Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Busqvarna, CZ, Penton owners- have we got .a Mikuni earburetor eonversion kit lor you. Valerian's kits are tested. They work. They fit. They substantially improve gas mileage, HP, and torque. • Stop s loa din g up . Eases start ues, And gives more doeib ili ty. , J The kit that comes with a co mple te range of iet. good trom sea le. el to 8.000: The kit you can bolt on in less than an hour. The cu sto m-desig ned kit that looks like it's " factory installed :" Order a who le kit and ka bood le. o r just the parts you need . (Incl uding ou r ve ry own man Ifo ld krts.) Call (213) 4 754541 today Or mail tne coupo n. PRICE PRICE 1 .... 250 CZ 32mm ••..• , .. .•••... $54.95 2 . . • • 250 CZ 34mm . . • .. . . . . ... . .. . S59.95 17 ... . 125 Penton 32m'Tl .. ....... .•. $54.95 18 125 Penton 30 mm .... • .. . . .•• $54.95 3 . . • . 360-400 CZ 34m m $59.95 19 125 Penton 28mm • .. .... . . . . . $54 .95 .. . .. . 360-4 00 CZ 36m m $72.95 20 175 Penton 32 mm . : 559 .95 5 ..• , 250 Husky 32 to repl ace 32 $61 .95 21 175 Penton 34 mm . .... • ..• , . . 565 .95 6 250 Hus k y 34 to rep lace 36 565.95 22 125 CZ 32 mm ...........••.. $54.95 7 250 Husky 32 to repl ace 36 561.95 23 125 Husky 32mm $62.95 8 360 Husky 32 to replace 32 56 1.95 24 360 Husky 36 to rep l ace 36 572.95 9 • . . . 360 Husky ;}4 to rep la ce 36 165 .95 25 . . . 360 Husky 38 to replace 36 575.95 26 . 400 Husk y 36 10 r epl ace 36 572.95 10 .•• . 360 Husky 32 to replace 36 . •. . $65 .95 11 . .. . 400 Husky 34 to replace 32 .. . . 565.95 27 400 Husky 38 10 rect ace 36 . . • . $7.5.95 12 . . . • 400 Husky 34 to rep tace 36 .• •• $65 .95 28 400 Husk y MJ MK 36mm .. .. $72.95 MK 32mm $63 .95 29 ..• .. 400 Husky MJ MK 38mm •. . . $75.95 13 . . • • 250 Hu sky MJ 14 . .•• 250 Hus k y MJ MK 34 mm 566 .95 30 450 Husky MJ MK 36mm $72.95 15 . .,•. 400 Hus ky MJ M K )4mm $65 .95 31 450 Husky MJ MK 38mm $75.95 16 ••• , 450 Husky MJ MK 34mm ., .. $65.95 32 • . ,. 400 CZ 38mm . . ..• .•.•• •..••. $75.95 Special super teflon smooth cab les . re av.i l able fo r $385 and a M lkuni tun i ng in fo rmati on bookl et l or $2.20 . Pl ease include • $3.00 shipp ing & handling fee . Cal if o rn Ia r.sidenta add 50/. + + + + + + sales tex . Plene 11 C O O 0 'lIp NAME Ch ar ge to B an..... merarCJ 0 Ma ste rCN rg e 0 M y accounl nu mber '5 AOORESS CITy MAI~TO : • ' U\\ ~ ~t _ _ --'TELEPHO N E STATE Z,P (u se area cccer _ . n:w~!~!!oy~!!~"!:td. Gene Romero collected the goodies for winning the Expert Main event for the first t ime. Loe An g...... Cal ifomla 8ClOS4 _ rel.phone: (213) 47S04S4 1 Sales - Sarvlce - Accessories - Perls - Rlvetts Champion Leethers All it takes Romero pu~s it together at Ascot To begin your advert ising campaign By Bob F. Read HUSQVARNA ' JAWA/ CZ ' SUZUKI' PENTON GARDENA, CAL ., MAY 17 Is a phone call T o t he advert isin g departmen t at Cycle News 213- 427-7433 ~onong~o n o ng ~ o n ' > n o no n o n o~ ! !~~THE~f.'MA'-fA .• c. (') 1'" £ ~ ~O ~ 1'" MX Glo ves Regular Price $7.95 to $ 12.95 REDUCED 20% one week on ly. 6 styles to choose fro m. Kids' sizes too . r. 0 24020 Narbonne Ave., Lomita , CA. 90717 . Phone (2t3) 534 ·23 11 1", C' t~C> T&C) -r<: c> f' l Cl T t C) -r<: c> f' lCl 'rl: (J r eo r «, t'1;{.' Send S3.00 for 256 colorful catal og 10 w it h p a ge mo re th an 5500 items. 1'" ~ or e Six different Experts In seven week s o f racing knocked off the Ascot m ain event. For Gene Romero , t he win came followin g a pair of third place fin ishes the previous two weeks. Th is ti me it was his show. T he fac to ry Yam aha rid er , wh o has found the weekly Asco t half-rnilers toughe r th an m ost national races, clocked in w ith the second fa ste st ti me trial for the th ird straight wee k . Mert La w w ill timed th e fas tes t, but it was to be h is la st fro nt-ru nn ing effort o f the nigh t . .J o hn Hatel ey pu t toge t her h is best e ffo rt a n d came o n to p ass and de fe a t Mert in the ope n ing h ea t race. Pa t :'\lcC aul and Devon Sowe ll crashe d on the firs t t urn of th e fi rst lap b u t h ath were up an d off t he trac k wi t h ou t brin gin g o u t the red flag. The secon d h ea t wa s th e first me eting o f Ameri ca' s top-rate d roo k ies. Fo r the firs t time: since t he y we re N o vices .J ohn Genn ai, Ric k H ockin g an d Han k Sco tt· were o n th e track in th e same e vent. Ro mero an d Ron Moore were ru nning one-two ah ead of the new hotshoes w h en Mo o re pu lled to the p its w ith i~ni tio n troubl es. Romero wen t o n to win with Gennai in second, S cott third. Ho cking went to the pits wi th a blown engi ne on the ' last lap while running in a transfer position, It was upset tim e in the final Expe rt heat when Oregon's Mark Williams got off to a p erfect start and led to th e finish . Tom Rockwood pulled one of h is las t lap , last turn runs to ace Gary Sco tt o ut of second place. Danny H a ckie ra n fo urth with Tom Horton dropping to fifth this week. H o r t o n c am e back to win the Semi ove r Gary Sco tt w it h bill: Ed die Wirt h t urn ing in so me extra -fan cy late lap rid in g to m o ve fro m sixth to thi rd, an d t he la st transfer spot. H o ckin g was the surprise lea der at t he end o f the firs t lap o f the ND Sparkp lug fea ture b u t it e n de d there fo r th e ro oki e. Williams to ok o ver on lap tw o wi th Rome ro m ovin g up right with hi m . For t he next six lap s it was a w hee l-to -w heel d u e l he tween the T riu mph fro m O regon a nd th e Ya maha from Ca lifo rnia, but Will iams m an aged to ho ld Gen e off. Then Romer o took ove r the front spot. lead in g a dirt track main fo r th e first lime in nearly a year. Will iam s kept in close all the way to the finis h to put on h is best h alf-m ile effort ever. ag ainst a ta lented fie ld . Ha t ele y climbed all the way to a cl o se thi rd before his engine we n t sic k - a nd d ropped him all t he way b ac k 10

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