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By John Ulrich
"/ co uld tak e th e motorcycle and within one race have it to where it couLd beat any of
KeL' bikes, n o problem . "
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" You don't th ink you have an y tr ou ble beating Kenn y Ro berts?"
"No pr oblem , I've beat h im before. He wak es up in th e morning, jus t lik e
eve ry body else, He 's really a great rider, and h e's matured in to a fantas tic racer. "
The man being in t erviewed is Gary
F is he r. A t age 23 , Fisher h as t he
di s t in cti on of h a v i n g been b oth
recognized as o ne of America's fi nest
road racers , and su m marily fo rgotte n b y
the bi g facto ries at c o n trac t time. Now
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living in Pa rkesburg, Pennsylv ani a with
his wife Christ y , and awaiting th e ar rival
of h is fi rst chi ld, Fishe r ' has sh own up
for th e Jun e C an -Am Challenge Se ries
races at Laco nia. Ne w Hamp shire.
H i s Bu t le r an d Sm i th BMW' s
transmissio n seized in Unlim ited GP
pra c t i c e Sund ay m o rn ing. an d th e
resul t an t ge t-off tore ligamen ts in Gar y ' s
left sh ou lder . It is wh ile sitting in th e
p its wi th h is arm in a sling that Ga ry
Fish er talks ab o ut raci ng.
" Righ t. now m y plans this ye a r are t o
fin ish t he A.\ IA races, riding th e litt le
(25 Occ) Har ley for t he little bike race .
Hopefully , I'll have a 5 00 Harl ey for t he
bi g ra ce , but I d on 't beli eve t hat will
happen b ecau se the y 're no t bringin g
them in . So I' ll co nti nue to ride th e
Bee Em and t ry to d o as well as possibl e
and win the prod uction races. do a
co up le of selecte d club even ts, and
prob abl y the rest of this Can -Am series.
"If I can talk B~l\\' into it, I'm go ing
to put so me high handlebars o n the
Bee Em and ru n it in th e Mile . It would
surprise p eo pl e h ow well it d oe s. It
wo u ld b e as fa st as an XR. You d o n 't
have very much o f a gro und clearan ce
prob lem on a Mile, so I t h in k it 'll wo rk.
It su re wo uld be fun t o rid e so met h ing
differen t than every body else, and be
abl e t o beat ' em .
"Next year I'm look ing fo rward t o
j ust getting heavily in t o t he road race
c ha m p io n s h ips they're (t he A:>IA)
gonna have, and sh o o t fo r Nu m ber One
in b o th classes-25 0 cl ass and Open
clas s. The little H ar ley will be reall y
go od in t he 250 clas s. If Ha rley has a b ig
