Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

over , wh er e La ne left off L ane was a close second, holding Eugen e Brown, anot her Amate u r, to th ird . The nex t two ra ces followed th e same patt ern , with Steeber gettin g the hol eshots a nd Mcintire winning . Steeb er d id stay in • for second overall. Resul ts in Resul ts Section. Denton Bounty still unclaimed, North High roosts HSMX By Elaine Jo nes CORO N A, CAL. , JAN . 28 The seco nd Bounty Hunt on Gary Denton wen t down in the books Friday night , and Denton emerged again victorious. The 125cc Pro and his DG prepared Hon d a wa lked away from Dave Eropkin , Dave W ill iams , Pau l Ballow , Mart y W olford:KenneiJones, Rick Allsu p , Steve Bauer and Darrell Ri tch ey. The first m oto saw him off on top a nd never in any danger as he gave everyone a guided tour of th e Corona hillside. Steve Bauer also mounted on a DG pre pared Hond a was home secon d . The seco nd and fina l moto ca ugh t everyone's breath for an instant as Ga ry go t off fourth , b ut by the first tum he was where he wanted to be in front and running away. Bauer was again second . T h e R . A .C . E . promoters , feeli ng very confident in Denton's ability are talking about u pping th e ante . North Hi gh School of Riverside, Leagu e champions for three straight yea rs, totally dominated th e HSMX program to night. So bad was the sweep by th e po werfu l North team that of the 34 places up for grabs, North riders claimed a ll but fou r . Montcla ir was the on ly thorn in North's side. Mike Johns of Montcla ir had the audacity to go out a nd win th e 100cc Novice Class ""wit h a 1·1 -1. Toby Maynard of North fought it out with fellow teammate Dennis Wooldridge for second beating him by three points. Matt Tedder claimed th e only other Mo ntclair win as he had a clea n sweep in the O pen Novice. It again was a North rider, La rry Auck , nipping a t his heels a ll the way and Dennis Wooldridge claimed another third for North. Chris Wright of Montclair had his prob lems but st ill broke u p th e North triple crown by finishing third b eh in d 125 Intermediates Wade H od ge and Fred Facchini Al an W id ric k started out slow in the Mini Class but picked up speed a nd put together two thirds with his little Kawasaki to claim the only other spot tha t N orth didn't have thier name on as he finished th ird overall. Toby Ma yna rd and Marc Ma dore of North were one, two. The rest of the night belonged to North. The girls led th ings off as Cathy Franks lost a heartbreaker to teammate Karen Bergkvist in a tie that saw her two firsts go down the drain when she dropped to third in the final moto and Karen added a first to her two seconds to take it all .' The 125cc Nov ice Class fielded a large group but th e three North boys grabbed it a ll from Apple Valley, Bloom ingto n , M o n tcla ir , and Chaffey. Stephen Riggi o showed his fellow teammates T erry Fra nks 'an d Dan Baker th e way home. • Resu lts in Resu lts Section . Lawson sets record, gets .revenge By Elaine Jones CORONA , CA ,JAN. 26 -How Hodaka helped me lose 690 ee's (. .. and fi nd the real fun of cycli ng .") H ow? "Like a lot of people who get into cycling, I went the big bike route for a while. I Enjoyed that - until the novelty of beating sports cars away from , the stoplights wore off. Finally had to admit to myself that for me, owning a big street machine just wasn't worth the big investment in money and time. "Didn't know what to do after I sold that bike. Even thought about getting out of cyclingaltogether. "Then one day my buddy Charlie bought himself a new Hodaka 125 Super Combat dirt bike. I kidded him about getting a 125 because he's pretty big. But he just smiled and told me to try itout. . "As soon as I sat on the bike I knew it wa s differ en t from ot he r light we igh ts . It felt differ en t. No t heavy, but solid, like a bigger b ike. An d when I put it in gear and took off, I thought the factory must have put a 250 engine in it by mistake! I never knew how grea t of f-road riding couldfeelon a machine that reallyhandles. "Well, the next day I went out and bought my own Hodaka - a 100 Super Rat. As far as I'm concerned, it's as close as youcan get to pure fun. It's more hasslefree than I figured a ny bike could be. And at the prices they're selling for this month, I'd be crazy to have anything else! "And you know, I never miss those 650 cc's I lost." The Hodaka Philosophy At Hodaka, we've noticed off-road riding has really opened up, and more people are including it in their outdoor activities. We're glad they're discovering the fun of a sport that's been our favorite for 12 years. That's how long ago we set out to develop the Ultimate Trail Bikes. We set up operations in the smalltown of Athena, Oregon, site of the National Bad Rock 2 Day Trials and smack in the middle of every conceivable kind of off-road terrain you might run into. Cow trails. Forested mo unt ain s . O pen d irt roads . Roc ky streams . You name it. -We've put a lot of mileson Hodakas around Athena. And made a lot of design improvements based on what we've found out. What we've arrived 'at is a group of exceptionally refined off-road performers that still h~ve all the virtues of simplicity. Only one - plug to change. No multiple carbs to synchronize. Parts that don't cost a mint. And ease of maintenance that's designed into every bike we build. Now we'd like to introduce you to this month 's very special offeron two very special Hodakas: the 100 Super Rat and the 125 Super Combat - the High Performance Adult Trail Bikes. The Motorcycles Don't let the racy good looks fool you. These aren't tweaky, high-strung mounts designed to go like hell for an hour and then be tom down and rebuilt. What they are is a happy corobina- . tionof race-bred performance and handling plus traditional Hodaka reliability - all tucked into tall, tough, man-sized frames that are more reminiscent of a 250 than the l00's and 125's you're used to seeing. The Performance From the minute you first sit on one of these machines and sn ap the throttle open, you'll know these are no o rdinary lightweight s . Th e exclus ive Hodaka Alumiferric engine has amazingly quick response and gutsy performance over a wide RPM range. And it's coupled to a 5 speed gear box that lets you pick your ratio for any kind of terrain and any kind of riding. . But don't tak e our word for it. Check the record Hodaka has piled up in competition. Not only have Hodakas won hundreds of national and internetional events, but the same basic engine and frame have won all kinds of events. Mo toc rosses . Scram bles . Hill climbs . Trials. Even road races! Like we said, not ordinary light · weight motorcycles. The Reliability In November of 1972, big six foot, six inch Frank Wheeler rode a Hodaka 125 all the way around Australia - 10,000 mil s - in 21 days! Man, machine, and e 200 pounds of gear averaged an incredible 475 mil s a day over the rugged terrain. e That's 2 or 3 years ofaverageuse squeezed into 3 weeks! Not the sort of punishment most light bikes take kindly to. But then, most bikes aren 't built like Hodakas. The extra quality that starts in our advanced power train carries rightthrough to every detail of the Super Rat and Super Combat. Take the rear suspension, for instance. Its light alloy shocks have cooling fins to prevent fade when you're loaded down and in a hurry. Full knobby tires are standard , too. So are super-strong alloy rims .that are light in weight to get you over obstacles easily. And don't forget the folding,enduro style footpegs. A braced chain guard. Unbreakable plastic fenders front and rear, with front mud flaps. A responsive pr og r essiv e-action throttl e that com es on smoothly from idle to full bore. Improve d bra ke linings. And lo ts mo re. Something Special-On Special We hope you've gotten the picture that the Super Rat and Super Combat are very special machines. Now get hip to the other half of the story - the price . Because for a limited time, these high performance trailers are on sale at prices you11 have to look twice to believ - just e $519 suggested retail for the Super Rat and $549 suggested retail for the Super Combat! (West Coast P.O.E)" If you've been considering a 250 dirt bike, you know a good one will cost you around twice these prices and possibly a lot more. Think about that for a while: twogreat bikes for the price of one. Then think about the things you can do with two bikes that you can't do with one. Because if one Hodaka is a great invest me nt in fun, two Hod a kas can compound the rewards! But hurry - this sale can only last until current inventories are gone. A Hodaka e xclusive: the Alumiferric Cylinder Be fo re Hoda ka , the best bike engines usually had cylinders that were made in two pieces: an aluminum outside with a cast iron sleeve slipped into it. The aluminum was great for light weight and fast heat dissipation, but didn't wear well , so the cas t iron cylinder liner was added for durability. The problem is, the iron sleeve has to have "windows" cut in it for the port open ings. And . with norm al manu fac turing tolerances, these windows often don't line up perfectly with the ports in the a luminu m cyl inde r. Th is cre ates irre gularities . Irregu larities c reate turbulence. Turbulence interferes with the smooth, laminar gas flow that's esse ntial for peak performance. Ho da ka 's pate nted Alum iferr ic fusion ca s ting proc es s elimina tes this problem. That 's because our iron liner isn't just a slipped-in sleeve - it includes the port passages , too, so there are no irregularities to restrict flow.Thealuminum exterior is then bonded onto the iron core to form a cylinder that has the advantages of both metals - with none of the disadvantages of conventional engines! HODAKA MOTORCYCLES PABATCO Box 327 Sherman Road Athena. Oregon 97813 , ·U .S.A. p rices not lncludina shipping. de aler setup , st ate & local tax. Eddie Lawson, still smarting from a double defeat last week on his home turf was ready to take his revenge and how sweet it was. In th e Open Exp ert Half Mile h e sq ua re d off a g ainst Dan McWhorter, th e one who had claim ed that class fro m ' him . It was Law son 's fro m th e start as he got t he shot off th e line with Dylan Nei hart seco nd a nd Dea n Sykes th ird . McWhorter was at th e back of the pack trying to ge t th rou gh traffic . It too k Dan 'fou r laps to work his wa y pa st J im Red d in g and J im Vendley; anot her two got him aro und Dean Sykes and he was in third . Nei ha rt ma de a valia nt effort to hold Dan off, but at tu rn one on t he whi te flag la p , McWho rter powered by to co llec t second . Meanwhile, Lawson had vindicated h im self. The Money ra ce was on th e line and Edd ie Lawson we nt out fast determined to put some distance on th e field. Mike Minnig was in second with Gordie Kidd and Mike Tidwell holding down t he three , four spo ts. McWhorter aga in was off slow and bike problems took him out. Lawson lowered his own track record from 22 .35 to 22 .24 a nd hanging on behind him it was still Minnig, Kidd and Tidwell. On lap three Tidwell got by Kidd and went looking for Minnig. On lap six he got him . Kidd then went out with mechanical d ifficulties and not too far behind him Sykes a nd Leipold wer e done. At t he end of 20 the survivors were Lawson , king again , Tidwell a nd Minnig . Mike T id well took home the dough in t he Mon ey TT. It was a d ra g ra ce bet ween him a nd Kidd to the ha irpin bu t Mike went in a little bit ho tter, Gord ie settled for second wit h Dyla n Neih art t hi rd . T he 250cc Expert TT a nd H alf Mile a lso went into Mike's poc ket. The night was loaded with double winners sta rt ing with Darren Hulbert in th e Mini Division . Ed die T afoya claimed both I25cc No vice goes a nd first t ime ra cer Doug Yarnell ran seco nd. T od d Brown had Steve Ka rsten a nd T erry McCreery follow h im home as he collected a double win th e l25cc Amateur/Exp ert class. Robert Callaw ay , who hasn't rac ed for a while a t th e Corona t rack, showed up and ran away with both 250cc Novice classes. Mik e Moon decided to give flat track a try again and edged out Greg Johnson to tak e th e Open Novi ce TT. Jim Redding had a bit mo re d ifficulty cla im ing th e Amateur/Expert TT but by the time Dean Sykes and Dylan Ne ihart g-ot finish dicin' back and forth the win was Redding's and Dylan had taken the second away from Dean. • Results in Results Section. 25

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