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CZ T EST (Contin ued from page 29) ~ w Z W ..J U >- U sh ie ld th e tires supplied a de q ua tely. S ome m ay wan t to put so me rubber lar ger th an 2.75 on th e fro n t and 4 .0 0 on th e rear. T he C Z w ou ld p ush them around okay , b u t the Ba ru ms su pplied w orked quite w ell . T he seat is regu lar CZ issu e an d wh ile we may just be u sed to sitt ing o n them. t he y do seem quite nice. Out on the ends of your a rms a re y o u r ha nds w..hi ch a re requi red to hold on to th o se un comfortable grips . Accessory man u fact urers , rejoice again ! The grips are very hard . A lso , the cables aren 't the grea test. T hen agai n, they' re no t the '\0' 0 rs t. A f ter tal kin g abou t the e ngi ne o n this C Z . th e se cond m o st in teres tin g su bjec t is th e handlin g. C Z h andlin g is n ice an d it is a lso confus ing. T h e fr on t en d works ex tre mely we ll an d seems to be vaguel y fo llo we d b y th e re ar. Of c o u rse , th e shoc ks d e live red o n th e " T C ZI " a re un accept a b le: 1':0 o ne sho u ld b lam e CZ as th c y rc all y d on't h av e th e b lac k slim e y, st uff to makc th em w o r k an y bet rer . T h e sto c k n um b ers h otto m a lo t , sp ring ba ck h ar d and d on ' t d am p e n enough. S o , y o u rep lace th e m . Konis do a lo t to con t ro l th e re a r w h eel p ogo stick and it would see m that a slightly m o re rigid swingarrn mi ght d o so me m o re good . The re ar en d lik es to wa g aro un d a w h o le hu n c h, hut the ap p lication of p owe r kee ps it beh in d th e fro nt an d th e majo r sensa tio n is a maze m e nt. How c an a re ar e nd b oun ce that much w h ile o ne still re ta in s con tro l and d irec tion ? In sh ort, d ifferen t sh ocks w ould h el p e ven th ough n oth in g to o terrible see ms t o h appen . The fro n t en d is un ch an ged wh ic h is all fo r th e bette r. Th e fro nt e nd of a CZ w orks just su per. -r he CZ co m e rs very predic t abl y . That me ans it d o es wha t you a re thin kin g about. It works with you very n icel y . I t 's one o r th ose b ikes on wh ich a person can say to h imself, " I thi nk I'll stuff it in about th er e : ' an d ' m ira cu lously that is j ust what happens. As you come out of th e c o rn e r yo u just dial on th e power and round things off. Neat, an d co n fid enc e-in sp irin g too. When yo u w an t th e front wheel up it is th ere w ith li llie m ore th an a wh im. The fo r ks w o r k to geth e r with the fron t brak e in ke epin g th e ti re o n th e g ro u nd e n t e ring bumpy co m ers. Nobody m a kes much of a th in g abou t CZ forks. Th ey w ork w ell an d might be th e m os t unde rrated e n t it y in mo to rcycledo m, R id ing th e CZ is fu n and easy. I t is bo th th e N ov ice 's an d th e Expe r t's m achine. Mo st o f li S can go fa st er soone r and m o re o ft en o n a CZ . T im e has p ro ven it to b e b u llet pro o f an d th e new one see ms to b e n o e xc ep tion . Ever try ' 10 fin d so meone wh o ca n re build a CZ cra n k ? CZ is ge lling close to o ffe ri ng y o u a m ot oc ro ss m a ch in e wh ich' cxce Jls to th e ul tim at e limi t or th eir ava ila b le m a te rial s, an d th e changeab le it e ms a re n o w ge ll ing we ll within b ounds. With M ike R un y ard and B rad L ack ey in F lo rida. the n eeded accessories it will cos t y o u a bit m ore than so me , b ut it will o ffer m ore , t o o . Wh y don 't th ey c all. it a Grand Pri x re p lica ? It really looks lik e a "works " b ike. WINTER A MA Z ( Contin ued f rom Page 22) of to p riders lik e Ricky J orrlan . Tom Rap p an d Joh n ny Borders h ad proble m s in their qualifiers an d didn't m ake it. T he qualifier s w er e wild b attles as riders h a d to ride WFO j ust to quali fy . Top rid er for the day was Steve Stac kable who powe re d h is C Z to se c ond p la ce in b oth o f th e fe ature ra ces to net the o verall win , an d p robab ly •. pay h is e x penses fo r the we e k. S teve and e very oth er , N ovi ce ride r in atte n dan ce exh ib ite d en thusiasm wh ich fe w of th e Experts sh ow . Man y of th em a re foll owin g th e se rie s in order to q ua lify f o r th e Nati onal a t Dayton a but la test w ord fro m th e AMA is th at it will n ot n ecessary t o run th e Fl o rida Se rie s for a N o vic e to qualif y for Day to na. N ow , they can go b ac k h ome an d run ou tlaw races un til D ay ton a time. MO ORCYCLE PARK 15814 Tierra Rejada Rd. MOTOCROSS · MOOR/PARK FEB. 17 & 18 SR 125-250-500 JR125-250-500 The second in a series of four w ith the grand finals on Easter OPEN RIDING 7days ~ QUALIFYING SAT.17th FINALS SUN.18th CRC (Contin ued f rom page 11) th o se over-So-year-o ld com pe titors wh o d on 't kn ow when to qui t . T he on ly easy race cam e in th e 25 0 class, w h e re Chuck Berr y (Y am) w as a gra n d sla m win n er. Bill y Me acham (Zun), tu rne d steady ridi n g i n to vic tory over Francis Chris tensen (Pe n) , in the 0 -17 5 divisi on. Christensen to ok firs t pl aces on his first and thi rd m o te s, but fa iled to finish h is secon d m o t o . Meach am to o k se con d pl a ces on hi s fir st an d th ird m oto , but gr abbed a fir st on th e se cond m o ta and a first p lac e o ve ral l fin ish . Even closer in the Op en class , w h ere 73 p oin ts w as a ll R . W. Pie rce (Ma i) needed t o du mp Mike Akin (C Z). Bob Mo rt ensen (Mai) w as th ird in the h o tly con tes te d even t. $1,000 CASH a week for Sr. Sunday 100% Tr oph ies for Jr. Qualifying on Sat. TROPH IES 1-6 Sun , All Classes Int ermediates mus t state and w ill be scored separate ly MERCHANDISE AWARDS Maveric k Shocks ' Premiere Helmets Impact Levers ' Arn ac o Shoc ks Fly ing Finn Prod . . 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