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On'e st af fe; upon hi's g~adu~tio.i 'f ro m ~ road race school said to another st affer. .." List en, when you come off that freeway ra mp st ick you r leg way out, lean over, and gas it. . .like th is, see?" I always wo nd ered what caused th e spa rkle in his eye . MEXICAN ENDUROS are getting to be all the rage. New riding country, gener ally friendly people, and all that good bee r. The heavy-duty Tecate 500 was last weekend and now the CRC is spo nso ring the Gringo 100 starting and ending in Ensenada on Ap ril 27 . T he re'll be a bike parade t hrou gh tow n to start it and a trophy party in Ense nada Saturday night to end it . Pennzo il is pro viding the oil and the CRC t he gas. And j ust a word for tho se of yo u who at th is mom ent are ha rboring ill will to wards Cycle News beca use of our last week 's spoof. With in the co nfines of the ba ck pages yo u shou ld find enough April foolery to sa tisfy all yo ur little hea rt's d esir e. PENTON CE/I.' TRAL . Straigh t fro m the World Tabernacle of Penton ism in Lorr ain , Oh io comes the true wo rd on the availab ility of the new 35 7cc KTM -engined Penton. The y are ex pecting two production models; lprobab ly, motocross an d one 0- enduro , withonea man th and should have in the 50 0 class machines in quantity b y mid -May. The AMA and Executive Trave l of " anta have te amed up in orde r to Atl ma ke cha rter flight arrangements a vailabl e fo r the 49th Six Days Tri al in Italy . A ny o n e w i th an AMA membersh ip of at least six months will be eligib le for th e fligh ts , along with ISDT participants a nd their families. Now you won't have to fly Freelandia, or Banana Republ ic Airways. . .or do you ? ' - < MORE NEW BIKES. There is reportedly one (1) 1oo0cc Honda shaft-drive motorcycle in the Un ited States. Production could start as early as September. Number one strike s back! o To ok a ride up Duarte , California way the other day to see h ow the new comb ined Triumph/Norton o pe ra tio n is com ing. The front offices were still in a state of re decorating inherited from th e old regime, and in th e back a busy crew was catching up with ship ping parts orders. Now th at Tri umphs are flowin g from the factory again, there was a fair stock of new bikes in cra tes and cubic acres of parts to keep th e so ld ones running. Things seem to be looking up for the British motorcycle ind ustry . Rac ing in the A MA Reg ional Championships? Better get y ou r Cycle News sti ckies st uc k o n - if you plan to finish in the first th ree, that is. 825 will be paid to each o f the f irst t hree winners in the Novice, Ju nior and Expert class, prov ided the CN regist ered Trade Mark, patented logotype is prominently displayed. CN st ick ies can be had by sendi ng a self ·addressed 10 cent st amped envelope to any Cycle News office. Why is it that every time you insert th e little tube into the finger con trol rel ease atop a can of chain lub e, it squ irts all over yo ur hand ? Psssst , If you ride long enough on your Yamaha 500 it gives you an imp ressio n of th e sea t on you r seat. Of course th is can only be not ed by someone standing beh ind yo u wh ile you are practicing str ea kin g in your f ro nt room . Ms. Cal Rayborn was the recipient of 815 ,000 at the recent memorial event held at South Bay in San Diego. The earl ier figure of $5 ,000 was a b it off. EveI Knievel , Evel Knievel and more Evel Knievel will be present ed on T .V . in the: upcomin g m onths both as a n up com ing se ries and as specials, in cid entally th e tw o-weekend lon g Lab or Day spe ct acul ar a t the Sn ake River cu lm inating with th e jump will enc om pass a to tal $ $ week of 1,250,000 in p urses. D ick Brownell, fo rm er Mayor of Pomona, Calif., is running fo r t he st at e Assembly in t he newlv-fo rrned 65th Di ~trict, (Pom ona, Montclair, Ontari~, Chino and Up land ). See CN West, Apnl 1S, 1972 page 14 for Dick 's pa rt iculars. Mr. Brownell is a bike enthusiast and is the man to vote for in the pr im ary election June 4. He is run n ing as a Republican , so if you want to help get a f riend on the ballot, you 'll have to register or re-register as a Republican, if you live in the 65th Dist rict . You can vote any way yo u wish in the general election , no matter how you a re registered . MONEY , HON EY , - Bob Ander son , Mike Con way. Bill Crawford, Blain e & l\lary Dickson, Ti m Elliott , Dave Evans, Mark lI abb eshaw, T ur key McBill, Sa nd i Mar tin , Alden Sher idan, Bob Stro bel . Dan Wad e, J ed Wilco x, Maurice \l' ilson, we owe mon ey to yo u all fo r yo ur co n t rib u t io ns to o u r rag. but our turkey Calendar and Managing Editors lost your add resses before th e nice lad y in the other o ff ice co uld stu ff your che ck s in an enve lope ! Drop us yo ur tru e, correc t address to Dept. Payola, and it 's INSTANT ~ION EY ! ! Well, alm ost. . . Dur ing the lon g layoff in the AMA Nat iona l circu it until the San Jose Mile May 19, t ho se amo ng the championsh ip circu s wh o fancy the mselves road racers will be off in Europe road raci ng: the rich Imola 200 April 7 and the Players' Anglo-American Match Races April 12·1 5. The rest of the crew, wh o still groo ve o n d irt , will be in our ba iliwick mo st of th e month of April, running a steady sched ule of AMA ha lf m iles: Asco t's Fr iday night Silver medal ser ies, South Bay's March 30 Saturday night program , and San Jose's April 7 daytime show, just for openers. Speedway Racin g Associat ion is tr yi ng something new as th e 1974 season op en s at Irwindale. Th e top twenty point s ea r ner s f ro m last ye ar au to ma tica lly m ove t o first di vision . T he rest o f th e regu lar co mpe ti to rs (so me 8 0 in all) get to hassle it out for the remainin g 30 firs t d ivision slots in a two night ro u nd rob in points qu alifying serie s. Both Sat urd ay night program s of 40 races ea ch are sla ted fo r Irwindale, l\lar ch 30 and April 6, from 6 p.m . Pr o c eed s will KO in to th e SR A benevolent fund . STILL :'\IORi; NEW BIKES . Norton Villiers T riumph have promised a line of new Briti sh motorcycle s over the next few years. On e new Engli sh bike that won't stri ckly be an Nvr product is. a 75 0 or 65 0 twin that will bear an un canny resemblan ce to a Triumph bu t won 't be. Likel y name for it is th e Am er iden . Availability? About 60 days. A friend of ours has been averag ing 95 miles per gallon on h is Honda CB1oo. And we thought the Honda XL175 was miserly ! Sign seen at a gas stat ion in Long Beach : FR EE GAS to femal e strea kers, inquire . for details. " I say theah " . . .ten very rare Brit ish motorcycles will be auctioned from the James C. Lea ke collection on May 26 , in Arlington, Texas. There are two Brough Superio rs, a 1938 S.S. 100 twi n, and a 1931 S.S. SO tw in. Along with these are ; two Norton Manx , 1955 Vincent HRD Black Shadow, 1955 Vincent Rap ide, 1935 Excels ior Manxman, 1967 Velocette, 1950 Sunbean SS, and a 1967 Tr iumph Tiger 90. THE .JUMP. At last and for real, Evel Knievc l will be j ump ing Idaho 's Snak e River Canyon in hi s st ca mje t-p ow c rcd "H arle y .Da vidson" Skyc ycle aro und Labor Day thi s year, 1974, for sure . li e anno unced it a t a lIarley dealers' co nfe rence and has com mitt ed himself to 11:0 the who le way . The Canyon .Jum p is o n ! t , ~rt."nA V) 4 "j 4"