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Cycle News 1980 05 14

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~ HOND'''~ ~ A.M.E. 1980 AMERICAN MNCYCLE ~ CHAMPIONSHP SERIES ~ o 00 en ---- ,., •• ""'-0- ~o..;;m:" ENTER THE MOST IMPORTANT YOUTH MOTOCROSS SERIES OF ALL TIME! Frank Gallo (rightl worked with Edmondston at the Florida Winter-AMA Series on a Lectron contingency program. schools . When a rider buys one we dial it in a nd. hopefully, get no com plai nts. Our invo lveme nt has worked out well. What about installation? A!! of th e carbs bolt on and even use the same throttle cable. We have a master application chart that was developed during the winter when all the new bikes came out. We ha ve other applications for ported cylinders and stuff like that. When we have a problem tuning th e bike in. it's generally due to an engine malfunction , How about feedback? Motocrossers think the Lectron's a road race carb and can't relate to it , Actually there is more similarity than they think. Kenny Roberts' 750 goes from absolute zero to 140 horsepowe r. It's almost like rid ing a street bike , t ha ts how wide a power band it has . What were some of your recent successes? We won three half m ile Nat ionals last yea r wit h Ra nd y Goss. Last yea r we went speedway racing to see how it works on alc oh ol, we picked up Mike Bast who has been two time National Champion, US Open Cham pion an d has virtually domin a ted speedway. We had good lu

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