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ex> . " '" 0- M I"- m V N Co « ~ w Z W ...J U >- U -, Tri um ph U .5 .A. will fie ld two ISOT t ea ms fo r t he 48th T rial : fo ur 500 Trophy Tra il T riumph tw ins and fo ur Rickman 125s. Bob T ryon prepa res to ta ke o ne of t he fo ur-str okes Ou t for t est . by John Huerter The qualifiers have begun for the first International Si x Days' Trial to be hel d in th e Un ited St ates, the 48th in hi st o ry . T he co mpetit o rs loo king fo r t e am sh ots in this Ol y mpi cs of Moto rcycling, and the fa ctory and national teams trying to "shake down" an d im p rove their equip ment are getting serious n ow. Hus4varna and CZ owners: have we got a Mi.uni earburetor eonversion .it for ~oli! Valerian's. The original Mikuni carburetor conversion kit for Huskys and CZs. And the only one that really works! The kit that impro ve s e ffic ie ncy. tor que characterist ics an d fue l co nsumptio n. S top s load ing up . Ea ses st a rtup s . And g ives more doci bility. The kit that comes with a com ple te range of jets good from sea le vel to 8 .000~ The kit you can bolt o n in le ss tha n an hour. The prestige an d value to a given ma ke m o to rcy cle o r national team in win ning this event is un parallele d in wor k mo to rcy clin g, even if U.S. in terest has not b een gre at in p ast years. Eve n finishin g with a gold me dal is some thing to berightfully proud of. Wit h th e location of th e l SDT in th e Un ite d States this ye ar, a lot of facto ry and cl ub te am s from th is co un trvare b ein g fo rm ed ; mo re than if the even t were , say, in Po lan d. Cycl e New s h ad an opportuni ty t o ride , talk with and in vesti ga te the machines of a fac tory ISDT team. l t's a whole' different world fro m th e slick , quick razzle-dazzle o f SoCaI motocross th at most co m pe ti to rs spe nd their ti me .in , It involves attentive m a ch in e p rep ar ati on a n d rider concentration and discipline. Trium ph in the U.S. will, for the first time, be field ing tw o fact ory (SDT teams in th is 48th trial. On e fo ur man tea m will b e m o unted on specially prepared 5 00 cc T ri ump h Trophy Trials , p rob abl y th e o nly four-stro ke team in th e trial. T he o th er four riders will be o n 125 Ri ckman-Zu ndapps, alre ady styled an d mar ke ted as Six Days Replic as. A t the beginning of th e qualifiers, the teams h ad been selec te d, the team man ager ap po in te d, and mechanics assigned to pr epar e and main tain the Six Day s bikes. T rium p h is clearly d etermined to ma ke a splash in Si x D ays competitio n and , b ased on o ur observa tions, are go ing in t o this thi ng wit h a se rio us effort usin g, interestingly enough , th e bikes they are trying to sell to the public with rel atively minor modifica tio ns. Preparatio n of th e b ik es for th e ISD T q ualifiers was mainly in detailing, ' building in back-up elec t ric al systems and th e like. 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