid ent, stat ed, "For this yea r we are pleased that we are s ponso ring five A.A.R. Eagl es, and we have nominated Joe Leonard to pilot the Yamaha Eagle. W e are very impressed with Leonard' s driving ability and his rapid progress is being watched by the thousa nds of motorcycle enthusiasts who .know him better as America 's 3-time national motorcycle champion." . J im J ingu, Director of P ublic Relatio ns , added: "Joe "was a familia r sight around the motorcyc le racing ci rcuit of America for many yea rs. His familiar #98 was seen at s uch premier racing events a" Lac onia , Daytona Beach, Dodge City and Ascot." When asked the cost of the project, grins Jingu, "32 million ye n." •