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HUSQVARNA WINS AGAIN. AND AGAIN. AND AGAIN. .~ rJ .~ (Above) Author Sweeney and his Armstrong. (Below) Crashes .and failures turned 43 starters into 17 finishers. the corner, left the back end of the bike hanging out all the way around in a long power slide at about 70 mph. They scallered like a flock of chickens as ) slid into the check in a cloud of dust. Most gratifying. Even more so was the news that I'd finished third that lest and 11th overall on the old nail thaI everyone had sniggered at at the start of the event. Balestrieri, who had just tied up the overall win from another Italian, the faster and more flamboyant but less predictable Angelo Signorelli, even lent me his works Honda to go for a few beers. He turned down a ride on the Armstrong though. "No, no, ) believe, is fanlasticot" he protested. And, joking aside, it had been. ) had tightened the spokes regularly, topped up the TRM every night, changed the spark plug and the air filter twice each and made a token attempt to check nuts and bolts after each day's ride.) hadn't even swapped the rear Barum enduro cover in the whole 2500 miles. The chain had been adjusted three times and that was it. While everyone else had been working on their bikes. I had been at the bar or asleep. Apart from in tight corners and on rocks, the big lump had handled amazingly well and, despi Ie its low eat height, was a real submarine on water crossings, only stopping once the whole time. The British Army appears to have a damn good bike. Would I do it again? Too right! The phrase: "Experience of a lifetime," is an overworked cliche, but just at the moment I can'l think of a better one. If you ever get the chance, try a "raid." • May 11 was a good day fiJr us. ADd a lei}' long day fOr the compeODoa. Mad HJde kicked tbiDp c:lf when be woo the ANAl WISCCO J.OO.milcr H2!e Scrambles in West ViIginia fOr the fotmh ooosccutive time. Mad: and his 400 Enduro crossed the Iinc a good rour minutes ahead of the IlCltI finisher. Who just happened to be Husqvama rider and 250cc cia winner Fred Hocss. We were thrilled. Our competition wasn't. Then it was Tctry Cunningham's turn in Ohio. Ie. won the very tough BucIceye 150 National Championship Enduro in Athens aboard his Husqvama 430 Automatic. We: thought that was great. Again, our competition didn't. Finally, in the Ca1i1i>mia desert, Dan Asbaaft and his 5OOCm5s-Coumrywoothe AMA 0-37 H2!e Scrambles at Red Mqnm in bf 3'IJ point.-- minmrs At this getting pm:ty elIc:iIled. Our mmpc:titioo was probably glad the day was finally over. Mark, Terry and Dan each won with a diflacnt modc:1 Husqv.nna designed 1i>r their specific rypc: of taee. Because no matter what kind of competition our team ridetS are in, they know their Husqvama's hand-welded chrome: moly Stcc:l &arne, Ohlins shock, new front 1i>rk and ulaa-dc:pc:ndable: e:ngine: won't let them down. So visit }'OUI' dealer and get an '86 Husqvama of }'OUI' own. We can't promise: you you'll win three taeCS in one day-but bccwsc E did, you'D mow you coukl ~. METZELER Husq= Motorcycle Company 4925 Mercury Strce:t San Diego, CA 92111 Husqvarna THE FINA STEP UP .HI"!!~! Congrafulafi ~~;t~=:.:;~r::,:' ON 44053 (216) 244-4101 ., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (916) 635-2141 4lI 35