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Book Review ..... Biken Guide to Baja Joe Parkhunt $8.95, Parkhurst PuhlUhing Co., 1812 Alaska Ave., Coeta Maa, CA92626 00 0) ..... 10th Annual Where can you still go dirt riding to your heart's content without having to file an environmental impact statement? Baja Califor- ~ nia, of course. Trouble was, you could easily get lost in the Mexican peninsula and contribute your bones to the ecology. But now Joe Parkhurst offers a magazine-size book telling everything you need to know, including 10 pages of usable maps, to go on eight delightful trail rides of from 80 to nearly 1,000 miles - the best of Baja. Enjoy!. LD MINI~ NDPRIX What Fits What on HarleyDavidJon Third edition WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ~ OF MINICrCLE /(ACIM '-turingYAMAHA race 01 cIIanIpIons 'C Mike Arman and Kurt Heinriclu BoI 785, Ormond Beach, FL 52074 Ever wonder how they keep all those obsolete Harleys running so long? This book provides the answer. From 1936 to this day, H-D motorcycles changed very little, and many of the late model parts are interchangeable with the old uniu. WFW tells what parts to use and how to make them fit and where to get the kiu and specialities that make it .all go together. There's no price listed for this little book, but even with inflation it shouldn't be much more than $5. 4 $11lO00.00 @~_. I_m iii ED TROPHIES &PRIZES _, ~ -------------------------------------------------_. S INCLUDING .ALL CLASSE The Yamaha Legend Ted Macauley St. Martina Pre-, 248 pages. $15.95 30% 0 NMA RIDER' BIKE CLASSES Age Groups In case you ever wonder why Yamaha got to be number two in the motorcycle business, or how the brand came to dominate today's racing game, you tnight enjoy . reading this illustrated story; I know I did. The author is a British journalist . with close personal ties to the road racing stan of the 19605 and '70s. His inside accounu of technical development, teatning and schctning among the big factories competing for world • championships and the talented riden, i,. fascinating. Change the names and ~es a little, and it would serve to describe what is happening today. The focus is on Europe and Japanese personalties. If you wonder what Yamaha paid Giacomo AgoStini to win Daytona, or what Hailwood exacted from Honda, it is all here, in British Pounds and dollars. Team·tactics and the Japanese attitude toward racing are exprained clearly. Intense racing • champions like Phil Read (whose mother taught him to ride) 'and the late Jamo Saarinen are found to have opposite personalties. The 'r>ook isn't all Yamaha :.... pictures and spc<;5 of the com~tition are thoughtfully provided. But nowhere, alas, is there a picture of the briefly patent Ya'hlaha V-4engine. . American dirt racing and ~otocross get short shrift in this volume, but there' is mention of Fumio lloh's impressive introduction of the brand at the 1958 Catalina GP. APRIL 10-11-12.1981 _~lt~I~__'-~~:~!:::iA PEE WEES JR. CYCLES Rider Classification Bike cc lIm,l & Classes Thru 8 yrs 6 to 8 yrs,' 9 10 11 yrs. M~N~CYCLES Open Open Nov. & Inler. 0-61cc 0-61cc 0-61cc Slk &Mod Slk & MOd Stk. & M O d . . Thru' 1 yrs 12 to '4 yrs. 12 to 16 yrs. 9 to " yrs. 12 10 16 yrs MOTORCVCLES Thru 15 yrs Nov. & Inter. Beginner Nov. Inl Exp. Ol,en 0-83cc 0-83cc 0-83cc Q-'05cc 0-105ec Schoolboy Jr. lOOce Stk. & Stk & Stk. & Mod Mod Stk & '6 to 18 yrs. Thru 21 yrs. Thru 21 yrs SchoolboySr Nov. Int. Exp Nov. Int. E.p 100,·" 125c... 250cc Stk & Mod. Stk & Mod. Mod CLASSES O~en fOR ALL r-------------..., THE VEif BEST Mod. Mod. Mod. TROPHIES ---------------------Mod. WRITE OR CALL FOR ENTRY FORMS PO BOX 46 .0RW.ll CAUF. 90650 ••• (213)8688112 260cc S&W MX6 . 400cc S&W MX8 260cc Ohlin. MX8 400cc Ohlin. MX8 • .1449.00 .1189.00 .1699.00 .18&9.00 All New With Factory Warranty Includes Performance Cycle FREE Service Package 1981 MODELS ALSO IN STOCK PE!1E,;:~=~LE -=-~--- Address WORLD CHAIIPIOISHIP 1980 Can-Am SpecIals or Name • ~can-ilin~1 . (714'''·7210 _ YAMAHA PIeaM send me: • copies Cycle News Products P.O. Box 488 Long Belich. Ca. 90801 Cali "'si nIt d (, It's itu. SUZUKI . SIMI VAL'LEY CYCLES State_ _Zip_ _ City 2902 LOS ANGELES AVE. SIMI VALLEY. CALIF. (1105) 5%2-"'4 _5 MOl VAIU1A Aloo !! .