1975 September Motorcyclist Vintage Motorcycle Magazine 8th Mammoth Mountain MX

Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. 1975 September Motorcyclist Vintage Motorcycle Magazine 8th Mammoth Mountain MX 38 THREE RED HOT 175 MXsDave Ekins shakes down the 175 Can Am,Husqvarna and Yamaha46 KOPSICKLERoad tests of the newest in law enforcement56 DUCATI 860Color and B&W road tests of the new 860V-twin by technical editor Jody Nicholas20 ’76 SNEAK PREVIEWI Bob Greene lets you in on what every• manufacturer has up his sleeve for 1976- And. heI reveals some very shocking news from Pentoni 34 SUZUKI GT550 CAFE PROJECT, PART III We put Suzy in some brand-new clothes andtook her out on the town38 MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN MX; There’s more to this place than just snow48 HOW TO RIDEEkins turns a disastrous photo session into alesson on the no-bruises laydown50 DON’T THROW AWAY BROKEN PARTS!A guide to step-by-step field repair on brokenfiberglass pieces54 INSIDE YAMAHA'S 4 STROKERSTech details of Yamaha’s three-cylinder roadsterand single-cylinder enduro60 HONDA MONEY RACERInside Gene Cannady’s 402 Baja racer62 SCORE’S BAJA 500 BIKE BREAKERAnd how Cannady did64 BUYER’S GUIDEMag wheels for street bikes67 PICKUP AND VAN TIPSMC Staff tests the 1975% Ford van______8Greene Sheet19Achievers9On The Line52High SchoolMX11Tech Tips68AccessoryShop12CompetitionHotline 73CatalogsBack in '46 tirelessDave McCoy decidedto turn MammothMountain into a skiresort. He started with arope tow. a one-room club-house and the blessings ofthe U.S Forest Service.McCoy built this mountaininto the finest ski resort inthe US Numerous towbars and aerial tramwaystransport skiers to take-offpoints of every kind ofslope, downhills tailor-madeand picture-perfect to givethem the best the mountainhas to offer.Then Dave became inter-ested in bikes and moto-cross Summer monthsaren't the busiest in a win-ter resort Equipmentstands idle and men,whose skills rely on wintersports, head for other partsof the world So Dave builta motocross trackNot just any old kind ofbumpety-bump, he built areal, live MX course—thecrowd-pleasing, rider-chal-lenging type you would ex-pect in Europe. The Mam-moth course is longer thanmost, has a steep uphill,difficult downhill, with near-ly every turn a berm-shot.Texture of the soil lends it-self to a cushion-type track,dust could be a problem.The course is as wide asa truck and has snow-fencecrowd-control areas Watertrucks rumble around allbut one section, leavingthat to the sprinklers. Alake several hundred feetabove the race site sup-plies water under pressureand the breakaway plasticsprinklers are turned onbetween each scramble.Manicured and graded be-fore race day, the track'slast event is berm-shotturns and whoopie-filledstraights There's no placeto rest, and at 8500 feetyou need all the rest youcan get.This two-day event drawsthose riders who are justunder national-caliber, theindependent and thedealer-sponsored Saturdayis set aside for novice- orjunior-class racers Sundaybrings out amateur and ex-pert as well as half thetown Competition is fierce,the scenery beautiful andthe excitement continuousThe skilled prevail overthe fast, and suspensionover horsepower. In Satur-day’s racing, 125s madefaster lap times than the250s and open bikes, an in-dication of the type ofcourse Mammoth really is.Super riders like open win-ner Tom Rapp turned inquicker times for the Sun-day event with 250s and125s running just secondsslower. Suspensions sackout and riders loose stami-na as the day wears onand the whoopies getdeeperThe 8th running of theMammoth Mountain Moto-cross saw Dave McCoy(now 60) on the startingline of the 250cc intermedi-ate class. The downhill gothim in the early laps of hisfirst race and he had to sitout the rest of the programwith a factured clavicle.A super place to go? Youbet. And they only do thisonce a year The MX trackwas not put there to bolsterthe summer economy ofthe town. It's there becausemotocross is a great sportand because Dave McCoylikes to race.Mammoth is a challengeunequalled in this countryand once a year is notenough But then how canyou get enough of a goodthing? Mammoth Mountain,here we come! Next year. .. And much more! 13901 RL- mb4007

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