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FULLY ATTACH~he " BOOT OF CHAMPIO TONGU E ~ ." SNUG F IT TING ALL WEATHER CUFF SOFT GLOVE LEATHER WIT H FOAM FILLI NG ....! FOA M PADDED FRO NT - - RACE PROVEN BUCK LES HEA T RESISTAN T A ND WATER REPELLANT FIN ISH EXCLUSIVE MOLDED PLASTIC INST EP & SHIN PROTECTOR •The Vespa. t oo, has come to an end ; pump j oc keys are much t oo busy rolling with the punches of this topsy -turvy world of gaso line pri ces an d related problems t o get spaced -o ut o ver a 75 ce nts fillup. Alas, they have lost t he ir b el oved sens e o f humor! I am qu iet ce rtain th e gentleman's attit ude w ould have b een mu ch less host ile had he got asked that immortal quest ion : " H ow many miles that thing get to a gallon?" Before leaving t he safe ty of one's own driveway , o ne must m ak e his m ind accept t he fact th at one m ust drive the scooter like any It alian mahcine was made to be drive n. O n such m achines. one must fight for every inc h o f tra ffic space - one must attack! High o n t he cam and wide open , always! Rid e"w it h aggression and ap prehe nsion and , above all , ride with no faith in mankind , an d have p aid -up hosp it alization insuran ce! At first sight , kid dies are thorough ly co nvin ced of two t hin gs. 1. Grownups do have more fun . 2. That I was' the advance man for some circus and they applauded from t he boxseats of station wagons while their parents either smiled knowingly but weakly , o r they sneered at my blatant display of obnoxious oneupsmanship! Some senior citizen drivers took a dim view of m y "toys for tots" movement on the city streets and more than once ph y sica lly ur ged me back upon th e sidewalks where they thought I ob vi o usly belonged . (No m atter. many felt the sa me when I rode an 850 Norton !) T he attitudes of the "Players" and "Highrollers" are the hardest by far to take. T hey spent their ti me next to m e at the stoplights all bent over t he helms, and/or rolling in the aisles of their Lincolns, Cadillacs, and Chryslers convulsed with laughter . T hey know full well that if t here is such a thing as a fuel shortage then Pet er Pan is a punk! To them , th e whole thing is a com m unist plot to j ack up the price of everything in the world. "Players" and " High rollers" don't scare eas y. They are not about t o be stam ped ed into d isposing of th eir hard earned and well deserved badges o f status and prestige merely on the b asis of same "Chicken Lickin' Falling Sky Theory." They will play the game the way they always have. . .until they run out of string. If the writer sounds a bit cynical it is o nly that r id ing a scooter is fun for a while , but after that its all downhill, and a p ain in t he b utt too - not just because this machine was old and borrowed. There is no excitement, for me, and that is a most ho p eless situation. There rem ain s one nagging realization . If one lives an d works in o r near the big cities, in the face of what lies in wa it for us , o ne can r id e the scooters and get approximately 80 mo re miles to t he gallon than , say, a Honda CB 125! Moreover , in the present mass move to antiquate America's "Better is Bigger" automobile syndrome. . .is it not conceivable that the time may co m e f aster than we car e to know that motorcycles a b ove 500 cc might be consider ed gas hogs? " Heaven help t he roses wh en t he bombs st art to fal l!" • TOP GRA DE SKI BOOT FOAM FILLED FOR PERFECT FIT FR OM DA Y ON E. MINIMA L BREA K IN LEATHER~ BEST A NKLE PROTECTOR OF ANY BOOT ) ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTIC TOE GUARD ~ STI TC HED IN SERT FOR FORWA RD FLEX SKI TYPE HEEL HUGG ER ST EEL KI CK PLA T E DOUBLE PLY SOLE FOR EAS IER RE-SOLING BUI LT ·IN ARCH SUPPORT PLUS STAINLESS STEEL SHANK DOUBLE STRENGTH STITCHING "THE NORSTAR" Sole U.S. Distributor A VAILAB L E FOR IMMEDIATE DELI VER Y DEALER INQUIR IES WEL COM E TRANS·AM MODEL $69 5 0 US SPORTS -TOLL FREE 1-800-231-1811 MOTO-CROSS OR /SOT SOLE WARDS RIVERSIDE MOJAVE (S, Senelli ) PARILLA CAPRIOLD MV AGUSTA 250 BIANCHI CAPRI SCOOTERS "''''~ ,'115": "Cl~l, .' PARTS World's largesllnventory lorItalian motorc, cles Rebuilt EngineExchanges _ COSMO~U T AN MOTORS-Ill e. . . . . -" P.O. eo_«4. Cvprnl. CAo 90630 111 1 8 27·742 1 4 COMP ET IT ION MO TO RCYCL E WHEELS DES IGNE D, BU l LT AND R EPAIR ED . H a tbo ro . Pa . 190 40 SEN D 5O¢ FQR CAT ALOGI jM FisltbAcWs YAMAHAoilf@ t!-\!M~ @ !M1J .H RL Lu b r ica nt s 73 40 Flo rence Ave. Dow ney, Ca. 90 240 (714) 822-2252 9008 Sierra Ave., Fontana, Ca. C OM PI-ETE M A CH INE SHOP AND R~PA.IR SE RVI C~ & rx: ~ P"""'_' ~ C ycle Engln e .rlng & Supply " 4 0 -A N . KR"' EMER AN ...... E I .... . c .... a 2 e06 ( 714 ) 1530 ·:5 7 2 0 ~ Coast Moto Cycle 23 34 Newport 81., C osta Mesa 714/645 ·8008 COMPETITION CYCLES c;"" r.I'·"',-nt.> ::-)25 N 8 $.l uCI,·m·r,tl' ,714· 4' 1;? ??70 IIEra,. N H.·t. 1\,,' EI C.-IlllI]!) . :",r . R",i1 (i ,,':,',·Ir!"l'l ~" ' · ''' ·"'i'' ''·A'~i¥ " D R ~ C O /. 1850 East Ed inger Santa Ana , CA 92705 ill (7 14) 541 -5217 11