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We play dirty. lyran 125 MX Regular Price~ Inventory Reducti on Price- $650.00 * Sachs 21 HP SAE engine * 6 -speed close shift ing gear box . * It's ready t o race at on ly 190 po unds. * Special purchase allows sale price of less than deale r cost. * New and uncrated. * Limited supply - first come first served. available for immediat.e shipment The Grizzly Bear one day of an 150T Olsen Cycle Sales By Kinsella- Doody 3905 State st. , Salem, Oregon 9730 1 503 /399 -1916 FOUTTS SPRINGS, CAL., APR. 20 This Sunday the Richm ond Ram blers held a novel and successful even t wh ich m ay be th e p ro totyp e o f fu ture enduro compe titi on in District 36. Th e Gri zzly Bear was an endur o with a di fference - the applica tion of the Internati on al Six Days Trials fo r- PORTING TOOLS FEAT UR ING EX TRA LONG SHAN KS Spe cial tests had their su rprises for t he t ired and u ~wary. CA RBID E BUR RS and CA RT RI DGE ROLLS PORTO TOOLS can make your j ob EASIER to rebuild your engine C · SHA PE D - SHA PE E · SHA PE F · SHAPE 1/4" $1 L20 1/4 " $10.00 1/4" $12. 00 1/4" $12.00 3/8 " $14 .75 3/8" $12 .00 3/8" $15.50 3/8" $15.50 1/2" $20. 15 1/2" $16. 00 1/2" $19.90 1/2" $19 .90 1/4" D IAMETER TOOLS ARE sOLIe CARBIDE x 3 " OAL . 3 /8 " AND 1 / 2 " DIAMETER T O O L S AR E ON 4 " LONG SHANKS ~ A LUMA·CUT ADD 10% r--------------------------------------Cartridge roll pr ien o n request, we need to know d iameter and length plus gr it size. Please enclose C h uc k or Money O rder. plus $1.25 for Po stage o S e nd Brochures NAME _ ADDR ESS _ In Ca lif . a d d 6 % sal8S tax CIT Y _ --- +- - STATE Telephones (714) 547·1411 (714) 547·7391 ZIP' _ PORTO·TOO LS-CO 1623S. MINNIE ST• • SANTA ANA· CA 92707 COMPETITION SHOCK ABSORBE RS DISTR IBUTED BY Sammy Tanner Distributing 172 13 Rose ton Avenue Ar tesia, CA 90701 21 3/924-2111 Betor Forks and Shocks Make the Difference Th is deer was just " on e of the guys" in the camp area. Tefl them you saw it in Cycte News. O MOTORCYCLES ~® a PARTS ~ ~."'. COMPLETE PISTONS MACHINE SHOP,REPAIR B SERVICE ON ALL MAKES 28 ffi ,--L~ (7 14) 630-5720 o aE Cvel, Enoine .riM a Supplv 1l4 0 · A NoKraemer . Anahe im Cae 92806 WHITTIER HONDA Motorcycle Tra ilers Be ll Helm et s F ull Bo re Pro du cts 14324 E. Whittier Bl vd . Time to play t rials rider, too. 12131 698 .Q065 Complete st ock of pa rts and ac cessories fo r street and d irt . DSS.-. ma t . Th is form at incl uded a sound te st, a co ld st a rt , tim ed sp ecial tests on the ro u te, route ch eckpoin ts as well as timed checkpoin ts, an acc elerati on and braking test, an d - after th e riders ha d bee n ti red o u t by 10 7 mile s o f ru gged, coastal range mountain s - a trials sec tion wh ere eve ry dab wa s penalized. Added to this were strictures against outsid e aid or co m mun ica t io n and, to top it off, all tools used had to be carried on the bike. All this added a new element to enduro riding as one H rider found e" out when he kicked over his engi ne at the starting line. He kicked an d kicked until the one m inute passed and he began to p ush past the pe nal ty, line. His spark p lug cap was disconnected from the spark pl ug and the spectators nearby coul d see this but everyone stood there mutely , knowing that the rider would be penalized even more if they attempted to help him. This rider dropped 20 points at the starting line before he realized his error. This may seem a little severe but as Jeff Hammond, the guiding spirit behind th e event said: "The purpose of this event was to give lo cal riders some experience in ISDT procedures and hopefully to further the Un ited States ' effort and in terest in the Six Days." The 240 riders who cam e to th e run began to pick up that experience right at the start. Th e course itsel f was laid ou t along established trails and bulldozed firebre a ks to a subst antial extent, even though the Forest Servi ce did give the Ramblers about 20 miles o f newly o pen ed paths to work wi th. The cru nc h c am e on the special test sections on each loop. These were timed runs over very difficult terrain. A rider would have to go as fast as he could up ridgesides b y way of very narrow, twisting traces - most of it first and second gear work - and th rough tigh t , ro ck lit tered woods tr ail to keep his minute and to gain extra mi nutes if possible. These test sections were used as tie -breakers and the a dvan tage wen t to the riders who c ould banzai over t he rough stuff the fastest . The riders encountered a good deal of dust in most pl aces and , the water crossin gs were fairly de ep after all the rain of the past wee ks but the most diffi cult task was climbing the three miles of Lett 's Ridge . There must have been at least one hundred sharp turns