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Rocky Road To Red Mountain Make the lTai I or Competition rid.. the happiest man at tile lTee. All fhe top brand goodies are here. Regi st. with any purchase f. the ••• RED MOUNTAIN, CALIF. Dec. 7-Ityou like rocks, you'd love Red Mountain and the "Last Chance Enduro" • This old time mJning town was the site of the 90 mile enduro sponsored by the California Enduro Assoc., Inc. December 7th dawned with temperatures in the 40's. 7:01 a.m. found 500 hale, hearty and eager enduro enthusiasts ready to do their thing. Campers and 2- stroke machines seemed to be the' order of the day. ApparenUy, campers are the answer for a lot of Sunday racing tamJ1les, as their presence becomes more and more evident. Two loops of approximately 45 miles each with a 20 minute stop for fuel, constituted the run. A well laid out and carefully marked course greeted the starters with the first loop being comparatively easy. But, Ohl - that second loop! Rocks, rocks and more rocksl - By Ed Wight and what wasn't rock was powder sand. We're sure the So. Calif. Trials Assoc. riders really excelled in a lot of the rocky canyons and the downhllls. S.C.T.A. members seem to be rldlng more enduros - must be good practice. Average speeds varied from 8 to 24 mph - at wblch speeds few B riders, if any, and few A riders could easilY maintain the averages. No "C" rider class was run. Unoff1clally, a high number of finishers were recorded. After careful tabulation some of these may be disqual1fied for being late over the one hour limit. Approximately 50% or 250 riders completed the course - but not without mishap. OU could be spotted on .some of the rocky tral1s, indicating that non-skid-plate-equlpPed machines had scattered their crankcases. Some tam1l1ar faces, appeared Qut of the dust. The "Old Man of the Desert", FREE 'BULTAeD Two dille.. nt routes 01 attack. Lloyd Larson was on hand, as well as long lost, butnottorgotten Vern Hancock; also the new Pres. of District 37 SPorts Committee "Cactus Willy", BWAdams; with one of his vintage Matchless twins running like a watch. Lady entries were also included, one being Maggy Walder with husband Herb. Enduros are excelleDt training areas for Dew riders and younger meD and the predominance of l00cc thru 250Cc machines indicate this. We're sure everyone wU3 be looJdng forward to next year's "Last Chance Enduo" with baited motorcycle and watch. Looks like '70 is going to be the best year for enduro riders in California in a long time. (Results will be published when ava1lable) TORE DRAWN DEC 24 IN STOCK IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 1910 Lobitos 1910 EI Banditos 1910 Sherpa 5-lDO ~. "ft1$,"';; JUltat tile end of a 10111 rocky climb and 10mHodylallldown In the only path throulh th. boulders. That II llIe sort III thine that lometlmes mak., enduro rld., really haul tile mall Just to k..p up a 24 MPH ..erap. (60 day unconditional euarantee!) MITCO BULTACO 1241 Orangethorpe, Buena Park (114)522-6109 I HARLEV-DAVIDSDN I Of IllGl!WOOO US e d 981 N. La Brea (ne. Sportsers &eatinela> 611-1609 or 611-1600 USED PARTS ALL MAKES 40% TO 60% Off ':. YAMAHA DEALER' ~. SCRAMBLER MOTORCYCLES 1801 1'1. Burbank Blvd. Burbank, Calil. 849·5907 0.845-8738 Ell. ·7 "lben I hit a rock Ihls ble, dad!" A lone rutted uad wash was th. scene 01 this chacko N.i I Haney •• Sas - Penton' - CZ - Maico Walt Axthelm's Triumph-Suzuki Motors 1049 W.,t Sib St., Pomona, Calli. (114'629-8642 -- Torsten Hallman Racing, Inc. Wesl Coast Dlst. lor PENTON Motorcycles Torstan Hallman sPecial da.lcnlealbe.. & racine equlpmenl U.s. DI.I.lor Trellebore Moto-Cross tires For d.al.r Inlo. write or call 5345 Tlmkon St., La Mo .., Cal. 92041 (714) 46ll·1402 KAWASAKI SPEED IQTS 120cc & l75cc wrI Ie or call $46 .01 up DRACO'S MOTORCYCLES 1629 So. Standard Awe. S..ta Ana, Cal. 92707 (714) 543-9611 Specialized Triumph - Honda Repairs· Custom Racine • Enelnel Machine Work • llI.tI..e Kits Cyl. Borlne • Head Port Inc MIKE BURKE Motorcycle Specialties W.lco.... You I HARLEV- DAVIDSON I ,:;."'~ of Lomib 40 New Molorcycles in .Iock () N.w Sportsl... Imm.dlato deli ••ry 2212 Pac. Coast Hwy. (n31 534-5530 MOTD-X ACCESSORIES Pelican DIve & Cycle 0111. Co. 500 Broadway St., Vallejo, Cal. 94590 All orders shipped same day 15171 Raymer St. Van Nuys, Cal. 91406 Telephone (213) 710-0779 DESERT SET UP SCRAMBLES ~: FUN :~~}l~n!Y With an AROS eyelETRAllER For lafontallo. and brodlu.. write or call AROS .eldlne&Manufac"rlae. 379 1I0.JoIIa_A..., EI CajOll, Calif. 92020. CALL 114 "2-4&11 ~ For the aa. . fit your noarest Deal.r So. Cal-McCUlloch Dill. Inc. (213) 772·2106 110. Cal. COllI McCulloch (415) UII 3-5520 •