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Cycle News 1977 10 12

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, . "Man does.n't live bypavement alone" . Yamaha just let out the samples of what is to come in the new line of offroad and competition machines for 1978, The most changed m achine of the crop is the YZ80E motocross ra cer. T he mini bike now comes with a monoshock and leading axle forks. A . five-speed transmission gets the little barnstormer go ing. For the older racers, the YZ250E has been reworked for next year. For Enduro types . th e IT's come back better next yea r, and there is a refined XT500E thumper for the over-the-hill gang. Ifyotl ride mofoCl"~ hare der;gn make for C] ~fiffer and ~crambles or eoaora: we're not abouffo fellyou hoW puni~hing we can be. Bt.lf wouldlike. fo fell you iIJ/{... Goodyear ha~ /f ~/lJo'ied mo/ocrosctocsoreone VZ250E is motocross ready out-of·the crate. harder wor~ing fire. ~!Ja//ow . groovesin the top ofeach lug pllf hund f!!-d£ ofbifing edge£ to work when yOUle running on marbly or hal"dpack ~(jl"faces. . 3. The. Eagle M/XII ha~a new hlgh-~fanding yae.walt de9gned . ana; wifh fhe. help of ndm- like AMA /Cl7s ~upercr~ Champion : .Jimmy Weinert, we engineered a new M IX/ire. The Eagle M/XIL YOtl ~hol//d know what we did; and why we did if. 1. The ~agleM/ sfarf~ XJ[ wtfh a rugged nylon cord bod~' fhen a neu: ' i · ' exlremeJyreal?- lJ refl~fanfrl/b- bercompound n ---f--.' I 1- ! Isao'dea'. 1978 XT500E is a TT with lights. 2.&Wlde, flaffootpdnf and fait faperedlug fo flexandeosoro ~o~a ~ CN ~ l-o Q) ..0 • - 0 .... u o fhe. kind of motocross can fhtOw afYOl/. 4: The.. Mixii...tfk C1 Goodyear Eagle. And e.very Eagle Ike. /~ pain~faking/y engineeredfor CJ ¥JeafiC fyp~ ofdde/: Thetek one. forthe uey voa rioe. A.(k yourfnends. klf: '!WvGEIe0ll5 Cf/P-VEMIlEAI> ' ? 8/.OOIfJ1 JASMIN£. AN Nf3 P111£ TAffE cl NE:. 81/65 U r '\; IF Y {)VIm 9LINPfOJj)fP, COiJLI> ,. ". C' YOU TElL 7lIE PIf"FElUl/C£ . 8ETWEENRAINANi>5/l1ii> . , '" '<11/: r A/'r HlrrlNr:, lOll IN I n .. r-.. . . ... AT60 11. P. H. ? ,,::...... . or r -;;;:-er.' I ~ .T: 7,ri. = . a;= '0 it.. fastes~ . funnle st, most InfOf" . I I maUve publicat ion on the road. 3-month Trial S~bscrip'ion a issues) only ' 1.971 Try u, you 11 buy " I Oka y• send me Bi ker fo r 3 mon t hs. I enclose $1.97 (sorry . no bill me's j . Nama Add'ess 15 n« l..EFT INSTEPOF mOfE. ~ NEW ${;o.r:xJ /bJ'TJ YoU BOlJ6HT A AINAi>Y 57ARTING TO f)lfF' IAY BJ(~DB . ~ AN IJ6LY. BlACK. S!

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