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TheSonic MX started life as a seriousracebike.
The
frame isfabricated from tough Reynolds
531 tubing. Thefront suspension uses new long-
travel Marzocchiprogressive
forks.
The rear suspension is our new Quad Unk
single-shock system that was designed in
co-operation with OhJinsto provide a true 600/0
rising rate through 12.6" of w heel travel!
The rimsareAkront,the hubsGrimeca.The
seat
is a works-type. tank-contoured design
And the engine isa
full racing version or our
OHC 4-valve.
twin exhaust. 4'16cc Rotax
powerplant that
delivers allthe reliable. com-
petiove power and broad. flat torque you
. needto makeyour 4-stroke
dream
come true.
"'1iIiilO;=::: See your Can-Amdealer.
And own the track!
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..... 1f Thedream goes like this: You
'it.... WI takea rock-reliable 4-srroke
'I'IDlJiIi -'J engine. wring out of it enough
It,. f 'PI! power to threaten the 2-srroJ
T he California Endu ro R iders North
held an en d u ro near G eorgetown ,
a nd] ohn
T rou tt loo k the ove ra ll win
o n a 175 Pento
n , d roppi ng j us t six
points. George Hendricks won th e
O pe n A cla ss
wit h an l l -p o in t scor e.
Bu ltaco rider P reston Gerber took
th e
overa ll
win in the J a ck Ra bbi t 100
dese rt rac e in Idaho.
T wo more riders
go ing in th e
Open Expe rt class mad e
up the rest of the top thr ee overall as
Husk y pi lot s Bob Swar d an d Co tton
Guio fini sh ed beh ind Guio .
Malcolm Ra
thm ell was th e winner of
the Scottish S ix Da ys T r ia l after a
to ug h ba ttl e w i th Mick Andrews tha t
went down to the final da y. Ra th -
mell's m
arg in o f victor y was a sli m 10
poi n ts,
Lane Leavi tt was th e first
Ame rica n fi n ishe r at 25th o verall ,
a n d he received a sp ecia l award,
In an ACA roa d race a t Carlsbad
Ra cewa y, Lee
Fleming (H a n ) and
Geo rge Roch e (Kaw) finis hed 1-2 in
the O pe n P rod uctio n class . In 250cc
Productio
n , th e finishing order read:
Ken
Gill (Suz), Dennis Jones (Oss)
a nd Ha rry KIinzmann (Kaw ).
Mike Faria
(Yam) won th e 125cc
Juni or/ Expert class of a sho rt track
a t Vallej
o S pe ed way i n n orth ern
Ca liforni a . In th e sa me race, th e
250cc Expert
cla ss fell to Dennis
R o bin so n (Bu l). .
Sh ort tra ck special ist AI Ken yon too k
th e 250cc Expert cl ass o f a n a ma t
eur
short trac k a t Fremont, Ca lif., hea d-
in g
up Mark Protz a nd Pa ul McCaul
in th e final
sta nd ings . .
Am erica ns
Scott Autrey, R ick Woods
and
Sumner McKnight were excl uded
from
qua li fica tion s for the Wo rld
S p ee d
way C h amp ion ship , eve n
tho
ug h a ll were rid in g for Brit ish
Leagu e, beca us e it was di sco vered too
lat e th at th ey had to
qualify through
the AMA. Multi-time World Ch amp
Barr y Briggs wa s a lso excl u ded . due
to th e fa ctthat he was n ' t ac ti ve in th e
Brit ish Lea gu e.
Seven Pro r iders were selected as
de lega tes to th e 1973 AMA Con gress.
T hey were Dick Ma
nn, Mert La w-
will , Ca l Ra ybo rn , Mark
Brelsford ,
Gary Nixon, Bar t Markel a nd T erry
Dorsch .
