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PCfoP fiY p~p~ Wf~LfY MQ'!0RCYCLE INDUSTRY S I1ANGE Married (Continued from page i) have used," said Husqvama's Dick Burleson. manager of the Trophy team . . . Vic Ely. one of the more quiet riders and one who almost didn't make the trip, went home from the ISDE as the recipient of a special FIM award for Most Friendly Rider . .. John Haaker. or "Big John." was one rider who didn't need a milk crate to stand on for leverage when starting his KTM four-stroke. Haaker was the last American rider to start each day . . . Thanks to Gigi Penton of Champagne Travel. the tour organizer. for what most agreed was a special farewell dinner. Nearly 200 people - riders. family, friends and ISDE fans, crowded onto a paddlewheeler for a nighttime dinner cruise of Amsterdam's harbor ... Australian Geoff Ballard's helmet. the traditional royal blue with two white slashes denoting the U.S .• also featured a. kangaroo carrying an American flag . . . ! ,.. - North Ridge Racing won the WERA/ Dunlop National Endurance Road Race eries 3-hour at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin's Road America. The October 13 event, scheduled for six hours, was shortened by heavy fog; defending champions Team Hammer led by 40 seconds after four laps but encountered ignition failure near the end of the first hour, finished 11 tho Points leaders Quester/Sullivan Racing lost third gear and finished second, on the same lap as North Ridge, with l-P Racing third. The championship will be decided at Road Atlanta on November 10, 1985 RZ500 V4 Yamaha with tail cowling. 1984 Kawasaki Turbo - 1.300 miles. Like new. (505) 294-3219. (141 ) Husky Four Stroke SOOTC. Very Good Condition. Factory up·date kit. 30 hours total time. $1600 firm. (916) 549-3428. (141) I Knight Framed XR500 Honda Cerianis, Fox shocks, Lectron, Megacycle, Super· Trapp, fresh engine, new paint, fast. The best of everything. $3500. (503) 620-8993, after 9pm, (141/42) '84 Y2250L YAMAHA, White power shock. DG pipe, new tires, set up nice, must seel! (714) 855-9504. Lockhart Air Dam Gettadays styling for your '81 -'83 GPz 550 with a Lockhart Air Dam. Simple bolt on installation. Comes complete with mounting hardware and fac· tory color match paint. Only $99.95 at your dealer. Lockhart, 15717 Texaco St.. Paramount, CA 90723. (213)630-4621. (241/42NWX) 76 Smuggler Trailer 26' (141) Attention RD Riders Owner's Club now forming. Dedicated to the preservation of the original sport bike. Call Doug or Dennis for informetion. (818) 347-5579. (141/42) Ninja + GPz Sale 1983 GPz1 100. $2,995, plus many more brand new '83 & '84 GPz's and Ninja's. full warrantY. Kawasaki of Missouri in Columbia, MO. (314) 875-4444. (2-38NE) Carries 6 motorcycles. Sleeps 7 adults comfortably. Very clean. many custom features. Priced to sell. (714) 840-4191, eves. (341) TZ250J Pacific Northwest KTM 1984. spares kit. Must sell. $3.000. (303) 279-7020. 11/4J/42NE) EPM, Leetron, Kosman. Fresh paint, not ridden in 1985 KTM 250MX and 250MXC in stock. G & G CYCLE, Albany, OR. (503) 926-9320. (241/44) '84 AMA F2 Natl Champ TZ250, Detailed by Roland Cushway. Nickle cylinder, HH cylinders. Fresh craMS. Many more spares. $6000. Call Don. eves. (415) 897-7660. (141/431 Estimated. non-official WERA/ Dunlop National Endurance Road Racing Series points after the Road America round at Elkhart Lake show Quester/Sullivan Racing leading the best-eight-finishescount standings with 754 points from eight races; Team Hammer is second with 71 0 points from seven races. There's one round remaining. at Road Atlanta on November 10. and first place will pay about 100 points. Scheduled along with the November 3 Superbowl of Motocross at the Los Angeles Coliseum is the Miller Masters IO-lap cash dash. The race pays a $50,000 purse - including $30,000 for first place - and is open only to 1984 Supercross winners, wild-card riders who won 1984 last-chance qualifiers, and promoter seeds. The speedway racing series scheduled to begin in Bakersfield on October 20 has been delayed a week. The first race is now October 27. Lockhart Team GP Oil Pressure Gauge Liquid fill design eliminates neeetle vibration and glass fogging, Gauge utilizes a 2700 sweep needle on black face for most plain main bearing motorcy- Country Squire Motohome 54 Loaded w/llir, heat. cruise. steering. brakes. head w/shower, microwave, refrigerator. sleeps 4. hauls 5 bikes.. 4500 watt generator. 814.000. Mario Bernardini, (914) 469-2944. 12/41/42NE) cles. Only $39-49.95 at your Lockhart dealer. Lockhart, 1571 7 Texaco St., Paramount, CA 90723. (213) 630-4621. 1241 142NWX) TZ250J Used one 58ason. EPM wheels, fuU spares kit.1213l 305-7024. (141/42) The january 12 World Championship Hare and Hound near Las Vegas will once again feature a live "hare." The role will again be played by fonner motorcycle desert star jack johnson, and there will be a SIOOO bounty on him sponsored by Cactus Kate's Casino in Stateline. johnson will be given a five-minute head start; riders will have 40 miles to catch him. Road racer Roberto Pietri- Vegas and Nelly Chiossone Salamanques, October II, in Los Angeles, Resigned As vice president of marketing and sales of Team Tamm Racing Products, Bill Buttram, citing "irreconcilable differences." Elected Washougal National MX co-promoter Bill Cantrell as chairman of the board organizaing the 1985 Yamaha Gold Cup, a 10-race motocross series in Washington and Oregon that begins in May; other board members are Brian Barnes, Lynn Howland, Chuck Washburn, jim Powers, Michael Welter and Gene Tyler. Established Anewcolum~ in this newspaper, entitled HosPITal Stop, to be found in the results section each week,listing injured riders of note, BankTl:lpt lundapp, West German producer of smail-displacement sports and commuter motorcycles, with debts totalling more than $12 million; discussions concerning possible takeovers by Enfield of India and the government of Iran did not lead to any agreements. Joined Dailey and Associates, advertising agency for American Honda, Donald B. EWer, 36, as Senior Vice President/Management Supervisor for the Honda account; was Senior Vice President/Management Supervisor for two years with D'Arcy MacManus Advertising in Detroit in charge of Pontiac's $63 million ad account. For Sale Cycle Magazine, along with 25 other liff-Davis magazines, including Car and Driver, Popular Photography and Stereo Review; this despite recent denials of for-sale rumors by members of Cycle's editorial and publishing staff; the magazine, which recently announced a newall-street format in letters to advertisers, has suffered declining ad revenues in recent years. Married Paul Carruthers, 23, son of famed road racing tuner and former World Champion Kel Carruthers, to the fonner joni Elam, 21, in San Diego, California on September 29; Carruthers is a sports writer and photographer for North Coast Publishers of Encinitas, California, publishers of the Carlsbad journal, Rancho Santa Fe Times, Encinitas Coast Dispatch and Del Mar Surfcomber; his interview of Ricky johnson was published in Cycle News, September 19. Little Known Facts Kawasaki Heavy Industries manufacturers diesel and gasoline engines for Isuzu Motors; Yamaha Motor Co. builds the 16-valve, DOHC engine used in certain Toyota sports cars.