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r; control programs for the 55 limit. And; as in the helmet hassle, their whip hand / 1s the same form of highway fund blackmail. Coincidence? .' t IIIlI ~ That rumored Cerebral Palsy b ene fit _ motocross a t San ta Maria 's Spillway Par k is a definite thing: scheduled for April 25 as an AMA District 3 5 double points run. Call (805 ) 93 7-6 17 1 for info . Don Vesco is still f inishing the bits and pieces of that Husqvarna 360CR road racer for Pat Evans, looking to have it done sometime after Daytona. But what Don said he really wanted to build was a Yamaha TT 500 road racer, Funny how many different people have told Papa that same thing. Anybody at Japan, Inc. getting the hint? ~ ,0 , ..... While me do m est ic retail sales sce ne continues to languish, our British cousins arc on.. . . . a moto rcy cle buying binge . Could be they know so me thing ab o ut Arab-Israeli relatio ns that we don 't. The American Motorcycle Drag Racing Assoc. (AMORAl did a turnabout and landed a March 4-6 National date at Bithlo, Florida after hope had been given up on throwing a digger's biggee at Dayton a time. Purse has been tentatively set at $20,000. Yes , Virginia - there is a Su zu ki RM-I OO. It's a do wnpipe five-speed co nfigurati on similar to last ye ar 's RM-125 th at .shares the same cases, gearbox an d portin g co nfiguratio n. Chassis are simil ar , b ut the 100 sports slimmer, lighter forks , slightly less travel and lower seat height to make it suitabl e for "the yo unger rider ," It should be hitting the dealers soo n . ' Bul tac o 125cc Mk 9 Pursang {above} New Bultaco -ma de finned forks and mo ved-up gas Tel esco s, re de signed engine, 28mm Bing, trick loo kin g pipe and six-speed gearbox are so me of the new feat ures as Bultaco co ntinues to transfer "works-like " technology to its smaller production MXer. When t hey say " p ower where you want it ," they must mean WFO at II grand, judging from the length of the silen ced chamber. The 192 pound (wet) chassis develops seven inches rear travel , slightly more up front. Barry Sheene and Suzuki GB, entered for the Daytona 200, have picked up additional sponsorship from Texaco and from Forward Trust Finance, according to our AMA p ipeline. Many-times World Champion Phil Read will ride a Vesco-tu ned/prepared TZ750A at Daytona. The bike is one that had been sitting at Berkeley Yamaha until Lester Wheel bought it. , esco says, "Dorr't know how fast it V will be, but Phil will give it a good ride ," DOS NUEVaS Rod Spencer got it together to lap the Fremont Marathon field twice while herding Hodaka's new 250 to a two-hour win. (two new .) ones \ , Rick Hocking , still hot from Ho uston. did it to 'em at the Cow Palace J an uary 30, winning the Frank Gilles pie benefit indoor short track in handy fashion . We 'll hav e a fu ll story and pix next week. Montesa 348 Cota {right} Want to go slow instead? Montesa's six spe ed 310cc "Malcolm Rathmell Replica" - (sort of ) will be available in April sometime. Spe cs cal lout 12.3 inches ground clearance, 195 .5 pounds we t. Thoughtful details ab o und, like oil ers in all cable housin gs, springlo aded fold backs on shifter and b rake ue levers, and a uniq pl astic . sheath that provide s 9 5% protective en closure for th e chain .' Shocks hav e been mildly can ti levered. It 's as clo se as yo u 'll get this y ear to the wo rks trialer that won six national trials ch ampi on shi ps in 1975. After flagg ing away the last heat race at the Cow Palace benefit, starter Hoy Odom (Jim's dad) d ied of a sudden heart attack. Services were held February 2, burial the following day. In an in ter esting turnabo ut, NHTSA's Lew Buch anan (re me m ber him ?) deliv ered a technical p ap er before an audience of traffic · engineers last fall t ha t : a) did n o t men t ion helmets once , b) e mphasized rider education, and c) even suggested that m o torcy cles be allowed access to express b us lan es on fre eways! Contingency sponsors adding to the riders' take-home pay at the Houston Nationals were: ABC/Bell Leathers, Bates Leathers, Beck Arnley, Bell Helmets, BeI·Ray Lubricants, Champion Spark Plugs, Diamond Chain, Goodyear Tires, Red Wing Suspensions, Sure Fire Compression Releases and Vista Sheen. 2 his wall et by $8 ,300. Nice way to s tart a new season . Rick Hocking's win in the Houston TT and second in the short track fattened Elec tio n returns : Ron Slo an (West Region) and Bill Baird (Cen tral) wer e Unlikely Duckling Update: It ran great until it seized, its first time out at Willow. We'll delve into the cafe -c o n ve r t e d TM400 's further development as soon as we can pry the Lame Camel's fingers off the bars. r e -ele cted as . Class " A" (general membership ) representat ives to AMA's power ful Board o f Trustees. Out East , Mark Rose n repl ace d incumbent Andy Sto ne . Have you Californians noted a carefully-orchestrated media campaign to support arming the CHP with radar? Nobody's admittin9 it , but the Feds began on January 1 this year to " c e r t i f y " ind ivid ual states' speed In what sounds like sourllrapes helmet backlash, the Cal ifornia Assembly Ways and Means Committee killed the Carpenter motorcycle rider education . bill (AB18091 . One of the grounds for reversal was the question of whether or not students must wear helmets. I Bikoni, Ltd. , anno unced a 52 ,0 00 Daytona co n tingency program for u sers of Koni shocks. AFM North dropped us a note saying they would begin paying corner workers $5 per carload at Sears Point this year. First AFM points race date at Sears is March 14. Call (4 15) 792-5753 for info.