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GE N U I NE a challenging enduro 1 ~MC PRODUCTS No.1 P/.. UI. LIMITED OFFER no rmally $29'58S fo r t he next 2 wee ks only $19.95 un iversal - fits all dirt bikes 1 year guarantee ----------- m o torcycle down a hill and ending up pin ned underneath it. When the trail finally reached th e bottom o f th is cliff it st arted ru nning al on g a cre e k. Th e riding al ong thi s p ortion was relativel y easy which sho uld have been a warning of wha t was to co me. After th e creek it was m ore fire ro ads and trails which led you to an old minin g area. This is where most of th e people had their p ro blem s, a com bination of rain and sin king ground ca used by the mines in th e area crea ted so me of the most amazing mud h ole s I have ever seen . Man y people started to tum back at th is poin t o r try to find ways aro un d the bottlenecks th at were fo rm ing. As is usually th e cas e , th ese were cause d by a bottlenecks of slick Northern com bination Cali fornia mud and th e inexperience o f so m e of the riders on the co urse. Afte r the A riders had go ne by the hill s start ed to turn into muddy rutty quagm ires to wh ich more th an one b ike succ um be d. After th at th ere was nothing quite that serio us, although it was still very ch allen ging. There were a few ro ad cro ssings but th ey were well -manned an d produced n o tro uble . Th e gas ch ec k was at ap pro ximately 50 mile s. For the p eople wh o could n ot get th eir own gas o u t to t he gas pi t t he club sold !ras for $ 1 a gallo n . A littl e o ver-priced but it was a lon g walk back to cam p . The ride back was over different trails and was relativel y eas y comp ared to . p ortions o f th e first lo op. Over th e whole course th e ro ads we re rutted and th is pro d uce d some in te res t ing rid ing styles if yo u were try in g to m a ke up time. Course m arking was very good except ne ar th e end when som eone de cided it was tim e to tak e down all th e arrows and in so me cases put up \V's to co nfuse th e riders. . Back at cam p m an y o f the A riders co mm en te d on what a good end uro it was. 111ey also added th at it co uld have been tougher. Wh ich is to say it was n o t a C rid er co urse , but th en a Nation al • Endu ro is not for Criders. I yes! I want you to send me I I PMC Plast- ic2 Tan ks@ 19.95 ea. Tvpes - 1 - 3 Yellow White I Mounting Bracket @ 2.00 ea. I Incl ud e $2.00 for shipping & 6 %sales tax I Nam e _ I Address _ I C.uv _ I State Zip, _ I Mail today wit h check or money order. I R&R I L. P.O. Bo x 43 . Burb ank . CA 91503 ..1 At left: Somet imes it was eas ier to"get off the bike and let it drag yo u down the hill. Above : It was bottleneck city when t he mud got too deep. Th is little hill was on th e run o ut t o the speed check. lI:: u UJ 0- _ u, II. UJ -------_..-.-_-..... _ ........... - -----_-..-., -------.-...-..--- _ _ .. _ _ ............ 1011 _ __ . ~ __ .,.a_ _.. ... ~ > lD III . . . . ._-..-----. - - -..._ -w-. __ . . __... o to _ I ............ _ . . . . ~ 0M.rl00 0- • .1t12_ ~ 11712. 13