Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

ai r filter full o f d ir t. He w as forced o u t shortly t here af te r. Wo lsink m o to red a lo ng smoot hly and almos t ef fo rt lessly in th o lead, b ut sly Ro ger w as cu tti ng sligh tly q uick er lap ti mes an d gai ni ng o n every tu rn. At twenty five mi n ut es in t o the moto, DeC ost er decided to stop up th e pace, and o n the twenty -eight mark 'sim p ly o ve rt o o k \\"o lsink. In th e nex t h a lf lap , h e built up a five sec o nd lea d ove r his Suzuk i te amm at e. He made it look ea sy b ut those sta ndi ng nex t to . tho track co u ld fee l th o im pac t wh en he hit tho berms a nd feel th o sp ray th at th o facto rv Suzuki threw into th e snow fen ce. · Roge r Deflo st er, w he n riding a t, o r ncar, 10 0 % of h is ab ili ty , is noth ing shor t of in cred ibl e ! l l e h ad i t w rap pe d up. Totally . Und isput ab lv. Unt il t he fort ieth rninuie w h e n t he' m ac h in e sim ply stopped run n ing. It was la ter d isco vered th at o ne o f th e e le ctri ca l co m po ne nts h ad fa iled , c u ttin g off th e fire to th e spark p lug. Wh at . o ne min ut e ago, h ad b e en a su re vict ory a nd a twen ty GP p oin t lead o ver ~ li kk ol a , sudd e nl y was sto len from h im aft e r makin g him w ork for forty lon g minut e s. Ge rrit Wolsin k re-in h erited th e lead and th e m oto win for second o ve ral l. Pie rr e Karsmake rs m aint ai ned se cond pl ace: goo d e no ugh for t he d ay's o verall v ict ory . T ony DiStefano had t a ke n fourth wh en La ck ey dropped out, a nd D - - ~ ~ Co mp le te kit, including rea r di sc br ake kit. (A lso avai la ble individually; front wheel, roar wheel or dis c br ake) Slashed fro m to $26S ~~ond' Lighter, stronger, truer, better, Every t h ing you always th o drum variety and one of tho leaders in tho field is wanted in a wheel. The Shelby Daytona race-proven cast Hurst-Airheart, Ove r one million street m iles have been al loy wheel is four ti mes stronger than conventional successfully c lo c ked on the six-spoke Daytona wheels spoke wheels. It wo n 't flex under ~~~~~~~~======:=l after almost two years of extensive hard riding. The Daytona is p recision lab testing. The Honda lin e-u p will engineered for t ru e conce ntricity. It soon b e joined b y a Universal p a t t ern can reduce tire wear, wi th a n eight-bolt design for The Daytona is lighte r, reducing Kawasaki and other p o pular models, August will be tho release date for ove rall weigh t and critical un sp r ung we ight b y approximately 7 Ibs . An th is latest additio n to tho alre ady other bonus is that it has been popular array of Shelby Dayton a designed fo r us e with tho n ow tube\ Vh

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