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rounds and is readying himself to ride a Maico in The Superbikers in California on November 1. Schlachter plans to return to Europe next season and contest the 250cc GP series again unless some other form of sponsorship crops up. bike was not tested. According to Britain's Motor Cycle Weekly the engine is thought to be a three cylinder design with the exhaust controlled by rotary disc valves. Honda has not shelved the NR500 four-stroke GP bike and is continuing work on that project also. WP Racing backed Many Moates won't make the first three Trans·USA rounds due to a mix·up overseas. Moates went to Venezuela to ride in a MX round there, where he placed fourth. Problems arose when Moates made it back to the U.S., but his bikes didn't. Moates hopes to get his program together by the Texas round of the series on October 11. On 5ept. 8 Arkar.- GeN. 1101' Frw1k WhIte will sign a proc:Iemation an- If you're a Suzuki dirt rider you may want to purchase an 'S1 model as many of them have been discontinued for '82. The RM100 MXer, PE250 and PE400 woods bikes and TS and OS lines-with the exception of the DS80-are out of the line-up for next season. Kawasaki has discontinued their big bore MXer, the KX420, for 1982. Word is that four-strokes will dominate the dirt domain within a few years and Japanese research and budgets seem to be heading in that direction. Mike Hailwood, ten-time World Champion road racer, left an estate valued at approximately $272.000. Hailwood, 40, died after a car accident last March in England which also claimed the life of his nine-year-old daughter Michelle. An inquest Into the crash recorded a verdict of accic:Iental death. The value of his estate was disclosed when his will was published last month. Ulf Karlson (Mon) lost 25 points and came up with top score in the Swedish World Championship Trials round on September 13. Gilles Burgat (SWM) was second dropping 43 marks followed by American Bernie Schreiber (Ita), who dropped 44. With two rounds remaining Burgat heads the points ladder with 95 trailed by Karlson (75), Eddy Lejeune (74), Yrjo Vesterinen (66), Manuel Soler (61) and Schreiber (54). nouncing 5ept. 20-21. uMotorcyde Safety and Awarenesa Week." By doing 80, Arka~ becomes the fifth at8te in 1981 to dedicate a week to motorcycle safety, joining IWnoIa, WIsconsin, Oregon and Ohio. The AMA will play an important role in a new study being undenaken by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A private research firm, Staristica, Inc., is under contract to the NHTSA to gather and review "exposure" data on motorcycle riders nationally. Exposure data are measures of rider mileage, vehicle use and travel characteristics. The Starisrica, Inc., contract is headed by Roger Quane, formerly research director with the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, and will utilize information collected by the AMA on its members as well as state data for motorcycle registrations, ac· cidents and fatalities. Knowing what riders are really doing on the nation's highways will yield a "yardstick for comparison," according to the AMA's GaryWinn. racing organizations throughout the country, plus a directory of race publi· cations, listing of manufacturers, distributors, speed shops and others In all lines of supplementary products. I nfo regarding free listings may be obtained by -writing to Houston A. Lawing & Associates. P.O. Box 2728, Ormond Beach, FL 32074 or by calling 904/677 ·4325. Got a Norton and proud of 1t7 The United Statea Norton Ow...,. Aa.oclation Is preaently looking for new membera. Contact Unda Snow-Kogut. 22 Pleaaarrt St., ~rm Ington. NH 03836 for detllils. Monty Campbell of Maxi Products, manufacturers and distributors of Maxi Batteries, Maxi Bore Carburetors and Maxi Dwell ignitions, has relocated and is open for business at 9271 Archibald Ave., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. Call Monty at 714/987-2313 and welcome him out here from Kansas City, MO. The first annivenary of die s.ttIe of the TwiM will be at Daytona Irrtematlonal Spaedway on Oct. 4. This will be the National Rnal lnateed of Merch 1982. Pu.... hu been Increaaed to .2,400 and t3.100 In contingency. BMW of North America just added .1.000 to the Rid.,.' Point Fund. For eddltlonal pu.... Information, call 8131886-4098 • The top of the line Laverda for 1981 is the 1200 Mirage. Changes from 'SO for the triple include a revised cyJlnder head and pistons, new shocks, drilled discs, hydraulic clutch, new instrumentation and new styling. Further Info available from the importer, Slater Bros. (USA) Ltd., P.O. Box 746, Kenwood 'CA95462. P1mIe PrestIdge of Weld Wheels lfonnerly of Bel Helmets). Is looking foI_d to the Oct. 4 Mile . . - in Spe"1gfIaId. IL Herw'. hoping to _ . . her old friel_ from the rnotoreycIe induatry out there. Honda mechanic Bill Buchka was spectating at the Trophee and Motocross des Nations with a few other American friends. They proceeded to get a bit noisy when the American team started to steal the show, but calmed down quickly. It seems the European spectators didn't appreciate the American cheering section or the American team's winning perfor· mance. ... ee.n. ... aIgned with Honda Johnny O'Mare became part of America's winning team in the Trophee des Nations MX after Steve W... was removed from the roster due to rib injuries from a practice session crash prior to the team's departure for Europe. for '82 and wit reportedly be CIImpalgr*lg _ V-8 In the Top Fuel c:IMa. The engl... . . . . the top enda of the 4-wlve 7&OI!IOOcc _ _ Honde engine.. INIted Into _ atngle bottom end. Ruman .-0 heve CoIIM CIIm~.III a 7IiO in die Super MocIfIed or Junior Pro Stock rounda. The September 19-20 Bol d'Or 24Hour Endurance event at France's Cir· cuit Paul Ricard saw Americans David Aldana and Mike Baldwin, riding for Honda France, place ruth in the event. Aldana had been in the lead in the ninth hour, but a crash left the bike with carburetion and electrical problems and slowed Aldana and Baldwin. They fmished 15 laps off the pace of winners Dominique Sarron and Jean·Claude Jaubert (Hon). National 177 dirt tracker Peter Hook is on the mend from his crash at the Duquoin Mile on July 25 and hopes to be back on the scene by early October. "Breaking my leg turned out to be the least of my worries," said Hook. "I screwed up my knee and that became the real problem. I had surgery on it and have a brace on." Cheer Peter up with a card or letter to 13720 Oakland Drive, Burnsville, MN 55337. Johnny Cecotto, who has turned to auto' racing after losing his factory ride with Yamaha last year, took a sixth place finish In the Swedish round of the Formula Two Series. Cecotto drives for Marchi BMW. DtlrryI Kuenzer hit a couple of checkpoInts hot _nd dropped enough points to fail his motorcycle licenae test recently. FortunIIteIy, Kuenzer doaan't need a nee,... In the ~ . It appears that Honda will have a revolutionary new two·stro e 500cc GP road racer for Freddie Spencer to contest next year's World Champion· ship. Honda flew the bike to the U.S. for Spencer to try on for size. but the Revision of the National Speed Sports Directory, which was first published by Houston A. Lawing in 1953, has been scheduled for January with the appearance of the 1982 edition. The directory will list officials of an the popu.... WARNING! THIS TEST MAY BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR MENTAL HEALTH Recently, Cycle Ne. . contributor Gordon L Banks reClilved e copy of the following test from a highly reliable but confidential source from die trails in Washington. D.C. He believes it to be a copy of die pending test for licensing all trail riders. Trail Riders' Written Examination 1. Perfect score required for Issuance of license. 2. Time limit: 3 weeks 3. Any references permitted. Examination 1. Correctly state the relationship between fuel efficiency and h0rsepower in any four-cyllnder engIne having more than two wives per cyIh ItIer but less than five V8Ives per cylhlder and having one 28mm carburetor per cyInder, wMn die engine i1lC01po1al&li ~-cooII1II and a compression ratio of 10:1, operating on low octane fuel conteining no lead additives, OR. correctly give the Initials of Cycle N.... 2. What language is moat often spoken by Russian motocrossers7 3. The 8Ong, "0' Canada" is the national anthem of what country located north of the United States7 4. Whera does rain come from7 (Select only the 0 . . best answer) (a) Supermarkets, (b) MacDonalds, (c) England, (d) the sky. 5. How roany commandments (approximately) was Moses given7 6. Can you explain in detail Einstein's theory of relativity7 State YES or NO. 7. Explain the dominant theory of two-stroke engine expansion chambers when applied to an air-cooled engine of greater than 249cc capacity, OR write your last name in block letters on a plain piace of 3 x 5 paper. S. Correctly spell; (a) tira, (c) wheel. (d) crash, (e) Webster's. 9. Who won World War 117 Who came in second7 10. What tima is it when the big hand is on the twelve and the little hand Is on the nine7 DO NOT BEGIN THIS EXAMINATION UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.