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714 /870.5243 .. ~ C> e, ... '" Motorcycle Corporation 172 Freed om Aven ue Ana he im, California 92801 '" . ::; ~ Move u p to awasaki Or move over for those who have. 00 See you r nearby dealer in Orange. Los Angeles. R,versidf!'. San Beena-dmc ...ld Ven tura CountIes " - ~ - . . D& S Motorcy de Carriers 3332 Rota S t . La Crescen ta Ca l.91 214 (21 3 ) 2 4 8·285 0 By Steve King POMPANO, FLA . - An other page in the long d ist ance cyclin g record b oo k was written recently , right on the h eels of simil ar, we ll-pub licized transcontinental runs b y Woo ds, By num and Blanton. Amidst derisive jeers and catcalls always accompanying outlandish feats of daring, famous So uth Florida end urance rider, Miles Perday rode into the hear ts of stunned wi tnesses while setting a new under (way under) 50cc cross city record. Perday, his record making equipage tr ansported in t oto b y van to th e sou th side o f Pompano , trundled off sh arpl y at 2 :30 int o the ma ze of traffic ah ead. By 5 :3 7, he was safel y ac ro ss the finish lin e in nort h Pompan o after grueling ~ . -5imichrome \1 ~ Shines Suddenly ' j ~ ~ s jJ; _ From out o f the . .. well, from o ut o f no plac e we've ever ~ heard of ...Perda y d raws a bead on one of the m an y photographers who dogged him all the way . . II , hon.y CHEMICALS Can $1 .45 713 Estos Stroet Iowa Fa lls . Iowa 50126 ~~u~~R~RIv~EST SUZUK I GENUINE PARTS AND KIT ·PARTS THROUGH OUR MAll ORDER DEPARTMENT . DEPT. CN-W P.O. BOX 2446 SANTA FE SPRINGS CALIF. 90670 , Hea dlight dangling after a head-on crash with a spaced-out moth, the trus ty mo un t rolls t o a st op amidst cheers from an almost ,......,..-- - uncon t ro llab le crowd. .~- I Si.michrome ~~ ~ "' I . an s quick as a bunny (C /I' OMPETITION Tube S1 • .. 1'1'1',1'" ..... ATTENTION ADVERTISERS! Announcing the BIG CYCLE NEWS ISSUE f or the CYCLE WORLD SHO W IN FOUR COLORS! ONE DF THE BIGGEST ISSUES EV ER! Will contain a guide to all the booths in the show AD D EADLIN E MARCH 29 .1'11'1111111111'.... . miles of exposu re to the ele ments and p ersonal danger. What drives a ma n to seek his limi t? UI wanna be a star," sighed Per day , during a brief autograph session following his asphalt adventure. T he mac h ine which conquered the Go ld Coast is no exotic o ne-off, either. The entire serv icing consisted of merely fitting heavy duty rear shocks, a powerful lamp and supplemental fuel. "The suspensio n kept bottoming and catching the hair o n m y legs, before switc hing the shocks", ex p lained Perday. Lighting remained un used since the record ru n finis hed impressively, with minutes to spare before sundown. (The 340,000 candlepower Farina GT lamp was later turned on by accident, burning up every inch of wiring on the bike.) Unfortunately, the spare gas was to no avai l. as the ex-C lorox bottle pro mptly melted less than five min utes into the trip. A fter the run, Perday, now temporarily deaf from the constant howling of auto horns and visibly cramp ed , related highlights o f the ride in an uncomfortably loud voice. "It was a grind. All those cars acing me off the road. I almo st lost my cool once when this biker kept challenging me for three blocks. I shook him after a while. I guess he got tir ed of pedaling." "Those Junior high perverts were the wo rst. holding onto th e machine like that. Lost a latta time dodgin g ' ern. " Perday announced his immediate retirement from long distance riding later in the evening, after receiving no contacts fro m an y local advertisers. , . w Z W ..J U >U