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.• ..... I I II I II ~ t C(") r-0'\ ..... ~ 00 ..... s. CIJ ~ Giacomo Agostini; 13 World e Championships with MV but now on Yamahas. CIJ (.J CIJ Q Cal Rayborn is going to Australia to race cars over the win ter, we hear. Perhaps your best motocross bargain today! CZ has been a legend in Motocross racing since it all began; with its superior design, engineering, handling and highest quality of material and workmanship, Isn't it refreshing to know that you can still get so much "value" for your money from CZ? Drop in at your nearest CZ dealer today and get"one of life's nice surprises, SELECT DEALERSHIPS AVAILABLEI CONTACT TODAY! CANADA WEST COAST American Jawa, Ltd. 18408 Laurel Park Road Drawer 15 Compton, CA 90224 (213) 537-8400 C~ EAST COAST American Jawa, Ltd. & Jawa Motors, Canada Ltd. 7600 Trans-Canada Hwy. 185 Express St. Montreal 377, Canada Plainview, L.I., N.V. 11803 (514) 336-3131 (516) 938-3210 COBS Acres, a large parcel of land Mar lancas...., Cal., has !Men closed to all bike riding. It had been a haven for bikers _king refuge from cops and riding fees, and the ownen _Icomed everyone. But now, in respon_ to some morons' littering, tearing down signs, breaking tent poles, and burning their Joshua trees, the bike-bring Ianclonls have con1llC1ad the local sheriff in dasperation. Anyone caught riding lIf'! the land without writtltn permislion will be ticketlld. Last week we said that the 175 Elsinore Enduro was a rumor. This week it's a facL last week _ said that uny Baird_ killed at Bantow to Vegas. He wasn't enterllCf or participating in tIMi race. He _ desert riding "'where. We picked the story up from the general press which was in error also. NATIONAL DISASTER FOR ITALY: Many-time (we lost count) world road racing champ Giacomo Agostini has signed to ride for Yamaha. He appasen t1y didn't like getting beaten by another MV rider, Phil Read. He is going to be much, much harder to beat now. Triumph-BSA-Norton's nte:ing team for next year will apparently consist of Dave Aldana and Mike KicId. Gary Scott went to Harley, Dick Mann broke his leg, and Gene Romero _nt to Yamaha. If you're a tourer and feeling the ever-increasing distance between gas stations, you might inquire at your dealer about larger gas tanks. Most bikes as they are delivered in Europe come with bigger gas tanks. Yamaha,. for example, offers European tank as an option "touring" tank in this country. They make bigger tanks for their other bikes, too, if you can get them. Triumph and Kawasaki also make bigger tanks for their European bikes. They'll probably be thin king about importing them righ t soon. PFUTZENREUTER BENEFIT: A benefit motocross, with proceeds going to larry Pfutzenreulllr's family, will be held at DeAnza Cycle Park Sunday, December 16. It will be a point-paying District 37 event. For details call Clay Masllln, (714) 870·9990, days. (213) 247-2850 ~UL.T=CC ,tAltaCheS to I Front or Rear r Frames Bultaco International Ltd. \ 01 Any • CAR P.O. Box 62547 Virginia Baach, VA 23462 : . TRUCK I. TRAILER If you rode a motorcycle to work the truckers couldn't slow you down much. Hodaka Motorcycles ~a~~~~~ "~Jut-uutelfIndian ", ~~~~:Sport Cycle 4 Word has it thaI Tom Ruddy, ex super-tuner for DKW, higbsided in the men's room of the Flamingo Hotel in I.as Vegas and broke his leg. GUY R. LOUIS (714) 893-7057 7219 Westminster Ave., Westminster. Ca. Sweet Duck Suzuki Desert and MX Specialists 1010 E. A".ow Hwy. Couma, Ca. (213) 966-8541 Suzuki & Milico MtJiJ Order S~citJlists Despi te the alleged gas shortage, turnouts at races and other motorcycle even ts over th is past wee kend were excellent. We heard riders at several places vow to continue racing during this coming year. Some are making plans to form van-pools with up to eight people in a pool.