Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

SPRING REDUCTIONO'F Inventory .,S A L E ! . Disco un ts of 10% and more on , . all parts and accessories in sto e k d urin g' the en t ire m 0 nth 0 f APRIL - WA TCH FOR OUR WEEKLY BO NUS S PEC I A LSI NTH E CLASS I FIED AD SECT ION OOJ~oo~~~~e,"~!~,~~ , Telephone: (2131475-4541 Sales - Service - Accessories - ,Parts - Leather s HUSQVARNA. CZ . SUZUKI . MIKUNI CARBURETOR KITS open tuesdaythrough saturday It took a bear to cross this Grizzley Bea r One-Day Trial stream. 01 ' crossing was com p lica ted by a deep hole in what appeared to be t he easie st place to go over . Half-a -doz en rid ers a t,a time had th eir machines turned over and were p umping away at th e kick -starters on th e fa r bank. The ro ute was mainly run up and down cha p pa ra l-covered ridges with many awful u p h ills a nd long . sweeping. steep downhi ll runs . At 10 .6 mil es. th e seco nd test bega n , a cross count ry "go fast. " Miles of fire road . in te rspersed with tigh t tra il fo llowed , ' a ll super enjoyab le . . Aft er a short gas u p at 30 mil es th e seco nd Pikes Peak hillcl imb got underway . From a d istance. th e climb looked threatening. How ever , because of i he nu mero us landings on th e slope , it w as rideab le even for- th e sm a llbot es . This hillcl imb was included in the 19·mi le second loop. .T he thi rd loop was th e roughest. The infamous " p iece of ca ke " Big Sullivan a nd Lill ie, 'Su lliva n Ridges wer'e traversed at 60 mi les . T he cou rse dipped int o Sullivan Creek, wh er e a minor bott len eck developed because th e dropoff into the creek was narrow , th e cree k bed rocky and slick , a nd the following ascent steeper than a wall . The last 20 mi les wer e fast-paced , ridge running hot ' dogger's delights. Aft er doing th e cou rse th e contesta nts lined up for t he a cc e le rat io n a nd braking test , wh er e on e of the most int eresting events of t he d a y took p lace. A rid er, under th e impression that it is necessary to slide far forw ard on th e seat when using th e fr ont brak e for su dden stopping, managed a full gai ner , ba ck wheel over hand lebars. cras h and burn scen e wh ich is still t he m ai n topic of discussio n in Distri ct 36 . T he last cont est was th e mot ocross section . This was stri ctl y one m an a t a tim e , best time th rou gh th e co u rse type test. T he a dv ant age went to t he fas test riders like George Hen d ri x , La rs Larso n , Ken n y Ma a s, J ohn Cc nna i, Fr ed Cameron , C hris Ca rter a nd Perry DePaiITJ a . Fast. fun fire roads were part of the Grizzley Bear Trial. ALWA YS FREE COFFEE I I Northwest Yamaha nails fifth annual Rainier Dealer .Challenge BySue Sykes PUYALLUP , \VA , MAR . 17 ·18 Billed as the Rainier Beercentennia l, t he fifth a u ru.a l Dealer Challenge was a super show. Forty teams from fou r states with 10 times as many rid er s ca me to Puy allup Raceway and provided th e fans with enough.motocr oss for a d ay or two . Th e winning sh op team , Gary Pugh's Northwest Yamaha , took hom e the cas h - $1000 fortheir hard work . Eight rid ers' fin ishe s co u nte d for po ints and Northw est Yam ah a o f T a coma ca ptu red fou r first finishes, three seconds a nd one fifth fo r 4 1 points . Second p la ce h onors went to Bell evue Suzuk i wit h 34 points. T hi rd team wa.s Paulson 's La cey a nd fourt h En umcla w Su zuki . MOTORCYCLES - H(lll( f • R,c1 lnCJ W, t~ h

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