Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

OFFICIAL RACING TEAM H O T HATS fo r CZ , MAI CO, HUS KY, SUZUKI , YA MAHA , BU LTACO , HO NDA, KA WASAK I , T R IU MPH , HARLEY , PENTON . FACTORY EMBLEMS AND COLORS "A CYCLE NEW S PROD UC T" SEND $1.00 to HO T HAT S to P .O . BOX 663 .•EL TORO , CA Ll F09~~~~. Gary Bailey· Ciiff Carr· G Chaplin ary Jimmy Chen· Jon Ciener • Sonny Defeo lYon DuHamel· Dave Evans· Jimmy Evans Pat Evans· G Fisher· Len Fitch · Ron ary G rant· Jerry G reene • Fred Gull ner • Ray H empstead· Ted Henter • Barry Higgins Ake Jonnson • Ga ryJones · Piers K arsmakers Brad Lackey · Peter Lamppu • M Lane ike Doug Libby · K Liebman · Johnny Long urt H Maisch'· Jeff March • Duane Me· ans Daniels · Steve McLaughlin . Bart Meyers Ron Muir · John Nash · Jody Nicholas G Nixon· Chuck Palmgren. Dr Bob ary . Pepper· Ro n Pierce· Car Raybo rn· Phil Read· Bob Rechtenwold • Kenny Roberts John Sartorious • Tom Schroeder· Me rle Shanks· Paul Smart· Dave Smith· Conrad Urbanowski • Denny V arnes· Jimmy W einert· Peter W illiams ~.. 't, ~ ~t _ . Spec ify size S , M, L and T EA M. Ca lif . r esidents add 5 %. Dea le r inq ui ries invit ed. ClJ ELMET HOUSE • DEALER S S E ND FO R CA TALOG. CongratUlations Baymare Mud-O-Cross . b y A rt Co x MOORPARK, CA L., Feb. 4 , 19 73 - It p oured m o s t of th e day Sunday, as a light turn out of ride rs slip pe d an d slid durin g th e a ll class "!\I u d -O -C ro ss." With Experts co m p e tin g for a 600.00 cash p u rse an d n o vices running for 40% tro phies, the most exceit me n t one could w ish fo r was watch in g (an d some ti me s wonder in g) wh o th e lu c ky rider (some m o tos only h ad tw o fin ishers) would be 10 com p le le a mal a . Be fore it gOI rea l slippery, a co up le of th e Expert ev en ts gave the sp ectato r so me ra cing t o w atc h ra ther than th e la ughs th at seeme d to d omin a te th e day. Gen e Cannad y (li on) was fir st o ff the lin e in th e Open Expert but Mike Todd (!\Iai) led going in to the bowl a t th e bo t to rn of th e sta r t h ill . T h ree la ps later, Can nady was seen tryin g to s tar t h is' bike b y th e esse s, Whil e d o in g so Ra y Lop ez (Mai) m ov ed into secon d . T odd, in th e m ea n tim e . w as s tre tc h in g o u t h is lead . By t h e time the c hec ke red fell tw en t y minutes la te r, he w as w a y in fro n t o f Lop e z and Can n ady. In th e seco n d m ot a , Lop ez grabbed th e lead w ith Tod d runnin g se con d an d Jim Me rci e r (Mai) in third sp o t . Cannad y w as secon d fo r a sh o r t time u n t il h is b ik e d eve loped th ro ttle p roblems d roppin g h im o u t o f m o to tw o . As th e ch ec ke red fe ll, it w as Lop ez, T odd and Mercier. On Iv tw o rn o t o s we re ru n after ride rs voted io e limina te the third b ecau se o f trac k condi ti ons . i\ t o t o rsp o Tt rules state th at the h ighest p o si tion in th e secon d m olo will break a tie. Taki ng h ome th e firs t through th ird Expert cas h wa s Lopez, T odd (w h o is o n a n ew rad ia l fin Maico and b ears w a tchin g) an d Mercier. Only seven of the e le ve nt 25 0 Experts we re a ble to com p lete both rno tos and a ll sev en were c as h recip ients KONI for th eir e ffo rts. Ti m Lunde (CZ ) with a fir st and third w on fi rst o ve ra ll cash . Ma ti Bilton (Ma i) lo o k secon d o ve rall, an d ge t th is; Ken Zah rt ( Bu l) with a tw el fth an d a firs t was th ird o verall! Ron Blan t on (C Z ) w ith IWo c o n sistan t fo urt hs h ad on ly enough p oin ts fo r a four th overall. D u rin g th e 12 5 E x pert m oro s, Ca rl Wilson [Mnk] easily wo n firs t ., w ith Frank M ath ew s ( Bu l) , second. (T h e re we re only tw o entered. ] The secon d m o t o p ositi ons we re reversed. an d a ga in because o f the hi gh est last m oto positi on br eaking tie s; Ma thews wo n first o veral l m oney . Ron Ros e (Mn k) had no co mpe ti tio n all day as he d o min a ted the 125 Intermedia te cl ass fo r tw o wi n s. A few N ovices th a t lo o ked go o d a ll day w er e - .J o h n Wo zni a k wh o pl o we d th rough th e m ud o n h is CZ fo r Iwo firs ts in th e Open class ; Steve Co u tl s (S u z] wh o w on th e 250 class a nd Fo st er C has e ( S u z) who , w i th s h eer d ete rm in at ion , wo n th e 10 0 cl ass a fte r s talling in th e mud severa l t im es in eac h m o to . makes it big! 12010 W. PICO BLVD., lOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90064 PHONE (213) 479-4383 MAVRICK At the National Road Races,Enduros, Dirt Tracks, Mota-Cross, \ as well as the nation's turnpikes and cow-trails! KDN I hydraulically adjustable shocks are engineered to replace standard units when improved road-holding. cornering and handling are desired. Enjoy eat like traction. on and off·the·road, with " bnlt-an" KDNI shocks. KON ls give you that extra control. stability and comfo rt at any speed over all types of terrain. Only KON ·I ' s competi t ion te sted and proven shocks offer a patented adjusting feature, in addition to spring pre-load, that permits the owner of any type of bike a "custnmized" ride. S everal rid ers m e n tio n ed th at mud raci n g was th e m o st fun th ey e ver h ad w hi le se ve r a l men tio ne d uri -m en ti o n a bl es. D ue resp ec t h as to go 10 th e litt le an d m edi um-size b ik e rid ers. T h e O pe n cl ass sta r te d with twelve; six finished th e firs t rna t o an d onl y two wer e a ble 10 co m p le te th e secon d! 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In stoc k the new "M avrlck" 5-w ·adjustable ay heavy duty shocks , rebuiidable luslrous .." chrome springs , 111.2· or 121 length a vai Iable. Center to ce nter 01 eyes 3'7" trav e l. We Pay Postage on Prepa id Orders. Ca lilornia Res ident s add 5% lor sa les tax NOW ....NEW ADDED W .. ARRANTy ...... 1/ the sea l lalls on any MAV RICK unit' within 90 days /rom date 01 purchase we " ill replace the sea l Iree. P.S. Does anybody e lse do t his ? M O T O RC YCL E CA RR IERS 3332 RETA STREET lit Crescenta. Calif. Postal liD to-e $1121': Car Frame MAVRICK DOES IT AGAIN (213) 248-2850 Att aches 10 pair Take advanbge 01 the best buy of the year. SPOOL HUBS, 40 hole wit h 5/ 8" bearings Included. Best alloy with chrome like linish. : I ~ , ~ :11 ' ';[ "":Cb~ , I E·Z ON/ OFF ~ l O'.O R.\M P • '. 'I .. -,... $10°0 on this . . . introductory s~\,,o

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