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cross and what you do, Bernie. People have told me you're more like Bob Hannah. You go for it. Some trials riders go really slow and take their time. Over In England they were talk· ing about how fast you go. You make it; that's what counts." "Would you still want to be the Wheelie King if you could be a moto· cross champion instead?" "I want to stay doing my wheelies because I have my own lillie world. It's more satisfying. There are 40 guys on the line for a motocross race and there's 70,000 people looking at them. But 1 don't have any competition right now so when I'm out there 70,000 people are looking at me." "What if you do get some competi· tion?" ''I'll blow them away." "What was' going through yo~r mind the first time you wheelstanded the KZI500?" "I was scared. I only had an hour's practice and decided to do a wheelie on il. When a bike comes up on the rear wheel I have like a leveling device' in my head and my foot is always there on the brake, ready. 1 don't have to think about my fool. I felt if the bike started to go over my foot would hit the brake and I'd be OK. That's what you have to remember, that the brake is going to save your bUll every time. The 1~00 is really exhilarating. a natural high. You get off and you go: 'God, I'm still alivel"It's like hang glid· ing. The I~OO and hang gliding are two things that are really highs. It's like lighting a stick of dynamite." "I wouldn't even begin to think about wheelieing thatl~OO." "You're conservative. Other people get high off watching you." "I think the best feeling is taking guys like you or Lackey or Roberts and going up in some canyon ... " " ... and riding circles around them and making them feel bad." "Yeah, that's the best thing to do." "You like to find the roughest thing, something nobody else can do. Like when 1 practice wheelies 1 don't go down smooth hills. At Saddleback, there's a real steep rocky downhill. You make it to the bOllom of that. you're doing something. You push to the limit and see how far you can go. lsn't that how you train, Bernie?" "That's basically it. It developed into the trick SlUff. Like yesterday. 1 thought it was neat at that section where 1 got ones and cleans and every· body else was fiving it. For the other guys it was crash, crash. crash and I'd make it and get more happy." "I get a lot of people who try to show off in front of me all the time. 1 don't think you do, Bernie. But who's the biggest showoff in the world right now. without trying to be one, you on your trials bike. It's easier to show off on a trials bike. " "I'm working on a rear wheel wheelie. You lock the front brake and try to do a whole 180 whipping the rear end around the front wheel and wind up going back the way you came. Antonio G'orgot showed me how to do the whole thing. It's taken me a year just to get it up and to the side, like a 90. You have to get the right braking speed or you'lI go right over the bars. You get the front brake on, then you feel the rear wheel starting to lift and you slowly lock the front to stop the wheel so you can whip around. Gorgot's whole front wheel skids around to do the 180." "If you can picture doing it. you can -tawinl ANOTHER WIN FOR BURLESON ••• ..• KEEN TAKES 1ST OPEN A Dick Burleson notched another 1st over-all at the North Virginia Trail Riders AMA National Enduro, increasing his point lead in the chase for a 7th National AMA Championship. Sixth over-all and 1st Open A was another Husky WR rider, privateer Mike Keen. This is the second week in a row that Husky WR's have dominated National Enduros! ... According to Burleson, mental preparation is an important factor in winning. It's a lot easier to "get up" for a race mentally when you don't have to worry about the dependability and reliability of your motorcycle. Especially if it's a Husqvarna WR that's race-ready out of the crate with standard equipment like Ohlins gas shocks, lower center of gravity and a power curve that works... Think about it, and YOU'll know we mea"n it when we say, "HUSQVARNA-to win'" . TEAM Husqvarna For the name of your nearest Team Husqvarna dealer consult your Yellow Pages or write to 4925 Mercury St., san Diego, CA 92111. Atlanta Stadium Supercross Chuck Sun - Honda on Dunlop (joiL" "Like in Italy I've seen some guys in a trials sidecar lift the drive wheel up and ride along on the other two wheels downhill. They get a lot of speed up. .Iift and then coast down on the front wheel and the sidecar wheel." "It's all upstairs." • . . .~ ..... DunIop .............. ~DUN.£OP 7 P.o.lIox 1109, 8uIWD, NY 1010 27