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A comment re: ATV News... We liked very much your center sec· tion on ATCs, etc. in the June 24th illue. My gut feeling is that it would suf· fice for you_ to do the laDle ever 10 many illues. Three Wheeling magazine seems to be doing a good job. You might have a center illues timed to come out a period of time after their "current" illue. Since we are heavy in ATC sales and interest; your June 24th illue was very well received by all. HOWARD WORTHINGTON Co-owner. Honda-Kawasaki of Imperial County El Centro, CA Help for Ody rece organizer A beautiful. stinger type exheust system Is now 8VlIilabie from S&S Headers to fit the Honda ATC18&. The stIInderd pipe has a deep black finish (Part No. H-18&. suggested retaI M3.80J. It Is also available with a deep chroma finish Installs In just a few moments and comes compelta with mounting hardware and brackets. The S&S .xhaust system lets the Honda four-strok••nglne breathe easier and has the sound you Ilk•• For further Information. contact S&S H.ecIers. D.pt. A TVN. 3666 Cadillac Avenue. Costa M .... CA 12826. 7141&48 8836. (Part No. H-188. suggested retail ".J. Carlel. Inc., Miami, Florida, has just introduced Smm Ovemze Big Bore Piston !Uti for ATC-90 and ATC110. Each kit comes complete with pistons, rings, piston pen, lock rings and head gasket. Both kitl are now in stock available for immediate shipment. Cariel, Inc., Dept. DN, 7495 N. W. 48th Street, Miami, florida SSI66. Boren bombs AM£ IndIan Dunes A TV races By Laura Richard VALENCIA, CA, AUG. 25 Mugen's . new Flapper Stopper for Honda's ATC 250 R is engineered for strength and stability. Mugen fork brace designer, AI Bkaer, highly recommends it's use when the 250 R is being used on high speed tracks Or cross country terrain. Jumping, cornering and sliding stability is greatly increased. The clever design allows simple installation in minutes without the removal of any stock components. Finished in a bright aluminum polish, Mugen's new fork brace is priced at $44.95. ATC Fork-Braces are available from Mugen U.S.A. Co., Ltd. at 6944 Santa Fe Ave., Hesperia, CA 92545 phone 714/244-5425 or contact your local Honda dealer. parentheses; ATC 70 (80cc); ATC 90 (106 and 108cc), ATC 110 (118, 125 and 125cc), ATC 185 (205cc), ATC 250 (525cc, requires re-sleeving). Big bore kits are also available for use with straker crankshafts. These kits and other products manufactured for cycle use can be seen in the new Helm &. Son catalog. Send $2 for the catalog, or for more information, contact; Helm &. Son,l!! S. 56th St., Dept. ATV News, Phoenix, AZ 85054. Big bore kits for ATe's If you are a Honda ATC owner who's bored with your standard bore 5-wheeler, Helm &. Son Cycle Performance Products offers a full line of big bore kits from the ATC 70 through the ATC 250 models. More pow~r and better efficiency are available in these kits which (after the stock cylinder has been bored out) require bolt-on application in from two to three hours. The standard kit includes piston, rings, firclips, wrist pins and big bore headgaskets. There are kits for the following models, with the increased displacements' indicated In !he biggest thing to happen this year In the ATC and Odyssey's racing scene is the Midwest ATV Racing Assoc. National Championship. The date set wasoet. 51 and Nov. 1 in Salem, Iowa. It is now moved to Knoxsvil1e. Iowa, Oct. 29, 50, 51 and Nov. 1. The reason for the move is simple ... when you have over 600 entries you best find a place big enough to hold everyone. Pre-entries will close Oct. 10. $25 fee. post entry will be $55. There will be a $10,000 purse plus trophies, contingencies and merchandise awards. Riders as far away as N.Y. and all the way to California are entered. For more info call 519/498-4516. American Motocross Enterprises presented three-wheel and Odyssey competiton with a challeng· ing Indian Dunes coune plus a 50% payback to the winnen. In the ATC Clasa 8 race, Mark Boren was the star of the show, winning both motos. Along the way he had to hold off the strong charges of Walter Trotter, who ultimately finished second. Third in c1asa went to Nick Donwen. David McNealy also posted back to back wins in taking the ATC Clasa 7 over Dan Sheder. ATC Class 6 saw another back to back winner in Rob Seby. One of the most exciting races of the day was the Odyssey Class 2 event. When the gate dropped in the first round Todd Carmody took the lead with Greg Vernon second and Mark Lacy third. Vernon later dropped out. promoting Lacy to second and Steven Gleim to third. Round two saw Vernon grab the lead off the start followed by Kevin Farnsworth and Carmody. Vernon held on for the mota win, but the overall win went to Carmody. Farnsworth and Lacy placed 2-5 in the final standings. The Odyssey Class 1 main event went to Steve Kramer over Todd An' Carmody and Carl Cline. Results ATC CLASS 3: ,. Tom s.tI:heII "-lHonl: 3. ...... Nix 1Honl. (Honl; 2. _ ATC a..ASS 8 DIY I: 1. Rob Sob'( lHonl; 2. Gory Ar-.oIHonl; 3. _ ...... 1Honl. ATC CLASS 8 DIY II: ,. Jimmy ..-lHon); 2. Mb 5'*""'" lHonl. ATC a..ASS 7: ,. Devid Mc:Neoly lHonl; 2. c.n S_IHan). ATC ClASS 8: ,. _ !loren lHonl; 2. W_ Tron. lHan); 3. Nid< ~IHan). OOY CLASS , DIY I: ,. Jay CIrmody lHon); 2. Tom Bice lHonl; 3. Poul Eich. . OOY CLASS , DIY II: 1. Todd Cormody lHonl; 2. John S1IIIn lHan~ 3. eon Cline lHonl. OOY ClASS 2: ,. Todd CIrmody lHan); 2. 1(...... r ••.-nhIHonl;3._lKylHonl. OOY ClASS 3 & 5: ,. Gory Strong lHan); 2. Don _IHanI; 3. Rick lKy (Han). OOY CLASS , MAIN: ,. S _ ICmlw lHan); 2. Todd Cormody lHan); 3. c.rl Cline lHan); 4. Jay Cormody tHan); 5. Gory _ . I would like to let anyone interested in starting Odyssey racing know that they should contact Mr. John Fowler of the Odflley Racing Club of America. He spent considerable time helping us get our classes worked up for the Spring Nationals and we certainly do appreciate his help. O.R.C.A. should be very instrumental in forwarding the sport of ATV racing. I would also like to thank Mr. Carl Buchanan of Cha!len~r Products for taking the time out of his busy schedule to send us the information on O.R.C.A. and for the suggestions he made towarIi the cIa.s. An -too often manufacturers will not take the time to help out unless they are in line for direct benefta. ATV racing will certainly be with us for a long time as long as there are people like John and Carl involved. A very sincere .thanks to both of you and to Cycle News for starting the ATV News from all of us at the National Dirt Track Association. RON DEE Orlando, FL ATVa growing I have just finished . through ATV News for about ~OOth time and decided to let you know what I think. My employer, General Implement Distributing, used to be the Kawasaki distributor before Kawasaki went direct to the dealer. We are presendy selling motorcycle accessories in eight western states. We are the Posa ATe distributor as well. We see a growing demand for ATC paTtI and accessories. I own two Honda ATC 110s. My wife's is stock except for a PK exhaust . pipe and POSA seat cover. My 110 has a PK 120 piston. Bassani pipe and lOme trick timing modifications from Helm &. Sons. It also has a PK six pack rack, Helm &. Son's off-road pegs and a POSA seat cover. Four families we hang around with have three wheelers. all Hondas, from 70s up to 185s. There are 16 bikes in OUT crew with a few more coming lOOn. We use them for pleasure all year around. Only one person races. There isn't much in that department going on up here. MOlIt of us subscribe to 5 Wheeler. We would welcome more on the three wheel scene..1 have had your ATV News for four days and it looks like it is a year old. Everybody has devoured it! We would like to see more shope stocking the common aftermarket pieces like pipes, tires, cooler racks, etc. Now we have to mail order everything. Perhaps more exposure to three wheels in publications such as yours will help get things going. I'm looking forward to your next illue. ERIK JENSEN General Implement Distributors Salt Lake City. UT