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The 1975 Carabela 12 5 c c Marquesa is here! 5ee y o u r local dealer: Alaska Eagle River Cycle Sales & Service P.O. Box 638 Eagle River, A K 99577 (907) 694-2738 Arizona Ace Cycle Sales 5647 S. Central Phoenix, AZ 8 5040 (602) 276-9082 Yamaha of Tucson 3333 N . 1st Avenue Tucson, AZ 85705 (602) 888·1505 Green Tank Idaho 206 Inyokern Rd . Inyok e- n, CA 93527 (714) 377 -4663 Inter Mountain Cyde Sales 112 3 N. Main Pocatello , 10 B32 01 (208) 232·7612 Kon Tiki Motorcycles 1335 Garnet Avenue San Diego, CA 92109 (714) 272-6751 Moore's Cyde 4021 N . 36th St. Boise, 10 83707 (208) 343 -3143 Mack Cycle Center 133 S. Euclid Fullerton, CA 92632 (714) 526-3177 Manhattan Sport 8ike 1313 Sepulveda Bl vd. Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 (213) 545-0051 California Mid-Valley Cycles 7547 Lo uise Avenue Van Nuys, CA 91406 (213) 342-6606 Bates Maywood Honda 6101 Atlant ic Blvd . 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Soge -Mulholl and shock s $1395 .00 SALES & SERVICE Green Tank 16 206 Inyokern Rd., Inyokern, CA 93527 714 -377 -4663 with fo rward mounted DIRT BIKE WEST 7139 Canoga Avenue , Canoga Park , CA 91303 213-340~21 Happiness is when you 're way out in the wide-open spaces, and this far ahead, like Jim Pertect day -for desert hounds By Curt Rando ll RED MOUNTAIN, CAL., NOV, 24 On a perfect day, with the temperature about 70 degrees, the Lost Coyotes M.C. threw a challenging desert hare and hound with a very tigh t course. Th e riders' meeting didn't say what the distance of each loop was, but fro m the time the Amateurs and Experts were making on the course, it couldn't have been very long. Instead of going to the smoke bomb, I went to where th e course turned and crossed theTrona Railroad tracks, abo u t eight miles out, suspecting the pack would narrow down by then, The leader up to abo u t 10 feet from the railroad tracks was Benny Padilla. While making th e tum just before the tracks, Benny dropped his Yamaha an d killed it . It didn't take long to get going again , but that was all it too k for Jim Fishback, Bob Ballentine and Wayne Cook to pass him. It was pretty o bvio us the bomb run was extremely fast, as th ere weren't many small bikes up front . Past the railroad tracks, the course narrowed and ran up and down almost every can yo n o n the north side of the tracks. I got to the pits just in time to see Jim Fishback, who is back in the desert now that speedway season is over. come through with abo ut a 30 second lead. The next racer by our pits was Tom Brooks. apparently working his way up and passing Ballentine at the home check, to take over second overall. Fourth overall and second 250 was Wayne Cook, just in front of the previous leader, Benny Padilla. The first small bike to come through was Bill Friant (Pen ) at lOth overall, with a relatively new 175 Expert right behind him, Mike Eckerdt of the Desert Foxes. Trac y Walters was leading the Novices at the smoke bomb and came through the pits with such a lead I thought all the other Novices had quit. Gary Johnston followed about four minutes later at second overall Novice, but he was still running first heavyweight in front of Lucky Merrit, the eventual winner. On the second loop, the co urse ran on th e top of the hills south of the pits. Those ridges are fun, but they are spotted with sharp lava rock, which makes passing difficult and dangerous. About five miles out from 'th e finish, they threw in a downhill that made a few eyes bulge. Most riders said it was a fun downhill of sand, so if you fell, you just rolled. In a repeat performance of last week, Tom Brooks took over the lead somewhere on the second loop, beating Jim Fishback by 15 seconds at the finish, At second overall, Jim was still first heavyweight Expert, since Tommy was on his hrother Cordis' 250 Bul. The next rider to finish was Bob Balle nti ne of the Invad ers (third overall, second heavyweight Expert). Bill Friant, whose racing career dates back farther than most of us can remember, pushed his Penton to the