Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Ho nd a clean ed up the 125 Junior s through the efforts of Mark Civello , Michael Luna, and Sca li Crawford, one-tw o-three. Tom Gildea won the 125 Intermediate o n h is Ho nda, t oo. The 250/Open pack kept things fas t and furio us wi th a ll so rts o f hotsh ot action going on. Floyd R. Burk, J r. (C Z) decided that havin g Beginners, Jun io rs an d In termed iates w it h a real live Open class Ex pert w as n o t t he hot se tu p. so he za p pe d hi mself away fro m the rest of the crow d an d kept it th at way fo r three Camper Top Conversion: Building a Flip-up Lid m o tes to get th e w in in h is class , and over everyone else. by the way. Ti mothy B. J ones (H us) nabbed th e 25 0 Beginner w in, wi th Jay Zupan (Han) an d Ri ck Pitts (C Z) righ t beh ind him. In th e 25 0 Jun iors, it was a regular Honda san d w ich wi th Yamah a on ry e, as J ohn Adams (Han) gra b bed th e win. followed by Jim R ad er (Ya m), and J eff Ritz (Ha n ). And in the 25 0 Intermed iates, Jim Martin Maicoed h isself to th e to p sp ot. It w as a very far o u t d ay , in deed , as threatening we ather threaten ed but never did an y thing nasty , tu rn ing o u t Now. take o u t all th e fas teners (bolts, scre ws , e tc.] t hat hold the camper on. (No t th e piano hin ge.} You should now be able to pick up the back of the ca m p er (Sec. 2, a) at least 12", Set it down again and put b ack only one bolt on each side o f the cam p er (the ones that can easily b e reached stan d ing outside). Now, tak e th e left hand transom hinge (Sec, 2 , b ) and hold it in th e closed position j ust inside the left vertical wall of th e truck (Sec . 2, c) and up aga inst the wood o f th e bottom of th e cam per (Sec, 2, a) . Drill two '.4" holes wher e the top half o f the elbow will be bolted to th e cam pe r (Sec, 2,d) and ti ghten . Do same for right hand sid e. With the camper still in the down nice instead. Th e: st art of each m oto w as orderly a nd fa ir. • R.A.C.E. MX By T om Blattler p osi tion, close th e tran som hinge to its full y retrac te d pos iti on, and draw th e ho le wh ere it is t o be drilled in th e vert ical wall of the cargo bed (Sec . 2 , c ). Do th is for both sides . Take a 3/16" bit. (not a and d rill the hole o n each sid e of th e box. Then ta ke a '4" tap and thread the holes. The fi na l step ! Take each ca p screw (Sec. 3, a) and, from t he o utsi de of th e truck , run it in tight against th e box . On CORONA . CAL" FE B. 16 Going in to th e eighth R. A.C, E. MX of the 197 4 season, Hon d amo un ted Edd ie Clark was the ove rall po in t leader for t he giant Quar terly Poin t Ch am pionsh ip Troph y with 22 points, Clark received most o f his poin ts in t he 125 J uni o r class, and was mo ved up to th e Intermedia te divi sion after a coup le of easy vic to ries. After the eigh th race , a 13 ·y ear-old Honda rider m oved into the overall poi nt lead after ano ther easy vic tory, Scot T ipton, ridin g for Norris Ro b ert s Honda of San Clem en te , h as been racing com pe tit ivel y for less than a year, and hi s improvement contin ues to be fantastic. Tipton ro de h is Ho n da to th e top sp ot in th e Min i Cycl e d ivision , as he cap tured all three m o t os. Finis hi ng th e three motes with tw o seconds and a t h ird was Bob Hadley for sec ond o verall" wit h J ack Browning thi rd . *"), the By Robert M cCauley With the energy crisis staring us in the fac e, many b ike rs are b uying the small import trucks to stretch th eir gas dollars. Another rid er wh o c o n tin ue s t o sh o w his supe rio rity at Cor ona e very week is A ver y p op ular accessory is the cargo shel l. It ena bles yo u to lock your goo dies from t h ieves and keep thi ngs clean and dry. T hey Penton-m oun ted Mark T yer. Mark rides ou t of Uncle Donny's Flyi ng Mach ine Fact ory and has d ominated th e 125 and faste ned with the w o od screws in to ins ide, slip a washe r over th e protru d ing bolt. th en the bottom half of the transom hi nge (Sec. 3 . c). anot he r was he r, and th en th read on th e ny lo ck nu t (Sec. 3 , d ). Don' t tighten it. just run it in enoug h to h o ld th e washers sn ug. Do both sides , You sho uld no w be ab le to lift u p the back en d o f th e cam per, and the hinges should snap into posit ion. You can now push yo ur bike right in (wit h the handleb ars low ered ) and t ie it d o wn . Th en low er the ca m per and p ut in th e rear b olt on each sid e h oldin g t he b ack in place . N o need for any m o re b ec ause are also great whe n goi ng t o far a' .y end ures an d m o to crosses wh ere ou need a cheap pla ce to slee p nea- h e Sen ior class. How eve r. he was be at en by team ma te Bob Brooks, as T yer suffered bike tro u ble in th e firs t mo ta b ut ca p tu red th e second tw o m o tos. Bro oks took t he o verall honors t hat d ay . Last Saturday was ano ther ro ut for Tyer, who won all three m o tos t o t ake the to p m on ey. Taki ng second w as Bob Haag (Hus) . T he Newport Beach rid er made a fine showi ng in the 125 Sen iors. J ack Bol es rode h is Mon ark to t he th ird o veral l p os it ion. In the 250 Beginners , the o nly Kaw asaki-moun ted rider at Co ron a Saturday, Sco tt Wallace showed so me ex cellen t potential in th is his second time on th e Corona co urse. Wallace cap tured the o peni n g five-lap mota and fini sh ed second in the last two. He finis hed high enough in the last ra ce t o take the overall class hon ors o ver Husqvarna-rnounted Bob Skocili ch, wh o took the final two motos. J.N. Elledge rode h is Bultaco to a third place fin ish in t he 25 0 Beginner s. He d ominated the field with Mik e Cummin gs riding his Yamaha to second and Ru sty Clarke third, In the o the r cl asses run a t Cor ona S aturday, Marty Wolf ord (Ya m), cap tu red the 100 Beginner cla ss. The 125 Juniors went to Bultaco -mo un te d T odd Breker w ith T im Buck (C Z) takin g th e 125 Interm edia te s. Bru ce Col e t t (CZ) was the victor in th e 250 Juniors with th e 250 Seni o r class going t o J ohn Hr ynkiew icz. In th e 5 00 classes , the In t ermed iat es wen t to Su zuki-m ounted Ed T re nt wit h Jim Stati on (B us) rid in g to th e win in th e Juniors . Bob Crandall was th e winner in th e "Old Ti mers" di vision. • the cam per (Se c, I , c) , and shee t m etal screws into th e bo x flange (Sec. d ). th e p ian o hin ge will h o ld it sec urely. Close th e back end and hit th e road ! action. One drawback with this set-u p Is nat unless your cam per st icks up o ver .. ght inch es above th e ca b (wh ich hurts gas mil eage), o r you race a QA·5 0 . your bike won 't fit in the rear o pe ning. After disg usti ng attem pts to lean the crit ter ~e.C. T / O N I o n its side and ro ll it in at the sam e time (falling a t least t hree times), I knew the re was 'a better way. He re it is ! The first th ings yo u 'll need are t ime, (abo u t three hours), and money, (about eigh t dollar s). Also need ed will be an elec tric drill, scre wdrivers, a punch, and a cou p le -o f wrench es. T he n go to yo u r local hardware st ore an d pick up th e foll owing materi a ls: 2 - 12 " elb o w transo m hinges (se lf lockin g] 1- 30" p ian o hinge 25 - 5 /8 " wood screws t -I" roll foam weatherstripping A - 3 /16"xl '4" bolts ' and nuts with washers 2- '.4" xl Y," ca p scre ws, wash ers and nyl ock nu ts (you will need a '.4" tap, go harrow o ne from a fr iend) 1 presume your ca mper is alre ady o n and bolted d own. A thin layer of foa m wea therstripping (Sec. I , a) shou ld already be be tween th e box and the cam per. This is a mu st so th a t the h inge will pivo t, First take the piano h inge (Sec . I , b ) and cu t it in half. Pu t half on the far left h an d side of the fro nt of th e box, and th e o ther half on the righ t sid e. It sho uld be u p tight in t he co mer 33

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