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ENDURO
Roeseler rips in
Oklahoma
SUPERCROSS
La Rocco lands first win
in Las Vegas
Harris scores Dallas
. Amateur victory
6
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ROAD RACE
Polen pounds out win
in Spain
10
TRIAlS
Basis best at Bri tish
World Trials rou nd
14
MOTOCROSS
Schmit, Martens triumph
in the GPs
16
CROSS COUNTRY
Hough tops
Penn sylvani a G NCC
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20
RIDI NG IMPRESSION
Laverda's awesome V-6
24
BEHI ND THE SCENES
At the U.S. GP with
Oliver and Petersen
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0
' DRAG RACE
Schul tz gets the breaks
at Southern Nationals
Roger Weston
Ani U.S.A.
Daytona, FL
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I thought you might be interested
to learn that, at a time when California
is in the midst of passing a helmet law,
the Florida State Senate is considering
a proposal to allow motorcyclists to
ride wi thout helmets one day a week
(Sunday) during daylight ho urs.
Portions of the debate were broadcast over Orlando's Publ ic Broadcast
in g System station, WMFE-FM. o n
April 19.
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ON THE FRONT PAGE:
Multi-time ISDE gold medal ist Larry Roeseler scored the overall win at the
opening round of the National Championship Reliability Enduro/ISDE
Qualifier Series in Tulsa, Ok laho ma. Coverage begins on page 20. Photo by
Mark Kariya/ Dirt Rider.
America's weekly motorcycle newspaper
If anyone has any doubts abo ut J ohn
"Cassius" Kocinski's ridi ng abi li ty,
j us t th ink abo ut the severe handicap
that he is riding under. Try road racing
with your foo t in your mouth.
Jerry McDonald
Corpus Christi, TX
Happy winner
I wou ld lik e to thank Cycle N ews
for havi ng printed the KT M bike
giveaway inse rt, I was the lucky winner
of Dan Smith's KTM 500. That ma de
me a believer.
Thanks agai n to Cycle News, and
to Scot Harden of KTM and Bill
Williams of The Din Brok er.
M. Tallent
Boulder, CO
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