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The young rider seems appropriately concerned that his new mount won't make it both loops.
Rigid frames are not the hot enduro set·up.
by Larry Langley
CALIFORNIA CITY, CAL., Dec. 17,
1972 - SRA's annual Chris~mas Fun
Enduro was in my opinion the best
enduro they have thrown' yet. It sLarled
off slow and easy as per usual SRA
policy. The speeds got down to 12 MPH
which allowed time to enjoy the greaL
sce'nery which the area" is known for.
The only p.roblem on the whole enduro
occurred when we hit a speed change
. which was marked at 10 miles but
everyone had only 9.2 or so on Lheir
speedometers. A four wheel drive had
gone out just before dark Saturday and
put the sign ·in lbe wrong place. Afteradjusting our speedometers we then hit
the first check 10 minutes I"Le and
couldn't figure out why. SRA had a
coffee truck there but since most dders
came in late due to the sign foulup they
didn't get much time to enjoy hot
coffee or chocolate. SRA report> they
will probably throw out the check afLer
checking the time card•.
About halfway through the first loop
the speed changed to 24 miles an hour
and it was obvious we were on an old
hare scrambJes course~ as it was milt:
afLer miLe of wboop-de-doos. At 24
miles per hour it was ride as fast as you
could. It didn't Lake long to find out if
you were in shape or not. Finally we hit
the pits and took a welcome break to
resL our sore b.ods and gas up.
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We lined up for the second loop and
groaned as the sign said again 24 mph. I
though t this was a family enduro 1 said
to myself. It was a fast second loop but
iL was really great. SRA ran us up a
narrow twisty slippery mining road
which was out of sighL. It was fun trying
to keep up on schedule instead of
slowing down to stay on schedule. SRA
even had a separate way to go for
powderpuffers, mini-cycles, and C
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COOPER MOTORS
110 E. Santa Anita Ave.
Burbank, Ca. 91502
riders. -when it got pretly rough. That's
a good idea and [ heartily endorse it.
I though t the enduro was harder and
faster than anything SRA had pUL 011 in
Lhe past_and when I asked them if they
did it on purpose they said tOO many
people had zeroed the last enduro and
they wanted to loosen things up a little.
While fasL. the course was entirely
rideable, as long as you didn't go over
your head.
After finishing SRA directed us over
to signup where' some eggnog was
waiting. If you qualified (21 or over)
you also goL some brandy spiked in it. J
would like to thank Jenny and'Virginia
for the best egg nog I have ever had. The
riders really appreciated it.
S RA had a dra\ving for all kids and
moms and gave away two bicycles, a
tricycle. and assorted other gifts. Each
kid presenL also received a sack of candy
from Santa hintseH. The only criticism I.
can offer is LhaL the SRA only had four
checks wiLh two of them at the pits at
the end of each loop. That only leaves
two truly secret checks on the course.
One or two more would 100sel1' up the
.scoring even further. The next S RA
enduro will be the Calico Ghost run in
February. There have been rumors that
SRA would not be allowed to run
Calico this year but it's scheduled, so
pl~n on being there, 1 am.
1 would like to thank the BLM ranger
present for hauHng in an injured rider in
his tTuck. He went out of his way to
help. Just because we are getting ripped
off from his superiors in Sacramento
doesn't lnean the rangers themselves are
an ti-motorcycle.
One last note: I noticed the ribbon
from the CEA Last Chance Enduro was
still up
it was in the same area as
the SRA enduro which could have
caused confusion. 1t's been over two
weeks since the run and there is no
excuse for not stTipping it.
Results in about two weeks.
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MONARCH,
PLASTIC FENDERS
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