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Cycle News 1972 05 16

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to M '" '" '" Q. N .... '" ::; '" ~ w Z W ...l U 1972A M X T CALENDARS Expansion chamber f or new model 2 50 only . Gua rantee d to out perfo rm all oth e r CZ p ipes , $35.00 - with muffler , $42.50. $3.95 Help support the American Motocross Team Send check o r money or to: Folding pegs, with mach ined serrated ends. Absolutely the strongest, $14.95 . Limited supply • >U WOW!! More Voices NOW AVAILABLE CZ RIDERS ONL Y Co unte rshaft sp rock et cover to meet A MA require m e nts. All riders in A MA even t s must have one . Easily inst alled, $ 3 .9 5. CYCLE NEWS Products Box 498 Long Beach, Ca. 90801 Dept. CNP PRID DY PIPE SHOP 609 B. St ad ium Dr. East Ar lington , T e xas 76011 (817 ) 265 -7501 Dealer inquiries inv ited To st ay in co ntentio n it is impossib le to st op an d clean yo ur front number plate be fo re chan ging ride rs. Did anybody both er to look at th e righ t nu m b e r pl ate ? There is one there also. A coup le o f wi ves ap p roach ed on e o f th e sponso rs 10 see if they needed help . The sponso r ' s response w as: "Givc these b as tards their rnonev b ac k." Th at w as o u t o f line. . The o nly "S aturday Madness" is th e p eople wh o ru n th e race . I elil1; racing o u t a t Fre mont even for fun , bu t b y n o m e an s can y ou ca ll i t a fu n race wh en m o st or lh e cl asses are ·fu ll o f top ac e S cram ble riders. I've seen ride rs and p it crew keep track o f th eir ow n pl ace-which was first-a nd then at th e finish find o u t fro m th e scorer th at they (Co ntinue d fr o m page 4) came in fourth pl ace w he n no b ody p asse d them , BUI w hat m a kes this m ore disgusting is 10 find ou t th at th e top three wh o cam e in ah ead of th em were very good fri ends o f you know who.. .. R . S ILVA ELSINORE GRA ND BUMMER JU SI got th rough reading an a rticle in the L os Angeles T im es ab out th e Elsin ore G rand Pri x . Abo ut the 20 held , th ey were m o stly o u tl aw cy cl is ts. a t le a st accord ing to Capt. Ru ssell H awk , co m m an d er o f the facility . It 's really a bummer! We can 't go any where w ithou t being h arrassed b y so m eon e , outlaw cy cl ists, people THEY'RE HERE AT LAST! Ultra ligh tweight , European mede . "Hvlen de r" alloy g as ten ks for Husq vem e Moter erose. Desert and Enduro mach ines Three Types Availab le : 1.8 Gallo n, 2.': Ga llon , end 3 Gallon Cepec itv Price On ly: 1.8 Gallon 2.4 G. llon 3.0 Gallon ~ .... . . $75 .00 $77 .00 . $79.00 All tanks are equipped Wit h Men l a-type qu ick. filler cap, sepe rete breat he r, bal. an ce prpe bet ween lobes. ga s tep an d ga s line fI tting et no ad dit ional ch arge. Ma nufact ured from 16 gauge , N.S.4 heavy duty. Ilghlwe lght aluminum alloy. us n19 the mo st mod ern we ldin g and man ufaCfun ng techn iques Each ran k is pre ssure tested. ind l' ,idua lly inspected and ready to bolt onto your Husky. 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Bo . 100:» 9 , Santa A n a , Calif . 92 11 1 By Maureen Lee St ill . it wasn"t all b ad . Sunday Well, it's a shame my co lu m n is always o ne week d own from wh at the m orn in g th e p it a rea w as supp ose d t o b e cu rre n t si tua tio n is, b ut so metim es it a ll clea re d o f everyone wh en th e Dirt gives yo u th e tim e to thi nk things o u t a Digge r con tingen t ar rived 10 se t up th ei r bi t an d ge t y our h ead cleared o u t .. .li ke pi ts as pe r ins tr u c tions in wh al was aft e r a n eve n t such as Elsino re . sup p osed ly a cleared area. A depu ty No w , n earl y a week la ter, I still ca n' t asked the m 10 w ail a l the ga te an d believe it. If you we re there y o u kn ow wa ded in and cle ared ou t th e w h o le wh at I m ean . I'm gla d it wasn "t a pl ace , then let th e o n es fo llo win g th e District race . If you re ad th e LA T i mes ru les in. acc ou n t of the even t lhey d id a 10 0 G rady L aff e rty ' s In te rn a tio n al Rac in g percen t job o f d oi n g u s in . Th anks C rew as usu al had com mu n ica t io n s well T imes. May all you r rab b iIs di e ! (O ld under hand, a nd w hatever m o n ey they Eng lish curse) . BUI h urray fo r got for th at race , Elsin ore sho u ld d oubl e KA BC-TV's Kei th J ac kso n . After h is it . I' ll tell y ou ano the r thing (da m , b ut co m m e n ts on th e race he als o said this soap b ox is c rea king) , I h ave n eve r so me th ing to the effect th at it was a gone to a rac e covered by the m where p ity th at a few bums cou ld give all w he n I n eeded information I d idn't get m otorcyclis ts a b ad name . T h ank you it right o n the spot. In Fac t , they eve n sir, w e need all the h elp we can get ! go o u t o f th e ir wa y to m a k e sure I kn o w Especially from rep orte rs su ch as wh a t has ha ppened if so me th in g goes y ou rself, wh o find ou t w ha t th e facts w rong, A bit d iffe rent fro m o ne time a t a re b e fore spouting ou t e i th e r in print ano the r even t w he n going to inquire o r ove r the ai r. abou t a fri e nd wh o h ad cra shed an d th e Mai co's Frank Cooper and I h ad a guy ru n ni ng the co m ma n d p o sl literall y long lalk S u n day abou t the race . closed the d o or in my face. A h , well, we Co ntrary to wh a t so me p eople th in k all h ave o ur d ay s. th e re' s n ever b een an y con flic t b e tw een Well , it's a ll over n o w. A to tally myself an d Maico o r th ei r rid er s. I'm unreal sce n e. There 's liab le 10 b e so rry I've neve r h ad the ch ance to even another un re al sc e n e , Jim Fox e sai d th a t tal k 10 Mai c o's n u mber o ne , J e ff Sexton if you c u t the co urse th ey 'd c a tch you . as I w as o u t of th e sce ne so much lasl We ll. rid er s wer e d oing ju st tha t an d year.. .b u t I'm ge t t in g off co u rse . Fran k . knock ing a t least four minutes o f th eir wh o w as o ne of the sm a ll teams w ho laps b y neatl y disregarding the trail in handled Ca talin a, h ad so me commeo Is th e b o on ies al the fa r en d o f th e la ke . If on th e Elsin ore even t th at I th o u gh t the re wasn ' t a chec k the re, as prom ised , wer e excelle n t and t ol d hi m wi th th ank s th ere's go ing 10 b e a lo t of ira te ri ders that I was goi ng to print so me o f them w ho did ad here to th e trail an d w at ch ed w hich rela ted t o th e safety of th e ride rs in di sgu st as o thers sho t o ff in to n o an d that 's what ma tte rs, the rider. ma n' s lan d a nd ou t of sig ht. Bo o ! • For ins ta nce . a t th e e nd of t~al lon g I gOI some n ice q u otes 10 0 from pit straight there should h ave been so me No r-Vil's Mi ke .Jackson (w ho al one type of an escap e road set up , As Frank time was the no torious Hap S p o o n s p ointed o ut. shou ld a r ider lose his when the columns were cl ean -cut and brakes or a chain a t full speed towards witty ) . lie t h o u g h t there shou ld the en d o f th at ru n it w ouldn't be very have been more p arental c o n ce rn over he alth y . •\ la rge w all o f h ay s till hurts allo wing o n e 's youngster to en ter on when you c ras h in 10 it fu ll bore! I know m in i-e n d u ro s wh en the big bikes were c ro w d control would be aw fu l under also ru n ning, me aning o f c o u rse the such a situ ati on h ut the Gripsters 250'5. The fast boys a re no t too fussy managed one year maybe m ore (I can't when passing, e sp eci a lly on the re me mbe r) to have an escape road. I mo u ntain road, an d ~ l ike witn essed a stood there and watched th e coup le of young' uns wh o got unglu ed as p roceedings . I I worked fine - and was they were blasted by b igger machines. u sed , to o ! A couple of la rge cops an d David Aldan a 's corn me n ts were j ust as so m e real m o to rcy cl e peop le can h andle good but they 're off th e record beca u se anv of th e othe r b reed wh o tend to so m e of them do n 't reall v conce rn the stan d in stup id pl aces. H ow a bou t run ni n g of th e race ! Bu'l h e d id ask sea ling o ff th e wh ol e d am tow n and w h e re the h ell did so me of th e ride rs get limitin g people to th ose wh o h ave th e ir licenses 10 rid e? Good p oint. In d efin ite in te res t in th e rac e? I t cou ld b e th e Expert class o n Sunday , a guy I d one. kn ow fla t to ld me thai th e c ha p sit tin g En trie s shou ld b e lim ited too. There tw o d own fro m him o n the lin e w as were j ust to o m an y b ikes fo r th e safe ty Idling eve ryone tha t this was h is first o f the ri d ers. T he s tar ts we re a race a n d he w as scared 10 d ea th o f the ni gh trn are an d alt h ough everyone o n th e star-t, but th e p oli ce s ta rt ed ask in g line wo r ke d lik e Trojans , th e an im a ls everyo ne to clea r th e a rea an d cl ear we cou ld n ' t be ke pt a t b ay . It was the firs t d id w ith o u t being a b le to check that Elsin o re wh ere I co u ld n ' t st and an d one o u t ! w a tc h the sta rt. Before m ore th o ugh ts "bou t that Fl aggers cam e u nde r scrutin y 10 0. wee ken d ge t me eve n bu ggier, my There j us t we ren' t eno ugh , :" 0 \ \ ' for a gra pevines h ave been wh isp ering that S 15 e n try fee a ri de r sh ou ld be ab le 10 avia tio n fu el is b ein g us ed in scr a mb les rely o n the fact th a t th ere a re en o u gh b ikes. Very in terest ing . A n y racer with flagmen . On a race o f th a t magnitude , so me rac ing e xperience b eh in d them to o many cou ld h ardly b e e no ug h . I'm knows w h at avia tio n fuel d oc s. (y ea h. p ro ud to say I saw m an y o f o u r District an d I kn ow it ' s ille gal to o an d ca n be riders in club co lo rs manning turn s caugh t in testing] b ut n ow I 'm star ti ng "because th e re w as n ' t anyone th er e an d to w onder if so me of th e bike fa ilu res we've go t o u r guys ou t th ere:' R a y we've h eard about rec ently cou ld n ' t be Biennan, o n e of o ur favo r ite peop le fo r ca u se d by usin g avia tion gas a nd not yea rs w as in cl u b colors in th c bein g ab le to get the gas . to-o il rati o d owntown section S aturd ay bU I u n correc tly figured n UL •• I' m re ferring to Sunday sa id h e'd h ad il h elpin g out. I' m rin g-d ings of co u rse . Hmmm. so rry if Ih e tru lh h urts , b ut wh y should We all kn o w h o w successfu l lhe riders h ave to rel y o n th eir b uddies to Can-Am car se rics arc w herc therc a re h elp o u t with l1ag p ositions an d crow d lillie if an y con tro ls ove r what yo u control when lhey e xpec t good ru n.._and Stirling I\10ss on ee said lhat if treaune nt fo r lh e m oney lhey pay to we didn't h av e an y rules lhen no-one enler. T heir budd ies want t o watch lhe cou ld c h ea l. A ny hmmm. Maybe race to o . n o t w ork i t~ Sterling is right !

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