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Cycle News 1975 01 14

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9. Husqvarna International Training Center presents / 197 5 Schedule January 21 thru January 24 Car lsbad. Californ ia and Ocala. Flor ida January 28 thru January 31 Carlsbad. Californ ia onl y February 4 th ru 7,1 1 t hru 14, 18 thru 2 1, 24 th ru 28 These classes all to be held at Carlsbad Raceway Special Easter Vacat ion Classes March 25 thru March 28 and April 1 thru 4 Carlsbad . Californ ia March 24 thni 28 Boise. Idaho April 7 thru 11 Vacat ion Apri l 14 thru 18 Sa lt Lake City. Utah April 21 thru 25 Grand Junction. Colorado For info wri te : H.I.T.C.• 1320 Grand Ave.. Suite 12. San Marcos, CA92069 , 714-744 -2161 or 714-729-3492 TRAVELER .,a\'" "6• •- i~!r •••~ ~ ~UV~ M()t()rcycle Suspension Units Continental Moto-Sport Club ... 4tH-t ,..Incl.... for • _ _ , . . _ yeur ",ac hl_ . lsI and 3rd SUNDAYS · SADDLEBACIC In• • Inter.:S7 mail. $10 post ; Pros : $12 mail. $15 post . 100% poybod: Gate open. 7:30. sign-up 7:30-1:30. pnretice 1:00·':00. fn. e"en' ' :30 2nd and .11I SUNDA"YS • CARlSBAD J..... . 1Irtar.:S7 MOil. $10 POi'; Prol: $12 md. $15 post • 100 % poyt.dI Gate opens 6:30. .ign-up 6:30-1:30. ptadie, 7:30-1:30. first ennt , J% ... AT,. ftuNilft _ " _It , ... -hll tefttth '.... IT C_ tNllH ... "',.,'" E.hNoI"", t-.tI4 In _-..c....... HMrt. ItrMt. t, .II . __l TT aM IMth 4l rect,-"L ALL Sill SUNDAYS · SADDlEBACIC EVERY FRIDA Y NIGHT · IRWINDAlE EVElY WEDNESDA Y- ASCOT MAY Z (MC lICENSE REQUIRED S7." PER YEAR $3000.00 MEDICAL INSURANCE CMC NO.1 RECEIVES NEW VAN!! ~ hie .,. ...... 1 rid"". for ..,t1"" "", ,.rfo"...ltU• •.,..,. " ItMHlld ... Nt the '"Id-r 8f , he S" k . _' wi,.. r lchor 0" ,"HldM . rM1 ....'IerII . ... Thorefore the .....,. ,,"ttl CMC Box 1402 Costa Mesa, Ca. (lJ4) 55Z.3323 1':::f:~ 92626 MI-.:;~~"ofu;::. ~~";~~... =hl~ : A PRODUCT OF DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING 920 LEMONA STREET 1 SEPULVEDA, CALIFORNIA 91343 CZ Factory Special While th ey last ! 250 400 250 400 Bra nd new CZs. MX CZ Red tank B.F. MX CZ Blue tank B.F . CZ Grand Prix R .F . CZ Grand Prix R .F . 'Speed limits are unconstitutional and waste gas (but only if a lawyer can prove it) I'm really bummed about speed limits. Not because I've gotten a ticket ,recen tly (knock on wood) but because in all my life, I've never see n the bl ood v lim its se rio usly challe nged , not' even in th is . I" h era w h en t h err app rcatro n as been determin ed b y political ex- _ pedi ency ra th er than b y reality , or even by co nsti t u tio nal law. O f co urse I'm talkin g ' ab o u t th e blan ket 55 mph speed limit, wh ich th e Fed eral govern men t apparen tly wan ts to co d if y int o law fo reve r. Per so nall y I 've always hated speed limit s , an ave rsio n wh ich a short sojo urn in the Euro pe an c ou nt ry side du rin g th e mid-Sixties reinforced . But thi s latest ins ult t o the nation's in telligence - it b oggles my mind how 20 0 million su p posed ly intelligent and producti ve p eople acce p t ' it withou t protest . » Th e whole 55 lim it thing ca me about as a hysterical reacti on to th e energy cri sis - a c on fi de nce exercise to give p e op l e t h e i mp ressio n th at o ur flounderin g, co nfu sed b ureaucrats were " d o ing so me th ing " abou t th e pro bl em. As a so lutio n, ho wever , th e numbers just do n 't wo rk o u t. At the tim e o f the oil embargo , we wer e talki ng abo ut a su p ply sho rtfall of 10 to 17 per cent of our nat io nal o il need s, dep ending o n wh o was d o ing t he figu ring. In th e fa ce of th is, we wer e t elli ng a nation of driv ers wh o wer e averaging some 15 MPG tha t b y slowing from 70 mph to 5 5 mph, th ey co uld ge t maybe 17 MPG . Th at's ab o u t a 12 p er cent saving during th e time th ey'd be dri ving at highway speeds, and at best a two to three $799 . ' $829 ." $1 0 69 ." $1159 ." "plus set- up, ta x. & license We sh ip anywhere Coast Mota Cycle 2334 Newport BIIo~~e 4~ New Amal 'Viton' Rubber·tipped Float Needle This super quality float need le h elps overcome carburetor flooding problems of all kinds. For all Ama l C oncentrics. ~ 14 .. 1" 4 , 2134 DLD M IDDLEFIELD WAY ~ M1 VIEW .CA.9404 3 (415) 961 -2446 • '. • • • • I <0 ." • lIan Nur!o CA • It' l 3) 780 · t768 The incredible shrinking Cota It's Montesa's new Cota 25 m ini-trialer, a geometric scaled own of its bigger co us ins. A bit mo re serio us than earlier mini-Cotas, this one has 15 inch rear wh eel , 17 in ch fron t, fully dam ped front suspen sion, and a three-sp eed gearbo x with manual cl utch. Some of them arrived in time for Christmas, and at $350 West Co ast retail, it 's so ne at our 200 pound tri als turkey wi sh es he we re eight yea rs old aga in. (Knowing what he knows now, of co urse .]

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