Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/126017
Local hotline World's Ne west Yamaha dealer must move th ese m ot orcy cles! Can-Am 125 MX 2 . . . .. .. . . . ..$ Can-Am 175 MX 2 cf#J ~ ~t~ "\ Can -Am 25 0 MX 2 $. Can-Am 125 End uro TNT Can -Am 17 5 Enduro TNT Montesa 25 0 V 75 ~ • ~"..\\O ~ .\'(\~O., ~\UU' . : \)~\...~ ~~ $ _ $ Montesa Enduro 25 0 Hodaka 100 Super Rat $ CZ 400 Danny La Po rte gets radical on his way t o a CMC Saddle back 125 Pro win . $ Second t ime around better for Hannah, LaPorte at CMC Saddleback Send for Free mail orde r catalog Che ck our pri ces before yo u buy yo ur new Yam aha J};eJI Jljf[Io J eJfr YJrn a /a J By Joel Jamieson ORANG E, CAL., NOV. 16 J With S 1000 bu cks up for grabs, th e co mpet ition was as hot as ever with Bill Rubl y, Robert Hannah and D an LaPorte co llecting the better part of the eash purse. 10464 Alondra Blvd. , Bellflower,.CA 90706 21 3-925-5097 On Alondra at the 605 Frwy . jus t North of th e 9 1 Frwy , WE HAVE SOME ROUGH CUSTOMERS. LIKE KENT HOWERTON, STEVE STACKABLE, DICK MANN TERRY CLARK; TOM UPP, MARK BLACKWELL SONNY DeFEO; ---_............ ................ .................... -...................... ...-.---...---..... ---............................ _..........---- ...... ...... ..- . .... _ _._-~ . . . .. 0.. .... . 11. .. . . _ ...... _ . ............._'-.. . fIIf_ ~- ,,-...-..._-.. ~ 16 ,. o....c:..-...,," RON SELF, DAVE LONGCOR AND MIKE KESSLER. FOI SHOI. • GAS PRESSUR IZ ED • REB UILDAB LE • MADE IN U.S .A. • ADJ US TAB LE DAMPE NING • F IVE LENGTHS AV AILABLE • 12, 12V" 13, 13V" 14'h in . , $99 R? per pair plus springs ",_."w , local dealer or d irect from ; mmo:i 'F ., rox. 520 McGLl NCY LANE r' John Trani's Competition Cycle P roducts speciehz mq In d esert & mo toc ross 16612 Beach Blvd.. Hunt ington Beach, CA 714-847·2202 T he Maico hotshoe fro in Precision Cycle, Bill Ru bl y , aced out a small but fast field of 500 Pros , sh ooting into the lead in each moto a n d w as n ever be ing pa ssed . During the first m ot a so me good dicin g wen t o n between Doug Sherm an o n his Wheel smith Maico and a very qu ick KTM pilot, J eff Fo land for second . Fol and won out ov er Shennan and grabbed second . The second mota was all Rubly 's on ce agai n but wit h a littl e heat bein g applie d by Wayne Bo yer o n his CZ. Rub Iy held o ff Bo ye r long enough to win with Bo yer and Sh ennan fo llowing. Robert Hannah ap peared on a DG -p r c p p e d Yam ah a in place o f his R;\l mounts and ki nda luc ked o ut for th e win in th e 25 0 Pro ba t tl e. Hannah go t tied up in tr affi c in t he first m ot a and only man aged a fifth, whi ch really put hi m ou t of position of the top spot , bu t th in gs went h is way in th e second mota as the top tw o finishers in the first round. Bill Rubl y an d Richee Collins, had their pro blems. Both Bill. an d Rich ee failed to finish in th e top three, while Ha nnah wo n it. Richee Collins, a fte r p ulling th e start in th e firs t mota and grabbing a second at th e finish j u st co uld n't get it together for mota two. Well, Hannah won th e bucks with his five-o ne score whil e co nsisten t J eff Vidic finishe d the day with a three-three ride for second and Davy Carls on go t his Maico into th e top three with a six-two pe rfo rmance after giving Hannah a good ra ce for fir st in th e secon d m oto. . The DG race team was well represent ed at th e sta rt of th e first 125 Pro m a lo. as Gary Denton and Bra e Glover gra bbed th e top two slo ts. So on F;\IF'er Warren Reid tuo k the lead but he snapped th e cha in. Mike Bcll mo ved h is Hon da to fir st with ano the r 1';\11' racer , Dave William s' seco nd but Dave is then forced to drop out d u e to mi nor machi ne p rob lem s. Bell got t he me te w in w it h Dan ny Lal 'o rt e w o r kin g up t o second and Mark Tyer ge tt ing int o thir d . LaPorte was really cr an king on his franks bike, going away and hiding in th e second mota with Reid ba ck in sec o nd. There was no catching LaPorte as he h ad th e 125 Pro class wrapped up. Reid was ou t o f the overall results so T yer pu lled sec ond overal l. Mike Bell too k th ird. • Results in Re sults Sect ion. Whaley cleans up SDTR trials By Pete Pagel BARONA, CAL., NOV . 2 Marland Whaley (Hon) won the San Diego Trials Riders' ATA Trial at the Barona Indian Reservation, topping a field of 25 Experts by nine points over second-place Andre Plouffe (Bul). Whaley dropped o nly two points per loop in a tri al t hat was desc ribed as less difficult th an previous ones. Plouffe. whose 15-point total was good for second by only one point; was heard to mutter aft er the fin ish "I beat Bernie ... I beat Bernie. " Not bv m uch th ough , for Sch reiber (Bul) was one o f fo ur ride rs knotted to gether at 16 poin ts. After the number of cleans were totaled, Bernie took third, Mark Eggar (Ha n ) fourth , Mike Griffitts (Man) fifth and Ron Busch sixt h . Busch came down from Nevada to rid e this one. If an awar d were given for most spe ctacular fall , it would go to Ron Doster for his a tt em p t at section eight. That section was an uphill, rocky ravine with a right turn exit. He los t control at the tum and fcll in to the ravine with the bike on top o f him, engine screaming. Spectators pulled th e bike off him and Doster, unhurt , co nt inue d . A little sh ak en, h e lost 16 points on the first loop, but came back to drop only one on th e second, th e best one-loop score of thc da y. Ron ended up ninth. Gre g Carter (Ma n ) just recently 'transferred to Amateur and has won the last two events, including this o ne . Greg lost 17 points while second-place Scott Parker, a speedway racer, dropped 25. Givin g up only six points, Charles Bassett (Bul) swept the Novice class . Bassett is a newcomer to trials and bears watching in the fu ture. Another Bultaco rider, Th omas McKnight, wa s only two p oints behind Bassett. The sections were a littl e easy for th e top Nov ices, but just abo u t right fo r the majori ty. The San Diego Trial Riders scheduled a n ea rly cu to ff tim e a n d the rid ers were ha ppy to get home early . • Results ran last week.