Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ " 16' e, M ,... '" cc . > :; ~ w Z W ...J U > U SAVE SAVE SAVE at CYCLE PARTS For Nea res t Location Pho ne : (213) 334·5195 Number one 0-36 blue plater. Charlie Marshall. got a second in the 1 EX at Plymouth Raceway . 25 CMC North at McGiII - - Plymouth Mot ocross by S teve Castill o SAC RA MENT O, CAL. , Apr. 2 2, 19 73 - J ust like the weath er, th e racin g at McGill w as h ot an d dust y. With th e ab sence o f th e Sen ior riders, the Jun ior riders h ad a chance to race lo nger m o to s. Eric Harvey (Puc) showe d he had n o tro u b le wh en h e took th e 125 Interm edi ate class , with Mike Amaral rid ing the Costella Special taking second. ..... by Ed Bailey PL YMOUTH , CAL., Ap r. 15 , 19 73 Dann y T u rner, ridi ng for Denny's Honda o f Auburn walked aw ay with th e gold in both th e 25 0 and th e 125 Expert races, with Kevin Hen ry a close secon d o n a Kawasaki in th e 250 and Charlie Marshall on a Zundapp fro m Hall and Burdette Mo t orcy cles a cl ose second in the 12 5 race. D ann y Turner 's Bultacos were running fast and wh ile he wasn 't ab le t o best Charlie Mar sh all s efforts on th e Zundapp in th e fir st 125 m o t o he di d get a goo d start in th e second m oto an d open ed a lead b y th e en d o f th e first lap th at n one o f th e o the r riders coul d mat ch . Ch ar lie Mar sh all was squeezed o u t at th e start of th e seco nd 125 mo t o and whil e he made it to fourth b y th e en d o f th e first lap he h ad to work to gain third as Mik e McGowan (Pen) held o n to a co mfo rt ab le sec ond t o finish third ove rall in th e 125 Exper t race. The races were run in reverse o rder with th e O pen bikes ou t firs t, a situ ati on tha t fo un d all of th e 100 an d 125 riders troopin g on down to the old _ mud hole to see h o w deep th e s tu ff would ge t after t he Open and 25 0 class got done with it. As it turned o u t , th e mung had a fairly hard b o ttom, un like the great bike eating h oles th at exist at t h e Di xon track an d no h eavy eq ui pme nt w as needed to res cue any of the riders. Las t we ekend 's run nin g of the Di rt Diggers Nort h Fifth Annual Hangt o wn MX hadn 't burned everyone o u t as ex pe cte d and an offer o f a free ride fo r b lu e plate h o lde rs b ro ugh t a sizeable' n um ber o f t heir limited con tinge ncy up for th e ra ce . P l ym ou t h o ff ers a co ns t an tly chan ging fa ce in terms of tr ack layout and su rfac e con di tions an d if th e promoters can sw ing it , a sp rin kler sys te m will mean ra cin g all su m me r lon g. Wit h out it th e ho t sum mer sun will so fte n th e sa n d a n d make it unmanageab le at best. Eve n wi th the sp rin klers, dust ma y sti ll be a problem . Word h as it th at two andone half days with a water truck didn 't do mu ch good before o ne o f last summe rs races so we will have to wai t and see. Longer ife for brake and clutch cables isathancL Get your hands on a pair of MX Magnum le vers. At j us t$6.95 each , t ha t shou ld be easy. Write to Jacwal Corpo ra t io n fo r mo re info if you need it. Magnum MX hand lebar levers will make t he brake and cl utch cables on yo ur b ike la s t lo n ger than ever befo re. Ins te a d o f pulling the in ne r cable to a ctivate brakes or Clutch, Magnum MX levers push t he o ute r cable housing , com pre s sing it. Yo u get the . same action-only withou t the flex ing that breaks cables. Magnu m MX levers are made of lig h twe ig ht p lastic so strong that they're guaranteed fo r one fu ll year aga inst breakage. They are easy to ins tall and inte rc ha n ge a bl e for e ither right o r left s ide. Cable ho o k- u p is a snap. JACWA CO 6337 Manc hester Blvd .lBuena Park/ Ca . 90602 / £7141523 -7660 - - - - - _ Jerr y Castillo took the 250 In te rmediate wi th ease. Pat Do ran (Pen ) and Don Dacosta (Hus] fo ugh t hard fo r second in b oth tw enty minu te motos, Daco sta h eld second for m ost of th e last mot o, un til D oran sn uck by nee tin g second pl ace. Jeff Mu llins, as tri de his Ka wasaki fro m Bik e Wo rld , took the O pen Intermedia te. J eff got a ba d start in th e first mo t o an d h ad to work past th e rest of th e field to fi rst. Rus'ivarna and' CZ owners: have we got a Milluni earlluretor eonversion lIit for ~ou! Vale rian's. The original Mi ku ni carb uretor co nversion kit fo r Huskys and CZs. And the only one tha t really works! The kit that improves ef ficiency, torque c ha rac te ris tics an d fue l consumpt ion . Stops loadi ng u p.. Eases startu ps . And g ive s mo re docib ility. The kit that comes with a co mple te range of je ts good from sea le vel to 8 .000 ~ The kit you can bolt o n in le ss tha n a n ho ur. The cu stom-designed kit that loo ks like it's "fact o ry insta lle d:' .. Ord er a whole kit an d kaboodle. o r just the parts you need. (Inc luding our very own ma nifold kits .) Call (213 ) 47 5-4 541 today. Or ma il the co up o n. - --------------------- ------5,,.; Wou ld like to o rd... me followi", Kit Kit Description - Type /Size Pric. 1 250 CZ - 32mm • . . . . . . . . . .• . . . $54.95 2 250 CZ - 34n1m .. . .. . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . .. 59.95 3 360-400 CZ - 34mm . • • • • , ••••••• , S9,95 4 360400 CZ - 36mm 5250 Husky - 32mm to rep lace 32mm 72.50 6 1.95 6250 Husky _ 34mm to eeptece 36mm •. • • . .. 65.95 7 150 Husk y - 3 2mm to replace 36mm • • . • • . . 6 1.95 8 HUlky - 32mm to replace 32mm .•.•••.... 61 .95 Descrip t ion - TvpelS i,. Prial 9 360 Hu,,

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