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- - i ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christmas gift ideas ~ ~ from Cycle News Products ~ ~ t\ I ~ t\ ~ t\ Te lls you everyt hing ta ugh t in Gary Bailey 's rae ing school s. Answ ers all t he questions about equ ipment. st arts. corners and rough stuff. whoops and downh ills, mud and pass ing . and expert tr icks . A great $ 6 confidence-bu ilder. N ~ ~ i\ ~~il~~~o;:rts,~~~~~~~i~~. ~ tri als, ~ ~ :1 oung pits, still wins IAPLESVILLE, AL A., NOV. 24 ' enton moun ted Dann y Y o u n g icked off th e o verall t op s pot in the 125 mile G obble r G e tte r National E n d uro with a loss or only tw o marks. Young almost lost his cha nce fo r a shot at the overall tro phy wh en a bolt ho lding on the sh ifting lever lo osen ed an d th en came ou t. Dan n y, ridi ng ju st fas t enough to stay o n time, took a det our b ac k to the stagin g area to ma ke repairs and cooked in to the next ch ec k ju st o ne m inute la te. For Young it was his second National win o f th e season. The o the r big winner was .I im Fortune wh o travel ed o ver 1,000 m iles from Idah o to co m pe te in th e event. Fortune held a slim 3 9 p oint lead over Tom Penton fo r seco nd place in th e st an d ings go ing in to the event and, with his Open class win to Tom's 5th place, see ms assu red of sewing up th e spot. Tom Seals was Hon da rid er Iligh -Poin t B rider. • Burleson cinches enduro title By Jack B. Harwood JO IlN ZINK RM\CIl , O K., NOV. 17 Ri c h a rd B u rle so n , or Lo rr aine, Ohi o, too led his H u sk y to an overall w in a t the J oh n Z in k In t e rna t ional E nduro to stop SPC C" u la tion th a t someo ne else jus t might h a ve a c hance at t h e ti tl e. T he N ati on al Champi onship is d e termin ed b y twenty-fo ur sanctioned eve n ts and wit h o nly tw o m ore events fur 19 74 , Burl eson h as sh ut off cha llenges by Tom Pent on, Jim Fortu ne and Ed Schm id t. Burleson lo st o nly 14 p oin ts o n th e triple-looped , 12 5 mile lo ng course. laid o u t across th e rock y Zin k Ran ch north o r T ulsa. Behind Burleso n in th e series were Tom Pent on (Pen) with 983 p ts., Ed Schmid t (Il us) with 9 74 pts., and J im Fortune (Il us) with 969 poin ts . Spo nso red by th e Tu lsa Trail Rid ers, the eve nt drew 332 entries fro m 18 Sla tes , spread fro m Californ ia to Ne w York an d Mich igan to Te xas. • E e Ft Absolutely t h e finest book on off-road motorcycle r idi ng tech~ niques ever ofI ere d . B i I I Brokaw. Expert rider. tells how to rid e the hard stuff, easy. Illustrated ~ latest edition. i\ M t\ i\ The Boonie Book ~~~. e:~~~~ he~~ ~ l'f to ride the dirt. make your bike ~ work lor you, tricks of maintenance, safety and ~ what to do for many happy tankfuls Ft only $3.75 ~ Two-stroke tuner's l'f handbook ~ b y Go rdon Jennings explains ~ c l early and in great deta il how ~ and why a 2-eycle engine works and how to make it work better. Includes ~ how to design and bu i ld rac inq expansion chambers to you r engine's ~ specs. Lavish ly illust rat ed . ~. Ft Ft $5 Ft HANGUP~ ~ - GUARANTEED ~ CAF E HONDA with Hollywood Hills signs in background . 1Y, x 2', fu ll color, matte f inish . Mailed ;{\ M t\ M t\ in tube. I N t\ ~ ~ $6 ~e~~~ii~9~~~~~t :~iog;.overs $6 ~ Escape by Trail Bike t\ limit and finished ninth overall , first 175 Ex pert. His quiet little Pen ton sho uld dis pel the old wives tale that it has to be noisy to go fas t. Dan Dawson , wh o was win n ing th e Amateur class just a few wee ks ago, wo rked hi s way up from dead last at the smoke bomb to . 12th overall, seventh 250 Expe rt. First Trail Expert was Larry Roeseler o n his Harley, with Chris Weber finis hing seco nd on his new Hodaka, Now th at he h as a new bike an d is back riding, Chris has the p otential to d o extremely well. At must h ave be enTracyWalters 'dav, as he held on long en ough to fin ish first No vice o n his 250 Su zu ki. Next Novice in line was Luc ky Mer ritt o n his 400 Husk y. Th ird to co me in was Steve Lindsey, wh o looks like h e made good use of the tigh t co urse an d fin ish ed first 17 5 No vice o n his Penton. Mike Anderson was ne x t o n h is 250 Bultaco , with Doug Tragen o n his open bi ke, Fred Hice o n his 12 5 an d Paul Carrar a on a 25 0 Kawasa ki , righ t be h ind hi m. St eve Taylor was eighth Novice and fourth 250 in fro nt of Gary Johnsto n and P. Gro ssn ickel on a 400 Husky an d 12 5 Honda . The girls ride just as hard as the guys and have a great time. Trudy Beck, riding a Pen to n for D&R Cycle, finished first today and quite well o ver al l. Seco nd girl was Kat h y Anglin on her Hus ky. Th ird , and first Novi ce, was J an e Davis o n a Bul taco, Ken Miller wo n the Trail Novi ce class with Pet e Andlernan an d Willie Eveland follo wing h im in . Saturday nigh t ta lk aro und th e cam pfire , I learned tha t Cordis Bro o ks broke his leg and will be in a cas t for six or eight m onth s. It h appened at an inconvenient time since I understand ayne Cook is within gr a sp o f the points lead Cordis now h olds. We all wish Cordis well and hope that his leg • will me nd quickly. Res ults will appear next week. 176 up -to -date ~ pages . over 300 il· ~Ft I ustrat ions show. eo :-. ing how to get the ~ max imum speed, torque and gearing ~ ...=l out of your present setup. Also ad vice on trick mod ifica tions. This books plus your owner 's man' $ 6 ~ ~ ua l is a ll you need t o go fast. Cl ~:ai:l~hiS book and refer to it lo r eve rything needed to excel a nd have fun in the " rid e anywhere" sport of ~ trials. Rid ing techniques, bike mod- ~ ba ck here. ~~ How to ride Observed i\ = a Motorcycle Fttuning for ~ ;! perfonnance Ft Cl How to Win Motocross ~ i\ ; ~ ~ ~ U $2.75 Ft I ,\l; Mai l order is fun. 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