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Cagiva's 1985 500cc road racer features numerous changes from the 1984 m?del raced by ~immy Adamo of Team Leoni, including a new box-section frame, 16-lnch front and rear cast magnesium wheels with hollow spokes and new rear suspension with an Ohlins shock. The front fork has 40mm stanchion tubes and anti -dive; four-piston Brembo calipers and 310mm discs are mounted up front . The square-four, watercooled, rotary-valve two-stroke engine runs 36mm Mikuni carburetors and has electronically-controlled guillotine-style exhaust powervalves. Claimed dry weight is 240 pounds with claimed horsepower at 130 bhp. Rare bike: this prototype, 1 OOOccthree-cylinder BMW never made it into production - instead, the four-cylinder K100 was built and sold. is available from Ron Millard at 309/444-4583 . A representative o f Vanson Lea th ers will be hold in g a n open house a t Mot or cycles Un li mi ted. 5776 Pa radi se Dr. , Co n e Madera. Ca liforn ia o n Frida y. Februa ry I a nd Saturda y. February 2 to d isp la y Va nson 's line of road racin g a nd to u ring lea thers. Pro fessional m easu r ing a nd design help wi ll be a vaila ble. More in format i on c a n be h ad by ca ll i n g 4 l5/924-032i . Laguna Seca Battle of the Twins winner John Williams will campaign Ducatis owned and prepped by Dale Newton on the entire 1985 BoTT road racing circuit. Bales Industri es has expa nded their racing cont in gency p rogram for 1985 AMA dirt track and roa d racin g events. Incl uded in th e $35.000 program this year are provisions for P ro-Am class roa d racing and Jun ior class din track N at ion al s. For more detail s. . contact Bat es Indust ri es. 636 West 16th SI.. Long Beach. CA . 90801. 213/ 435-6551. This year's Daytona Speed Week will include the Fifth Annual His toric Grand Prix for vintage racing motorcycles. For 1985, the Ughtweight division has been divided into four sub-groups, and two new classes have been added for pre1950 racers and early to mid1970 Formula 750 four-strokes. For entry and rules information, contact the AMA, Amateur Activities Dept. , P.O. Box 141, Westerville, OH 43081, 614/891 -2425; for info on the Formula 750 class, contact Rob Iannucci at 718 /596-0504. _T he Associati on of Am eri can Mo torcycle Road Racers (AAMR R) will be using a co m p u terized rid er entry a nd sco ri ng system a t a ll futu re events to record ra ce entry da ta . p ro vide grid shee ts. and p roduce fin al results. T he AAMRR is ma kin g the sof tware available to o the r raci ng org-anizat io ns who mav be interested . For more in for mation write AAM RR . 268 East St .. Heb ron. CT 06248. 203/228-3863. Before decid!ng on the fi~e-valves-P!lr-cyl!nderin line-four FZ750 engine, Yamaha engineers expenmented With this seven -valves-pe r-cylinder Vfour w ith eight spark plugs and four double-barrel carburetors. The engine revved to 20,000 rpm and featured an alternator positioned between the cylinder banks. The close-up view shows the top of the cylinder head, w ith the cam cover and camshafts removed . Don't leave home without it: Dunlop will soon be offering through its dealers the "Dunlop Service . and Tire Card. " Motorcyclists will be able to use the Dunlop card like a conventional credit card to charge t ire, service and accessory purchases at participating Dunlop dealers. For more information, see your local Dunlop tire dealer. Riders wish in g to participate in th e Wedn esd a y. Ma rch 6 . AMA CSS Ama teur road race p rogram a t Daytona Internationa l Speedway during Cycle Week shou ld not e th e event is p re-ent ry o n ly. For entries co n tac t AMA CSS. P .O . Box 44i. Skyla nd . NC 28776. i04/ 684-429i. (Co ntin ued /0 page 24 ) 3