Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

• • {I;I Busqvarna,CZ,Penton owners- have we got a Mikuni carburetor conversion kit for you. 11II 11II M g .... g Valeri an' s kits are tested. Th ey wo rk. They fit. They substantially improve gas mil eage, HP, and tor que. • , Stops lo ading uP'. Eases startups . And giv es more doc ibility. J • The kit that comes with a complete range 0 of jels good tram sea level 1 a.ooo' The kit you can bOlt on in less t han an hour. Th e cuslom-des,gned kil lhel looks li ke it's "factory installed:' Order a wh ole kit and kaboodle. or just the parts you need . {Including our very own m anifo ld kits.' ":l" " O'l \..::l .... :::l '" eo :::l -e call (213 ) 4 75-4 541 loday. Or mail the coupon . Rick Hock ing and Danny Hackie slide. Hock ing won, Hack ie was the fastest qua lifier. Ascot to The Hock By Ben Foote GARDENA , CAL.,JULY 26 Picking up where he left off in the Gardena Gold Cup the previous week, Rick Hocking won the battle of rookie Experts in the I5-lap feature. The victo ry was actually a lot easier for Ho cking th an the July 19 contest when he had to take Rob Morrison on the final turn. This time Ho cking and h is Yamaha p ulled away from the field after he t o ok the fr ont from DeWayne Keeter on the second lap . At the finish , John Ge nnai, another rookie, was sec ond , a good 2Y. seconds behind. Keete r, on Tom Horton's Yamaha instead of his Harley-Davidson, and Ed die Wirth, (on a Harley fo r the first time) .were the two veterans in the sta rti ng front ro w in th is rookie-do minated eve nt. Hocking had t he p o le with Gennai in t he No. fo ur slot and Bob Sanders in fifth. Danny Ho ckie, the fastest qualifier of the evening at 22.65 seconds , a nd Morriso n , a fortunate survivor fr om a r ed -f l agg ing Semi, completed the quintet of five ro okies with national points on the start in g line for this half-mile feature . G ennai pulled ahead of Keeter on the seventh circuit, and Morrison took both Keeter and Wirth o n the eleventh to get hi mself in position for his third place finish. Morrison 's rerum to the field resulted from the withdrawl o f Charlie Thielke and ' Ro n Powell . On the third lap o f the Semi, Thielke and Powell slid into the hay bales on the so ut h turn. Morrison was leading a t the time, but couldn't restart a ft er the flag, and the latter paid got it tog ether eno ugh for transfer spots. That effort fin ished their machines for the evening, so Morrison ca me in as an alternate. Hocking won the Trophy da sh a nd th e fast Heat to score a sweep for the evening . ' Gennai and Ho c kie to ok second and third in the dash, with Keeter t railing. Alex J o r g e n s en continued h is do m ination of the Junio r d ivisio n. He ove rtoo k improving Ri c k K ra ft on t he fo urth la p and stayed in fron t of Rick t he fin al six. After Novice lea d er Elbert Turner fell o ff in his Heat. Steve Ek lund had h is o wn way in the Novice final wi th Rex Hailey a distant second. • Results Exper t Main : 1. R ick Hocki ng (Yam) ; 2. John G en nai ( H ·D); 3. Rob Morrison (N or ); 4. Ed Wirth ( H -D ) ; 5 . oewavne Keeter (Yam); b. Danny Hackle ( Y a m ); 7 . Bob B ranan (Yam) ; 8 . Brian Lapianre (Yam ) ; 9 . Terry Dorsch (Yam); 10 . Bob Sanders (H-D ). Junior: 1. Alex Jorgensen (Tri) ; 2 . R ick Kraft (Nor) ; 3. T o m Berry (Yam) : 4 . Denn is Briggs ( S UZ) ; 5 . M i k e M y e rs (Nor) ; 6 . Earl Meyer (Va m) ; 7. Larry Shultz (Yam) ; 8 . Chuck SOderstrom (Vam) . Novi ce : 1. Steve Ek lun d (Vam): 2 . Rex Halley (Vam): 3 . Mack M itschele (Vam) ; 4 . Brian Garci~ (Yam); S. E ric G if ford (yam) : 6. Mark Smit h (Yam); 7 . G ary White (Yam) ; 8 . Char les Fruchey (Yam) ; 9 . Scott Pearson ( K a w) ; lO .. J im w right (Yam ). D ash : 1. Hocking; 2. Gen n ai ; 3 . Hack ie: 4 . Keeter. 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Plea se include a $3.00 shipp ing & ha nd ling tee . Californ ia r~ident s add 5% sales tax. + + + + + + + + Plea se $hlP CO O 0 Charge to BankAmer lca rd O Mastercha rge 0 M y accounl numbe r IS NAME ADDRESS _ CITY MAI~TO ; • ' ~ _ STATE TELEPHONE ZIP _ • t use area coc e j .' ~w~~c~!.~ov!::!!.!~n~!d· LOI Ang. I••, Calif omla 900&4 - T" 'phone : (213) 475-4S41 Sa les - Service - Accessories - Parts - Rlvetts Cha mpion Leat hers Hus a VARNA'JA WA/CZ ' SUZUKI ' PENTON Heins castrates Rocky Mtn.Enduro DENVER, COL.,J ULY 2 4 The AMA today anno u nced cancell ati on of the Rocky Mount ain N ati onal Enduro scheduled fo r Sep tember 1 In Denver, Colorado. The Ro cky M ountain Enduro Asso ciati on ob t ain ed a Special Lan d Use Permit from the Pike National Fo res t auth orities in August 1973 . However, a ch ange in personnel at the Forrest headquarters led to new res trictions being placed on the event. In effect , th e Feds b a cked d own o n pri or commitments to cooperation. The RMEA N ati onal Enduro Director worked for six months to sa ve the e ven t but due to constantly changing restrictions all his work was in vain. The two re st rictions primarily responsible for. the cancella tio n required bridging of all water crossings on the 100 mile course and an enfo rced nine MPH avera ge for the event. Offers were ma de o f free labor t o const ru ct new t rails , repai r damaged areas, a nd re-rout e existing trail s, b ut these were tu rned down. "It is very frust rat ing to see a gro up of moto rcyclists bend over backwards to co m ply with Forest Service restrictions and have all their efforts fail," said Jim Nidiffer of the Al\IA . Interested persons ca n write to Forest Service Associ ate Director Ray M . Housley, Jr., U.S . Dept. o f Agriculture, Washington, D .C. 20 250 a nd tell him what they thin k of Ranger Dan Heins in Pike Nati onal Forest. • Bill Walters Leathers are the finest quality leathers made anywhere. By anyone. No B.S. B ILL WALTERS LEATH ERS BW 4 4 5 So . V ictory B ly d . Bu rba nk , California 915 02 -. • Tell them you saw it in Cycle News. 29

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