Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Enduro Trophy Time! Amazing new electronic digital instru ments tell you exactly where you should be duringevery second of the enduro. EASY TO READ . EASY TO OPERATE. Whether you're an absolute beginner or seasoneo enouro veteran , Oig itronics' new state-of-the-art Chrono-Computer and Chrono-Tron can help place you among the trophy winners every time Big bright numbers shinethrough dust and rain - on any type of road. ! Controls are designed for " gloves on" operation-- no dust covers or thumb wheels to worry about. Bo instruments belp you to concentrate on riding! th The Chrono-Computer instantly calculates time, speed , and distance tactorsto give you precise pacing odometer read-outs to compare with your cycle odometer (the photo example shows 12.58miles). You can always clearly see when to speed upor slow down. You can also clearly see the exact average speed you 've dialed in (15 MPH in the photo example) . Speed changes can be dialed in quickly, and the " hold" switch freezes the read-out during planned stops. Standard calibration 6-36 MPH in 1 MPH increments; special calibrations available at no extra charge. The Chrono-Tron computes elapsed time in 1 second intervals from zero to 59 minutes, 59 seconds . . . withan automatic roll-over to zero and continuingcount. Fast rate switch gives rapid (1 minute per second) selling of keytimestarts which are notonthe hour, and "hold" switch freezes read-out at exact key time start. Quick ze re-set. Big bright minutes and ro seconds numbers separated l or maximum clarity . LOGt It a....... teltlra: • READAILE - Super-litO' IQ utdcrystal readout • featu ring VI" numbers. &Ira ......11 ....11.... . RBJAIU - 100% sOlid-state electroniCs. li quid aystaI readout AbI.oIullly II nII ....,1 PlrtI ID . m_. • • • instrument securety. regardless • CO.ACT - App roximately 3"x 5" x , " Insize. Uses one miniature 9 volt transistor radio battery wittl minimum 2S hour capacity. (Factory supplied.) • PORT.lLE - Comptet ly setf- ontained. N wires. e c o plugs or cor Fitseasily in pocket. . ds. SECURE - Factory SlJppled mounting kit holds • • ~ terrain. RUGGED - Toug impact-resistant case. weather and h. duS1 resistant. ATTRAtnVE- Deluxe leather-grainedblackfiniS h. ClJARANTEED - Full 6 month guarantee covering parts and labor. Digitronics, Inc.• 4029 Westerly Place.Newport Beach, CA. • 92660 (714) 752-81 05 d • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • a. SPECIAL INTRODUCTO OFFER ! RY CALL TOLL FREE (800) 854-3580 (In Calif. (714 752-81 05) or MAIL COUPON ) • Soon to be sold nationa for $149.95, ORDER NOW FOR ONLY $99.95 ea. SAVE $50 .00 lly Please rush me_ _ (qfy) for Chrono-Computer pacer(s); _ (qty) Chrono-Tron timer(s) @ . m. only $99 .95 ea. plus $3.50 for postage, insuranceand handling (Ca res. add 6% tax) . . 0 Credit Card fI 0 Check or money order • o BankAmericard 0 Master Charge, Bank fI Exp. date ~_ Signature Address . Name City • State ~ Zip • ~ Hide and Sleek. Steve Baker could hold Cec:otto only fo r so long. While the Americans stuck by their slick G Cecotto, Baker & Duhamel' 1-2-3 at Moto Journal 200 Q I By Chris Carter MARSEILLE, FRANCE, APRIL 11 Johnny Cecotto, the teenager from Venezuela, paralyz ed th e opposition and scooped up the bulk o f the prize money in the Moto Journal 200, th e world 's richest m otorcycle race, at the 3.6 mile Paul Ricard ro ad race circuit in southern France. Cecotto was Kawasaki Accessories let the good times roll. UDDHA enterprises 16 • SALES Come in & look at our 1976 RM 125 . SERVICE 6-speed Suzuki's! !! Limited supply . pARTS 10960Hole Avenue. Riverside. CA 92506 n4-689-3166 superb; no one could run with him as he ch oppe d 3.3 seconds off Yvon Duhamel's existing lap record, leading 51 out of 55 laps . The man who held Cecotto off for four laps was American Steve Baker. But Steve, talented though he is, finally crossed the finish line more than one and a half minutes behind the South , American. Third was French Canadian Yvon .Duham el, who came under strong pressure in the closing stages from French star Christian Estrosi, whose " rnonoshoc k Yamaha was the first privateer home, Many of the favorites for the two hour long, high speed marathon dropped out. French hope Michel Rougerie , joint fastes t in practice with Cecotto, crashed his 750 Yamaha on the first lap. Giacomo Agostini. who blasted through the pack after a poor stan, climbe d to third, overshot the hairpin, and then pulled out 10 laps from .th e finish with front wheel vibration problems. olDEn Pat Hennen. with his round-the-world li! ao 750 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ cool. _ _ _ _ ~ 02 Suzuki. played it _ _ _ ~ &"O ~ ; rns8 Swiss ace Phillipe Coulon was in 1fu superb form, too , but his hopes of a top -c,lJ three place were ended with a broken'" chain, and Spaniard Victor Palomo saw dau his chances go when his Yamaha~oJ devel oped an oil leak. ",lA One of the most impressive rides of l2CS the race, though, came from 21 year old l£lq Italian Marco Luchinelli, who rode aT 500 Suzuki Four into eighth place, after U9 Y being last off the grid! ~lil Barry Sheene had wheelied his way to ~ be alongside Baker and Cecortor at the start of the race, but after a lap he was well behind them, and after three laps '" he was trailing by eight seconds. By then he had been joined by

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