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Cycle News 1983 04 13

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I Handa XR500R conquers San Felipe 250 for A i' c, ~ third straight SCORE off-roadvictory. e C(') 00 O"l - ..... l-o 0. < Before JackJohnson could win the San Felipe 250, he and his XR500R bad to survive the San Felipe 250. Which entailed grinding . it out over sand and rocks. FOrding rain-swollen streams. Full-out stretches of treacherous high-speed road. A 4,200-foot climb intothe mountains. And, of course, doing it all faster than the world's top desert racers. Not everyone has what it took for Jack to pull it off. But anyone can get the bike it took. The 1983 Honda XR500R. It's the lightest production 500 a: four-stroke weve everbuiltWith our exclusive new RFVC (Radial FOur~ve Combustion) chamber. It has a true hemispherical shape and radically steep valve angles. This allows a higher compression ratio and promotes more efficient, rapid oombustion than ordinary designs. . AJJNAYS W EAR A HELMET AND EYE PIlOTECTION. 8 e 1983 American Honda MoIor Co.,Inc.

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