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Cycle News 1970 08 25

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The official U.S. Trol1hy Team selected to coml1ete In the 1970 ISOT Ron~ohn, AthensOhlo 150-Mile Enduro Grand Champion Malcolm Smith, 250 Winner In Mexican 1000 wnh Whitey Martino Dave Mungenast, Berkshire Trials Gold Medalist This is the big one. This is the ultimate, the most demanding, the most grueling test of· man and machine in the motorcycle world. The ISOT started way back in 1903 to test the ability of bikes to take it, and today the rules are as tough as they can make them. Competing machines are impounded at the end of each day, and no replacement of parts is allowed (except for tires and chains) as the competitors barrel through seven John Penton, U.S. Enduro Champion Bud Ekins, Team Captain with 4 Gold, 1 Sliver ISDT medals or eight checkpoints every day, for six consecutive days. It takes a husky, reliable, high-performer to meet this ch~lIenge, and the overwhelming choice of the AMA, MICUS and their affiliated clubs for tHe first official U.S. Trophy Team spells it just that way. HUSKY. Six Husqvarna motorcycles, a 250cc, two 350cc's and three 400cc's, each of them with 8 speeds to suit every foot of the rugged Eastern Distributor: Med-International, 4790 Palm Avenue, La Mesa, California 92041 Mike Patrick, Mint 400 Winner Spanish terrain, will be ridden by the country's best riders. Every team member is a former ISOT medal winner. It's quite a team. It's quite a bike. Watch them put it all together. Arid while you're thinking about it, stop in at your nearest Husky dealer and see the Choice of the Champions. Why shouldn't it be your choice, too? Penton Imports, 1900 Elyria Avenue, Lorain, Ohio 44052 Western Distributor: Whitey Martino (alternate), No.1 Desert Plate Canadian Distributors: North York World Trade, 1-5 Essa Road, Barrie, Ontario Steen Hansen Motors, 3619 109th Street, Edmonton 73, Alberta Basqvarl!!!i I

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