Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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+ ..". :- THE LATEST IIIlI I P p -= .... IIIlI g ~ g BY PAPA WEALEY l!') l" O'l ........ (Con tin ued f rom page 2) 00 N Let 's see if we've go t this right again Gerry . You're giving us money but rais ing the price o f fuel be cause we are supposed to spend more money and use less fuel ? What if every bod y takes the money and buys motor-bikes, like in Viet Nam ? . . . Mr. President ? >- l-< ro ::l c: ro ~ Hit song of the 30's depression : "Oh you can't afford to marry if you can't afford a Ford." Hit song of the 70 's de fla tio n: " Oh you ca n '1 a-Ford to wander if you ca n 't afford a Ho nda. " Norton is building 25 short-stroke 750 racers with Ouaife five-speed gearboxes. The .''Thruxton Club," as it's called, will be offered to British club racers for about $3700 apiece, at current exchange rates. The " hay less h aybale" bundled fibregl ass with a fire-retardant plastic cover - is being tried at England 's Brands Hat ch circ uit to sh ield riders fro m the Armco steel barriers. Truman Toad fo r President! Scott Autrey, who carri ed U.S. colo rs in the 19 74 Individual S peedway Championship , is " do wn underu in a 12-r ace series this winter. Scott will again ride for Exeter in Eng la nd during the regular '7 5 British League season. Racing t rees? Seven hundred tree farmers in Washington and Oregon will shout ''They're off!" and the Great Tree Race of 1975 w ill be in. Object is to see who can grow the tallest Douglas Fir by October 31. First prize is a chainsaw. Th e body of 26-year-old mo to rcyclist T im oth y Lorenz . was discovered a t th e bott om of a 120-fo ot deep aband o ne d min e shaft near Twenty-nine Palms, C al i f or n i a . O fficers said -Lo ren z ap parently sp ed up a rise an d got airborne, disappearing into the mou th of the shaft which was 15-feet sq uare. How come the BLM an d desert lo vers a ren 't c o -opera ting to get these death-traps covered up? What to do w ith old seatbelts: use them to re-lace your aluminum chairs. North Orange County Community College is offering a ten-week course in re creation al vehicles operation (moto rh o mes and trailers, mainly) . Call (714) 776-303 3. moving? Bob Nickelsen and Dave Evans on an enduro-ized Tl250? Maybe. Jack Penton takes rain-swept qualifier FORKED RIVER , N. J., JAN. 18 -19 The first two-Day IS OT q ualifier had 276 riders starting the event. Heavy rain on Sa tu rday ca used early dar kness an d prevented co mp letio n of any special tests th at day. Fo rty- th ree ride rs starte d the second day, 38 finis he d . The ru n was called at the end of th e first loop . Finis he rs in order we re J ac k Penton (Pen) with 10 72 po in ts , fo llo we d by J ack Cutler (Oss), Dane Leimbach (Pen), Doug WiIrord (Her ), an d J ac k Fischer (Bus) . Well, HOT DOG ! That means you've got another coupon to fill out. After all, we have to send your Cycle News somewhere and what better place than your new address? So don't delay, do it today. --------------------------------------Fill out and mail to: Cycle News, P.O. Box 49B, Long Beach , CA 90801 old address new address You may stick on your mailing label here. name _ add ress state _ ~ zip _ _ _ address _ city name city state ---' _ zip _ 5