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HONDA PLANS SEMINARS FOR PARTS MANAGERS Check it out - the new Kawasaki Mach IV. threlH:ylinder ridden by Ralph White. Troubles Saturday were corrected by Sunday and White won one race on this machine. The pipes are bashed to allow the kick starter to work. Ossa, sporting a 33mm carb, had its troubles, however, as the rear wheel produced a high speed wobble and forced Marufas from transferring to the Invitational event, the finale for the weekend. In this, Hammer experienced one of his woes as he jumped to th e lead and fought off the fierce fighting White on the Kawasaki. When White began to fade back on lap four of the to-lapper, Lynggard took over the charge in American Honda Motor Co., Inc. recently held twenty-five Parts Department Seminars attended by more than 1,000 of the 1,900 automobile and motorcycle Honda dealers. These Seminars, conducted by William Estay and Jesse Crouch of American Honda's Parts Department, covered in detail the newly introduced Automatic Ordering System (A.O.S.), which was conceived by Richard Schoon and developed by Estay and Crouch. The A.9.S. is one of the most unique parts ordering systems ever devised. It uses the most up-to-date I.B.M. computer to calculate American Honda dealer's parts order quantities for them on a 90-day projected demand basis. The Seminars also covered the correct method of ordering parts from A.H.M., how their parts orders are processed by the A.H.M. Parts Department and all existing A.H.M. Parts Department policies and procedures. The teaching methods used are group participationg along with a generous amount of films, slides and other visual aids. Crouch said that looking at the Seminars from his experience in the Parts Department of American Honda, "It is impossible to find any basic point of policy or procedure that is not covered." Estay added, "Seminars will be limed to about 30 dealers to achieve complete communication. "We have now held our Seminars in 11 major cities and because of the interest shown hy our dealers, we plan to develop a Parts Department training center and a continuing program of 'in-the-field' Seminars to be held in strategic locations across the United States. "We're hoping that a sizable number of dealers will send their people to future Seminars we are planning," said Estay. "We feel the information gained will be very beneficial to them and will definitely outweigh the expense of both American Honda and our dealers." second and continued to set the pace as Hammer fought to stay ahead. Meanwhile, back in sixth was Hurley Wilvert on his little 350cc'Yamaha. When Hammer went down on tum Jof lap 8, Wilvert had moved to second, p~sed Lynggard. With Hammer out, Wilvert took over and began to stretch it out to win. Lynggard remained second and White held on for third ahead of the ever-present Reg Pridmore. Jerry Christopher lays it over into turn one at the Cycle Guide GP Sunday. International Report ••• Ralph White tries a bit '0 dirt track riding style while moving into turn one of the start of the Open Production class. George. Kerker (90) takes the inside and set up a race-long battle with White. who was riding the Kawasaki Mach IV 750 Three-eylinder. Bill Manley (19) pulled uP. too, to battle it out but he later dropped out and White went on to win. Barry Sheene, the 20·year-old wunderkind who is on the verge of capturing the 125cc World Road Racing Championship, will appear at Ontario on 250 and 350 Yamah as. Gene Romero is making the arrangements....Gary Nixon will be flying to England September 19 to ride Mallory Park's "Race of the Year". Kel Carruthers was to accompany him but the battering his Yama-Vesco received at Talladega will keep him in the States. Said Kel, "I was looking forward to matching my Yamaha against Agostini's MV. I'm sure it's fast enough to beat him Speaking of Yamahas, Frank Cope, 75, is buying a brand new TD2B to race in South Africa next year. Seems his eight-year-old 250 Norton couldn't cut it anymore .... Belgium won the 250 Tropee des Nations September 5 at Holice, Czechoslovakia, and they did it without Joel Robert. Joel sprained his ankle in practice but Suzuki teammates Sylvain Geboers and Roger DeCoster were there to take one-two ....Ivan Mauger won the 1000-meter sand track world championship in Norway on a machine he borrowed at the last minute. His two best Jawas broke just before the final hut a kind soul lent him a.lAP he had never raced in his li[e....Bengt Aberg probably won't be around for the AMA's upcoming winter series. He's pooped. Aberg blamed ten straight months of competition for his poor showing in the European circuit this year. "I shall have a complete rest this winter," he said. John Banks will take his place. Three riders were killed in a tragic accident sidecar during the international meet at Oulton Park in England, causing some concern over inadequate medical facilities ....Barry Briggs is now marketing a full-coverage helmet of his own design, called the "Briggo".... .... & .. l1r ;:: '" ~ z w W ...J U > U •