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CERA Enduro Watch out for trains en ;: w Z W ...J U >- U • RESULTS : . 125 A: 1. Pat Pipes (MnkI 18; 2. Ken Mareeal IHo n) 19 ; 3. Harold Noell IPenl. 125 B: 1. Clark Frentzen IHod ) 10; 2. Ken Sierra (Yam) 14; 3 . Alfred Haner lDKWI. 125 C: 1. Larry Bays (Hon! 8 ; 2. Jo natha n Ellis (DKW) 14 . 250 A: 1. John Troutt (Pen) 6; 2. Ve rn Weld y IHusl 14 ; 3 . Bob Jenkins 1181; 4 . Dick Harvey IBul). . 250 B: 1. Fred Bellman I P~ n ) 12; 2. Troy Kelso (Yam) 16; 3 . Richard Christian (Yaml 16 . 250 C: 1. Steve Lenhiem IPenl 12; 2. Doug Hirsch (Yam) 31 ; 3 . Fred Thom as ISuz l 48 . OPEN A: 1. George Hendricks (Yam) 11; Alan Bygdnes IMail 14; 3. John Noor (Yaml 14. OPEN B: 1: Jo hn Krause IBSA) 20 ; 2. Jack Harkness (Husl 24; 3. Gordon Robertson (Mail 25 ; 4 . William Frederic (Hus) 31. OPEN C: 1. Ron Cobb IHusl 13; 2. Bob Rogers IVam) 3 1; 3. Gary Griffiths (Varni 51 . POWDER PUF F: 1. Jackie Steele (Suz) 94; 2 . Ann Sm ith (Oss) 120 . FIRST OVERA LL: John Troutt (Pen 1751 6 . Th is wa s the waterproofing t est t hat filled a lo t of F ull-Bo res w ith soggy so x a nd drowned out a few motos . too . by Ron S chneiders Photos by Ellen Schneiders GEO RGETOWI", CAL., May 12 , 19 73 - T he difficulty rating o n this enduro was "moderate" a ccording to CERA North . It be gan wi th an easy 12 MP H run up a road and through the w o o ds to the 5-mi le ch ec k where mo st of us had abo ut six minutes to w ai t. " Lo o ks m o re like a slow ti mekeeper's r u n to me," 1 thought. For the rest of th e section, which feat ured good-sized Ol d rai lroad grade with lots of the logs to jump every 50 y ar d s o r so, 1 jus t ties still in "lace , overgrown wit h p lodd ed along w atching th e tenths pop something that h ad stickers, with the up o n m y speedo every 30 seco n ds , b ut n ewest offering. T rees had grown up on whe n 1 got to whe re I kn ew the check it , secon d growt h stuff th at p ulled at had to be, it w asn ' t there. I was so sure your h an dl eb ars and threatened . to it h ad to be th ere that I stopped and tailspi n you right in to the'groun d. T he re lo o ked for it, an d the n b lu ndered into it was th re e . mil es o f that and a ll I could a mi n u t e .la t e a co u p le hun dred yards m ak e up was a minute.·C E R A · calls th a t f urt he r on . Id io t ! th e "Lever Bin de r" sectio n . By th e ti me 1 had re se t th e speedo Ba ck to th e fi re road, o n ly with m ore and started agai n I w as thre e minu tes trail m ixed in an d o ccasio nal ly so me d own on the 24 MPH sched ule an d th e re al sli p pery mud. We c ame to one m ud vacation was over. For almost 20 mil e s, h ole and there's a guy bu ried about m o stl y over fire road wi th occasional halfway up to his gas tank. I sh o u ld b its o f t rail thrown in , 1 tried to make h ave stopped to help hi m .bec ause he up th ose three mi nu tes, but all I di d was sure sh owed m e th e line not to take. lo se more! "Surely there's got to b e Th at mud was sooo slippery t ha t 200 som e s t r a ig h t road - along h ere yards afte r I go t onto dry dirt I w as still somewh er e, " I thought. Just give me d oing gian t sideways brodies, Rule: four miles where 1 co uld bounce that Never go up to o ne o f those no rt he rn Bul up t o about 70 MP H and I 'd have it e n d u res with worn o ut knob b ies , m ade. But we go t to th e end o f th e T he re's a sign in the trail : "These section and into anoth er 12 MPH bit ro cks brough t to y ou c o u rt e.sy of C E RA an d I w as s till b ehind. r South." Good deal. Us so u the rn b oys are go od at ro cks. But they lied. CERA South has never fo u n d any ro cks li ke those. It was lik e so me b o dy broke up a co u p le of building fou ndations and dro pped the c h un -ks o f c onc re te down a 45 degree slope. Naturally we had to go up. Ba ck to 12 M PH and another sign : "Watc h for T rains ." This is a nicer . rail ro ad grade than the oth er one (meaning I can go fas te r ) and th e re's a b it less b ru sh , Only the re a re a few very b ig lo gs to be n e go ti a te d so mehow. I try to go aro un d the end of o ne, between it an d a small tree , but an in consi derate brancb kn o cks m e d own . How do yo u get a m o t o rcy cl e off o f yo u when yo u're ly ing on your sto mac h ? • T he re was a te n mi n u te stop f o r gas. I had the bes t ru n of my life. J h ad worked h ar d, was good and tired and ready fo r my finishing pin, a cold b eer and ' a nap . But according to the sch edule we had 60 mil es to go . CERA ap ol o gized for th e longish loop and to ld us to c a rry some gas if w e co u ld n't m ake 6 0 mi les. "Well," I th ou gh t , " if the loop is 6 0 miles lon g,. i t c an ' t he very d ifficul t be cause nobody c an c arry enough gas to make 6 0 miles if it 's all firs t an d sec o n d gear, ri ght?" Wron g. There was no ch ec k in o r out of the gas stop, so I might have suspe cted so mething fishy. Sure enough , about 3 m ile s o ut here's a ch ec k an d m e run ni ng early for the first t im e all day , It was a problem that I wasn't go in g to have t o worry ab o u t any more . The sche d ul e went to 18 MPB an d then to 24, al ways staying right on th e th in ed ge of the speed I mi gh t have ' been a b le to do if I ha d b ee n fresh. But I was bushe d, an d co n seq ue n tl y I started fallin g b ehind . We ca m e to a sign that sa id " Cliff' s B ill ." Sounded like a ski ru n. C liff's H ill wasn 't bad. j ust long. At th e top there w as a n o t h e r si g n ·' H o r r e n d o us Downh ill ." Nope, not even very bad . Mavbe if C E RA Sou th ca n ' t te ac h the ir northern c o u sin s an ything ab out rocks , they c an sho w the m so me th ing ab o u t downhills. :\lidway dow n th is d ownhill, th ere 's a li ttle log maybe fo u r in ch es in d iame ter. The guy in fro nt of me is sli ding down hill wit h eve ry th in g lo ck ed up. Ever see w h at h ap pen s w h en y ou hit a log .~ o i n g do wn hill w ith the fro n t Brud luckey suys ••• " Ha ndli n g y o u r bike c o rrectl y is just as im p o rtan t as h orse powe r. Your fr o n t f orks need the righ t viscosity of fo rk oi l. You can so ft e n or stiffen t he ride by c h a ngin g viscosity gra d es. TO RCa m akes grades 10,20,30 an d 40 - so y o u c an adjust to ever y rid ing c o nd iti o n. .- ...", Use TORCO RACING FORK OIL :"" I kn o w you 'll like it." BRAD LACKEY 1972 AMERICAN MOTO CROSS CHAMPION Buy TORCO Racing Fork Oil f rom your dealer. KAWASAKI RACING TEAM - MANUFACTURER TORCO OIL COMPANY 12247 LAK ELAN D ROA D SANTA FE SPR INGS, CALI F. 90670 REGISTERED [MIC] MEMBER .