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~ ~ l-< II) ..0 a II) :> ~ Wiseco's New ' FM X' Specials - Forged Pistons With 'New SuperStrength Rings If you think ' FMX' stands for ' Forged fo r Motocross' - you're right ! And, if you think Wiseco's ' FMX' Special piston s do thini\s other pistons don 't, and can' t, you ' re right again. That's why ' FMX' Special pistons should be part of yo ur arsenal. . . . They're designed for perfo rmanc e. They're stronger, yel hghler, tha n oedinary piston s, so they run lon ger, They run coo ler, with better heat transfer. They give you an increase in rpm's and ho rsepow er througho ut the pow er band. And how abo ut those SuperStrength rings? They're made of du ctile iron for high tensile strength and flexibility. They're mo ly-filled for long life, and to preven t scuffing. And, they provide an excellent seal for increase d compressio n. . So, they're best for MX. And, of co urse, the pisto ns and rings are Wiseco. That's all you need to 'mo w abo ut the precisio n and cue that go into their design, e ngineering, and . manufa cturi ng. The time is now . Your secret weap~ns are here. Go out and do it ! A p ile of trash grew int o a mountain at the Rand dean-up. W iseco Dist ributor West, 8562 Hamilton Ave. , Huntington Bea ch, CA 92646 The Switch Is On -To WISECO Send for Free 1975 Cycle Piston Brochure Desert clean-up Lo ok what you missed if you weren't out picking up trash . By Terry Rezek CALIF. CITY, CAL ., NOV . I & 2 BOLT ON FIRE POWER ~ TTSOOC UP PIP E $3 9.9 5 Two new PERFORMANCE EXH A UST PIPES for YAMAHA 'S new TTSOOC fourstroke . 30% INCREASE ove r s t ock p ipe . TTSOOC DOWN PIPE $ 29.95 A C D. A. Cha in tension and guide $21 .95; B. Oil t ank cap $4 .95 C. Overhead oil line kit $6.95; D. Yamaha mono-shock kit for extended travel $4 7.50 Cha in tensioners and guides fo r most all popular models used by th e best off road race rs in the country. Piston , cam and valve spring kit for the T T 500 C available soonll 10 8423 Rosemead Blvd ., Pico Rive ra, CA 90660 Phone (2 13) 869-7346 Dealer and Distributor inq ui ries invited Satur d ay's first impressio n was wall to wall BLl\1 personnel. Man y gave up th eir weekends to co me ou t there and help. Five dump trucks and drivers were provided by t he Navy . There was a very large genera tor and to w truck to furnish light for Saturday night. Many bikers came over from the DRA race o n the other side of Galileo Hill to help o ut. Most of them went out to plu ck off old ribbon b ut wound up staggering back with sacks of trash and tin cans as well. Copious quanitities of four-wheelers , too. Everybody working side by side. The tortoise committee showed up Sunday to try to explain why a decreasi ng tortoise population needs more ro o m to decrease in - but they didn 't seem to get many co nverts. Amazing what slobs peop le an:! Also amazing what they 11 le ave behind o n t h eir way to the heights of slobbery. Finding an abandoned school bus out here makes one wonder what ha ppened to the kids? Many a car body cut an d dragged away too; estimate 1500 cubic feet of iron and steel debris hauled away . No o ne knows how ma ny tons. No t as much alu minum as I expected don't tell m e desert riders have given up beer? Beau tiful weather; bright sun b ut n o t too ho t for t he good ha rd wo rk that we n t on all day. Nigh t time is par t y ti me and prize ti me . CO RVA,l\I .0. R.E., an d BLM gave away over a hundred prizes - m or e th an $ 1500 worth. Movies to o! Disney's " T he Living Desert " wa s shown. A great day and a good n ight. Su n da y was ride ti me! Thanks to t he Conjeo Trail Riders for laying out a fun poker rally course. The fo urwheelers had an interesting idea for their po ker run - high point to high point with no marked tr ail in between. Like to see a bike club do something like that. A very satisfy ing weekend for all who to o k part. • Padilla switches fights, wins By Terry Rezek CALIFO RN IA CIT Y, CAL . NO V. 2 Ben ny Padill a moved up fro m his 250 to a 38 0 Yamaha and took an easy win in th e DRA St ate Championsh ip Hare Scrambles. Dave Woods was lead in g at th e bomb. taking advan tage of th e tigh t start ar ea and th e han ging dust. Shortly after the bomb the co ur se opened up a bit and that was all Benny needed . At the end of the first loop o f th is three lo op event, Benny came into the pi ts with a full mi nute ove r Wayne Garrett (Yam ) who had also pas sed