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YOUR GOVERNMENT All major components fit only one ' m an avid motor yclist who's been 1 way, making it impossible to pUI Lpart ridjng mostly off-road since I was 13 in wrong. Because of the .,Impllclt\, of about six years at this time. Even design, there is less 10 ~o wrong. and II though I was fillrly young when 1 first becomes both economj~al dnd pra~tical started riding_ naturally I've noticed the for the consumer to work on nJS o\\o"n tremendous increase of people enjoying motorcycle. the sRort since the middle ·60's. I have Some people wili never la\e 'he also noticed. unfortunately, the need desire or the time lO work n thea I\\ln for some type of control in many areas motorcycle engine. but they Ca..1 ~xpect where a large concen tration of cyclists to pay i50/0 less n rcpaJr c.·OSIL 'h 'II' appear. G.A.~I. dealer' . It appears to me that several different ~1y G_A.~I. has th I, al \1I1en~dfl types of riders exist (Naturally.). It is look, with its very rlean md 'JrT0W indeed unfortunate that the types who lines. The LOLal Width I,) J. mcr~ I' prefer LO charge up and down the same inches. wiLh lotal \\"~lgh It'~s ·hm 2;:'0 damned hill all day long with no mufOer pounds. I L has a 5 -speed ·OI1:'-t.1n I "Tlcc;h or negligible muffling on their transrrtission, incorpnrallng .J sc\'en-pJ;itc expansion chambers choose to do it in clutch on the main "hal l wJth ,tralg-ht areas that result in great damage to cut gears. using a lull ncJc ·r.1n' . .)f either the future of the sport or to the chrome moly steel. ecological aspect of the earth's surface. My] 75cc engine hd..) been certified (Yes I know; ECOLOGY! ECOLOGY! by dyno tests and puts Oil over 2(, 111' but there is no reason to simply destroy using double Dykes rinJ{s and Jess han something in an drea that has a vaJue to 10 to 1 compre"ion raliO. All my others beside bikers.) Because one trail engines have needle and roller be4.lrjn~s exjsts up the side of a h ill doesn't mean • thl'oughoul. that La more are necessary. If you mu-t The engine is verv eye-appealing ,'nd run up and down hills. please stay on is iden tical on both sides. It IS verv existing trails or do it in an arCd where strong and shows no sign'\ of vibratio;' damage will be slighl. Bike parks are regardless of R.P.""!. On(e balled ontO especially nice for this. my frame. it becomes an lIltegral part of After all that. there is another side the entire unit. too . .'\n area west of highway 395 just Dan Gurney'" Chief Engineer. who north f Inyokern at the end of 9 mile has buiJt some of the fastest ..Lutomotive canyon in the southern part of the engines in the world. said, "This is the Sierras known as Kennedy or Troy best thought out. best designed Meadows has fan tastic bike trillls motorcycle engine of modem times. ,. through areas that could easily be Ilaving spent seve raj days With it, the potentiaJly destroyed by a few careless Chief Engineer of !';orth .\merican riders. However, even though the area Rockwell, Will Boddie, who is in chdrge seems to receive fillly heavy use. very of engine development and reseMch for Ijule apparent damage has occurred. the United States, said. "This is Wonderful!! _ undoubtedly the strongest and most I think that if all riders would think a highly advanced-designed engine which ljttle before taking off in any direction incorporates simplicity rather than without regard for anything else we complexity." would all be better off. Anyone wanting further infonnation So - Please!! If you feel.ljke learing about the "Great American things up, spinning do-nuts (?) (as we all Motorcycle" or who wanLs to get in on do occasionally depending on how we the ground floor. is invited to contact feel) do it where it won't hurt us all me, at their earliest convenience. otherwise we're going to have no one to FRA:'oIK WHEELER blame for the demjse of the sport other 1122 E. Ave. J-4 than ourselves. Lancaster, Calif. 93534 I sn 't it necessary for competi Lors in a desert event to have an ORV green sticker? If so, it doesn't seem right in RACING WITH CLASS any case for the BLM LO charge c1ui>s I would like LO voice a gripe on how for use of the land. We're paying for it (AMe) American Motocross Club Inc. is anyway, aren't we? Please (ommen t. operating. If ['m wrong, I stand TRACY WALTERS corrected but reel something seems a Apple Valley, Calif. little shady. Interpretation of what constitutes a "clo cd . Most motocross clubs do nOt move course" does not currently include a desert up riders in another class during a series. loop. Therefore, to be strictly legal a green Thjs club moves them up without any sticker is necessary to run on BLM land. notification at all. and during d series. They've got you Doth ways if the club then pays the land use fee. Some money (ORV) When questioned about it, Jo