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More ro ad race clubs sho uld start includ ing the Cafe Race r clas s started by Pat Man n ing and CMC. It's time to quit pla y racin g on public roads and get in to th e real t h ing! Suzuk i feels the mo torcycle press has been too harsh on so me of their models, a cc or di n g t o Rich Campbell of Campbell Suzuki. Whim asked abou t th e TM 400 motocrosser, Rich says " It makes a good de sert b ik e!" It 's a to ugh life. The Fl M and m otorcycle manufactu rers will b e holding a G P Sa fet y Summi t soo n . It' s abo u t time they did so me th ing abou t those killer Armco b arrie rs . Kei th Emerson (o f Eme rso n, Lak e, and Palm er fame) left his February th ird show o n a brand new Kawasaki Z-2 . He tooled his nine hund red right d own the stage ram p, d own th e sid ewalk , off th e curb, an d in to th e su nse t (moonset?) . The new Cafe Racers class will be a regul ar th ing at all CMC OCIR ro ad races now. To enter you mu st not hav e raced in an y other road race cla ss, have a street legal and regist ered b ike, and we ar a helm et and leathers. It's a good t hing! c-, .. - KOOKI E, the famo us fast flea factory has an nounced th at sale of his proge"y to other would-be two- up desert racer,' netted $4 00 for Rescue 3, t he SoCaI find and fi x you good guys . Peddling pe d ig r e ed pups produces plen ty , espe cia lly if t hey're a lrea d y ra ce-trained , "FIZZZZ ZZ," an d turned aro und to find a m o un d of fo am ri din g passeng er. It's good st uff - his seat will never go nat no w. One edito r h ad a quickie flat fix fizz ca n st rapped o n his endu ro bike wh ile enduroing re cently . As he lan ded a fte r a s ma ll j u m p, h e h e ard a loud ,2.""" se.. '" N''':' WO~ ID LA N D S P€€ D ,(e.:oR D OJJ _ ... -. .. <;::~ lfHG" lIG" '\ /I/);i;\ _ ~U\.\) IN Ttt€ <~,·ltoDf\"F\ FActofl.Y HAS y>'J R N~ FoR 1 "eA RS 0 ver to Bur ~~S The ~~~~~~ru ;". k ee p -~ of POI,:NT"rG /l001<; A'8i3 A &A,Ne- O '1 1'; W .. A1Tii t!,~ Rc~~ IIJ& C.11/1. fh/ l\iV~ c rJ oPtS TI"\NI< DE~'GN e R. iiI "> 't 5 C Hv<;, Ky - S,jC,,,- ;£ ' 5I1L wl1 S Ul I f R. I( «, K6 1) r eDc ll itl ij '( BC:~N i<.. .:: , A;wPl'f.-(;" HI S U 'Im tE' L . 4' ~~ ~ . , ~ ~~r"7~ ~"$ / ~~~@4bR. (t1 CS c i' 11<-11 't ,,",c e, ,') ,'>'1, 11,0 ,-' ;>':1 1 ~1Z5 10 '; I t VJ C' '-"'it erJ SONNi BAKGER ot rli€. /-IELL; rlj'J~t:'IS ';lo-t- A JOtJ l\ S "tJ 1'IC:C. Cv,.., \-",,.;t q,u D Run right down to y our nearest Kawasaki de aler , gallo p up to his parts cou nter, and breath lessly say , "Hurry, give me a pa rt number 99996-210 - it's an emerqenev!" Russ Darnell, who tea ches folk how to ride motocross good in vario us par ts of -- When you put on your High School MX, don't f or get a Powder Puff etass for the lady racers. T HE BIGGEST YET : Alta Lo rna, Up lan d, Tracy , and Montcla ir High Schools in the Ontario, Ca liforn ia area are prep arin g for the biggest high sch oo l mo tocr oss face off to date. While the y 're still lin ing up a tra ck and sponso rs, en t h u s iasm is r nn ing ram pa n t, an d so urces predict a late March date for th e race. Rumor says the winners get to take home t he en tire cheerleadi ng sq uad fro m T racy High School. Yam ah a has o fficia lly sign ed Teuvo Lanssivuori to 'ride in the 500 GP rou nds . T ha t puts him in th e sa me class as Agostini, a lso o n a Yamaha. If Yamah a can ' t win t he 500 World Championship w it h that line-up, they had be tt er sti ck to pianos. Sfl(.I-/ S - UN ,=o&:r"'N" r~ly He n'l',,,, ~,,o ':::,It:;r 9<'AR., .5< ", n Cjr:'fti!. I rtf'~ O ...... e I -J;,"",.tt 9t"«t: ,,/'I t:! ::, t:'n.. "{C'IJIe. . '« What or w ho is Cinquasia? RAMPANT SPECULATION DEPT: Will Bultaco respond to the energy crunch by offering a 360/400 road mach ine ? A prototype exits - the 360cc Montjuich winner. The decision to produce/ no t produce such a mach ine is st ill up in the Barcelona stratosphere. The Bultaco p ar ts bin y ields some interesting potential powerplants : the o ld 360 Band ido engine, the Bandido un it bored to 400cc, the 352cc basic motocross unit , o r the 360cc Mon tju ich eng ine. Whichever way they go (if they do l we 'll lay odds the production it em will run away and hide from any Jap multi coffee. racer on a certain well known road . Look for Yamaha TY 125 and TY 175 trials bikes. Suppose they had to fill the gap between t he 250 and 80 somehow. 0" :n ,m€ 6 , ,q , g l?oLf/ND NOZ L£ c... w Eii'D Htll't"-' . TtxI'l5 ArrCtTlprEll TO A Golf is reall y incomprehensible. T hin k o f all the gas those people was te going to big go lf deals in Palm Springs. Why , that gas co u ld be used for much mo re im portant t h ings, like rac ing ! If Dick Christensen wo uld like about 540, he should send us his address. FO R T HAT BIG CROWD : T ak e one med ium -sized eleph ant, salt and p epper. Cu t elep ha nt into bit e-sized p ieces, ad d brown gra vy to cover. C oo k o ve r a kerosen e fire for fou r week s a t 4 6 5 de gree s F. Will feed 38 0 0 people. If more are expec ted , add two rabbits, but no t unless it is an em ergency. as m ost people d o not like hare in their stew . Wh o says? Mar y McCabe from , (Where else?), Io wa. Harley Davidson is getting ready to release a new psuedo-Ducati this year. The n ew 850cc (60 cubic inches to you hog lov ers) 60 degree in line V-twin features sin gle overhead cams (two of 'em ). and t ower shaft cam drive in a very Ducati -ish power plant. Some unreliable sources says the 1000cc Sportster will still be produced after the new model comes out, and some usually reliable duck fans say the Sports ter will go the way o f the Ho nda 350. Take your pick. 4 NorCal enduroers Steve Bales and Roger Robstad have been picked up by the Honda MT-250 Enduro team with sponsorsh ips. Honda seems serious about enduro s! ~ c-.;s l"\ tS ;v f'P \l,J~ J ~ Ve ,>pft .\ PRo ()l.ic,T;O N "~oU>'~ ON "T~f. L~ ~ liS AtJ{,El5 tYl e.e.r GO(]"(,,OII r i5 l k~s , ,J {'\ p .c.I::.vP \~ oJ( "- 14t1 0 b -'1 eR IC N US B(W",,", C\I'J 1 FR,etJos 3 -.N'\c c.l(2..ove. ro cH,c«.f,v k\c..5 RftC~\)oJA'f OI-J . Oc.T. 1'1 /oJo ctJe (W.,ce d 'p'> e <.. ", ,,,,; e eR~c. ~ ~'i() ~ lV-.-e 9a5 CAN, ,'n2.. -