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TWO NIGHTS OF NAT IONAL DIRT TRACK RACING ATTHE HOUSTON, TX ASTRODOME 19th Annual Ast rodome Dirt Track Nationals. Opening Rounds of the 1985 Camel Pro Series Time Trials 1 :0 0 p.m . T.T. Short Feb . 9 Track Sat., RACIN G A T 8 :00 P.M . Fri. , Feb . 8 Do n ' t miss H ond a's RICKY GRAHAM battling to defen d his #1 Pla t e again st every w inner of 1 9 8 4's 2 5 D irt T ra ck N at ionals. Ei g h t former Houston w inners and f iver former #1 G ra n d Nat ional C ha m p i o ns are entered . S ee RANDY GOSS ' fi rst Nat ional Ra ce on a Honda l T hat'sa works ,latera lly-ventilated . rear disc and magnesium ca liper. (B e l o w) Clive Paige. MEET THE LARGEST GATHERING OF FORMER #1 RIDERS EVER ASSEMBLED D o n't forget t o vot e f or G RAND MARS HALL . Bellot in this i•• ue ! Tickets On Sale At The Ast rodo me Box Off ice A nd Ticket mast er & Ticketron • J ca lly all ma chined from so lid magnesium ." In a ll, Cl ive spent 5500 for parts . T he o n ly depart u re from th e origi na l racer specification is the use of fu ll light in g wi th indica rorsIed from a batter y sq ueeze d un der th e rea r exhaust pipes. T here 's no ch arging system , unfortunat el y bu t o ne m a y be devised to run from the igni ti on system . The speedo d rive is adapted from a lig h tweig h t H arl ey-D av idson , a nd mounted o n to a neat cad m iu m -p la ted bracke t bo lted to th e to p yo ke. Road ti res are Du nl op K391 but f wou ld ha ve preferred som e thin g slight ly m ore sti ck y to suit the tau t chassis . A neat tou ch is th e sidesta nd . Thi s is a str u t that su p ports th e bike wh en slotted into a tube under th e left -side bottom frame rail a nd which sl ides into th e h oll ow s wi n ga rrn sp ind le wh en yo u ' re riding th e bik e. The fin al m ov e is to ge t t he bike regi stered . It woul d seem th at the blok e wh o ra mr aro u nd from th e loca l l icense o ffice must ha ve been slig h tly d eaf becau se th e RG SOOis no BM"' , even wh en yo u 're nursin g th e revs. But th e o fficia l' s easy-go ing na tu re was Cl ive' s ga in so th e bik e's regi stered . Th e ma chi ne 's first real ou ting tu rn ed heads wherever it went , w hi ch . was th e desired effect. A fitt ing t r ih u te was th e Best Street Racer titl c a t Bike's c usto m show in Ramsey, Eng la nd . w he re C live rode, th e bik e into th e a re na a nd sto p ped th e proceedin gs in th eir tra cks . Clive's last la ug h is o n th e big ma nufacturers thou g h . For 5 I iOO he's bu ilt himself a bike that ' ll bl ow practi call y a ny thi ng o ff th e road , for th ree grand less than Ya m aha 's RD 500L C ' , I . if yo u ca n 'get oner • I I • . • RICK JOHNSON RACING Produced by PACE MANAGEMENT - Race Inf o : {7 131 526-7666 NISSAN'S MOTORCYCLE AND ATV EXPO The Wo rld 's Largest Consumer Show Comes to the Astro Arena (Next to the ' Dome) FEBRUARY B. 9.10 "TRO P H EE des NATIONS VIDEO CASSETTE" Rick Johnson Raci ng, Inc . 1951 47th Street, Number 29, San Diego, CA 92102 Send $49,95 pl us $3 postage a nd ha ndling Please a llow four to six weeks delivery, VHS D BE A 0 T THE ORIGINAL RACING CASTOR! Racing Castor has been a part 01 the - "'J::'L ._"/,.,..//O~""r- name l or 25 Cowpuncher Hare Scramble s Ho list e r. CA . Dec. 9 . 1984 years and th ere is no othe r. A lt h oug h 1st Vet Am . newcomers cla im the i r product s to be ra cing castor it is a cl ai m only. No other Casto r burns as clean or as seize free as -"'J::'~4 ~"/,.,..// · D t~ """ r- PETER WATKINS KTM 250 MXC J ohn DeSoto Har e & Hound 1st Master Class 1st 200 Am . , despite cla im s Kaneohe, Ht. Dec. 2, 1984 DOMENIC GUIDIPO KTM 250 MXC DIKIE STEVENS Jr . KTM 125 MX e J OI N TH E TE AM For More Information and a Brochure. Writ e: KTM West 315 W . Bradley, EI Caj o n. CA 92020 01 others. Ar e yo u paying more for less? 25 years of tec hnica l know -how have proven -(]le4tdJd'-'s Tell them oth ers would be trying to cop y som e other ~ you saw it product. 1985 RZ 500 N in Cycle outstanding qual it y a nd reputation or Give it a thought before you buyl -(]le4tdJd'- Co rporatio n 1433-37 First St . Esca lon. CA 95320 Dealers - D istributors W rite or ca ll (2 0 9) 838-7912 I' - "" ~ '. ' , _. • R l ulYtitMU • ociIuJ Now available i n No"ha m C.-lIfornia .1 Schilling PToducta. P.O . BOll 751. YutHi City. CA 95991 , For O.... r inform81ion in your.,... ee (9 16) 173·3801. n I t8d' 1 , -_ ~, TY2S0 LTrials Available £; BISHOP'S SPORTS .\\41Ij\\4 'De .. Production Street Racer Now taking Deposit s l or Feb.-M ar . Delivery News. ~I, i . Y AMAHA I " "" 1\ P.O. Box 411 , Eganville Ontario , Canada K D lTD J Days 613· 6 28- 27 25 Nancy Evgs. 613-6 28-3729 Don '1;1 . . . 19