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~ , $ • , : . the- terrain near the Vi ctoria Club ' goif • course. The gangs consisted of two flocks of co o t ies. When the smoke had cle ared , the mudhens had been ' ab ated by the use of gunfire.'Seems if y ou are a golfe r, it is okay to 'abate ' nature. • POL HOTLINE The GreatAmerican Motorcycle (Continu ed fro m page 37) adjoining lands," according to a US FS flyer. Though the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (the enabling law under which the study is made) is aimed mainly at keeping selected wild rivers free -flowing (Le., undammed) ; the nearby Murderer's Gulch trials area (sit e of last year's No rCal round of the U.S . Trials Ch ampionship) cou ld b e in line for "protection" if folks who ride in this region aren't wary. Public meetings will be sched uled in the near (but as y et unannounced) future, To find out the times' and pl aces in advance, get on the m ailing list by wri tin g one of th e fo llo win g three agen cies: Forest Supervisor Tahoe Nat'\. Fo rest Nevad a City, CA 9 5959 District Man ager Bureau o f Land Man agemen t Folsom, CA 95 620 St at e Wild & Scenic Rivers Program De pt. of Fish & Game 141 6 Nin th St . Sacramento, CA. Much of th e stu d y /plannin g wo rk will be done in conjunction wi th the Fore sthill-Hell Hole Planning Un it on the Tahoe and Eldorado Na t1. Fo rests . Bikers, in Riverside, look ou t ! The City Fathers ther e granted permission for a ' po sse' to de st ro y a co uple of gangs that were messing up HAPPENINGS BLM .- COLORADO STATE MULTIPLE USE ADVISORY BOARD Meeting J an. 9 , 1976 fr om 9 :00 a.rn, to 4 :0 0 p.m, in th e Colorad o Sta te Ban k Bldg., Rm 709, 1600 Bro ad way , Den ver, CO. Organizational meeting, o pe n to public with b rie f (o ne to two p.m.] p eriod for publi c in put. BLM - UTA H AR IZONA STRIP DI ST. A DVISORY BOA RD Regular meet ing, January 8 , 1976 at 9 a. m , in the District Office, 196 East Tabernacle , St. George, Utah. Open to public insofar as seatin!t is available. (Con tinued from page 15 ) IMikun is, and unfortunately the pair on this o ne still carried dirt bike needles and je t bodies.] The engine itself was tigh t and reasonably quiet, The 125 motocrosser on hand was a well-thrashed plant play-and-testbed bike. It was carrying its laydown Boges in the 37.5-degree position (there are two sets of mounts) , and had an oval -section swi ngarm . Head angle was 3 I degrees. (The PDV dirt chassis is ' availab le to order with an y head angle from 24 to 32 degrees, depending on app licat io n, indoor short track to motocross or cross country .) The 125 engine with the PDV-developed expansion chamber is a free revver, go ing well past 10,000 at the top , but having a burbly , limp lo w end response. It co mes on the pipe gradually, building up to its 28 horsepower rated pe ak so gently it 's de ceptive. The h an dling, on a rutted, gr avelly surfaced spotted with be rms and bo u lde rs, was spot on. Like the 500 , if the se t-up errs, it err s on the side of sta bili ty and forgiving n ature. It squares co rners quic kly and ne atly, ye t slid es co ntrollably, provided yo u don 't scrub off too much sp eed and get it off th e pipe. Gen erally, a ne at playb ike with pro mise as a racer. Analysis So wh at of Powe rd yne? The scope and scale of its o peration rem in ds me of things I've heard of the Spanish m an u factu rers , ye t through th eir mode " Beveled and skived " means y ou get perfect fra me jo inU like this, pri or to we lding. of design development, they 've failed to establish a design image or market identity of their own. Losing an expe n sive judgement in a suit brought by Doug Schwerma of Champion Fram es hurt them, also. Yet from a m anu factur in g stan dp oin t , they lie in the heart of a network of machine tool and fixture suppliers that serve the entire continent, drawing from a skilled , under-employed workforce. In short, if they can sell them, they can build t hem. Of the 500 twin, Berge r says, "Unless we've missed something, it can retail for $1 200. That marks the first time a domestic motorcycle has ever under sold an eq uivale nt Japanese one." Copy o r no, t hat in itself is a milestone.. As yo u walk the clean, quiet streets of Providence , sensing the history and t he industrial ba ckground of the region , knowi ng th at not far aw ay Yankee Mo tors once planned an American operatio n , yo u real ize th at regardless of whethe r PD V su cceeds or fails, the p o t is goi ng to be kept bubbling in New England. If it weren 't th e Berger brothers and Cabral , it w o uld be so meone else wi th toolmaking skill and a dream of m aking it fro m scratc h . The place is j ust th at fer tile. • Next issu e: Harley-Da vidson. rcHAMPI0N~rALWAYs--------- :USE THE BEST t Molly Blue Says.... .. I know 01 \ ' dutch lube is the best. a nd I want vou to know it too! 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