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The Smuggler Camper Camp-Out Enduro bv Scotty Sc hafer CALI FORNI A CITY, CA L. , May 26-2 7 - T he Sm u ggler Camper-Trail er pe ople in vited California mo torcycling fa milies to this b oom to wn of the Sixties fo r a smorgasbord of · field eve nts an d en du ro-type desert loops this we ek end. Just p ast the waterfall-a do rn ed golf co urse an d Holiday Inn (apparently the town' s main in dus try) is an ex panse of hi gh d e s ert c r i s s -c r o ssed b y a bewildering array of trails , roads, and paved cu i-de-sacs. After a Saturday o f well -run field even ts and individu al for ays into Dame Desert, o f practicing San J ose.s tyle feet-up slides :in the damp dry lak e and ban zai rushes up the Matterhorn-st eep hills, of di eing with pre-teen (and th os e wh o think at . the same level) pit racers fo r co m m u te space o n th e cam ping bowl 's b yw ay s, it wa s Sunday an d tim e to win a trailer a t this Daytona o f th e Fam ily End u ros ($co ntinge ncies$): I f you were a be ginner. o r didn 't feel like d odgin g p uckerb ushes at Oat-o ut speeds, yo u could rid e for a co uple of h ou rs o n a ple asant rou te of tr ails and roads. If your overall spe ed , in cluding r e s t s stops at eac h check , was ap p ro xim ately (as it tu rne d out, with in a te n th of a second) th at of a six-year o ld mini-mi te on a -50cc Indian, yo u loaded you r racer o n a b ran d-new camp tr ailer. A ll man ner of pe opl e ro de th is rou te, fro m sunba ck -dressed housewives and presch oole rs o n mini-min is t o gruff a n d d e se r t -b ar d e ne d sled ride rs sh ep erding flo cks of Oriental-mounted b o y racers up and d own the ridges. T he toll was p re tty hea vy carl y on , with reall y" young child re n and th eir p atien t fathe rs and n ot- so-patien t o lder siblings peppering the route like un prepare d mo t ocrossers jus t past a n ew wa te rhole. T he chil d ren were dressed sa fely a nd th e bi ke s cou ld negotiate the route - might..have just been a bad day for so me o f th e t o ts to venture out o f reach o f th e Mother Ship. T he cou rse was easy for th e freq ue n t ride r, and ple asantly ch alle nging (no big hill) fo r th e beginner; if you lost the red -ribbon trail, you just aimed towa rd the brown dust rib bo n ! Whi le th e reasonable pe ople were cru isin g th e be ginner's co u rse , a h o st of hot-sh oes we re foll owin g desert ace Art Kn app's ro ute aroun d twin lo ops that were a bit harder and a lot fas te r, with th e excep tio n of T HE HI LL , wh ich Kn app. la ter co nfessed he had also had to push up (s ha des of Vi rgin ia City ). T he seco nd lo o p in tersec te d th e fa mily course at o ne p o in t - the fla gman th ere was wise ly sto p ping th e fami ly ty pes rather than th e streaking ho tsh oes, Kn app h ad n ego tiated these tw o loops aboard a Honda 9 0, so to c o mpe te with th e fam ily co urse rid ers for th e top p rize, you h ad to guess wh at kin d o f A FUEL GAUGE FOR MOTORCYCLES a remote read ing, accurate fue l gauge that is easily installed. No tank alterations necessary . Install it, calibrate it, and end your fuel quantity worries. $5 .95 Check or Money Order to : T .C. RE SEARCH 399 9 Via Lu cero , Suite AS Santa Barbara, Califo rnia 93110 All IT TAKES to beg in YOUR advertising campa rq n IS A PHONE CALL. to the advertising department at cycle news 'K (21 427-7433 3) and o ur courteous sta ff will help you put it togethe r DO IT TODAVI! Th is is some o f t he d rama seen at the b alloon bust invitationa l (Invite a fri end?) field meet. sp eed a Num be r On e Plate could make ab o ard a tr ail 9 0, and th en match his o verall time , to the ten th of second (aga in, as it tu rned out). T o ma ke it more in terestin g, no ride r knew what th e time was it was strictl y gam esmansh ip an d blind lu ck. You co u ldn' t adj us t ti me b etween checks be cause th ere was no time car d, just st art- to- finis h elapse d time . It was as pleasan t 10 se t a loping p ace along the trail as it was frust ratin g n ot to kn ow wh eth er yo u were still co mpe tin g fo r a pri ze o r not. Ther e is a de fin it e a tt rac tion to this ty pe o f " race" , whe re th e spor t is in man -m a chine mat ch a n d th e co mpe titio n directily wi th the earth 's crust rath er than with th at same damn clo ck th at ca use s traffic jams and br o k e n appointments. Scoring is co nside rab ly eas ier also, as it is 99% the rid ers ' resp on sibility - leave on tim e and cloc k in at th e fin ish - no route h older, n o speedo, no real rush. The bi kes that en tered were id eall y su it ed to th is last req uirernen t. It wa s a mighty fine way to camp o ut, ge t introduced to spor t m o to rcycle c o m p e t i t i o n , o r relax fro m the front-line racin g of Ch rist mas p ast. It 's also building a helluva bench for th e raci ng teams of the 80's; star ting eas ily lik e t his b uilds in terest ra th er than b lunting it . A well run an d fun -to-run week end race is welcome any ti me!