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GET RICH QUICK: If your name is on this list, you've got money coming. All we need is your address. Bob Anderson, Rich Baker, Kim Byers, Hank Caldwell, Gary Callister, Dick Christensen, Edd Claxton, Tommy Conner, Bill Crawford , Charles Denova, Blaine and Mary Dickson, Dave Evans, Dottie Fortune, Bruce Galvin, Dave Hannon, Bob Helm s, John Hesson, Joni Hopkins , Gus Ingame, Shi rley Knop, Raben A. Knutson, Turkey McBill, Marla McClendon, Mary McGill , Mickey McManus, Terry Rezek, Alden Sheridan, Dan Wade, Bern Williams, Maurice Wilson, Rick Woods, Bill Wright, D. Zimmerman. If you're on this list of contributors, drop us a postcard and cash in . YEAH. THAT'S WHAT WE MEA NT . Kawasaki's Ame rican plant will be loc ated in Lin coln, Ne bras ka, not Louisville, Kentu ck y as we said last w e e k. T hey considered Louisville though. May be Ho nda will lo cate there. JOHN .BANKS will ride the new OSS A Phantom 25 0 MX 'at th e opening round of th e 25 0 World Championship at SabadeIl, Spain on April 7. The GP seaso n is not th at far off. Obviously somebody reads what our columnists have to say about the ·'energy crisis". Time magazines cover this week read: "Energy crisis - real or phony:' You read it here first. The January 18 Wall Stree t J oumal had a column abo ut how dir ty b ikes were an d how th eir increased use wo uld be a p roble m . I t · was b ased on the limited-sample st udy done by the Southwest Resear ch Institu te for the EPA. REWARD is offered for the recovery of two CR ·125M Hondas stolen from San Diego 's House of Honda during a Friday night break-in. The machines were one-offs, set up fo r shop riders Billy Urban and John Sorensen. Serial numbers are CR125M·l011554 and CR 125M·l0034995 . The ir loss practically wipes out the shops's racing program, and comes as a blow to Urban 's chase for the CMC points lead . Write or call House of Honda, 4904 EI Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92115. 714/286·3488. No questions asked; they just want the bikes back. Ben gt Abe rg has appa re ntly pri ced him self ou t of OSSA 's ran ge and co uld not come to agreement with the m on a ride for the 250 GP ro unds. OSSA has instead signe d J ohn Ban ks to ride the new 250 Phantom m o tocrosser in the British Championship. Banks will also ride the 500 Che ney-BSA in Britain and on t he 500 G P circ uit. MONTESA 'S PREFERENCE FOR FAST FINNS CONFIRMED. Montesa Motors recently a nnounced that they have signed Finnish-born U.S. citizen Peter Lamppu to ride for them officially in the United States in 1974. It is actually a return to Montesa for Peter, who campaigned the resurgent Spanish make on New England "scrambles" tracks when he first came to this country. He stayed wit h Mon tesa u ntil offered a more lucrative contract and, with the effective dissolution of Tea m Kawasaki, it lo oks like Montesa 's offe r was lucrative enough once again. Peter will ride a stock Montesa 250 VR in th e Florida series and for the AMA qualifiers. Montesa is going into the 250 U.S . National Championship fairly ser iously and will also have a prototype 360 for Peter to campaign in the TransAMA series th is fall . Papa wants one, too, eve n though he 's not Finnish. 4 GODZILLA LIVES!! He's in good hea lth and working at the Long Beach Post Office - in case you've wondered what's happening t o your paper lately. Our bo ss, Chuck Clay ton, has for th e last coup le of y ears been searchi ng for an ade q ua te " Americanism " to d escribe ca fe racers. Now th at inter est in th e type is re-aw akening on thi s side of th e pond, something's boun d to tum up. H ow a b o u t ca l li n g t he m "coffee·rac ers? " T he edi to r 's been calling them that for years. We'd still like to see an all-stock motocross bike class as suggested in last week's "Voices of the West" column. In addition to making racing economically feasible for more people, it would hopefully pressure the manufacturers to incl ud e a decent suspension system on the stock bike. We'd also like to see a stock production road racing class. Have you noticed how the cover dates on publications are always well ahead of when they actually appear? Us too. In fact, we understand that an upcoming issue of Dirt Rider has a cover date of 1984. NorCaI Mo tocr oss is trying to d o something to make moto cross cheap. Their new Novi ce Sportsman cla ss is open only to end u ro , tra il, o r st ree t bi kes. You can ta ke off some of th e lighting and so forth an d chan ge a lot o f th e stuff (m ay be u nfo rt unately ) bu t th e frame, sw ingarm, forks, and exha ust system s m ust be stock. QUACK ME TO TEARS : Something's afoot here. American Honda is making contr ibutions to something called " Ducks Unlimited". Now everyone knows that "duck" is a n ickname for Ducati. They say that the money goes to preserve "wild duck sanctuaries." Motogram By Jon P. Everton Instructions T he h idden brand names list ed be low a ppear fo rward, backward , up , d ow n , or d iagonally in t he puzzle. Find each h idden name and bo x it in as shown. Answer on page 26 . BSA BULTACO CZ DKW HARLEY DAVIDSON HODAKA HONDA o INDIAN KAWASAKI MAICO MONARK MONTESA NORTON OSSA PENTON PUCH RICKMAN SACHS SUZUKI TRIUMPH YAMAHA P HONMRA NG G I A MT R I o MA O Z A M0 N S RTKNOR N Z l OT A 0 I L A S U R CA OWO C B CN0 C CM o N I WA WS P AR YT I I RT R Z AUK I SED UTM DAN B TAM E H H A.L S 0 L V K Sa M 0 I MAO KNP P T S I 0 H a U N AUK R A N 0 M NAN C P YMN Z B C S H D D 0 Q D OD H N E A U S D H H A A 0 Z Y RON N C A Y K MM o C MT K H R E E T S E U M I B R A A BU L T 0 CAL 0 P P H Z N S Y S A UN A M K C I R N R C U 0 S 0 A E K A K WA S A K Y S AC I S J M S H A R LE Y D A V I DS 0 H R They must mean places like Riverside, Orange County, and Ontario raceways. Perhaps somebody's pulling the feathers over our eyes. American Honda is reportedly contacting more enduro riders to mount them on the MT-250 two-stroke for this year. Names such a s Steve Bell, Carl Price and Dick Knapp have been ment ioned in connection with semi-official sponsorship by Honda. The bikes will have Elsinore barrels, heads, shocks, etc. at the rider's option. Knapp is likely to stay with his Husqvarna ri de, however. Not all 1974 Bultaco Pursangs are blue. The 360 is red, with yellow stripes. It has 352cc and, shall we say, adequate torque and power. Papa doesn't get to keep one for more than five laps until the 9o-day lead time slicks play with it a while. It may just be worth waiting for. T hu mbing through so me 197 1 D-37 motocross standings lately (prior to carefully storing the m in the Wealey file), we noticed th at th e top ran ked Novice m o to cr o sser in t hat year, earning No. 16 , was Janen e Pennington, now J ane ne T urton. Second ranked Novice , a few positions furth er d own, was Ch erry Sto c k to n. No fu r th er co mm en t necessary. OPEN SUNDAY: Off·road long distance freaks should remember that the S.C.O.R.E. Parker Dam 400 February 8·10 will give the bikers a good shot at an overall win since the bikes won't need to have lighting equipment to run. There are $25,000 in pr izes and contingencies. Go get some. Call 213/437-0466. And, the bikes will run first. Doggie -biking seems to be all the coming thing. Everywhere we go, we see people riding with their dogs on the seat, tank, or handlebars. Big dogs, little dogs, and ugly girls of all sizes are going along as passengers. Kookie, the famous desert doggie, and master John are the original and most famous best-friends combination on two wheels. We've also seen dogs at trials (see page 18), motocrosses, and on the street. On e dude was struggling with his Husky (the furry kin d) as he rode his BMW d own the boulevard. This t hing cou ld go too far. Jim Belland tunes Harleys, not Hondas. It's Doug Schwerma of Champion Frames who is preparing those Honda XL·350 short trackers for Honda. What could have Papa been thinking of? Sex . probably. Hot damn. Here it is, almost February alrea dy , and it looks like they are going to have Day tona after all. T he re are st ill some ru m ors reaching us that they may shorten the Big One. We don't th ink so, but we're all dialed in, cranked up , and waiting for the flag to drop. The staff road racer keeps wandering aro und saying, "J eez ... all those Yamahas!" There are those who don't give the four strokes much of a chance. Our resident motocrosser says, "I'll go way out 'o n a limb and say that it might not be Agostini. t. But our enduro-er says, "He's riding o ne of those Yamaha 700's? Yeah, it'll be Agostini." Also bantered ab 0 u t are the names Carruthers, Romero, Roberts (a good ligh tweigh t pick), and Baumann. If you don't like Yamahas you are only allowed one other choice if you listen to our staffers: Yvon DuHame1. That ma n's will-power makes a lot of horsepower. GONNA BE RICH AND FAMOUS DEPT: Bye, bye, Cycle News West, rode my Kawasaki to Cycle GUide, 'ca use my cupboard was dry. Arthur Meeker Fr iedman, alias "Art the Blunt Dart", has gone the way of the world and left Cycle News for the big time "slicks" he was always so fond of making fun of while he was amongst us mortal weekly dudes. That leaves new staffer Dan McCue and his Suzuki 125 "Cat" in control, followed by John "Crash" Ulr ich, John "Last Of The Terrible Trio" Huetter, and Lane "Lame Camel" Campbell to put out th is here rag. We'll