Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.. Check ih,s hst of happy Gold Belt users GOLD BELT ,GET-ACQUAINTED SPECIAL: . Rog e r De Co st e r M al c ol m S m ith Ji m W ein ert Tony DeStefano near ly $21 value, only $16.951 Western hotline Get With t he win ners and ge t a ba rgain . too l Bu v a n Origi na l Gold Be l l body b ra ce r. u sin g the co u p o n be low, an d fo r no ad di t io na l cha rge . we' ll se nd you a genui ne . pa t ent ed Spoiler he lmet visor Here 's a c h a nce to enJOY t h e same su ppo rt the Ch am p io ns ha ve been getting , a nd to e xpe rie nce th e fu ll -sh ading be ne f it s o f a long visor With out an novm tuqh -spe ed helmet hft. Ttus 15 our w ay o f truro ducmq yo u to The Gol d Belt line .of fine produc ts for yo ur e fl/oyme nt. Gar y Serrucs M Ike Run yard .!t ~~ Q " e.. Bobby Ferro '~ ~~ 'ff(;' ,,0" Carl Cr an ke M rk e H ~ nn on B tll, Uhl -------------------------- ------------SIMON SAYS YES P.O. BOX 69129 LOS ANGELES CA 90069 ~ '_ _ Enclosed is s 16.95 for The Gold Belt (fi ts 27" to 40" waists)and FR EE Spciler visorl$3 .95 val ue) plus50C for sh ippinq costs . Deltverv will take 2 to 4 weeks For Imm ediate delive ry send cash or mone y order. Name _ Addr e ss _ C,ty State &ZI P ' _ Make chec ks payabl e 10: A . Si mon C alif . res idents add e sales l ax FREE SCOOP The forward mounted oil cooler was originally co nce ived in an effort to acquire greater efficiency in cooling the oil on the 130 H.P. Yos himura Z·t production racers . Race alter race , the design proved highly effective. therefore . a street version (incorporating the use of a Lockhart oil coole r) has been developed to answer the requests of many "hot" street-bike owners interes ted in more efficient oil cooling. The "Hotscoop" kit comes complete wifh highly polished airscoop , mount bracket, oillme and hardware for a Quick a nd easy installation. ith For Xmas, we are offering the new kit Free W the ' purchase of a Lockart oil cooler at the regular price of $65.95. When ordering, please specify make & model as kits are made to fit KZ900 or Z-l , CB75DK , CB75DF , CB550F or K, CB500, CB400F. If you already owna Lockart oilcoole r, the Hotscoop Kit is available at $18.95 . Offer valid until 12 / 31 176 . _ Yoshimura R&D , 5517 Cleon Ave., N. Hollywood Ca . 91601 Steve Montague took home the mon ey at A MC De Anza. ./I (213) 985-2331.: The latest on two wheels-Cycle News was righ t there with him. Gr eg very definitely made his presence known as he came away with th e first moto win . J im was second and cam e back to claim the second go round with Gr eg secon d that put th em in a tie for the final moto . Jim go t off on top and brought it hom e to claim th e win. Greg was second and Ben London of Upland was third . • Results in Results Section. Montague takes AMCDeAnza By Ron Lawson 250/ 370 RM SUZUKI 9" of T ravel 8" of travel for Betor, Ceriani, Kawasaki, CZ, Su zuk i , Ya maha, Montesa, Pen ton, K'I'M, Hodaka. Designed for air or spring better dampening - smoother action - more control - longer travel. The front end kit that beats them all. out of state call toll free 800-854-469 1 90 day m on ey back guarante e $50.00 Dealer or Direct 20 SUNNYMEAD. CA L. . NOV . 21 The co mpeti t ion was fierce a t De Anza Cycle Pa rk Su nday. T he AMC m oto cro ss attracted some fine Ex perts and none of them wanted a nyt hing but first p lace . In th e 250 class . for example. th e three prim e competitors were Steve Mo ntague . Tim W ya nt a nd loca l favorite . Da n n y McD ou g a l. R ig h t aft er t he start of t he firs t m ot o , the th ree Suzu ki p ilots proceeded to ru n away f ro m eve ryone else . Wit h McDo uga l holding on to a na rro w lead. th ey set a blazing pace unt il Danny's b ike sta lled in a co rner. putting him in eight h pla ce a nd giving th e lead to Montagu e. It was th en a two way battle . with W yant putting th e pressure on Montagu e . T he two of them wer e so close for th e next 13 laps . it was still anyo ne's race. Then . wit h ' five lap s to go . W yant made his move a n d edged out Mont agu e . In t he meantime . McDou gal had worked his way back up to thi rd . on ly to cras h when he ca me with in rea ch of th e leaders. The firs t moto vict ory went to W yant . with Montagu e close behind a nd a d isappo inted McDou gal in fifth; In th e next ro u nd , th ey wer e at it again . but wit h Montagu e gr a bbin& th e ho lesh ot this time . Showing th at he didn't want to tak e a no the r second , 11" pu shed him self to th e limit. By la p' number three. however. McDougal wa s ; ight o n hi s tail ~ n d re all~ applying th e pressu re. Once more th e three man pa rade left a ll th e ot hb7 ride rs . But after on ly a few mor e laps ? Danny pulled off th e track. ending wh at had been a disast rou s day with a ruin ed transmi ssion . T he race co nt in ued, though , as t he two Exp er battled lap after lap. Mo ntague jus ba re ly held o ff his de termined opponent for t ~ <; remai nder of tRl1 race and t ha's t he way th ey fin ished . 1'i. fi rst in th e second moto was a ll Steve needed to get the overa ll victory, ed Resu lts in Resu lts Section , ':q H Radical Ron packs, upECRA '0 By Rex Reese Ii, TRABUCO CYN , . CAL. . NOV . 28 ~ Ron Turner rode his FMF·tuned Suzuki RM 250 and 370 in i(;'· day's cash-cross to almost literally b low everybody in the 250 and Open Expert classes away. Tile real truth was that . as if there wasn' " Ra dical Ron" to deal with. this was the second day of heavy winds - cold enough to freeze yo u into your underwear, So it was a double blow to everybody who had to put up with both the weather and Turner. ';f In the Open sprint. the first moto consisted of only token resistance by Rick Sanders (KT M) who led the fiist lap . who fell and was passed by

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