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·TEti "Winning on a Husqvarna CR takes only one thing·· Danny -LaPorte YOU!" YEARS AGO Take it from Danny LaPorte, former National and World Motocross Champion who has raced everything from a 125 to a 500. The new 1985 Husqvama 250CR is missing only one thing to make it a winner and that's YOU! "There's a new frame which Barry Sheene returned to racing for the first tim e si nce his spectacu lar 170 mph Daytona get-off, en teri ng th e first ro und of th e Motor C ycle News SuperbikeChampionship at Ca ldweIl park, Eng la nd. Sh eene turned 10 laps, leading severa l. but retired when h is wrists began to bother h im. Rookie Expert Greg Sassaman led a 1-2-3-4 H arl ey-David son sweep in the fifth round of th e Camel Pro Seri es, th e San Jose Mil e. Riding only his seco nd mil e race aboard a "big" bike, Sassaman took th e lead from teammate Gary Scott on th e eigh th lap, to fin a Ily p ull away for a decisive victory on th e 18th lap. Rex Beauchamp fin ish ed in th ir d pl ace, with Mert Lawwill in fourth and Kenny Roberts p lacing fifth. The AMA acted on proposals result"ing fro m several months of investi gation, and passed major rule cha nges intended to strengthe n motorcycle road racin g. H ighl igh ts of the new AMA road race p ro gr am incl uded elimina tion of th e J un ior class, a nd increased emphasis on lightweigh t raci ng for Expert riders. Also incl uded in the new rule pa ckage was th e establis h ment of a V .S. Road Race Cha m p ionsh ip independent of the current Grand Nationa l format. get a lo t more. Like an Ohlins rear 'shockstandard equipment. Metzeler tires-standard . equipment. Magua levers-standard. Super narrow seat/tank combination-standard. Long-lasting forged aluminum piston. standard. Magnesium center cases-s-standard. Husqvama's limited warranty-standard equipment. Add it all up and you have a class w inner in both performance and value. Danny says it best. " I wouldn't ride the new Husqvarna CR unless I thought they could win. " The 250CR will take you as far as you want to go. From local hero to world champ. Hurry into your Husqvama dealer and ,. check out the 250CR. The motorcycles won't be there long. They 'llbe out with the winners. Husqvarna Motorcycle Company 49 2 5 Mercury Street / San Diego, CA 92111 is three to four pounds lighter," says laPorte. " It 's simpler, stronger and easier to comer than the Japanese bikes." After a fact ory visit in Sweden, Danny said, " The 250CR is handmade. They're pretty close to factory bikes bu t they las t longer and are higher quality." What more could yo u ask for ? Well, yo u - ....... Husqvarna ' THE FINAL STEP UP _ . Don Br own was nam ed Genera l Manager for th e Accessories Division o f Ka wasak i. A well-known figure in th e mot o rcycle indus try , Bro w n was fo rmer ly ed itor of Cycle magazine, head o f western ma rketi n g [or Triu m ph motorcycles , a nd Na tiona l Director of operations for V .5. Suz uki. At S uzu ki, Mr. Shigeru Su waki assumed the tit le of Executive Vice P resident, and appointed G en e Trobaugh as Sal es Director, Keith VanHarte as Advertising Director, Mi tsu o Koike as Pa rts Director, a nd William Leonard as Impo rt and Distribution Directo r. Mr. T. Shigenoya was named as manger of the new T echn ical Servi ce Depart men t. Privat eer w es Cooley took his Yamaha TZ700 to victory in the AFM roa d race at Ri verside, Ca li fornia , a head of Marty Lunde ' s Wi l H ard in g Yamaha. T he pair bested the efforts o f Jim Evans a nd h is factory Kawasaki, Pat Hennen o n a U.S . Suzukiba cked 750, George Roche's Action Fo ur Z-2, and even Harry Klinzmann's TZ350. Jim True .topped th e O pen class in the World Cha m pions h ip H ill cl imb held a t Deanza Cycle Park in sou thern Cal iforn ia, with Vince Bertolucci clinc h in g the 500cc clas s, an d Doug Hall claiming the 250cc class. True' s brother , Ron True, riding th e fas test . Norton to be found in hilfclirnbco m pe tition, pow ered over the top o f th e h iIl to recor d the longest freeflight of the day: 100 feet beyond th e cres t for th e bike, and 45 feet beyond the crest for T rue - without the. . .. , _ .co m pan y of the bik e. . ~ ~ ~ S LIP- ONS for. Both the900 &600models $199.00 See your local dealer - or call -'KERKER: 1·800-423-5246 (Calif. 1-800-382-3689) 7900 Deering Ave.• Cenoge Perk. CA 91304 .21