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Southern Californ ia, came up with an cb s c r va t lo n that even Papa will unreservedly second. Namely, words to the effect that Hakan Andersson is the best condit ioned, hardest tra ining race r in motocross. It's true. The skinny Swede doesn't look like he could punch his way out of a pape r bag but he isn't even breath ing noti ceably at the end of a 45 -m inute mo to. Hakan is in so me fantast ic shape. J UST ONE WORD , ~IY BOY, PLASTIC ! Fina lly, the now -notorious plastic motocross an d enduro boots will be: a realit y in this co untry . Director of Bultaco In tern ational in the U.S., J ohn Grace, has mad e an initial ord er of the rock-resistant foot machines-so keep bugging your Bul dealer . We understand tha t they.will have them first. In colors. JAIL DAYS: Nine bikers in Nova Scotia each spent ten days in jail rather than pay $5 fines for "lawlessly" riding without helmets. They were protesting the province's new mandatory helmet law. DOWN TO TWO PLACES : Bakersfield, C a li f orni a has th e h i gh e st moto rcycle/peo ple rat io in Americ a, acco rd ing to Burea u of Census figures released by the Motorcycle Industry Council. There arc 4.3 2 motorcycles per 100 people in Bakersfie ld. CALIFORN IA AGAIN : The Los Ange les/Long Beach , California metropolitan statist ical area (where Cycle News lives) has more motorcycles than any other metropolitan statistical area. There are 195,034 bikes there, 77,462 i n se c o n d place San Fran cisco/O ak land, 70,327 in Detroit, 66 ,805 in Chicago , and 50,154 in Anahe im/San ta Ana /Garden Grove, California. If yo u're reall y in to fig ures h er e ' s some mor e: The average annual mileage for all types of bikes is 8 ,880 street. 9.85 3 dirt. Tha t m ea ns more mo to rcycle mi les are dirty than arc tarmacy. You can get mor e from MIC, 1001 Conn ecticut Ave., NW, Washington , DC 2003 6. The National Hot Rod Association and the Amer ican Motorcycle Drag Racing Association have joined together in a motorcycle drag racing program. AMF , makers of Harley-Da vidso n , made $962 ,04 9 ,000 last yea r. La Mirada, Califor nia has the fin est potential natural-terrain European type MX course we've seen, in the form of the La Mirada Regional Park. You should see the mudhole! Of cou rse, the County Golf Course would work, too. We hear that one of the two sch ools in the town, Neff High, has alot of inte rest in a MX against neighboring La Mirada High School, but one report says it was suppressed by the administration. Come on, you guys ! If you could put up with four years of "Boy Radical, " you can live with High School MX. Yamah a is ad vertising the ir two big bucks motocrosses - at Daytona and under the Astrodome - as featuring "popular m o to cross camp aigners from Euro pe and th e United States." We'd be real curious to know who the Europeans are going to be. Karsrna kers and Lamppu do n't count. They 're 'Merki ns . Trials on TV? Well, sort of. .. KMVT News, Twin Falls, Idaho area, fi lmed a Snake River Trials Association event February 10 for broadcast. They had a good, fun, low-pressure meet, and the camera crew went off saying, "No noise? No dust? Wah' kinda' mo-sick le race is th is, anyway ?" On a wee ke nd when the m ass m ed ia was trumpeting abo ut th e gas dr ou ght in and around L.A.. the imp act on race turn outs was no ticeable at some of th e morc: re mo te are as. T he cr owd s arc: staying close to ho me . and it seems that only those with good equipment and 20-20 foresight are making it any distan ce to th e races. Moral: If yo u wan t to race, plan ahe ad, bu y gas ea rly, and POOL THOS E VANS! !! Evel Knievel made a 270 foot leap over 11 Mack trucks Sunday at Green Valley Race City, near Fo rt Worth. This was Evel's 300th jum p and his next-to-last . His final jum p will be the Snake River assault somet ime in J uly. Just in tim e for your trip to DAYTON A - V ans, Pick-ups, Campers Roof Ventilators! The T wo -Wh e e le d D eliv er an c e a d ve rtis in g ca m pa ign no w being co nd uc ted by Orang e Coun ty Dealers has met with tremendous success. A sim ilar program will be pre sented to Los Angeles Coun ty Dealers on Feb . 20th. at Mcin erney's Resta urant, 15 1 South Doheney , Beverly Hills. Th e meeting begins at eight p .m, and will concern itself with the upsurge in sales due to the pr ogram , as well as the program itself as an option for the gas-be leagured public to co nsider. 18 in. SQ UARE • Opens from front or rear • High volume 519_95 Vent - 531.95 Blower 6 in . ROUND .3 position - snap-acting • perfect for a pick-up 5 10 .95 Vent - 5 22.95 Blower e Attractive cane-mesh nylon gri ll eEasy installatio n eTranslucent butyrate cover e Finest aircraft quali t y eQuiet operation eLeak-proo f eOrders pre-paid Torsten Hallman will be handling the Hedlund 500 and 620cc magnesium f 0 u r strokes that have been so successful in European side-hack competition. The Swedish based firm expects to export about twenty to the U.S. this year. Dealer l no ulr te s In vited PAUL HAMMOND COMPANY 1913 TECUMSEH ROAO • L ANSING. MICHIGA N 489 06 Mark up two more American-made mo torcycles on the market : the PDV uGringo, " an a u t -of-rhe -cr a te flattracker manufactu red in Rh od e Island and the Corbin -Gentry electric. EVEN BIGGER YET: The Garden Grove , California Department of Human Services, Division of Recreation, and the Garden Grove Unified School Distr ict are co -sponsor ing a gian t seven (!) high school mot ocross to be held at Orange County Internatio nal Raceway in Irvine on Saturday, February 23. It looks like it will be an annual deal at least, since a perpetual tr ophy for the winning high school team will be handed out, as well as individ ual rider 's trophies. At this one , the public is invited . Practice starts at 5 p.m., and the first race is at 7 p.rn. A t l a st ! Hones t t o goodness Interscholastic Motocross is coming of age ! Accord ing to a recen t Gallup Poll on commutin g habits, th e West as a regi on has three times as man y tw o -whe eled co mmu ters than any other ar e a in the n a tio n. TOXIC GARBAGE TO REPLACE BIKE RS. The California State Mines Agency is cons idering five dry lakes in San Berna rdino County as sites for disposal of toxic and dangerous wastes. A division report stated that the best waste disposal sites would be five dry lakes: Galway Dry Lake, Melville Dry Lake, Means Dry Lake, Soggy Dry Lake and Harper Dry Lake , which is north of Barstow. The dry lakes wo uld be used to dump dangerous wastes such as poisons, pesticides, oil and grease , and heavy metals. (Wheth er th is mean s radioactive or no t in the report, we're not sure .l You bikers sure are ruining the desert for all tha t poisonous garbage by having races around Soggy Dry Lake. Help co nserve gaso line . Ride a motorcycle every day. SCUDERIA HUSQVARNA PENTON LAVERDA SALES , SERVICE-, AND MAlL SPECIALIS TS (213) 542-1695 T he Finest Select ion of Parts and Accessories For Bi ke and Rider We Offer Expert Repairs Porting and Comp et ition Tuning R eceive $50 Worth of Parts an d Accessories FREE When Yo u B uy a N ew Hu sk y or Pent on. 24 19 Artesia Blvd. Redondo Beach. Califo rn ia 90278 COMPET ITION SHOC K A BSOR BERS • FIVE WA Y A D I UST AB LE YA BLEW IT : At the Arcadia/San Mar ino High School MX at Irwindale Raceway held on Valentine's day, the chee rlea de rs woul dn 't leave the stan ds, and the ones fro m one school didn't eve n w ea r their u n iforms. What a d rag . They d idn 't bring out the school bands. either. It look s like we 'll have to wait until some school docs it really right to do the giant " Spectacle of High Sch ool MX" spread we're looking for. Webco w ill again sponsor Roxy Rockwood's racing inte rview show over rad io statio n WMFJ at Daytona this year, March 4-10, 10 :30·11 :00 p.m , • • • • CH ROM ED & POLI SHE D DOU BLE DAMPE NI N G R EBUIL D A BLE ST REET OR RACING DISTR IBUTE D BY Sammy T an ner Distr ibuting .734 No. Avalon Blvd. Wilmington , Calif. 90744 Phone: (213) 830-4040 Betor F orks and Shocks Make th e Differen ce ooooooooooooooo ORANGE COUNTY SUZUKI-BULTAGO (John' s Racing Cycles) 2255 Harbor Blvd .. 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