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, Look for a neat point-to-point hare 'n hound in March 76. Called the " Silver Bear ," the ORA says it'll be the "last of the great hare 'n hounds." AMA's Rob Ras or has b een nam ed to the Board of Directors o f the National T rails (not trials) Council, a qu asi-official bo dy established in Washingt on to work out t rail users' problems. Th e app ointment represents progress, o f a sort, be cause at previous mee tings o f the group, mo torized recrea tionists we n: barely allowed to particip ate. f' 0') ~ c<") ~ >- ~ ~ ::::l s:: ~ ~ THE ADOL F WElL REAR SUSPENSION Maic o's r evo lution ery c a n tile v ered s u s pens ion , w it h h eavy d uty G irt in g g a s f illed shOCk ebsorbers. THE NEW 1 9 7 6 MAl COS ARE HERE ••• AW - 2 5 0 • AW~ 40 0 • AW-450 Everyone knows that Maico builds winners. Andnow. t he new M aicoAW models for '76 surpass everything anybody has to off er. _ New enginee ring fe at ures gives yo u a vastl y superior • HEAVY FLYWHEElS FOR BETTER TRACTION. • LONGER SWINGARM MOUNTED ON NEEDLEBEAR INGS. any ot her MX m oto rcycle match Ma ico 's super tract ion . _ Maico • LONGER FRONT FORKS EXTEND TO 8.7" TRAVEL is fi rst aga in w ith th e revolutionary Adolf Weil cant ilevered Elliot t Schultz tr ials schools are no w bookin g for 19 76 . Write P.O. Box 341 , Lafay ette , Colo. 80 02 6 fo r advance in fo . • motorcycle. Handling?Nothingcan out-hand le a Maico, nor can At last, a he lpful ti p fro m our friends, the Sierra Club. You can recycle used crank-case o il. Call (213) 478-3429 fo r inf o. • FORKTUBES NOW FEATURE DOUBLE OIL SEALS . • METZELER TIRES ON SHOULDERLESS AKRONT RIMS. sw ing arm is mounted one inch fa rt her f orw ard for im proved • NEW DESIGN HI·IMPACT PLASTIC FENDERS. • STEERING HEAD FEATURES TAPER ROLLER BEARINGS. geom et ry and better cha in pos it ion . And, t he rea r w heel pr essure mounted at the sw ing arm pivot • • He re are m ore . outstand ing features Y OU'llfind on M aico AW's for '7 6: • 5 SPEED GEAR BOX ON ALL MAICO AW MODELS. • SEE BEEFED-UP GEARS, NOW 25% LARGER. YOUR Frank has said he pl an s 10 be ba ck as Put it all together and you have a t ruly exciting new machine. You'll have the BEST handling a nd performing motorcycle• anywhere, at any price! _ To complete the picture of the great new Maico AW's for '76, see your dealer and check it out. It's an experience you shou ldn 't m iss. DEALER OR W R ITE FOR FREE LIT ER A TURE EAST : Ma lco Mo torcycles , Inc. _ 1 09 Ele ctric Aven ue _ LlWVinown , Pennsylyan la 17044 MIO-CE NTRA L : Oebenham Im p orts e Ro yte 1. Bo x 211 e Ant ioch . Illin o is 60002 WEST: Coope r Mo tors e 110 east Santa Anita Avenue • Bur ba n k. Ca lifor n ia 9 1502 Goodyear is Carroll Shelby 213 -538 -2914 Speed srnoot hes out the bumps in life Suzuki Alter Holiday Sale '76 ' 75 ' 76 '75 '76 Guess y ou know Dick Mann voluntarily gave up h is AMA National No. Two so Kenny Roberts could have it this year. Ken says the ar rangement is purely temporary, as he plans to have that "other" nu mber back next year. mo st o f th e seaso n , but nowhas 9 " u p a ~d down travel. A new sho e-type chain ten sioner is On th e gro un ds tha t a CB un it is almost as essential to a racer as a mo to rcycle, Eastern Roadracing Associatio n has become a CB de aler. Ten p ercen t disco unt to members. You know, back East, they got wall-to-wall radar. a rac e b ike LDNG STROKE ENGINEWITH EXTRA·WIDE TORQUE BAND . suspension, with heavy-dutyGirling gas filledshocks. The longer Peter Starr's DeCoster documentary "Portrait of a Champion" won f irst overall at the prestigious Oscar Co rd on Rouge Film Festival for 1975. "Portrait" has already been nationally synd icated in th is country and has been shown before major urban TV audiences. Peter's next film , a documentary on Gary Scott and Harley-Davidson o n the 1975 Grand National circuit, is due out later this year. HosPITal Stop : Frank Gilles pie, seriously hurt at San J ose in '75, will be out o f racin g m ost of '76 as well. He wen t in to Kaiser lI osp ital in December to have a plate in his right leg replaced by a steel pin. The leg will keep him off • ~ 1.0 Th e South ern Sierran, So Cal 's Sierra Club paper, ran an edito rial in December ur gin g members who speak at mee tings and hearings to keep their club membership at low profile. Wonder why ? Postscri p t o n the Lame Camel 's " Community" piece (remember?): E RA is negot iating t he purchase of land for a "motorcycle country club" co m plete with p rivate ro ad circuit . How bout th at , sports fans? IIIlI E Closed circuit to AFM roa d racers: What 's all the fuss over AMA 's stock Production rules? Right now, all you " pr od ucti o n racers" ar e only a stock exhaust system removed from what most people call Modified Production, wh ile your so-called "Superstreet" class langu ishes as an orphan. Inst ant So lut io n: move everybody now running "Production" into AMA Mod ified Production. For you guys , nothing would change - you'd still be racing against the same people and y o u' re al ready faster than most "cafe" machinery - often fast enough to run "GP" when there's no Yamahas ar ound. That would leave "Showroom Stock" as the orphan class , hopefully to f ill up with t he new riders on low-bucks machinery and bring out the increased participation you say you want. Speaking of radar, the Los Angeles TIme s recently pu b lished an ed itorial favoring the arming of CHP units wi th the black boxes. Why , fell as, worried about a little Federal blackmail in the matter of the 55 lim it ? ; RM 100 MX (se r. No . 10281 ) RM 125 MX (ser, No . 19281 ) RM 25 0 NIX (ser. No. 12828) TM 25 0 NIX (ser, No. 5 25 27 ) RM 3 70 MX (scr. No. 12 09 2) All o f a bove models are new '7 .$ 695 .$ 699 .$1099 .$ 649 ,$ 121 9 Man y t o choose fr om! While Su ppl y Lasts! Hand Washable , . ~ • . ~~ ~ :~~ Othman Distributing Co. 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