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The 8.7-inch rear disc is stainless steel; caliper has a single piston. Rider: McDonald. Tuner: McDonald. Bike: RS250R McHonda. Another version oftheengine, built to run on high-octane racing fuels available in this country, makes 69 bhp, according to Ceit!. The RS250R has a six-speed transmission. a self-generating CDI and dry cl utch. The crankcases and many engine parts are shared with a new 250cc street bike introduced for the Japanese market on April 23. The engine fits into an aluminum chassis; a cast steering head and cast swingarm pivot plates are linked by square section tubing; the tube ends fit between ribs 'in the castings. An aluminum rearsub·frame bolts to the main frame and supports the seat. Wheelbase is 53 inches, rake 25.5°, trail 3.5 inches. The box-section swingarm is built up from aluminum plate and features Pro-Link single-shock suspension. The shock body is chromed and may be indentical to the shock used on the street bike mentioned earlier. Spring preload is hydraulically adjustable with a remote knob positioned on a frame top tube, where the rider can reach it. The front forks have 37mm stanchion tubes and are held by cast aluminum triple clamps. Rebound damping in the right fork leg can be adjusted by turning a plastic collar on the fork cap to any of three positions; compression damping in the left leg is adj ustable by turning a knob at the base of the slider to one of four positions. The left fork leg is also equipped with Honda's TRAC anti-dive system. Both forks have air fittings built into their caps. There are two IO-inch stainlesssteel brake discs on the front wheel, with Nissin dual-piston calipers. The stainless rear disc measures 8.7 inches with a single-piston caliper. Wheels are Dymagcast magnesium, a 16-inch front and and 18-inch rear. At Riverside, McDonald ran a 3.25/4.50-16 Michelin on the front and a 3.75/5.00-18 Dunlop KRI33 on the rear. According to Ceit!. the subject of the RS250R first came up during product planning meetings l8months ago. Ceitl says he immediately ordered 20; due to production problems, he was told recently that he would receIve only four. A week later he learned he would receive only two, the one already raced by McDonald and one other. Ceitl thinks he'll receive several more by late October and plans to sell them at that time. If the bikes are sold, spare parts will be sold at every AMA National and Pro-Am race. Projected price of the bike and a spares kit is about $6500 or $7000. • Dan Sl1l.J'th and Dan A h scraft Dan & Dan take their winning show to Las Vegas. Melton Scrambles to 1st Overall at Hurricane Mills. The "Dynamic Duo" of Dan Smith and Dan Ashcraft' continued their absolute domination of desen competition by winning the April 7th Las Vegas 400 in 9 hours, 11 minutes and 13 seconds. Their '84 Husqvarna 500XC was just too muth for the competition. In the 250 class Husqvarna Team Riders Scot Harden and Kent Miller powererl their way to victory on a new • Ijqujd cooled '84 250CR. The over-30 class was taken by desen veterans Dave Miller and Richard Jackson, also riding a Husqvarna, Out in beautiful Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, '83 National Enduro Champion Mike Melton show.ed his winning fonn extends to Hare Scrambles as well, as he took overall bonors in round two of the AMA National Championship series, Riding the new liquid cooled 400WR, Melton fmished JUSt ahead of Kevin Hines and Fritz Kadlec, also Husqvarna mounted, in second and third places respectively. And in true thampionship form, Husqvarna team rider Eddie Lojak fmished fmt in the 250 class on his liquid cooled '84 250CR. How is it that Husqvamas consistently win th= major off.road events in the face of the world's toughest competition' Simple. We..build every Husqvarna by hand with one purpose in mind -to win! Because you'll probably ask it to. Husqvarna THE FINAL STEP UP ,iii Husqvarna learns with Bel-Ray to Win Husqvarna Motorcycle Co.• 4925 Mercury Street· San Diego, Ca. 92111 Hi-Point/Red Dot Sweep Nat•. H.S. Outfitted head to toe in top quality HiPoint Racing equipment, ERIC McKENNA, CHARLES HALCOMB and KEN RAMSAY swept the Shasta Dam National Hare Scrambles, taking 1st, 2nd & 5th overall! All three riders used Ret! 'Dol tires to conquer the slippery. rocky four hour race. the third round in the AMA/Hi-Point National Hare Scrambles Championship Series. Winners like ERIC McKENNA rely on the same Hi·Point Racing equipmenl and Red Dot tires that you can buy from your dealer Go See Him Todayl NEW! 1984 Hi·Point Pro Boots Available NOWI See your HI-point dealer for mens' sizes 5 through t 4 in Red, Blue or Black. Hi-Point Mini MX Boots available in youth sizes 1 through 7 In Red, Blue or Black.