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• • ! ~ Rober~*l Just a Li"le Jaunt: ~ : ::; .. HIG T TRADE-IN HES 239 N. Anahe im Blvd. Anahe im, Cal. Phone (714) 533-1 309 ... : It :£ ••----....;.,=~:.;.:..:..:....=~=---~• :;; .Q 5 SPOOL HUBS 'c" <: FRO NT $l7.DD 15, 17, or 2Dmm AXEL SIZE CI> T ibor·s trusty mount poses for portrait in beautiful d own t o wn Amherst. MYSTERIOUS STRANGER ~\\'U-~ \WO By now Tibor was wet to the marrow and had slowed to 35 mph in order to see where he was going . He was finally forced to stop completely at another gas station because the roads were completely flooded, causing his tires to aquaplane . ''111e attendant," Tiber said, " was a very old Indian who told me that I would be out of this bad weath er in ten miles. Thi s was very hard to believe from the conditions o utside, but it did improve my morale ," REAR S42.DD 4714 Brooks M clair, Ca lif. 91763 ont Deale rs We lcome MAP TRACI NG SAROSSY's ROUTE I f, , YAMA HA DEALER 0:- SC RAMBLER MO TORCY CLES 1801 W Burbank Blvd. Burbank, Calif. . 849-5907 Dr 84508738 Elt. • 7 At Amarillo, Texas, he made his fourth stop, this time for gas. By the time he reached Vega, Texas , he was totally discouraged. "I co uld see lightning off in the distance and knew I was in for real trouble", Sarossy stated . He had been drinking nothing but hot coffee and munching on Hershey chocolate bars and fatigue was beginning to set in. As he set out from Vega the winds became very high, the lightn ing flash es were intense, and the sheets of rain were l1ailing his face and hands unme rcif ully. "At th is point I dec ided that if the weather didn't change I'd quit. But then I thought of all the people who were counting on me and I deci ded to continue, no matter what happens,n he said. CLASS tA' 500 cc MOTORCYCLES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INVITATIONAL featuring Sarossy. 22, firs t decided to break John' Penton·s record over five years ago. Unbel ievably, the Indian's intuition proved correct. Sarossy was so elated by this turn of events that he stopped at a roadside cafe west of Santa Rosa , New Mexico , and warmed himself over coffee and a donut , which was the first solid food he had eaten since he had started the trip. He stopped again at Flagstaff, Arizona to gas-up and change to 50 wt . oil in preparation for the engine-killing trip across the broiling Mohave Desert . The ride from Flagstaff to the Califo rnia bo rder proved to be a milk run, the only annoyance being the oppressive hea t. ANOTHER COUNTRY Sto pping at the mandatory 'Califom ia bo rder inspection station (maybe California is another country?) TIbor was feeling a little dizzy as he dismo unted and walked into the station. " I think I'm going to faint ," he announced. Hand then , true to his wor d, fell t h rough the door. When he regained consciousness the first thing he said was. "How much time did I lose?" Although he had on ly been out for 3 minutes, it took another 15 to refill his canteen and clear his head. The bord er patrolmen were also nice enough to give him some co ncentrated dextrose energy tablets to keep him going. He had finishe d his 2 po unds of chocolate way baek in Texas. Sarossy jumped on the machine and gunned toward the coast, praying tha t he wou ldn't faint again o n the 180 miles of desert between him and Los Angeles. He was forced to stop o ne last time at Ba rstow, Calif., app roximately 75 miles from L.A., because the in famo us California smog was irritating his eyes and throat. IVAN MAUGER of New Zealand (Current Worl d C halI1pion) ONLY TWO EXCLUSIVE APPEARANCES IN U.S. SATURDAY NIGHTS - 8:30 OCT. 26 and NOV. 2 ROOM AT THE INN? WHITEMAN STADIUM PACOIMA ( o n P i erce n e ar San Fernando Road) FREE PARKING Driving straight to the L.A. Western Union office , he checked in, and suddenly became ve ry exhausted. Ironically he was so ex hausted that th e desk clerk at th e Statler-Hilton Ho tel mistook hi m fo r a drunk and had a bell boy unceremo niously escort him back ou t the back door, Discou raged , Tib o r parked th e bike and trie d to check into another hotel in the area. Once again he was ref used a room. Reachin g th e depths of despair , the int repid cyclist finally hailed a cab and direc te d th e driver to take him to any hotel that would admit him. Apparently th e Holid ay Inn has no qualms abo ut accommoda ting drunken motorcyclists, since Tibor woke up eleven ho urs later, fully clothed, in one of their suites . Aside from parc hed lips and sore hands he was none th e worse for wear . He had not dumped the bike or had a close call during the entire trip and he had not been stopped by the police even once. "1 had been worried about the police ," he said , "but they passed me and I passed them without incident. The only speed trap s I noticed were in Arizona, bu t I always saw them in time to slo w down." After a day of sightseeing in L.A., Tiber departed for a nice, leisurely ride back home. He pulled into Cleveland 21'z day s later . What took him so lon g, you might well ask? He had to stop off and pay a speeding ticket. ,.