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1975YZSO Excellent condition. new rings, piston, & swi ngarm. $345 .00 . (71418J9.0040. 1 71 1973 Bultaco 350 Astro Fresh engme, many extras. excellent condit ion. W ith Lanc.. leathers to lit 5'10" , I 65 lb. $500 . 1 8051 937· 4471 or 18051922·n17. m Husky Maico Bultaco parts Husky stock 360C. 3 Y.r gal. tan k + stock 2 % ga l. tank . 360 Maico. dean, fresh te e. extra frame , $300.00. Bultaco for IT basket. 2OOce less back wheel. Make , off ee 171 41365-n 42. m . Jawa Eso Excellent condition with Bende x cod, twin SS2 floats a nd extra prockets. $1200 firm. 01 41536- 5838. [1) 1973 Z1 900 Kawasaki Selting because dr ivin g a truck takes all my time. Bike has W indjammer, new rear tire. " De nse a Lub" chain. only 14,000 milos. like now. $1660 .00.(714) 253-5419 . m 74 Yamaha 250 MX Very fast, ported,laid down Girlings . xlnt . cond., ma ny. many extras, $600 or best offer. Call and make offer 1213) ~ 1 2 Mike. 171 KBC MOTOFAB TT500 Special Eng ine buitt by Meg acyc le cams to IT specs. Frame by KBC Motofab , 17 ~ (bo. 4130. Adjustable travel position 6'" to 9". Disc rear brake set up . Kosman hub. Marzocehi 9" mag lor ks. This bike completely hond built by Keith Cornick of Sonta Cruz. Cou ldoasi ly be converted to 8 n bike and be very competitive. Call or wr ite Keith for color pic & complete IlsI of goodfes on this bike. Price: '2000.00 cash. American firm. No rnt.' - ' . 14061 475-3469. 3003 Copitola Rd" Son .. Cruz.CAm Quickest T A·125 Also lig htest. many many spares. dass cham pion . (415) 768-922 1 Days. 1 151234-5822 Eves. 1 4 6I4xl Forks. New 8 %" travel Can-Am BetOfS $80. (714) 968-0994. 1712x1 RACERS FOR SALE. TO-3 Yama ha. 750 Triumph twin. Redline frame, carbs.• pipes, etc. Call Bill, 9 p.m. to , 1 p.m . nights ( 14 ) 565-4441. m '74 Montesa 247 Cota Runs good , must sell. $326. Bob 1714}2B7-4532. m Speedway bike Fresh eng., Chromoly frame. for ks. extra wh eels. gea ring. $1.200 .00. 19161662·762 7. 171 MSL = More Service Life Try it - you'll believe it! 1712x) TH ELATEST P P BY P P A AWEALEY (Continued/rom page 2) Gary Chaplin. believe it or not, has retired from rac ing motocross. He and Eve have settled down ' in Livermore, California according to racing buddy Bobby Harris. In •or de r to protect fossils that ar e being stud ied in the ar ea. th e Bureau of Land Management has rest ricted a R V use . on 4 .120 ac res of the C hri stmas La ke Unit in Orego n. Maps showing th e restricted zones around Fossil Lake a re posted in th e Lak eview District Offi ce. 357 No rt h L St.. Lakeview. O rego n . . Viva Distributing. the West Coast concessionaire for Montesa. announced sponsorship of a National Tr ials team (Martin Belair. Jeff Fish. Mike Griffitts): two western motocross riders (Jon Derhammer and Tom Warren); and an enduro team (Dave Evans . Fred Hayes. Roy Sheridan). Viva is also going halves with · Cosmopolitan Motors to back Don Sweet in ' international trials and Mickey Kessler in motocross. Newly -wed Rex St a ten (he married his wife. Tawnta about one month ago) ha s just returned fro m testing HarleyDavidson production motocr ossers in Rom e, Italy. According to " Rocket Rex," th e weather was lou sy, th e food ~o t so good: and t h e languag e incomprehensible . Sta ten sai d the U.S.A. is the p lace to be. The newly-appointed California Desert Conservation Area Advisory Committee (a creation of the Bureau of Land Management Organic Act! will hold its first public meeting March 7-8 in the California Room of the San Bernardino Convention Center, 303 North "E" St. San Bernardino. Calif. To file a written statement to the committee, or to request time to speak. write State Director (C-912),- BLM. 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. Charlot te Motor Speedway sent us a bla nk shee t of lette rhead sta tionary. Must mean nothing's happen ing the re u nt il after Dayton a . . Steve's Bultaco is under new ownership. Ron Clyborne, who has sponsored Bultacos in S.C.O.R.E races under the banner of Team Maybe Manana. has purchased it. Jim Hayes will manage it. Annou ncer La rry Huffma n , Spee dway pro m ote r Harry Ox ley. Oxl ey's 17year-old son. Brad, and AI Martinez spe nt several d ays last week strande d in Baj a . It seems tha t th e foursome m issed a turnoff enrou te to Mike's Sky Ranch and one by one ran out of gas looking fo r the right wa y ou t. H?ffm~n ended up hik ing a bou t 75 mil es In MX boots. An ai r sea rch fin a lly spotted the lost riders. two at a line shack. two walking out. Watch for the fu ll deta ils of the ord ea l. The Mint 400 will not have a motorcycle class this year. Instead, there will be the Las Vegas 400 on April 17. with a $12,000 guaranteed purse. LarryRoeseler won the Pa rker 400 on Sa tu rd ay. d rove back into Ca liforn ia for the Soboba GP on Su nd ay, a nd won Sobo ba. Malcolm Sm it h was second at Sobob a. Watch for Soboba coverage next week . $800 in donations to aid in the rehabilition of injured racer Mitch Mayes was raised at the Soboba GP. Mitch spectated from his van for a while in the afternoon. Michele Griffin . who rod e the Parker 400 wit h her hu sba nd Ral ph on a 125 H usky. was th e sole women en tra nt in the m o t orcycl e divisio n . Ha ving earned tha t d isti nc tio n, she is listed by S.C.O. R.E as 'Michael Griffin.' oav PARK SITE (Con tinue d/rom pag e 5) th e An geles Nation al Forest ) to the sout hwest. It offers va riety of riding terrain , from flat cow pasture to steep trials ridges. There are about 60 miles of din roads or jeep trail, existing bu ild ings. and wat er wells. T here are a lso two fa ncy ho using tracts ne a rb y, from wh ich comes the m ost voca l opposition . Hungry Valley - 19.000 acres T he H un gry Valley p roject woul d involve ac q uiring . 19 ,000 a cres from ' five existing landholders. This a rea is a lrea dy a favori te of off-readers and offers good to excellent ridi ng over varied terrain . as well as trails into the nea r by Los Padres Na tional Forest. It is now h eavily used in a state of " un con tested tresp ass" with no fees charged . Several riders at the hearing exp ressed th e opin ion : " If we're ridi ng it for fr ee now, why spend our Gr een Stic kie money buying it?" To own it , m aybe ? Potrero - 14.000 acres The Potrero site is descri bed as an area of "great scenic beauty ." It is ow n ed by Lo ckh ee d Corporat io n . which used the area for rocket motor test ing . There are paved access roads , trees a nd shaded stream beds in the lower elevations of the 14,000 acre site. Me mbers of t he Clean SweepRac ing T eam (a desert club) viewed Potrero and called it a " Prim o ridi ng area," There are few st r ai ght hillclimbs, The surrounding ridges are quite rocky. Asking" prices of the parcels were not disclosed o fficially . One landowne r speaking in opposition to the site clai med that Lockhee d was asking $13.7 million for Pot rero (th ree times th e propert y's worth). No cl ear consensus of b iker prefe renc e emerged at the hearings. Russ Sa n fo rd . who attended bo t h meeti ngs. said h e wou ld po ll t he m em bershi p of Motorcycle O wners, Riders. and Enthusiasts (M .O. R.E .) befo re m ak ing his recom me ndation to the com mittee. Riders a nd in terested panies who wish to comment on one or more of th e three sites should write to Ca lifornia Recrea tional Trails Com mittee. Box 2390, Sa cr a m e n t o . CA 9581 f . Comments must be received by March 10. 1977 to become a part of th e public record . • Rastus tops FIM trials opener IRELAND, FEB. 13 Ma lc o lm Ra thmell (Mon ) caught and outp oi nted early lea der Ulf Ka rlson (Mon) to win the Hurst Cup , the opening - . 46 ro und of th e F .I.M . World T rials Ch amp ionsh ip . The p redic ted Yamaha four -stroke trialer did not yet ap pe ar . Mick Andrews rode a 400c c two stroke to 17th ' place . Two Americans rod e th e fou r laps of 20 se cti ons und e r . cl o u dy -o verca st cond itions. Lan e 'Lea vi tt ( Bu l) finished 19th ; Don Sweet (M on) in his d eb ut fi nis h e d ' Euro p e a n 22n d . • Results Hurst Cup World Championship Trial: 1. MoIcolm Rath moll IMan ~ 2. John Reynolds lOss!; 3. Rob Edwards (Man): 4. Yrjo Vost orinon (BuI): 5. U~ K8'lsson IMan); 6. Charles Coutard IBull; 7. Nigel Birkon lSuzl' 8. RobShepherd IHanI. •