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One of our more astute powder puffers,
who also does stunt work, informs us
that it's really easy to take a Penton
six-speed apart. Putting it back together
is another matter, however.
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The Richmond Ramblers' Barefoot
Enduro near Georgetown, Calif. will
have some very interesting entrants. At
this point, it looks like Dick Mann,
Mark Brelsford, Mert Lawwill, Bruce
Brown, Jim Odom and, possibly, Steve
McQueen will have minutes assigned
them. With that kind of company, the
hot set-up would be to do your
cherry-picking elsewhere. Then again, if
you think you can ride with the big
boys, get it on. Ain't none of those guys
enduro riders, anyhow.
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Meanwhile, about eigb t miles south of
Coos Bay, Oregon a new motorcycle
raceway has opened just off of Highway
42. There is currently a motocross
course set up with the first moto (ever)
at noon on November fifth. Tbere is
also a quarter-mile oval, an eigb th-mile
drag strip, and a strip for sand dr
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I'd had a flat tire on my bike and hadn't
been able to fix it in time to get to class.
Worked like a charm; she said that I
could take it tomorrow. So I'll just
study for it tonight. Oh, by the way, I
did the porting on my bike and it runs
really good! Fan-tastic! You should try
it some time. We could go for a ride
tonight."
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Gary Nixon was recently admitted' to a
Baltimore Maryland bospital to have the
pin in his leg removed. The pin was put
in a while back to hold his leg together
where be broke it on two occasions.
When be gets out he should be faster
than ever (and that's fast) because be
won't have the extra weight to carry
around.
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And Yamaha is working on a Wankel
engined machine for delivery in '73.
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PLACE YOUR BETS: A late flash says
that the big Honda street machine will
be a 1000cc six cylinder while another
equally late and informed source says
that it will be a 950cc four.
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AMC, who has been *promoting the
Saturday motocrosses at Saddleback. is
expanding to AMC South and will be
running motocrossers in the San Diego
area in the near future.
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The new Honda two-stroke 250, which
sbould retail for about an even grand iri
the US of A, is called the "Elsinore".
Very interesting. Shades of "Lobster
Dinner".
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If they can get it prepped in time, Bill
Friant and Dick Miller will be riding the
Puch 250 prototype in the Baja 1000.
The excursion should reveal any needild
design changes in the machine. It is
reputed to be a very, very fast
motorcycle.
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Mike Bornett will never get his Cycle
News Hot Hats and we're going to
squander his $1.50 on a six pack...unless
he sends his address so Squeeky can
mail his hats to him. Sorry, Mike.
You're not famous enough yet to be on
the Homes of the Stars map.
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There is a strong probability that Don
Vesco will get back into the National
Road Races this coming season. In
addition to his national prominence as a
tuner and fast guyon the Bonneville Salt
Flats, Vesco is a pavement scratcher of
some ability.
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No matter what you've read for the last
two weeks in the Calendar section of
this paper, Baymare and Motorsport are
offering $300 minimum 100% payback
only for their November 5 Junior and
Senior day. They do offer 40% gigantic
trophies the same day at every event
held. The whole operation is under new
management out there and is really a
fun place to go.
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REALLY LATEST POOP: Chuck
Bower will not be riding the 250 KTM
Penton on the western swing of the
TransAMA. Nor will anyone else be
riding it. The bike bas gone home to the
KTM f!'Ctory in Austria for further
testing and development. The word is
tbat the Austrian tuner who
accompanied the KTM got a little
homesick and went home, taking the
bike with him. Too bad he didn't wait
until he got to the good part of the USA
so he got a better impression.
* * fashion show in
Honda recently had a *
Tokyo ... of clothes, not motorcycles.
But the clothing was all specifically
designed for motorcyclists, both male
and female. The range included all types
of "biking clothing from formal wear to
sporty outfits. Honda is already
marketing their line of clothing in
Japan. American Honda says they have
no plans to market the clothes in the
U.S. Most Japanese sizes are too small,
anyway.
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data got
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fed
Some bad
into the' Papa
some time ago. Tbe hearing on the
status of Red Rock Canyon by the
California S tate Park and Recreation
Commission wasn't. The Red Rock
Canyon item was not on their agenda
Ocrober 20th, nor is it listed on the
agenda for their next meeting,
November 10th. An interested biker,
Gilles Vaillancourt, went down to the
bearing and there was nothing to be
heard about. Inside word reveals that
Anaheim - November 8,1972
City Hall, Council Chambers
204 E. t.ineoln, 2nd Floor
the whole issue will probably be tabled
until after public hearings in San Diego
(last Tuesday). Anaheim, Pasadena and
Oakland, coming up in November. You
can belp preven t the issue of open lands
ever being considered for re-statusing
(Which, in most cases, means no bikes
on them.) by attending these meetings
and letting the Parks and Recreation
Commi.sion know how you feel about
public use of public state lands. Tbe
times and addre.ses should appear in a
box on this page.
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SABOTAGE: Recent URA and SRA
enduros have been the targets of
deliberate maliciousness by person or
persons unknown. Th is past weekend,
the URA was hit. The URA enduro guys
checked their course at six in the
morning. After the first few numbers
came through, someone changed the
ribbon and set up a flagman directing
riders onto the much harder Jackass
Enduro course. It is hard to say who
would want to do something like this.
One th ing is certain: they are bent on
taking the fun out of motorcycling for
some people. If you were out there
(About 30 miles out on the URA
course.) and saw anything or anyone
that might reveal who is pulling this
stuff give a call to the URA folks at
213/421-9179.
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NEW MOTY-SICKLES COMING UP:
BMW is going to make a sportier, more
powerful macbine in the near future. It
will be the standard configuration (no
overhead cams) but put out HP in the
realm of 68. Of course, Honda is
working on a bigger four or six cylinder
road machine that will be in the same
displacemen t range as the Kawasaki
900.
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(Please turn to page 48)
1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Pasadena - November 9, 1972
City Hall, Council Chambers
100 N. Garfield Ave., Rm. 242
10 a.m. to 12 noon
1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Oakland - November 14, 1972
City Hall
14th and Washington, Rm. 21 1
10 a.m. to 12 noon
1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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