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Cycle News 1976 03 02

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$695* Super Rat (98) Super Rat (98) It's a racer. .. SUPER RAT.. . 98cc engine with reed valve induction . .. 28mm Mikunica rb . . . Alumiferric cylinder D.LD. shoulderless alloy rims 2 shock mounting positions and rebound tension adjustmen t .. .There's more to see so come on in and take a look. S 695 .00 DlFtSQ uil1(92C ) . •.•..••• .•. S 39900 DirtSQuirt (Ol) S 499,00 RoadT (99) .. . .. . . . . . . . . . $ 529,00 oad * Combat (95) .. , Super Combal (97) 250(71) S 549 .00 S 745 .00 $1195.00 Pncn lisIed 4,.. Suqqntftl FWtaii Pncn HCDDAKA 41 "'kat Coat Port of Entry. Dn llMt lOnchargn. 0eIrr Sct·up 4nd Star• • nd Loc..I T._ .dcIed .1 local ~l. hqwr m Pnen.,.. c..nadil. Looks like thi s guy picked the wrong rut at the AMC/OCIR mud fest. Barbar a Spe ilm an , di d n't sh ar e Kim's good fo rt une an d fo und herself smack in th e middle of th e mud hole, her XR drowned o ut. Defin itely th e fas te st th ro ugh the mess was Gregg T o yama and his FMF mount n ever m issed a beat. Gre gg went through the big w at er hole , b o th fee t "danglin g off th e pegs, holdin g t he ' th ro t tl e wide-o p en , on h is way t o $20 and his third 100 Pro victory in a ro w ' here at OCIR. • I ~ Penis 5T&TT series I t, By Brad Miller r p ER RIS, CAL., FE B. 15 (:February 15 was the sixth race of I an eight week series at Perris Raceway. High po int winn ers in eac h class will be presen ted with a three foot trophy, aft er the last race of t he series, o n February 29 . There 's a close race be tween Benjie Meyer and Kir k Jo hnson in the Mini Novice class an d David DeTempl e and Larry Rob iso n are bat tling it out in the 100 Novices. J ay Bales is creeping up o n Mike T idwell in the 125 AM / EX class. The 250 N o v ic e is a real toss up . Ch ris Choisser leads, bu t Bill Dobbs, Steve Mott and Michael Allen ar e kee ping him o n his toes. Three points separat e Rex Hale y and Steve Ben ne tt in t he 5 00 Am/Ex Class and Gran t • Murray Jr. is leading Bry on Farnsworth in the Old Timers Clas s. Lougee/Gipe take the lead, but they can hack it What's hap pe ni ng ? . . .a nd yo u've got it all. CALI DAB I NEW FRONT FOR K TRI CK FOR AI R FORKS TH AT WORKS OR YOUR MONEY BACK By S. To rpey O NT ARIO , CA L., FE B. 15 In the first sidecar road race of the season, the team of Wayne Lougee and Gary Gipe smoked a nine bike field by over two hundred yards as their rgm framed 8 36cc four , out of Menl o Ho nda in Redwood, to o k a co m mand ing lead at the start resultin g in a flaw les s wire-to- wi re win. T he race for second, howe ver , kept th e three wheel fans pressed to the fence. T he N or C al te a m of Rick Murray /Wayne Watts (Suz 750 ) we re never m ore than twent y feet in fro nt of the Ho nda Fo ur of Masella /Bryan fo r th e entire ra ce. Bob Bakk e r, sid e h a ck r oa drace c ha i r ma n a n d spok esm an f or the So ut hern Cali forni a gro up , explained th at since the displacemen t limit for sidecars has been in cre ased to 13 0 0cc 's, more te ams are go ing to the big bore fo ur-stro kes. With over 100 h p o n tap, co m bin ed with su p eri o r torque o ver a wide rpm ran ge, the fo ur-stroke hack is becoming the fo rmula to b eat. Bakker also noted that sidecar ro adra cing in Europe is going th e oppos it e direction; to ultra-lightweight, small d isplacement two-strokes, • A i r Cap Fo rk Tube A ir .- Bleed Ho le 0< FM X Forged Pistons REED INDUCTION KITS 2 Cycle Eng ine Oils CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTOR OF TH ESE QUALITY H IGH PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS Perris Raceway is open for business with an eight week high point series. Wholesale to Dealers only - try us for faster delivery! ill GeeEnterprisesInc. 731 EAST CYPRESS, MONROVIA, CALIF . 91016 AMA Silencers Dy no & na tional co m petru o n proven . No ho rse po wer lo ss o r change in je tt in g. et c . on 4 st ro kes. Passes AI\IA no ise levels, I Vi ' t h ru I y," I.D. 8" lon g. 2y," O.D. Guaranteed n ot to fall ap art. Patented. each SI2.00 Spo ns o r o f Chuck Jo yner Na t't. NO o.60 Also e very thi ng f o r t h e com pet it ive racer Davis Ra~e Specialties St ar Rout e. Bo x 780 For est Grove. OR 97116 50 3·357-87 10 (21 3) 359-2415 Husqvarna \!:II ~ Headquaners of Northern Cal ifornia Large Parts Stock One Day Mail Order Service Hi-Point Boots $65.00 S p ec i f y size and so le t y p e nelson Brothers motors Inc. 4500 E. 14th St . Oak land , CA 9 4601 , 4 15- 5 32·3677 11

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