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By Lane Campbell
CARLSBAD, CAL.. OCT. 19
The sharp staccato bark of four
stroke singles mixed with the
growl of an occasional Triumph
twin, sounds of another age of
motocross that throbbed across
the torturous landscape of Carlsbad's USGP circuit. It was true
motocross ("none' of this IT
What it was all about, just 12 short yean ago.
stuff": promoter Butch Lee), a real test
of whether four stroke dirt bike
technology
is
ready
for
a
government-mandated revival.
What had been billed as a "National"
came off as a laid-back District club race
with hordes of kids flagging (a mixed
bag, sometimes), motos going off in
Picture yourself chasing a mob like this strap~d onto a 300 pound bike making 55 or so horsepower_
10
qui ck
succession,
down-ho me
announcing, and always that throbbing
staccato of the thu mpers. Hardly a
two-stroke in earshot. If past is prologue
for the future, the event falls into place
as a testing ground for the new/old
motocross of the future.
This first crop of thurnpercrossers is
kinda crude, kinda slow, very much in
need
of
the
latest
leading-axle
super-rigid forks and LTR, but bags of
fun. Especially the 125s.
