Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

And it 's certainly worth their while to equi p their riders with the best m achinery available , Can-Am has prepared a prototype of their '78 pro d uction model for Jim my Ellis to com pe te on , Assembled in Ca nad a by the factory (Can-Am'S Ken Rosevea r is pictured with J im m y'S dad George Ellis who does the tuning) , the new b la c k machine feat ures a redesigned rear fra me section that raises the shocks to a more vertical angle to increase shock life. Cumutts give the bike 10" of rea r wheel travel. Marzocchi forks deliver 9~" up front . Swingarm diameter is increased to 1 3/8" d ia . The stock 246cc motor with the ports "cleaned up" delivers the power. The aluminum fuel tank a nd ai rbox will be of ligh ter ro to -rnolded plastic on th e pro duct ion model. Harley- Davidson built new works by Harry Hindall to H-D Spt·c. Produ ctio n mo dels , due out in six weeks , will have the same frame geometry a nd shocks used on , the wo rks b ikes. Ka yaba sus pension units deliver 10" trave l at both wheels ; the forks use air/oil and spri ngs . No Magnesium is used on the bikes which weig h in a t 2251bs. Honda is using their RC models , ew in 1976 , wi th onlv minor odifications. J im Pomeroy menioned that they made a change he'd een wanting to do while on Bul ta co-a er the engine--but the machines re basically like last year's. K awasaki introduced an all new a chine , and they sa y it's prett y close a a lim ited production model tha t hould go on t he market in september. ern ics' bik e. under th e ca re of tu ner ick Jones, was leading the Atlanta upercross race until the chain broke . ust how close the production motor ill be to this on e remains to be seen, ut in Sern ic's hands, th is one's a jet! he frame is chrome moly ; the wmgarm is al uminum: the hubs are agnesium . Kayaba suspension gives ~ " travel at both wheels. The gas /oil ho cks are refillable on th e p reroduction model , but will be sealed n the one you can buy, Plas tic on the arks bi ke , the gas tank will be luminum on the production version. The on sho wn is last years ta nk ; t he ew ones weren' t do ne a t th e time he photo was raken .) It weig hs 203 lb . , nd rep ort ed ly, th e production model ill be in the sa me price range as th e Ms-- ha rd to believe. S uz uki is usi ng las t yea r 's a chi nery . Ala n Ha h n , To ny iStefano's mechanic, says that his achine is the same one WoIsink used or the opening ro unds of the 1976 ra n s -AMA Series, only wi th an H250 motor slip ped in . Suzuki mainains a "kee p it secret" policy regar· ing many of our questions--they ouldn't even tell us how much travel he Kaya ba suspension delivered. The ubs are magnesium with alum inum ings around them to maintain ro un ness. The forks are air/oil and sp ring nits . Yam aha , using basically th e same esign as last year, has made only inor detail improvements to the arks machines used by Pierre Ka rakers and Rick Burgett in the u percr oss Series. The ma chines are ew_ but not m uc h different , a ccor ing to Motocross Supervisor Ed cheidler (pic tured wit h Pierre's bike). Beau tiful m ach in ery-vall of it. But ee p .one thing in mind . It was Bob a n na h, r id in g YZ2 50D I W3000852 , who won the two open nf( Supereross events which goes to ro ve th a t it can he done on a rod uction h ike - if your name's Bo b Hurricane" Ha nna h . and you have a y like Keit h "C heese'>McCarty to do he de tail work . APRIL 1-2-3 Gene Romero Joins Nixon & Scott in battle with Barry Sheene thru the streets of Long Beach On April 2, 1977 the world's fastest SOOcc and 7S0cc road racing bikes will meet on the 2.02 mile Long Beach Grand Prix circuit chasing over $22,000 of prize money! ,Gene Romero signed prior to leaving for Daytona, joining Gary Nixon and Gary Scott to make it a triple-pronged attack on World Champ Barry Sheene, who confirmed this will be his only 1977 U.S. appearance. Friday and Saturday's action also includes qualifying for Sunday's Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race with drivers James Hunt, Mario Andretti and Niki Lauda in their 170-mph Grand Prix cars racing through the streets of Long Beach. 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