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For a real hardcore enduro bike wi th th e get-upand-go to get ou t ahead and th e guts to do it the hard w ay, climb on a Can-Am * Q ualifier!' Th e Can-Am Qualifier is a rudeness. More po w er than any thing in the 125, 175 or 250 classes. Our own Rotax rotar y valve engine is why. Competition fra me.Front Betor forks Mark Eggar found the going tough in the cold and ice on a borrowed bike. He slipped to 35th in the field at the finish. Occasional glimpses of brilliance Iiom Ulster champion Col in Bell on another SWM warmed t he smaller than usual home crowds - and predic;ta bly enough , Bell was best of th e Iri sh :riders, ahead of Stan T hom as. But the bulk of the 22 ret irements were home ground men , including To m McBride who drowned his Mon tesa at Conlig lead mines , and Billy Wightman, whose stom ac h pains wer e diagnosed as appendicitis. . as Brother Davy, on Terry Boyd' s Suzuki, survived a similar soaking, to -finish just behind Trevor Ca llaghan thanks to some sustinance in a flask p rovided by Tourist Board officials. A sp in a l pain -killing injection hel ped Dave Thorpe su rvive the distance without further aggravating this back injury , but after slotting in a t ell th on the first lap. the former Hurst win ner failed to make an im pression . Is Swedish champion Ulf Karlsson . ·, t he man Vesterinen fears most , rode ,steadily without being spectacular, and rushed the final lap without stopaping to inspect sections. ~J At the finish , he was onl y 10 .minutes from exclusion for lateness . ~";rhe time allowed (five hours plus one .hour) was to short." he said. vI A spectator stepped in to keep Belgian ace jean-Marie Lejeune in the _running. His Momesa was running r ich, but he had lost his own 'screwd river en route. A borrowed pen· -i kn ife helped Lejeune to tune his carburetor. • and a 7.5" wh eel tr avel. Ad justabl e steeri ng head and Canadian Gabriel Shocks for handling. Special ISDT-proven equipment like cent er stand, high lev el exha ust with fo restry approv ed spark arrestor, 3 gallon gas tank, speedo with adjustable trip, leather tool bag 'and a constant headlight. The unrelent ing headlight th ey wa tched at th e 1977 ISDT w hen Jeff Sm ith and his gutsy Can-Am 175 Qualifier took home a gold medal, thi rd year in a row! Not on e Japanese bike won gold ! Ride the uncanny Can-A m Qualifier. The ha rd -charging Canadian end uro bike wit h get up and gu ts. FREE CAN-AM ENDURO SCHOOL. Skip O lson, two time Alligator Enduro winner will hold a free Can-Am Enduro School at the Daytona]ai-Alai across from the Speedway in conjunction with the International Motorcycle Show. Be there March 8, 1 p .m. to 4 p.m., and see "get up and guts" go to it. I -Results 1. Y. Vesterinen (Bull 100.1;2. M . Lampkin (Bull 112; '3. R. Shepherd (Honl 124.7; 4. M. Andrews lYam) 127.7; 5. C. Coutard ISWMJ151.3; 6. U. Karlsson (Man) > 153; 7. J . Wallman IBuIl 161; 8. J . M . Lajeuna (Man) 163.7; 9.8. Schraiber (Bull 164.1; 10. M . Rathmell lSuz) 170.3. Racing toward the fu ture. lEl!.7i#llJ77. Motorcycles by Bombardier "I r ademerks of Bombardier Limn ed All rig hts reserved 0 Bombardier lim ited . 2/78 Is there any cure for gravel rash 7 BOYESEN VENTED DUAL STAGE REED As used by Roger DeCoslef. Germ W~n k . A.C. Baaken. J ohn Sdvitski • Mark Blackw ell. and many othel w ell know n M X Slit f & D istributed E xclusively by lIMANTOUR CORPORATION HA RD TO GET SUPE PERFORMANCE FOR SUZUKI. YAMAHA. HONOA & KAWASAKI R ~~ '~.~~)Jt • Greater horsepower. • Better throttle response. • Wider power band. ~YAMAHA • Easily inslalled. (Replaces the original equip. reeds). • Vented reed opens sooner and wider for better low and top end performance. PARTS AND ACCE SSORIES Largest stock In u.s. 24 Hour Mail Order Service Dealers Welcome Nationwide except Mluouri call:1lOOI32lM144 Miss ouri call: DON E LSON CYCL ES , 3328 Woo3141427-1204 dson Road INC. St. Louis . Mo. 63114 FINISHER PINS WeMake E mA sk LeDny f or Sam p les C a l .Mar t Platln. 101 s. Hili St. Sulte 131 Los Ang..... CA 10014 21~ PAT. NO. 3905340 • Fits : Suzuki. Y amaha. New ' 18 Kawasaki. Honda. • PricI : .. Suzuki 9.95 · .. Y amaha. Kawasaki (4 Pedal reed) 19.45 :.. = Yamaha. Kawasaki. Honda 1 Pedal .reed) 25.95 6 L1MANTO UR CORP. 4539 Hamilton Blvd. Allentown. Pa. 18103 . Phone 215- 398-1886 See your dealer or Call US. we send C.O.O.Drders. Pennsvlvania residents add 6% State Tax. Hiiesalu Mtc. Co. 120 w. Cypress Ave. Burba", CA91502 213-845-7161 15