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(Clockwise from top left) Production class winner Mike Hishiki gets the
tank topped off on his 189mpg Honda XL80. Joe Minton works on Creig
Vetter" Streamliner after it holed a piston. Chuck C1eyton', Hy-Blrd was
the top 1hree-wheeler. chuck Ophorat" Feora three-wheeler is powered by
a Honda 175 twin. Minton on the road with the ItrelImliner. Honda', uitretrick CB125-ba1ed ItrelImliner suffered with rider vi,ibillty troubles.
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Stock outlasts trick in
Vetter High Mileage
Contest
By Mel Belcher
TEMPLETON, CA, OCT. 25
The old rule of thumb in production road racing (Stay Stock) seems also to apply in economy
runs. In the Craig Vetter National High Mileage contest all the techno-trick entries succumbed to various problems,
while the production bikes sailed
on through.
Vetter's own Streamliner near-
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ly missed the run entirely. While en·
route to the event the Kawasaki 250
popped its oil sight glass and drained
the lubricant, resulting in a holed piston. Unable to fmd a replacement, the
team plugged the venti1ation with a
Smm bolt and ~bled the machine
at the starting line. But their miseries
hadn't ended. On the course, rider Joe
Minton got into some pea gravel in a
