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Cycle News 1968 04 18

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AYTO ••• Across the top: John Porter 01 Kens ington, Md., loses hi s Harley In the most spectacular crash 01 the week, caught by Dave Friedman's sequencecamera during the AmateurlOO mller. ...... Right: Eddie Wirth I nsis ted on continu ing the 200 mller on hi s BSA even though rear lire was flaL Dlllcials Insi sted otherwl se and guess who won? Below: Yamaha cheering section was decked out lor the occasion. - Photos by Ben Hall. J World Champion Phil Read Insis ted on, and got, an exception to the AMA rules permittin g him to wear his lamillar Cromwell helmet, although contrastin g stripes on armS were a concessi on to U.S. style. Here Read battles Mert (lJ ) La_III 01 San Francisco. P hoto s by Dav e Friedman rHonda (uirer 0" G~§Ae 4421 Sepulreda 391·6217 Bart (4) Markel and Freddie Ni x appear pretty evenly matched In this epl sode 01 20o-Mlle Championship action. Whom-built racin g lalrlngs added measurably to the Harley-Davidson lactol)' ent rle" top speed. Dis c rear brakes and dual carburetors we.. also used. SHELL MOTORS • ~ • • • 3365 Ce ntury nJvd.. L y nw ood - ~ E 8-486~ For Y N our earest "Built 'To-Go" D ealer Call TR. 7·2400 or PO. 9-0441

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