Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

FAST CATS FROLIC ON -Mcre low en d torque - M ore to p end RPM e m cre m ileage per gal. - M ore reliable - Mi ni m um ma in tenance - Work s in any position POSA . Carburetor $49.95 Custom bri ght polish finish. add $10 . I dlin g screw , add $ 5 .0 0. F rom your local dealer or Posa En terpr ises. 7530 E. Jack son Paramoun t . Ca. 90723 (2131 634 -3412 - K&G,...engineering _~ FRA ME MODI FICATI ONS Prod uc t io n prices no w ava ilab le f o r Yamaha DT·l, RT·l , CT·l, AT·l & Suzuki 400 & Hodaka 100 Other makes & mo dels alt ered per your spe cs at slightly h ighe r cost 2353 San Fernando Rd. P.O. Box 65735 Los Angele s Calif.90065 (213) 222-8778 new & us ' :1 ESO SPEE DW BIKES l .A.P. P.G.'s& ~ eds C ycle s 8 S. Main FIUb:-ok, Ca li f . 92028 , 714) 728-8638 DUCATI "8~" By Buzz WIUUNGTO;,;, CA L ., March 31, 1972 - I really wasn' t read y for the huge turnout of riders and fans th at made the scene at the beach tonight. Being Good Frida y , th e end of th e Easter week, I was lo oking for a small sho w , but the ' Looney Lions Fast Cats sh ow is j ust too good to p ass up. I was talki ng t o a gentleman duri ng the short intermissio n. and since this was his first t ime to wat ch moto c ro ss, he wanted to k now h ow mu ch mo ney those yo u ngs te rs were racing for. When told t h at th e Juniors an d Intermed iat es we re racing for trophies only, h e wal ked aw ay mutte rin g so m e th ing like, "What th e h ell would they d o if they w ere riding for money". If th ere was another moto cro ss event being run in Southern" California tonight, it had to be a pretty sh ort show. .Just about every top-rated Expert aro und these parts checked in at Lions; Hart, T h orw a ld so n , Rapp, Cram, Bowe r, Zahrt , Hershey , R odger s, Pessy, etc . T im Hart is getting the feel of h is new sunburst-finned Maico, b ut he hasn't got it wired . He t raded wi ns with Bo b Hershey's CZ in th e first two rounds and th en came o n in th e final moto to notch first overall in th e 500 's . Hershey came in fo r second and Mike Cram , back in action h ere , go t a h ard -fo ugh t th ird o n h is new Maico. T he 25 0 Expert cla ss was won by Baty Bob Hershey with l1art sec ond , and Tom Rapp, b ack in business on a new Bultaco, getting the third spot. There wa s a bunch o f hard ac t io n in the last tw o rounds. In th e sec ond moto l1art was push ing lead er H ershey h ard, I was standi ng at the edge of th e trac k on th e inside of tu rn one, pannin g with Hersh ey as I}e en te re d the t u rn . Hart was about five feet b eh in d Bob . .Just as I triggere d t he shot o f Her sh ey, Hart d ro pp ed it , and headed straight at me. I reall y tho ug h t I had d one b ought th e farm, bu t m y feet re sp onded to the fra n tic pleas of m y p ani c-stricken mind and I m an aged t o avoi d th e slid ing Hart and what lo o ked t o b e a 250 l\laic o th e siz e o f a Greyh ound bus. In th e third round, Hart and Dave Rodgers tangled in turn one, both riders and both bikes d oing a lot o f tumb lin g. Hart was up at once, but Rodgers wasn't moving and it didn't look good. Dave's Bu ltaco had come to rest with th e wheels pointing st ra ight up , perc h ed o n the seat and h andleb ars, the wheels st ill t u rning. The am bulance atte nda nts go t Dave 's h at off and started talking to him, b u t it took a few moments before Dave res ponded. He wasn't serio usly injured, b u t he didn' t know who o r where h e was for sometime. Hart restarted with the rest of the fiel d , b u t Da ve cal led it a ni gh t. ( Resu lt s on p age 56) RACING CASTOR $985 FRANCHISE INVESTM ENT Will pu t yo u in business with 1600 worth o f merchandise fro m th e nation's fastest gr owing Motorcy cle parts and ac cessories c o rp o ra t io n . . 1,000 ,000 new cylist s per year are clamoring fo r o u r 197 2 tr end settin g. safe , fun-fill ed. pri ced right line of h igh qualit y c usto m and com petit io n products. " Blendzall" Corporat ion has posted a to tal of $1S,700 contingency award mo ney fo r 19 72 A.M .A. N ational wi nners that win with "B lendzall" and display the " Ble nd zalt" stick er. T he awards to cover T .T ., shor t track, road race, and motocross nationa l events. The following If yo u 're not interested in earning winners S 10 00 p er m onth m ini mum, don 't answer this ad. St ake yo u r geograp hic claim now .. avail ab le areas lim it ed. 1971 Trans A.M.A. totaling $3150 .00: Write .. . Inte rnational Motorcycles, Inc orp o rated Box 74 1 - La nc ast e r , Pa. 176 0 4 received " Blendzall" awards Sylvain Geboers, Roger De Co ster . Joel Robert, Adolph Weil, Werner Schutz. " BlendzaU" awards received totaling $600.00: Kenny Roberts , Ginger Molloy and Howard Lyngaard. " Blendzall" distributors and d ea lers have the stickers and the " Blendzall" products. _________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ J ~'B~4" · Corpo tor pnc l''- So>nd Chp<1l o r mON>V ordEo r 10 SPOR TS T SHIR TS , I SPORTS T SHIRTS r Beaver T ooth Ch ain Break er . For q uick chain repairs - do n' t be wit ho ut one! Fits righ t in yo ur pocket. w eighs only 1% ounces and work s with a 10mm w rench... Do n't walk back. carry a Beaver (HopI 3 15 212CU! V.c tor- Bl vd y ~:;'~~H ' "' 2.J il 88J - ~60 100' s Put on B est Show By Elai ne ] o nes PERR IS , CAL., March 18, 19 72 - The third heat thus giving Br ad th e w in and 10 0 A mateur/Expert cla ss provided th e Mr . R ay second. Craig Harbin was third. b est sho w at the Perris TT Sc rambles Ed dy Bus o n won th e second d ivision Saturday night, and, putting c re di t o f 100 Novices which was also graced wh ere c red it is d ue, Pryo r Ca mpbell put b y th e o nly female o n th e sce ne , forth th e b est effo rt . Pryor, a Perris Roch ell e Blyth e, wh o d id a fine j ob a nd Amate u r was pitted against so me of th e fin ished with a fourth o vera ll for her best ultral igh tweigh ts in Distri ct 3 7 : efforts . Mark Ball a nd Greg Wilh it e we re second an d t h ird. R ic k Miln er, St eve Bales a nd Wayne Whisenant. Eve n th ough Pr yo r en de d up Doug Mason h as b een d ubbed b y h is fello w riders t h e Blo ck Man b ecau se o f wi th a fourth ove ra ll it wasn 't for lac k o f trying . He was gre at in the co rn ers h is straigh t up sty le of riding. T hey say b ut go t h is Suzu k i eat en up o n the he is like a robot : You wi nd h im up and straights by th e more powe rful he goes o ut an d w in s. Ask Paul Lam be rt Kawasak is, Ric k Miln er led the way all and Bob Ho sford . They had to chas e th ree motos but Steve Bales lo o ked like h im arou nd in th e 25 0 A m/Ex. cl ass. a good co ntend er fo r some future go O nly a few of the regul a r big bi ke ro u nd . Way.le Wh isen an t who was riders rode Saturday n igh t , deciding to having his problems wit h the k id on th e save their bikes for t he Point Ru n. T ad Suzuki. finis hed t hird. Willis had h is nig ht of glory but it was Brad Lynch and Donald Ra y had a hard fough t and Bob Greenstreet gave real mind bender going in the first the most fight. Bob did manage to ge t Division o f 100 Novices. Brad an d Don everything perking but it wasn't u n t il had a one-two fin ish the first race a nd a the last m oto a nd it was to o late. Tom first place dead heat th e second moto Jarnagon ro un d ed out the field . whi ch held the door open fo r a first Dave Racine and Bill Trott took the place t ie the third ro und. Fortuna.4l'ly.·op wins in th e two ~ fl!)vitu enoeos... I""\ . . ...... I un fortunately, Donald b lew h is b ik e the ( Results on page 5 6) I')·(

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