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offing, a la Yamaha's SR500. Watch
also for an off·road only playbike
version of the Xl25O's, dubbed the
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Harry W eslake. who pioneered ga s
flow research in the twenties and who
Iiuil tthe famous four-valve speedway
engine that bore his name, collapsed
a'nd died after the World Speedway
final at Wembly. England. on Saturday. Sept. 2 . Besides manufacturing
his own engines , Weslake had worked
for Austin , Jaguar . Norton and Sunbeam . He was 81.
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Looks like the Americans have
started a revolution in Englandl
Britains by the thousands are fed
up with that country's five-year-old
helmet law. The Motorcycle Ac·
tion Group staged a rally recently
at London's Trafalgar Square that
attracted over 5,000 riders. Unlike
the U.S.. The British have to repeal
their law at the national level.
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A rotary engine Norton ? Yep . you
sho uld get your first glimpse of th e
pre· production prototype within six
months. according to Norton Villers
T riumph . The new su perbike will be
aimed at the top of the market and
will ca rry a hefty price tag.
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Gerrit Wol.ink, emis!'ary to the
500cc
European
Grand
Prix
motocross .eries from Tulip Land,
ended weeks of speculation reeen. t1y when he signed for another
year with Suzuki. Wolsink had
been widely rumored to be swit·
ching to a Maico ride.
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Chuck Sun. who rode the last three
250 cc Grand Prix's for Husky this
year , will be the Continent to con test the entire ser ies for the Swedish
factory next year.
It looks as though Belgian rider
Andre
Malherbe will stay with
his KTM ride for another year
rather than switch to Suzuki as had
been rumored earlier. Malherbe
had recently had talks with Suzuki,
but
when
Dutchman
Gerrit
Wolsink decided to stay with the
marque for file next season,
Malherbe's plans were altered. ..
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Kenny Roberts and Johnny Cecot·
to will fly to Japan courtesy of
Yamaha to compete in a 750cc
road " ace at the Sugo track on Ocr
tober 22. They will race against
Yamaha talent Hideo Kanaya and '
Ikujiro Takai. Roberts and tuner Kel
Carruthers will also discuss their
place in Yamaha'a future plans.
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Repo rts fro m Australia hav e it th a t
road ra cer Gr eg Hansford will lea ve
Ka wasaki next yea r so that he ca n
com pete in th e 500cc W orld Cham pionshi p aga inst the likes of Roberts
and Sheen e . Honda has al ready ap '
preached the Au ssie rider. Mick Grant
might also leave the Kawasaki fold
though not by ch oice. after his
mediocre World Championship performance . Kawasaki let Barry Ditchburn go las t year for similar crimes.
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