Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

1 ,;: ~i " Cl m e, M .... en II • .... N EXHAUST TUNER 1032 w. BROOKS ST.·ONTARIO .CA 9176 2 ·714 983-5871 - m . _. - It Takes Two to Do It on Three ; i: I :;: ~ ~ R usqvarna d Klocker's ~ SA LES & SERV ICE 6624 Atla ntic, Bell , Ca. (21 3) 58 1-39 8 3 YAM A HA HUSKY PENTON MON A RK Hard to get parts. fast mail service, send $ 1.0 0 fo r ca t alog . Dea ler inqui ries invited . Whe re we care about you . Malc olm Smith's K&N. 1689 la Cadema. Riverside. Ca. (7 14 ) 686-8014 . ' NORM REEVES HONDA Now Ca r ries Lev i' s 1574 5 L a k e w o o d Bl vd . , Para m o u nt, Ca. ( 21 3) 531- 1225 Nigh t TT scrambles compe t it ion o n side hacks is not for th e fai nt o f heart . S teve F ishe r an d Pe te th e Gree k handle Honda No . 15 pursued by Do n Davis a nd F red Acevedo o n t heir Honda 45 0 twin. b y Pat Monohan Th er e are some things in life y o u just can ' t do alone - y o u can ' t d an ce, fi ght, m ake lo ve , or ra ce a sid e-h ack. 1 m not m u ch at d an cin g, I don 't fig ht, an d b eing motorc y cle fans you're n ot interested in m aking lov e. (Hu h?... Ed .) So I'll te ll you a little a bo u t side -hac ks . T he re are three basic types of side-hack racing, there' s d ese r t , dir t track, an d ro ad racing. I'm go ing to co nc en tra te o n d ir t racing f o r n ow. Abou t th e best place for a be gin ne r to start rid in g a sid e-hac k is in the d esert where there's lo ts o f roo m an d tim e to feel the h ack out, pl us th e gr ound's so fter. T h ere ' s ab out six hacks that lik e to rid e n o th in g bu t d esert. T hey sa y y o u . get m o re riding time for your m o n ey , more vari ety an d more time to do your th in g. Las t year in th e d esert th e side -hacks only wen t h alfw a y or o ne lo op of from 3 5 to 50 m iles, but this y ear I lo ok for them to start goi ng all th e way , because t he hacks are b ein g b uil t b ette r and the re ' s j us t m o re dependability in the m n ow . There 's q u ite a challe nge t o th ese races because o f th e h ills, n arrow sand w ash es an d 9 Hand Washable • Rid ing .- Rac ing Stay • Str eet Soft GLO VES Othman Distr ibut ing Co. Dealer Inquiries Invited (213) 363-6230 18227 Ludlow St. Northridge. Ca. 9132 4 now an d then a n arrow led ge with a 3 00 ft. d rop o ff . Believe it or not it 's a lo t o f fun . scrambles and Ne xt there's 'IT motocross. Eve ry one knows th ere 's a differen ce b e tw een th e two, o ne's smooth , one 's rou gh . O ne o f th e bi gges t th in gs ab o u t h ack -cro ss is that yo u h ave to rid e 10 0 p ercen t all th e ti me, unlik e th e d ese r t. Fo r hacks it's eve n toughe r because th ere 's usu all y n o t e no ug h roo m to p ass with out ta kin g a bi g chan ce o n crashing, an d , of co urse , eve ry one w an ts to w in . T h is is wh at makes th is type o f racin g excitin g to w a tch . The start is ve ry important o n 'TT's an d m o to c ro ss alik e. It' s easier to finish first if you ge t out first. T he re 's us uall y o nly e no ugh room fo r one o r tw o h ack s in th e first tu m, and it gets sort o f h airy w h en y o u have fro m five t o 13 h acks tryin g to get the re first . J ohn Monohan won the · d istrict numb er one p late for th is ye ar on hi s 3 60 Yamaha, ridin g d esert eve n ts , m o t oc ro ss, an d IT's. In all h e ro d e abou t 35 races las t year, hi s first year o n a sid e-hack. He won a co uple of th ese, 120 1A EAST BALL R O AD . A N AH E IM . C ALI FORMA 714-77 6 · IZSO (,11111111111111114 ,GREEVES - OSSA HODAKA ~ , CARABELA -STEEN _ I N ICK NICSf,'O! r lJfV MOTO R S ! 11573 VANOWEN ST REET ~ ~O. HOLLYWOOD. CA. (2 131 760.-8674 • rrlllllllllllllllli Ii l HUSKY \,'. Iugs out n ow. T he y rid e an ythi ng on it. Small bores are any th ing th at's 5 0 0 and under , and bi g b ores are 501 and above. There ' s o n e small bore that reall y needs to b e written abou t, and that's Bill Zaremb a' s. Rill rid es a 2 5 0 OSSA . He rod e th e Barst ow to Vegas o n it , wen t a ll th e way to th e -e n d , an d finish ed th ird. BiII's OSSA at the present is the smallest h ack o ut. His new monke y , Neil Plummer, is only 13 ye a rs ol d .

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