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.. ¥ ¥ ¥ACROSS BAJA WITH 50cc¥ ¥ ¥ ,... .. ...................• :INSURANCE ~ THE MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE • Q" WRITER : ~ It : • Since 1937 • It You can Insure throu&hJour dealer agent, It or write us direct. Also, larp duler It savings on all business coverag.. .. "'" It 34471l0TOR AVE.iL.A. 90034 136-521 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA • .. 1268 Lincoln Ave. San J aH, CallL .. .. 293-8085 SEATTLE. Washln&tOll It It Douglas-llaJllard It It • It It It It It 9027 So 35th Av.. SOW. • .ie:.~e. . . • W.Js.eo•• •• :~ .... THE IoIAELY FLAT TRACK SPECIAL RACING aOOTS. S'" hi.h, laced• • e'aht 2 Ibs. $15.95 pelr plus CMllr c.o.d. post... KEN MAELY the sboeman Route 2, Bol 75B, Corona, Calif. Irk tj~ _118, - MORP MUsCLe foryour HONDA NO SPACERS - READY TO BOLT·IN frijoles and tortillas. The trail later paralleled the mountains. bringing them close to the Pacific side of Baja. Near the sea the trail was sandy, which made it easier for motorcycle and rider. However, here is where disaster struck one of the group. Entering El Arco the piston skirt broke on the machine Bill Blakeslee was riding, thereby dashing his hopes. El Arcb is about the half way point of the trip. Then There Was One Having previously decided what to do in a situation like this, John Klocker continued alone. That evening he entered the worst part of the trip, near San Ignacio - about forty miles of rocks that made riding the pegs mandatory. Spending the night there, John refueled and continued the next morning. Later that day he encountered a flock of vultures following an old man struggling along the trail. John offered his canteen, the old man drained it and was revived and the vultures would have to wait. Near the twin cities Of Comundu, Jose and Migllel, the country was semitropical and very lush. Here the road was a river. Next stop was santo Domingo, for fuel and the local beer. The second night on the trail brought an attack from wild dogs. They charged out of the black niebt and, had their efforts been successful, John would have WOlD1d up as ·tacos for El Lobo." With bis adrenelin up he outran the dogs and ran straight into more trouble: about thtrty miles of zero visibility fog, which cut the speed to that of walking. After that. the last 100 miles were comparatively easy. John entered the city at about 12:30 that night. He went straight to a motel for a hot shower and clean sheets, and then ate all the turtle steak he could hold. While KlockeJ was enjoying his repast of turtles, Blakeslee was figuring out how to get home with his dead motorcycle. In El Areo, rumor had it that an air cargo DQ-3 made a stop in a salt mining port called Guerro Negro, just thirty miles away. For 180 pesos he got a ride in an ancient truck, and stepped out four hours later in probably the toughest town in Baja. Guerro Negro processes salt from the sea and ships it out on giant sbips to aU parts of the world. The population is comprised of laborers, trucll drivers anll saUors. Down the road a few miles is a supporting town, called La Bomhas, wbose mtire population is comprised of ladies of suspected virtue. After working hours, when the two towns merge, it' ~ one giant rip-snorting town. Bill and his machine shared the Gooney Bird (DC03) with about a ton of freshly cut clam meat. all the way to the border. So ended an adventure that proves motorcycles have unlimited possibilities. It's not only the places a bike can take you, it's the way they do it that makes them so unique. With bikes, a great deal of money is not needed either; this episode would be hard to duplicate at any price without the magical motorcycle. UI'N"~ M,I Us. plus C.O.D. & Pastage Send IIoot or carlloanl ~ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • Filtron Air Filters, Judson Prods. • glass tanks '" seats, John Cooper", : • • Big John Boots. : • e (10.5 & 12.5:1 STD. 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MIl _ . ,In cell .ltIIIps POWROLL PERFORMANCE ~: P.O. 110.926, Dept. ~l Bead1 Or.. 97701, Tel: 503-3lI2-639~ COIIlI'lCTE CTCU MACH...E ~ 10Cl% fl"AHCING Oft U, TO 36 MO$. • IHSUftMCE AVA'lA8U LAWNDALE ~ : ~ JOHN W. MAYNARD It • It • 2; It : The latest attempt on the grueling 1000-mile trip from Tijuana to La Paz was recently made on the smallest possihle motorcycles. Los Angeles dealer. John Klocker of Klocker's Cycles teamed UP with CYCLE NEWS correspondent Bill Blakeslee. The pair rode lSDT replica Hercules of fifty cubic centimeters displacement. The one machine that completed the trip did so in an elapsed time of seventy hours and thirty minutes. city to city. Starting at 2:00 a.m. Monday the 26th of February, they left Tijuana on the good road to Ensenada. about 67 miles away. The pavement lasted about 100 miles and then changed to gravel and chuck holes. It was what the map describes as "improved road.· At the end of this "turnpike· is the village of El Rosario, known as the end of civilization. After refueling their bikes and enjoying a lunch of huevos frijoles and tortillas (eggs, beans, and what passes for bread), they left in high spirits. The road gradually deteriorates to the point that it becomes only discernible because it is rougher than the surrounding country. Across valley floor and over mountain ranges the road changes along with the type of terrain. Rock mountains mean a rock road and sandy river bottoms mean deep sand. Where the road meets an obstacle it simPly goes around rather than in a straight line. Come night fall. the .!lair was still going strong. About ten o'clock t.hat night they approached a dry lake called Laguna Seca Chapala, where the road splits into a hundred different directions. seems that each passing Mexican had a different idea about which was the best way to continue. While they seached for the correct one. a breeze sprang up that quickly turned into a raging" chubasco,· or sand storm. Riding against this was like facing a shotgun hlast. Shelter appeared in the form of a tiny rancho where the travelers were graciously invited to spend the night. on the hard cold floor. At dawn the storm died down and the cair continued on their way al!:ain. Across the lake and UP and over a table-like "mesa· they SOon got to the next fuel stop, Punta Prieta, in time for more ~ ~,{CLE 15324 HAWTHORNE BLVD. LAWNDALE, CALIFORNIA 676-0161 SP2-1822 ~ ~ O!: ~ ..:l ~ U

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