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Cl") "Golly, Tex, look at that little kid on that old mo'sickle:' "Well, it shore ain't like this Harley I used to have. WhY,1 remember one time back in '57..:' Most of the Cotton Boll National Enduro ran trhough mesquite pastures and cactus patches. In Them Ole Cotton Fields Back Home By Pete Szilagyi There was a parade Saturday afternoon In Memphis. Not a fancy parade with hundred-foot tall 'Donald Ducks and glittery baton twirlers; just three or four dozen dirt bikes and a few floats. Mostly they were makeshift things perched on cars, liberally TAIICI:T ' .. OOUCTS OI .... ISION I IAGUROCKSTA. /. Lc. ..... W.CA: 1IOll~ ..., FOR HODAKA-BILITY see your local HODAKA dealer Distributed by Tiger Distributing 653 W. Broadway, Glendale, Ca. 91204 festooned with anything available and flashy, all advertising a service that the thousand or so visitors might find handy; "Good Eats, Open 24 Hours, Rest rooms second bush to the left... •· After the parade many of the locals cruised the streets looking for the action that is supposed to accompany a gang of motorcyclists. Jacked-up, wide-striped Chevelles and Torinos rumbled past the riders' encampment, checkin' it Qut. ..a kid barely tall enough to reach the footpegs wheelies past in a supreme but A new variation on the bike~ider relationship. 450 Husqvama hammers its pilot into the Texas panhandle. not disdainful display of one·upmanship. Surrounding towns like Ceo Vee, Loco, Turkey, Gasoline, Goodnight, and Acme do their share of cotton farming, but the sign on the mill proclaims "Memphis, Cotton Capitol of the Panhandle" and as such, site of the Cotton Boll National Enduro. Memphis is seriously behind the event. Sunday morning's radio church service was continually interrupted with. updates on the riders' progress and hints on where to get a good view, .....by eleven o'clock they should be at the Estelline Bridge, a good place to watch." The businesses on the downtown square each had an American flag displayed for the even t, and the theater's marquee said "Welcome A.M.A.", the most courteous thing that's been said to the organization in recent months. The biggest news of the day was word that the enduro would be back again next year. Memphis was repaid by the riders, who crossed many palms with out-of-state money and thoughtfully avoided running through the bumper cotton crop (after a stern warning at the riders' meeting), They didn't put on a bad show either, even though most of the top line enduro riders dido't make the trip. Anyone familiar with the Texas Panhandle (most people are since it has to be crossed on the way from anywhere to California) would be inclined to think the area offers little in the way of challenging enduro terrain. What you see from a car window and Doin' the DT-1 shuffle 'n' stomp. 't"\~ "f) ,:\,\.": ".' :0.• 0 ••••• Cypre.,$. CA 90630 17141 827·7427 CQMI'ETITION MOTORCYCLE WHEELS DESIGNED, BUll T AND REPAIRED. SEND 5O¢FOR CATALOG! 515 N. Victory Blvd. BURBANK, CALIF' (213) 849-7295 8