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By Charles Morey
We couldn't believe it! We'd just
finished riding the 250 cc Ossa GP
II .-- three 0 f us had pretty well
wrung it out- on a local practice
The small fro nt hub provides good
braking, but with a hefty lever pull.
Forks are Beton with eight usable
inches of trave l.
track -- and we wer e giving it the
old bat hro o m scal e te st.
The 9as tank was abso lutely
empt y \a good feat ure ; t he Ossa
doesn ' t 'run out" wh en there's still a
fe w ounces in the tan k ) . We~ run it
until it d;ained the tank, an d th ere w as
no mo re," t he van.
One wheel at a ti me , we lifte d it up o n
the scales. Firs t, the fr ont tire rested o n
the wooden . blocks use d t o centrali ze
the wheel o ver the scal e: 87 p ounds ! No
Gas Beton worle OK for short motos;
Pirelli k nobbies are mounted on the
new " good"' shoulderless Akront alloy u
rims.
Simplicity is the key; th ere are no extra belt-ens on the Ossa. Everyth ing seems very well planned and construct ed for practicality and light weight . (Right) The 204 lb. machine is
li~t handl ing and a real gas to ride wheth er yo u do Marty Smith styl e hand lebar-on-th e·knee tu rns or set a more relaxed , saner pace .
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