Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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........ ' (C6ntinued'frb'M' pag e-2)' - - - - '--- - - - - - . . - .- ._ -- -- _ . ~ ~ - ~ ..,.-. nominate a new BLM director this month , perhaps , Meanwhile , assoc iate d irector Geo rge Turcott heads th e bureau , BlM is trying to give us a new 178,000 acre desert 'area around Cadiz Valley, CA for racing. . But first they have to prove it is not a wilderness. There are few roads in the area, but lots of unexploded military ordnance. T he world's desert a reas are growi ng at th e rate of 14 million ac res a year, sa ys the Untied N a tions . Fu nny, they seem to be sh ri nk ing aro u nd where we ride . Last weeke nd we had to d rive 400 m iles to ride 100 miles. Ulf Karlson won the Swedish round of the World Trials Championship August , 28. Americans Bernie Schreiber (Bull and Marland Whaley (Honl finished eighth and 11th respectively, , Rob Sh epard won the September 1 Trials Championship round in Finland on a fou r-st r oke H onda . , Schreibe r wa s sixt h, while Whaley aga in found himself in 11 th o The _ finish went: Shepard (58 ), Vesterine n (63. 2), Lampkin (64)" Co u ta rd (66), Karlson (67) , Schreiber (79) ; Andrews ' (88), Rathrnell (88. 1), T imeko (89) , Sukira (89.6), and Whaley (96 . 1). 81. Petersburg, Florida- ' 500cc National Here's the first look at Kawasaki's new Kl 250 four-stroke. It is based on the Z200 street bike engine without the electric starter, has a floating rear hub and 5-speed box. The two oldest Hondas e nte ring t he ' Los Angt'les Birth da y Tour will gt't specia l prizes . so dust (jff t hat Ben ly or Drea m and sign up Sunday , Sept . 18 from 7 to I J a .m., at G riffith Pa rk Crystal Spri ngs area. Drag Specialties is building two " St ar Wars" dragsters for quartermile competition in the U.S . Harl ey-Da vidson's 1978 mode ls will Iearure rubber-mounted engines. Burglars struck Racecrafters and Kolbe Cycle in California again, stealing nothing but lester alloy wheels and Kerker exhausts. If anyone offers you a red- hot bargain on these items, get a license number and contact Biker. The modus operandi is to shoot out a win(fow. clock how long it takes security- to respond, then come back a few days later for the actual heist. Dealers, take warning. Dunlop's long history. of success at maj or AMA Championship road races and motocross events tells you why more cycles ride on Dunlop than any other tire in the world. At Dunlop, we believe that a motorcycle is only as good as its t ir es . That's why we offer a full range of race-proven tires for all types of motorcycles 'and motorcycling. -_ ' 'f::ifDUN~OP Available at your ". motorcycle dealer; ~ The Tire Pros / • More motorcyCle~ride on D,!n/op fires than any other tires in the world If you don't ride so far, . the way back will be shorter: Suzuki of Van Nuys Suzuki Super Sale be . Police de partm e nts an' buy ing radar th a t operates in the K-Ba nd . a frt' '1u''lJ('y mOT(' t han double t hat of t he X -Band co mmonlv ~l s('( L Plans for a coast-to-coast motorcycle fuel economy run Sept. 9 have been approved by the Federal Energy Administration. WERRA's Road Divisionis credited with the idea. 20 new bikes will leave Philadelphia and arrive in los Angeles Sept. 18. You can contact WERRA at (215) 687-8420. • Dumop Tiff! and Rubber Corporation P OB ox l1Q9. Buffalo. New Y~ k 14240 If your radar de tector isn't al ready obsulcu- . it is abou t to • Top competitors (t. insist on ~un alloy competition rims See your nearest dea ler Sun Metal Products, Inc. p 0 BOll; 778. Warsaw. IN 46580 Drive a little - Save a lot! Prices Slashed on all models -I Suzuki of Van Nuys "l C a li f or n ia ' s N o , 1 V o lum e S u zu k i D e al e r 16141 SrWrllld7l WilY. V:tn Nuys CA 2' 3 994 2800 2'3 994 2882 3 IlIcH 10.'. Wt~,~t u! th," S,1n DIE'J(J FrPf~WdV 23