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.A cold morning greeted the 280
Greenhorn riders as they prepared for
the start in Gorman. Competitors who
spent the night here, awoke to find
ice on their bike seats, and those
who drove in on saturday morning
found it colder than they expected.
Greenhorn's 21st Birthday
At 6:01a.m., the first four bikes
pulled out, and the 21st Greenhorn
Enduro was underway. In 21 years.
they say. a boy becomes a man and
it took a man to complete the Greenhom's 21 st birthday party. One rider
who rode the last four said that this
year's was so hard that it was no
fun - just pure hard work. so he
droppe d out.
Jasper (Jap) Kleinjam brought
his Triumph down from North Dakota
for the event. When we talked with'
him at noon check Sunday. he said
he felt it was much harder on the
riders than the Jack Pine Enduro. A
little scuttle going around was that
Dave Ekins told Jap that this year
was much harder than anything on
the International Six Days Trial.
Desert Daisies Flex Muscles
Out of the 280 entries. there were
six women riders and four sidecars.
We were unable to spot any of the
female riders on Sunday but one of
the Desert Dai sies seemed to be
doing quite well on the first day.
None of the sidecars were able to
complete the first day, but George
Wolfe, past winner of the 175-mile
National. the Little Burr and twotime winner of the Jack Pine, lasted
the longest and has a good chance
of being the winner.
We wouldn't venture a guess as
to the number trail bike entries. but
there were qui te a few. Of thi s large
group, we only saw three finish, and
of these. Dave Ekins on his Zundap
just might be the man.
The course was very well marked,
and the Pasadena MIC kept everything running smoothly at all times.
Almost all the' riders used big number plates, so identification was
easier than in most enduros.
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