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they cauId see a 650 came through
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. Cowbell farluro
"I didn't s.. One Cow the whale time."
By Daniel MacMurray
UPPER LAKE , cai., Nov. 10- Yes, 1148
is a lot of motorcycles. But that's how
many showed up tor the 22nd Cowbell
Enduro. They started them oft at six
a minute.
There were only about 200 real endur o
r iders. There were riders ther with
centerstands, kickstands, headl ights,
taillights and license plates. Many dldn' t
bave proper riding clothes or tool . We
took one rider home In the back of our
truck because he didn't have a tlrepump ,
But, on the other hand, I sa~ one honest-to-goodness enduro rider alo ngsi de
the road building a fire beside his bike .
I thought he was going to burn his bike
up and asked him what he was doing?
He said: "A call wir e busted and I
bave to solder it back". And he wasn't
there when I r etur ned.
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Bill Onga, an •A' r ider, took the overall win on a 250 Husky.
Some old guys there were the best
rough riders around, and they probably
tlnished . The younger riders didn't like
the course because It wasn'Uastenough.
In tact, not many young riders came.
It was a good enduro track. The bark
was on the tallen trees and the ground
wasn't tull of holes . But that was before
the race.
The first twenty or thirty miles at It
were zigity-zag1ty torest roads . There
were also roads made with a chain saw
and parts where there weren't roads
at all.
I asked one street r ider how he was
·going to get up the next hill?
" I' m not worried about gettlng up,"
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" Ah, the (u&ll!) j ays of enduro ri ding an the l ovely (nut s!) forest bed.
he said."I'm worried about getting down.'
He made It up after nine or ten trtes.
The riders had to go down this gigantic
hill, cross a creek and then power up
another hill. This is where most at them
touled up• .
The experienced enduro riders s igned
up first. Alter them carne the .. not so
good" riders. Every Ume a couple at
these got stuck going up this hill It made
the ground a little bit softer. Finally, It
got so bad that three men were behind
the lOOcc bikes.
One girl made It bal!way UP, looked
bac k and Just stopped right there.
Atter you pushed your blke up that hill
(If you did) you were pretty tired. Why
one rtder went ott into the bushes and
took himself a little nap. Another rider
saw him and threw himself down beside
him.
There were some riders who seemed
to do everything the opposite of what they
should. The riders who signed uP last
probably finished after six 0' clock. l!
you went around picking up on that track
after you could bave made yoursel! a bike.
(Results on page 26)
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" ;..,. sa It stopped dead ri ght there and j ust
wouldn' t start f or the world. We ll , I gave It
such a ki ck... • RIGHT: Tha t s enau&ll of that.
