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•••••••••••••• VIVA MONTESA. VIVA ENDURO. All the ponies in Detro it won't keep yo u out front if you can't ha ndle them . Th e Mont esa End uro 250 puts just the right amount of power to the rear wheel when y ou want it. None of those surprise b ursts of power. Smo oth , ste ady, and all -you can use - with no waste . Just dial it on as you need it . Controllable Horsepower. When the going gets to ugh (doesn't it always?), yo u'll need lots of to rque. Not the kind tha t'll laun ch a roc ket, but th e "c huggin" kin d. Like a t rain. Slow but sure. The End uro has it We bo rrowed this handy little characte ristic fro m th e bike th at's leading the World Trials Champi onship. The Montesa Cota. So while the Enduro can sprint with the best of them, it can also tak e things nice and easy. So can you. Endurance is the name o f the game. The Endu ro 250 will ha ng on as long as you can. DNF's ar e no fun in anyb ody 's book , and Montesa wrote the book when it co mes to dependable performance. And as yo u' d expect , we' ve made darn sure to build this stamina int o each and every Enduro 25 0 . Smooth Low-end. Rememb er when everyone used to call mot ocross m-o-t-o-rctcssl A long time ago. That's when Montesa sta rte d taking it seriously. And tha t' s why our MX suspension system is the best there is. Eight long hyd raulic inches up fro nt, super new cantilevered sho cks out back. The same type suspension as our Cappra motocrossers . Mon tesa 250 Enduro handl ing . . . forget it. It'll take care of itsel f. Reliability. - ..... ~ l-< Motocross Handling. SRA and Suzuki: Round two CAR LSBAD, CA. APRIL I I T he rain p romised b y D o c t or G eorg e n ever reached C arlsbad t o dampen the second o f t h ree S RA Suzuki S eries b ash es a t the raceway. Disappointed mud -lovers wa tche d from th e back gate as a thron g o f sun-wo rshippers frolicked along the three mile course and wou nd around the pavement sections with dry knobbies. The Open Expert/ Novice event st arted off with Bill Pattison taking his mono-shock off the live engine start and ,- int o the first tu m as if he really mean t :1- it . Through five laps he held off W.C. ; Th ornton's CZ until just a little slide , past the Shark's lair (lake) did him in. rl. At the finish it was a full 22 inches for th e CZ victo ry. . The onl y even t wo rt h mentioning in ':: the 250 bash was that Dale Anders fin ished an SRA event for the first time ever. The yout hful and likeable junior member of the Anders racing team has had unknown for ces take him ou t of the lead at least five times in the past ; the most notable being an air filt er element catc hin g on fire. This time he took an impressive second behind a super fast Husk y with Wayne Martin aboard. Wayne turned the fastest laps of the day by cranking out four minutes even on - three different tries . Not bad for three miles! Dale Anders wasn't happy just doing it on ce, so he jumped in to the combined 101-200 class and smoked everyone on his Anders (what else) prepared 175 Bultaco . .l5-y ear-old No. two SRA 125 rider Jim Myers zapped into second overall on a well set up CR Honda. Jim Laaair moved from his third row start to lead the Beginners and , hung on to well deserved fifth overall. t The combined 100 class and Women 's division again held no surprises for , onlookers as 1!.'75 No. on e plate Kent Myers 100 ked like he might lap the whole field. Kent has yet to ta ke a second place th is yea r. In the girls' division , Louise Whit e easily led the field follow ed by Debra Berry and Marjorie Haynes. The gals are really Mo n teSll Mo ton, In c. Jil5 7 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles. California 90004 I F or the name Of your nearest MonteSll dealer call (2U) MON·TESA ~ ~ ("~ ' ("' ' ~ l ~) ~ ~' ~ Hu~varna ~ 20% ~s£~~~nl ~n~12~e~ Sales - Service - Pam Factory trained mechanics Machine shop facilities Full service engine work " If we don't have it , we 'll get it for y ou .. ,. , Manuf ac ture r 's factory d irect \,Z w areho use backs you up w ith the most ~ ~;complete range of M/C bolts and nuts ~ ~ in U .S. This is a big e xtra prof it '.~,:", opportun ity for salesman now calling on dealers. The Bolt King, 7350 Atoll.tI No. HolIvwood, ~.; Ave ., 765-5844. 1213) ,..~" CA 91605. ;:. ' "lAMA lof.l 24020 Narbonn",Ave., Lomita, CA90717 (213) 534·2311 C) (~..) r~,jI (jiij. \:Jiiij (~ ( ~ ~ WEO.IIE)58995 - .~. Dealer Inqu iries wanted ~ . PAIR .~ JAMES BROWN . INC. 1251 .B BEACH B1.VD. LA HABRA . CA 90631 17141879-6940 (213) 947 -2909 23