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fI.t 51 IlQ • IlQ .x-PR.~ /..ANf!. NO WMTI~6 ~ ..,; g ;... g -e- r--. - O'l ~ 0 l-o fI) .a E -... I:) u fI) Q How's anyon e gonna know your track has 42 party cans unless you advert ise in th e Cycle News Calendar sec tion ? At left: Th e handiw ork of a master trialer shows best in th ose cabby, roc k y creek beds that trials organ izers lo ve to throw at you. Above: Fairly co m m on in England, this is con sid ered b y man y to b e th e ultimate ove r-the-cou nter trials f rame, THERE'S NO HOLDING HIM DOWN ON THE SALT.,. • Below : With th e stock bo ydw or k , this would pass at a distance for a no rmal "T. " I t s no t. Low er left: R evised foo tpeg and engine lo catio n for lof ting made easy. No te fi ller cap fo r swingarm chain oil reservoir. A lloy airbox (shro uded by bodywork) saves some pounds. SCUDERIA HUSQVARNA PENTON LA VERDA SALES . SER VICE ", AND MAlL SPECIALISTS (213) 542-1695 The Finest Selection of Parts and Accessories For Bike and Rider We Offer Expert Repairs Porting and Competition Tuning jewel trials bike The swingarm is lon ger, the engine sits further b ack in the frame, and the footpegs are just over an inch beh ind the swingarm pivot, as opposed to five-eighths ah ead o f it o n the st ock frame. What all t h ese seem ingly minute differences add up to is a tremendous con fid ence builder to an experienced but somewha t disc ouraged over-the-hill tri als rider. Miller ha ils from the rocky north country, they say , and it shows in the bike, for its strongest point must be its ability to skip lightly over tumbled, jumbled ro cks with absolute precision. The front end can be bounced ligh tly from ro ck to ro ck at will, and the re ar follows as if it we re o n a leas h. One thing both testers noticed wa s that you had to consciously bear d own and put your weight onto the bars to get it to tum willin gly. On ce this tric k is mastered (and it sh o ws up in pi ctures as part o f Sammy's style ) th e bi ke will lite rall y go an ywhere you point it. Po wer, tr act abil it y , th rottle con tr ol all ca rry ov er from th e stoc k " T ," because virtually n o th ing is cha nged in th e powertrain. The biggest difference is again fel t o n the ro cks, where the rear suspension seems to read the terrain for you. Whatever y o u d ial on is wh at y ou get in response. In the soft, powdery st uff, there 's little difference, and a matter of progress be comes mom entum mangement. There's more to the pa ck age if y o u want it, tri ck allo y bodywork and alloy exhaust sy stem. Ours was stock in th ese respe cts, and we wonder if these extra goodies will do much more than swell the rider 's ego , or wor se, make him over-caut ious to avo id doing something super-expensive , Our only co mplain t about the Sammy Miller T is we didn't get to ride it enough. We d on't re commend purchase of a $29 5 frame to everybody , who thin ks he ca n buy h imself a better ride , but if yo u 've fully plumbed th e capabilit ies o f your st ock Sherpa T to th e po int yo u thin k yo u're a better rid er th an it is a m otorcycle, th e Sammy Miller co nvers io n is th e next logic al ste p . Th e 0 1' boy knows h ow t o build 'em. • R eceive $50 Worth of Parts and Accessories FREE When Y ou B uy a . N ew Hu sk y or Pent o n. 2419 Art esia Blvd. Redondo Beach. Californ ia 9027 8 , C r ~ n k sh a ft Rebuild ing DR~CO/. Fa ct ory Authorized 1 8 5 0 East Ed lnge, S an ta A na. C A 92705 (714) 541·5 2 17 Deale,s Welcome ~ Anaheim Suzuki Works Open7 d 10-8 ays 714 -772-3 0 8 0 740 N . Anaheim Anaheim , CA 21