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9- _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.. CBNTl\ALPIPELINB Blackwell, Bakken bring Suzuki School to Colorado Congratulations to Sonora Husqvarna Rt. 6 Box 532 A Tuolumne Rd. Sonora. CA 95370 909-586-4720 By Action OZ LAK EWOOD . CO .. OCT . 22 . 23. 24 T he o fficia l Suzu ki School of Motocross ca me to Lakewood. Colo rado a nd le ft a lasti ng irn pression on t he students who had A New Authorized Husqvarna Dealer the good fort u ne to have participated . Even tho ugh the sc hoo l h a d no int entio n of do ing its t hirig ou t-ofCa lifo rn ia beca use of its se t-u p . the Lak ewood Dep artment of Pa rks a nd Recr eat ion was a ble to b ring Mark and A .C . out with help from th e Den ver -area Suzu ki d eal ers. Ma rk H.... v.... Motorcycle Co., Inc. 933 Rich-.ls Roe Antioch, Ten...- 37013 Husqvarna -tawinl Attention! All T1m"~DH O:n~·::::-.--· Jack lVilson Says "St op th ose leaks with m y special gaskets " See your deale r 214·339·0144 o r wr ite : 3600 W. Dav is Dallas, TX 75211 Big "0" Cycle Big 'D' Yamaha O ne day p ar t s ma il o r de r ser v ice Hel i Arc Head s Drilled Gl ass Sead Weldin g and T apped Blast i n g Co mpelt e moto rcycle mac hine sho p Ph. 214·942·3563 . 19 24 W. Je f f erson, Dal las, Te xa s 752 08 BAY AREA BULTAOO 1{"1lt~ 110 0} Sa les - Po rt ing - We also mal I or der We ldi ng 5606W. Ma ncheste r Blvd . Westchester. CA 900 45 213·649·1700 - 6 @ Ser vic e Ac ce sscr tes '~ 754 'or cata log [ Oarland- Suzuki ~. Largest Parts Inventory in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex O_night delivery via Bus aveilable in most parts of Texas, Oklahoma, & Lou isiana 300 Lavon - Hwy . ?IN Garfand Texas 750.0 214-49403374 Robert Fillmore usually trophies at Mosier Valley. He did Oct. 17. The Suzuki School visits Colorado: (right) Mark Blackwell demos a front·wheel landing; (below;top) A.C. Bakken works with Randy Fite, while Blackwell instructs Jack Todd; (below, bottom) Blackwell coaches J. Rice, Bakken tests Todd's braking. Blackwell. A .C . Bakk en and Bob Vasquez . thei r m echa nic . drove from Californi a with five bik es. The sc hoo l lasted three davs and st art ed with min i bik es on Friday. Novices rode all day Saturday and Experts took the field on Sunday. The thin)\' that concerned Bla ckwell t he most was wh ether on e day would be e no ug h to convey the information a nd instruct ion that t he California Su zu ki School norma lly covers in three days . Rid er react io n almost universa lly reflected surprise and del ight a t how m uch they actu a lly could absorb . T he "school day" began ea rly with classroo m instructio n in Ci ty-ofL a k e w o o d d o n a t e d f a cil iti e s . Bla ck well u se d sl ides o f R oge r D e Cos ter t o s ho w p ro p er sta rt posi tions . how to co m e off th e line . a nd o the r techniques. . T he a fte rnoon was given to actua l practi ce . T he cla sses wer e large non e sma lle r than 35 rid e rs - and still Bla ckw ell ",nd Bakken ga ve each st u d e n t i n d iv id u a l a n d p ersonal a tte nti on . Even o u r Exp ert rid er s. th ough th ey do we 11 in Colo rado . wer e ha ving probl em s that held them back in nat ion al co mpetition . For exa m ple. m an y riders were not usin g t hei r kn ees to steer the bik e . incorrectly a p p lying t heir brak es and ha ving troubl e ge tti ng' in and ou t of tu rns. T hey saw th ey cou ld lop seconds off t hei r times by applying the techniques taught the m suc h as fast downhill stops . using the front bra ke m ore than the rea r and co mb in ing techni ques properly. They got into sq uaring turns. ta kin g th e best a d va nt a ge o f be r ms a nd t he importance of wa lki ng a track . T hese !\'Uys will never look a t or ride a track th e sa me way agai n . Since the riders were all using t hei r own bi kes . Mark . Bo b a nd A .C. went to eac h bik e a nd checked suc h det a ils as th e best posi tio n of the bra ke a nd cl utch lever s for rhe in d ividu al rid e r. One t hin)\' was ver y eviden t fro m this t hree d a y sessio n . Suz u ki is no t int ereste d o n ly in prom ot ing th eir own p ro d uct. T hey a re ge n ui ne ly int er ested in develo ping th e spo rt a nd he lping to m ak e bet ter rid er s. T hey d id n't cha rge mu ch an d th e mon ey th ey co llected was tu rned ove r to th e Lak ewood Spo rt cycle Association to im prove th e co nd itions of th eir trace. Ma rk . A.C. and Bo b ca m e to Co lor ado . g avc t heir se rvices ge nerous ly. and we re professio na l In every way. • v Polley Captures Whitney Hill By Diane Polley Knowles Cycle Co. Ph. 2 14-253-7411 Since 196 7 Comp lete par ts & service Yamaha 637 E. Irving e l~ I r vi n !!> Texas 75060 1010 W. Chapman Orange, CA 92668 • 71 4·633·0064 - CARTERS YAMAHA BMW Can-Am Complete parts & serv ice Dyno - Porting - M~ch ine Shop F ast Mall Order 214-241·9135 22 13.'0 N . St.mmons. Fwy•• Dallal Texas 75234 WHITNEY, TX . NOV. 7 It was apparent that the end of was the hillclimbing season near at Lake Whitney Cycle Ranch . In several classes the champion, ship was up for grabs - there were some really wild and wooly rides with the wick held open all the wa y up the hill . . Tracy Davidson had the unusual experience (for him) of not making the top of the hill . On his first try he wiped out on the ledge at 150 feet. This -put Robert Alford and his 125 Elsinore in first place with a 7:98 ·second run . On the second try Tracy waited until everyone but Robert had a run to try it again on his Yamaha. In what could be called a squeaker Tracy edged Robert out by two hundredths of a second with 7.96 seconds.