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ll· · . m aybe a tum at th e o ne arm ed bandits. Th en in th e last few m iles alo n g th e lak e. in th e last few mi nu te s before Saturdav's rid e is o ver. the clouds crac k open .md it ra ins. it hails. it thu nders. Lightn in g whip s throu gh th e co ld windy darkness of a sudden ni ghtfall. Th e w e t riders hu rry throu gh th e last ch ec k a nd head for their motels. Sunday m o rni n g th e run st a rt s ba ck home. The way is throu gh Kingsbu ry Pass and then co asts do wn hill th rou gh to wn s like J ackson a nd Volcan o Hill. The rain is m ovin g east and th e rid er s arc go ing west; so th e d ay is aga in bri gh I, clear and read y to be enjoyed. Le avin g the mountains behind, th e riders push on across the valley floo r towards the c oast an d th e fini sh line ; they cou n t o ff th e ch ec ks by th e hour, cross th e rivers and ra ce to the su nse t until at las t they are back at Livermore. They have co m p lete d th e 54 1 mil e lo op, surely the lo ngest endu ro District 36 has eve r see n . Phil Hazard took First 350 Solo aboard a street licensed Honda enduro machine - knobbies, mud ders and all. Co sby and Billie Chesnut took First 3 50 Partner with their Yamaha and Cosb y 's super-compu ter which norm ally sees more action on even ts like the , J ackhammcr and ' the Red Garter. Duanne White piloted his 750 8.M.W. to a first in th at class. While Holly Slayton and Dave Adams tied for Open Solo. The run was one of the most pleasant enduros imaginable - it was fu n and just competitive enough to be taken seriously by the hard co re enduro en thusiasts. There was ju st one unforseen result of the novel type event however - many of the ch ec kers were saying th at it migh t be ni ce to trade in . their Husk ys on a 8.M.W. and Windjammer. • Buf~J:YBOOTS GET "FREE'" LONG SLEEVE "T"SHIRT r _ • I ; . l1li ~ t co .~ r-, Cl ...... ~ C'l ...... ~ v ..0 0 ..... U 0 " -BCongratulations to BLM Utah & Salt Lake district ORV meeting HusaVARNA OF LAWTON 505 Lee Blvd. Lawton, OK 73501 405-353-6777 By Dorde Woodruff A New Authorized Husqvarna Dealer SALT LA KE CITY, UT., SEPT. 8 Larry Lee, . state Recreation Specialist, did most of the talking, 'to ex plain the pro posed new ORV regs developed in response to the Wildlife Federation's successful suit and th e Bureau o f Outdoor Recreation's subsequent EIS (see Lane Campbell's art icle in Sept. 14 issu e o f Cycle News). T he meetin g was almost entirely on a friendly note. Even th e Associate State Dir ector William Leavell who conduc te d th e meeting, although a veteran of the California de serl, d id no t seem to be an ti-biker, The audie nc e was mostly bikers. Larry co rrirnen ted that it was not as large as four ye ars ago when the BLM 's first response to Nixon's infamous execu tive order 11644 was to propose all lands initially closed to ORVs! ' . Copies of the proposed regulation. fro m the Federal Register of July .28, 1976 were handed out, also a seven page sheet, "Questions and Answers on ORV use of the National Resou rc e Lan ds. " Larry explained regulated areas. An example was recently dedicated Little Sahara (see Cycle New s, May 25, 1976). Many would be temporary" such as lambing or kidding gro unds, o r for fire p rote c tion. He outlined the (mind-boggling) process of designation lead in g to areas being open, regu lated , o r closed, the p ro cess to be co mpleted in 19 8 7. Publi c mee tings are pro mised fo r controversial prop osals. Periodic updates on designations are promised, on the basis of monitoring of ,ORV use an d changes in needs. He stated that of the more th an 23 million acres of BLM land in Utah, only 124,000 acres are presen tly closed. Primitive areas of co urse. Na tural areas now, th e option avai lable to open th em. Sca tter ed Husqv.... Motorcycle Co., Inc.. 933 Richlrdl R..-I An tioch, Tenne_ 37013 Husqvarna rto win! •• All the answers in the most complete Baja tour book ever! All for only \. going 19.95 ~\to ba." -y . 12 d eta iled , large . refe ren ce maps in color hi gh light. conditions Ve hicles fo r va rio u s road d isc u ssed in t he " A b o ut t he Wheels Yo u Drive " sect io n . ,\ J ~:.::; ICI~' .q . ....-. ~. ~j :' ~ Ov er 100 fu ll-color and b lack ' and w h ite p hotoqrap h s. And much more ! _.--. rEnclo~ch ec k------------ : o r mon ey order to I CYCLE NEWS I PRODUCT~ I 2499 Cerrito s Ave., Name .......-::I=ress Add =--- - - - - - -City S""' e--------::=-=---- -1 I Long Beach , CA 90806 ..,. ta-:tCZip