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Cycle News 1979 04 18

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SEE THE '7t nONTEaA AT TOUIl LOCAL BULTACO DEALEa 00 .....c .... M 0.. < (Above) Allen Berluti. a top ranked northern Expert. is def"mitely tops in the style dept. (Below) Kevin "Goofy" Truax. an aerialist specialist. is nearly a match for "Magoo:' . ·GET A FAST· MXMACHINE... Mount a large tank.. . Install Preston Petty lights &: fenders.. . Change internal gear ratios to suit (ast enduros... . Mount some good gripping European T yres.. . Mount S&:W Freon Gas/Oil shocks ... Install a Disco-Jet silencer... (10 meet 86dba off road noise requirements) And you end up with a very Iast, trick and expensive enduro machine I But, why do all that when Bultaco has done it for you. Mter all. that's what Fronteras are. MXen trieked out 10 be _tKaJlding enduro bikes. complete with 6 speeds on the 250cc and 5 .peedo on the Open class models. DIu to tlte CVTfffIC7 uclumg. ,.,.. wiU find the Bub YER Y pktutmtl, pric.d! Bultaco InlftDationai P,O.Box22!7 Virginia Beach. VA 23452 804/463-2751 We guarantee the quality. you will love the price. Tarabusi is the European piston built for tooay's serious Maico rider. The prices shown below include rings, pin and clips. OUB Thalra You sav.1 260cc t3&.9& ta.12 4OOc:c $38.9& $71.1.* $34.19 * curreni Maico 8Uggeated retail price Melco "01" Thaheld moved to within three seconds of Darby at the end of the race. Allen Thomason got the second moto holeshot and first lap lead followed b y Darby , Levrett and ' Thaheld. On the second lap. however, Darby took the lead and Thaheld dropped from fourth to fifth . When lap six came around there had been a number of changes in the running order. Darby still led , but Levrett was now second and Thaheld was third with Bragdon in fourth . The mota ended with Darby getting the overall and Levrett grabbing a 3·2 second overall. Thomason wound-up third in the mota for fourth overall and Thaheld finished fifth but landed a third overall. The 250cc Experts matched hotshoe Allen Berluti against Jason Lamoreaux , Shawn Hybarger , and Jeff Cloutier, among ot hers. with the moto outcome somewhat of a surprise. Leaving the first co rn er in mota o ne it was Berluti , Hybarger, Cloutier and L~moreaux until the sixth lap when Hybarger bobbled and Cloutier slipped by into second. Lamoreaux also had trouble and dropped back about 10 seconds. The mota ended with B'erluti in front by five seconds, Cloutier ahead of Hybarger by a bike length and Lamoreaux. Hybarger got the holeshot in the second mota and never made a mistake, riding his lead to the mota win and second overall. Berluti rode in \ third behind Cloutier until the seventh lap when he berserked it into second. Lamoreaux fell early in the mota but worked back up to fourth . Although Berluti pressed for the lead . Hybarger refused to budge. Berluri finished second but topped the 250cc class. Cloutier tied up third overall. and Lamoreaux was fourth . Berluti dominated the Open class. winning both motos by more than five seco nds. In the first race Berluti pulled a holeshot and stretched out a five se cond lea d by the second lap . H ybarger was second with Cloutier th ird and Dick Buttner fourth . Jeff Loff was fifth until he endoed and Orderyour piston today and receive a one dollar phone credit from: Kustom Kraft Cyde Champion EII_p" 886 Bluffcity Blvd. 5210N. Adama Ad. 8gin, IL 60120 Trov. MI 48098 3121697-4343 3131683-2770 LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR Saginaw, MI 48601 NATIONAL DISTRIBUTOR Crotch RocIcet F8c:UJry P.O. Box2OlI4 Goleta,CA 9301B 517/777-4040 1lO5I968-178l1 Valley Competition Cycle 6995 At. M-13 LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR DEAlER INOUIRIES INVITED Don't hate yourself in the morning - sleep till noon OBay Area Bultaco KTM-Hodaka For your convenience Open until 9 week nights . w~ .lp •• ,.1Ine - I ......r..u Wf"tU 5606 W. Manchester, Westchester, CA 90045 213-649-1700 25.

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