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SHOITSTIOlf (C•• t;••e~) four cy11nder racers. cJa1miDg a fan· tastlc 74 lip and are fitted with sevenspeed gearboxes. Interesting point Is they are anotber two stroke going to the oil pump lubrication. They join C Z and Yamaha as racing oilers. ... Compulsory Safety First In England another nail in the motorcycle's coffin was driven into the passenger on a bjke. New regulations will force the bike rider to carry insurance for the pillion rider. Of course this will cost extra. but the clincher is that everybody will have to have it_ whether they carryapassEmger or not. The English. though, are stout people (living in England proves it) and have started a battle royal. They call it "OI'ting out" and what it means is that they want the privilege of not taIdng the insurance and taking their chances. Not too much to ask really. The Other Half Eric Cheney is a special bits -and pieces builder similar to the Rlckmans. He works in the "other half" area -that is, he makes things ligbter to improve the horsepower to weight factor rather than adding horsepower. He is an exmotocross man and is known for his ligbtwelght parts and excellent handling chassis. Cheney offers ligbtwelght alloy fork sliders, wheel hubs. fender brackets. clutch hubs and related and assorted parts. His chassis accept two strokes. Triumphs and Victor engines. He now becomes doubly Important because he has added big bore Victor barrels to his line. Two strokers may scoff at all this concern over a four stroke but despite having all those valves and cams and etc. but when punched out this is ooe four stroke that isn't dead yet. Paper Tigers The builders of those finely detailed model motorcycles, the Protar series. are to offer superb drawings of famous racing motorcycles. The drawings are on a card 12 c 18", suitahlefor fram1ngand should please any motorcycle lover. The first four in the series are the MIt 8 KTT Velocette, the 1939 TT BMW, the 1957 Moto Guzzi and the AJS Porcupine. Protar will be remembered for the exact detall and abundance of moving parts on their models _ there are none better! Steens and Cycle World both offer the models and it is hoped they will see fit to offer the drawings. Prices should be fair indeed. around two dollars each. 34 H.P., 224 ftls.. 5 speed 21- front wheel, 5-way adjustable rear shocks telescopic front suspension -6'1>- travel, 55.9' wheel base Clymer on Melisse? Evergreen Floyd Clymer. Importer d Munch motorcycles (and many others). has had his factory beads meetings with the Rlckmans. They viewed the two prototype Metisses with Munch's engines that the Rlckmans assembled. One is a racer with the 8- valve twin wbich Is descended from the old Horex motorcycle of the mid-fifties. The other is a similar eng1ned (without the 8 valves) street machine. Flip-Flop Tweedledee There is the AMA. There is also the world body, the FIM. and occasionally talk of a merger of the two. Very seldom. though. does one hear d the blunders and flip-flop policies the FIM seems to be capable d. They recently had their big meeting and some of last year's rules bave been thrown out already - even before they've had a chance to be applied! 'Ow's that. then? Big plan last year was to limit the world championshIP road race machines to make them more closely resemble productioo machines and give everybody a more even break (sounds like the AMA, eh?). For instance. the big bikes were to bave only two cyclinders, now It looks like it's OK to have four again. There was to be a weight minimum tor 250cc machines of 220 pounds but now that doesn't seem to go anymore and the 198 pound limit seems better again. One wonders II the two cylinders and six sPeeds for little bikes will hold UP. Poly time will tell. One thing is for sure, builders will be waiting with baited breath to see II their new racers will be able to qualitY. They can take heart though - soouer or later the rules will change and they'U be legal again. Maybe all their trouble is because they have no leader tor their Sporting Committee (they put off the problem of finding one another six months). Now if we only had a spare AMA executive to loan them. 2S0cc Matador MK 111 Wins National Enduro 115 mile AMA National ChQi..ship Endure - 5/4/&9 -1st A ligbtwei&tlt, John Buffalo 1st Senior Class, ChUck Butz - Bultaco TT Scrambles WINNER Motocross WINNER Hollister TT - 4/21/69 200ce NOY. Class 1st Bill Cannauglt - Bultaco Sherpa'S' 2IOcc Am. Class 1st Dave Cottare - Bultaco Sherpa 'S' 250ec Am. Class 1st Karl Triest - Bultaco Pll'SlIIg Sec Ex. Class 1st Paul Johnson - Bultaco PlIISang n5cc Ex. Class 1st Scoff Diffenbaugh - Bultaco PII'Sang Bay Mare TT - 5/4/69 100cc Comb. Class 1st D. Preston - Bultaco Lolito 115-200cc Am/Ex. Class 1st Steve Bast - Bultaeo Sherpa'S' 250ec NOY. Class lst Jim Gresham - Bullaco PurSang So. 01 Kern County Line BULTACO WESTERN 10929 Chandler Blvd. No. Hollywood, Calif. 91601 (213) TR 7-2400 &MC Nipt "e.cress - 5/3/69 125cc EL Class 1st T. 801" - Blltaco Sherpa'S' 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Gary Bailey - Penton Preston Petty - Sachs Clase Nilson - Penton Lars Larsson - Penton Gene Cannady - Sachs CIIC Mltoa'lSs - 5/4(69 125cc Ex. Class 1st T.. Rill' - Bultaeo Sherpa'S' 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Preston Petty - Sachs Lars Larsson - Penton Gary Bailey - Penton Mike Runyard - Sachs 125cc Jr. Class Div. I 1st 8M Vaeca - Baltaco Sherpa'S' No. of Kern Co. Line Eul8rn Sule. BULTACO AMERICAN, LTD. CEIIOTO EAST IMPORTING CO. 2765 Scott Blvd. Santa Clara, Calif. 95050 (408) 241-4672 P.O. Box 29 Schenectady, N.Y. (512) 372-4721