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ON THE COVER: Teem Honda's Mlk. Cheater brought
hom. the winning ATC in record tim., conqu.rlng the
BII)8 1000. AME Min) BII)8
proved to be tougher then
nulny .xp.ct.d. St.ve
"Wound Too TIght" Wright
brought V.....he their first
major win, at CRC Amateur
Supercroaa flM!. Photos by
Lenc:e Bryson and &II lsen-
bersJ._
While attending the recent Bllja d.
Seddlebeck off road 1'lIC:. in Irvine,
CA. noted Vamehe 12Scc rid.r
Trec:ey DIckson completed the
tire 20 minute moto on a front flat
tire. As the green flag dropped
Dickson maneged to make a total
of three turns before the front tire
collapsed. Dickson, howev.r, refused to stop not only to finish the
rec. but maneged to stay ah.ad of
at least fIVe other rid.rs. "I f.1t
reelly good for this race and wh.n
the tlr. w.nt flat I couldn't beli.v.
it. I felt I came all the way to rac.,
so flat or no flat I would continue,
at leest I didn't finish last." com·
m.nted Dickson.
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Attention all Ohio ATVers. One of
Ohio's premier tracks (Grand Prix
Raceway), will begin running ATV
races along with their regular Hare
Scrambles schedule. There are two
races scheduled at this point, Sunday,
Dec. 6th and Sunday, Dec. 13th. For
more info call 216/683·3959 or 854·
4847.
For y.ars the indoor motorcycle
races at the Minneapolis Armory
were for hard-core .nthusiasts
only. You had to lov. the rec.s to
put up with the exhaust smoke and
noise, Now, moved to the St. Paul
Civic Center wh.re sound and
v.ntilation are call.d perf.ct for
the .v.nts, they are proving to be a
growing attraction for spectators,
Th. six-ev.nt s.ries is sch.duled
for D.c. 5 and 6, Jan, 2 and 3 and
Jan. 16 and·17. The s.rious motorcycle rece fans will be back as
always. Th. new competition
among all-terrain cycles, ar. the
thr.e-wheel.rs. Th.y ar• •xpect.d
to get reections that ar. vaned but
.nthusiastic. Introduced last y.ar,
the three-Wheel races proved popular, comp.titive and, to long-tim.
cycl. race fans, astonishing. For
info call 612/4ti,0-0652 or 870-9908.
3-B Lightning has just taken on a new
rider, Many Han out of Louisiana.
Han will join the likes of Steve
Wright and co-sponsored Mike Chester,
who is sponsored by Honda.
Honda mounted Curtis Sparks,
helped bring hom. the
number two ATC in the BIIja 1000,
found out a week after the 1000
that he had cracked a rib. "I didn't
think anything about it. my body
hurt an over for a week. I just
thought. I had pulled a muscl., but
after having it checked, it was
cl'llC:ked...
who
3-B Lightning is coming out with a
100cc race kit for the Tri·Motos.
Steve Wright has been doing the testing for quite some time now and as he
puts it, "It's ready, I can't believe how
fast the motor is, "It will come in two
stages; Complete kit, which ha~ a
100cc YZ topend, along with a 36mm
Lectron carb and a 3·B pipe. The com·
plete top end will bolt right on your
existing bottom end. The second kit
will consist of taking your old TriMoto barrel and re·s1eeving it down to
a .lOOcc. 3·B will supply the. P~~~D,
.
Ius mac~
r head. "It's
just a bore down kit. This allows you to
run - say in the 115cc class, "
comments Talley. Boost bottle kits
are now out for the YT175 Tri·Moto,
The bottle will pick up bottom end
along with mid range, they're the same
bottle that the Yamaha factory YZ
motorcycle use,
K.ith Reev. . of Am.rlcan Honda
and on. of . the main men
responsible for getting the Odyssey
and thr.e-wh••1 progrem off the
ground. has been promoted. Reeves
will now heed up Honda's new
sports progrem, which will consist
of motocross, .nduro and, of
cours., the Odyseey and threewh.elers. Congrets Keith.
In the Nov. 9th issue of Time magazine,
a full page article was devoted to ~
Wheelin'. Senior Editor Michael
Demarest let the entire world know
that Tbree·Wheelin' has cut a large
path into the off· road recreation
scene. With such highpower magazine
coverage such as Tim~, people may
begin to realize what we already know,
\hey're a blast. It should only be a
matter of time before the "All Ameri·
can-Family" has not only two cars, but
two ATVs also.
Questions have been . .ked . . to
where you' cen get the larger
desert gas tanks that the factory
guys .re running on their ATCs.
Anyone Interested In obtaining the
larger tank. can contllet W. . McCoy
at Am.rlcen Honda, 2131321-8880.
After a major wiQ, such as the Baja
1000, questions always come up. What
did you do to the motor? What gearing
did you run? Wax, Sundahl and
Chester can only attest to the fact that
their Three-Wheeler motor was com·
pletely stock. "They ran Castrol ROil
l!0: 1. Gearing, 14 counter. 40 rear.
The bike was also run on Union 76
Super, gas. The only other changes,
were personal touches, such as a Terry
Kit for the forks. the rear shock was
changed. All little stuff, as far as the
motor, it was left stock. A race of this
type, constantly running the engine
hard for 8Ol! miles, it's best to leave the
motor stock {or' dependability," com·
mented Team Honda's Wes McCoy.
Even though the MIcIwnt ATV
Chemplonship rece did not com.
off, qualifying did. Oct. 28-29 some
qualifying and heat I'lIC8S were run.
Eddie Brown. out of Nice, CA. took
his . . . . . ttonct. 2!iOR WIdIIr