Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I ... r-· · -· --------- ---- --- --- ---- We do fittings. \ : £T'I;" is TL-125 rider is getting a good workout in one of th e Los Gatos Canyon traps. BI LL WALTERS LEATH ERS BW \ TW n"TeO't"' " n " TeO y Denn is Schreiter O AL INGA, CAL.,J A N. 5 warm sunny day and the great 'ding offered by the Lo s Gatos yon area provided a good time or all. The tri al was o f m od era te ifficulty which p roduced some close om pe t it io n in the Novice class, while rst-time Novices fo und the sections aIle nging but no t im po ssib le . Steve Mo naguan o f Sacramento 'ding his first trial showed us just how ile a S uzuki RL-250 is. A com b inatio n f t o o much traction and throttle on an h ill bank rewarded h im with a ctacul ar getoff. His bik e leaped tra igh t u p an d was upside d o wn o rnp le tely h o rizo n t al about two feet ver his head. He tu rned aro u nd, the a nd lebars st ill in h is h and s as th e bike co ming d own behin d him . It was e b es t reverse so mersault wit h a hal f ist I ha ve ever seen on a m o to rcycle. e bike landed o n its wh eels li ke it was intentional action, a nd St eve still n 't su re wha t h appen ed. Sierra P.I.T.S . is a ware o f the ris ing terest in tri als a nd in vites a nyo ne in e Sa n Joaquin Va lley are a to co n tac t arwin Smith , 5 28 Pleasa nt, Coalinga, lifo rnia 9 3 210 o r phone (20 9 ) 35 -0544 for more in formation. _ Resu lt s in Results Secti on. iller tops an Jose finale AN JOSE, CA L. ,J A N . 4 uck Miller and the Martin Cycle ssa mad e an imp ressive finish to e 12 race series o f San J ose ido or riots by winning the 250 xpert Main an d copping the overall igh poin t titl e, p ic k in g up the S I 00 gift rtificate fro m In t ernational Cycle es of San J ose. A tie fo r second overall was bro ken y number o f wins for Mik e Faria over hn Tavis. The entire 12 weeks never w m ore th an a five point advantage. In th e IOOcc Mini show a tie came up etween Brian Tho mp so n an d Kei t h Isley, a Junior, b ut Haisley had one or e win, 7-6 . . R o d Sp en ce r made the best pression o f the se ries wi n ning I I of 2 even ts in th e 125 Jun ior for th e anc illa T eam Hod a ka d istributo r, . ding up fourth in th e overall hi gh oi nt. Sp en cer wiII im med iately jo in th e xpert ranks. Mal Maciel h ad o n ly a o ne p oint van ta ge go ing in to the last round of 00 Junior but di d it right by winnin g ver Ronnie Stout to t ake th e to p spot. Re sults in Resul ts Se ction. r CHAM PI O N GOLD PLUGS REGULAR PR ICE $2 .50 N.G .K . PLUGS (st d) REGU LAR PRICE $1.25 Muscio doubles up By W. H. Spencer o O AKDALE, CAL. , DEC. 2 9 'C;;o r zo r co r co ,-" , r.o T tU with no trouble fro m a ny com er despite having to deal with Butch Davidson in bo th events. Mu scio took the lead o n the restart o f the Open Expert Main a ft er Davidson wound u p o n the wrong end of a c ras h th a t pretty mu ch put a damper on hi s da y. In th e 12 5 class with lit tle brother T ed o ff o n a m oto cross day a nd Mit ch Davidson o ut with a leg break, Butch tried to keep h is big body on the fr o n t o f the little b ik e with with little success and Musci o had th e money to run. Craig Scroggins ca m e u p second best money win ne r with a win in the 25 0 class a nd a second to Muscio in th e Open. _ c 0 f r. SALE PR ICE $1.75 SA LE PRICE c s .79 f 24020 Narbon ne Ave.• Lom it a, CA . 90717 . Phone (2 13) 534-23 11 •. 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Keys, teamed with John Silva won th e 25 0 class wi th a 10 fo ot advantage after th e two hours o f mud running to beat o ut Lee Robson/M ik e Mid d le t o n (Pen). The m ara th o n cro wd was better than avera ge for the Troy Durham benefit . F r ernonr's track now sports two mudholes sin ce the winter rains d ecid ed that it was time to make a d ep o sit. Keys led the firs t lap but J oh n Proto took the second wi th Middleton ta king over on the third and only rel en t in g fou r laps o ut of the 47 to ta l. The CMC m o to cro sser gave over th e lead during one pit stop wi th Keys taking the lead for three laps, o nly to be repassed . On the las t la p, Pro to 's p a rt n er Lee Robson fell in some slic k stu ff allo win g Silva t o pas s a nd at th e chec kere d , it was the Key s/Sil va team in fo r their first victo ry . Sam and Ed Ra m ey led th e 125 opene r for o ne lap a nd gave it over t o the Da ve R osenquist /Greg' T uller Honda wh o in tum gave it to Doug Ne lso n wh o ke p t it. Nels on's four st roke won by a lap over a fas t reco ver in g S teve Moulton teamed wi t h J eff Hall o c k. Gary Vanderpo o l su rprised no one by t aking th e early lead in the O pen class o n ly to e xp lo de h is co wtrailing Ho nda on . the second lap. He recov er ed for a fourth whe n he got a team going with J eff Col e. Ray Arnd t a nd Jim Merideth t eamed for th e Open wi n . _ ~ _ Cal! this number for a rea/ good ad: 427-7433. Ask fo r Linda. Keys finally wins a Marathon Bill Keys (Pen) ope ned up th e New Year on the right foo t with a win in the first o f an eight-race bene fit series o f marath ons at Fr emon t \4:" SPARK PLUG SALE c. o Mark Muscio took adva n tage of every o ppo rt unity that came alo ng and w on the sem i-pro sectio ns o f the l25cc and Op en Exp ert Mains n"n"rtoc'l r~"Tt) r !~~~HE!~MA"fA r ierra PJ.l.S. anyon trial 445 So . Victo ry Blvd . Burba nk , Ca lifor n ia 9150 2 CMC Box 1402 Costa Mesa, Ca. (714) 557.3323 ,=:1::" 92626 ~~ Coast Mota Cycle Open Sundays ~M6..~,A 1010 W. Chap man , Orange, CA 714-633-0064 ,~.. mtmtesa .- NIAICO ·~a. .JP. • ® Motocross - Desert 23 34 Newport BII<:I .• Co sta Mesa. CA 9 262 7 714-645-8008 7 TH GENERATION 1I dl\1J\,.... 1"."e. ," """ . \~ ' 8 . _ - ,00'' !lIl' !!P ~'f.. ~ooe (V • ~f\o\l (0 ~ CZ FRAME for info contact : Apache Ltd . 6422 San Fernando Road Glendale. 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