THE 48TH It took 4 7 years to come to America. by Paul Dean Remember how long it took you to log idea, but to 300 men who annually under­ 1000 miles on your trail bike? And what take such a task, it isn’t impossible at all. about the memorable events that occurred It’s the basic premise for the International on the trails during those 1000 miles? Six Days Trial, the largest and most truly There were numerous falls, bent and bro­ international motorcycle event in the ken levers, twisted handlebars, thrown world. So, close your eyes, shift your imag­ chains and sticky floats, not to mention all ination into high gear, and try to put your­ the blisters, scrapes, sores, and cuts that self into the picture we’ve just painted. If you endured. you can do that, you will begin—only be­ And even though you’d like to, you’ll gin—to understand what the ISDT is all never forget the two tire changes you about. struggled through. The first one was at 350 Like most motorcycle events, the bikes miles when the front tire unexpectedly are classified according to engine size as went flat. The second was at around 800 measured in cubic centimeters. The nine miles, when you replaced your worn out classes are: 0 to 50, 51 to 75, 76 to 100, 101 rear knobby with a new one. Both times it to 125, 126 to 175, 176 to 250, 251 to 350, took half a day, all your patience, and a 351 to 500, and 501 to 1300. large portion of your favorite vulgarities The ISDT is primarily a team event. before the tire was fixed. There are individual awards (gold, silver You needed that new tire because you and bronze medals), but the real interest were entered in an 80-mile enduro the lies in the team competition. next day. You finished it, but not before The World Team Championship breaking another shift lever and drowning Trophy is the most coveted award of the the engine during a river crossing. event. One six-man team from each coun­ You can’t remember every trial and try entered is eligible to compete for the tribulation you experienced, but in all, it World Trophy. The bikes may be different took about two-and-a-half months to rack brands, but each team must include bikes up 1000 miles on your bike, riding both on ofthree different displacement categories. and off the road. Each country may also field two four- But, what if you had to relive those 1000 man teams to compete for the Inter­ miles in six consecutive days, complete national Silver Vase, second in prestige with all the crashes, drownings, roadside only to the World Trophy. Again, bikes of repairs, and flat tires? And to make things any manufacture are permitted, but each tougher, what if you were put on a time team must contain motorcycles of at least schedule which required you to maintain a 25-mph average? You would have to cover 1. The cylinder and head of every bike almost 200 miles in an eight-hour day, and was sealed with wire to prevent their about 1100 miles in the six days. Check removal. points would be placed every 15 miles or so along the route to make sure you were 2. Husky mounted Dave Eames deans on schedule; if you weren’t, you would be the top of the second day's special penalized one point for every minute you test—a hill-climb. were late. If you were ever more than one 3. The Swedes brought along specially hour late at any check, you would be dis­ trained mechanics . . . qualified. As if you wouldn’t already have your 4. Malcolm Smith and Husky team hands full, two more stipulations would be manager Jack Lehto oversee the imposed. First, all the major (and a few preliminary examination of minor) components of your motorcycle Malcolm's bike. would be specially marked, and those 5. Top 250 rider Augusto Taiocchi of parts could not be changed during the en­ Italy shows off some of his go-fast tire six days of riding. Secondly, no one skills on a timed special test. other than yourself could touch the motor­ cycle for any reason other than to add gas 6. Big West German rider Heribert or oil to it. And no one could touch you ex­ Schek weighs just slightly less than cept to hand you food, drink, or adminis­ his trick titanium-framed 280-pound ter first aid. No one could assist you in a BMW 750. repair by giving you parts or tools. All re­ 7. ISDT competitors can change a tire pairs would have to be done only by you, in less than five minutes. using the parts and tools that you carried along with you. You would need to make 8. Rolf Tibblin tries to soothe Jake all repairs without dropping off your time Fischer's dislocated shoulder. Jake schedule. rode for three days with the painful This may appear to be an impossible injury, but won a gold medal anyway. 40 CYCLE GUIDE/DECEMBER 1973 ■.: m

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY PAUL DEAN AND BOB SCHLEICHER two different displacement classes. after being ordered to do so. The Closec There is also Club Team competition at Control is patrolled 24 hours a day to pre­ the ISDT. The clubs represented must be vent any tampering with the bikes. bona fide motorcycle clubs; each team Beginning with the smallest bikes, the consists of three riders and at least two motorcycles are started off three at a time different brands of motorcycles. once each minute. The first group of three The Manufacturer’s Team Award goes leaves at 7 a.m. Monday morning and ev to the best three-man team entered by a ery morning thereafter. The next group o manufacturer or authorized distributor of three leaves 7:01, and so on. one brand of motorcycle. The machines Ten minutes before their assigned start can be of any displacement category, but ing time, three riders are permitted to en all must be of the same make. ter the Closed Control and get their bikes Although the actual riding competition They must push them into the adjacen always starts on a Monday, the preceding work area, where they can perform any al Saturday and Sunday are designated as lowable maintenance. They must have th< the preliminary examination days. During machines in the next adjacent area, th< this period, the motorcycles must be starting enclosure, when their assignee brought to the Parc Ferme (pronounced starting time is reached. If not, they are pe park fair-MAY),which contains the nalized. start/finish line for each day’s riding, and The motorcycles cannot be started be houses the Closed Control impound area. fore the assigned time, and must star Here, the machines are inspected care­ within one minute after they are given th< fully, assigned numbers, and tested for ex­ signal. Again, failure to do either one re haust noise level. suits in a penalty. The bike’s major conponents are then Once underway, each rider has an as­ painted and sealed by an official of the or­ signed time he is due to pass through each ganization. The painted parts are the of the time checks along the course. There frame, forks, shocks, wheels, hubs, brake is a three-minute grace period allowed at plates, fuel tank, oil tank, magneto, gener­ each check, but after that, the penalty is ator, battery, carburetor, and crankcase. one mark for each minute a rider is late. The special paint is applied in a dab about To obtain a gold medal, a rider must, the size of a nickel, and the bike’s assigned among other things, not be penalized any number is etched into the paint with a marks during the entire event. From one pointed scribe. to 25 marks lost makes him eligible for a The crankcase is then tied to the frame silver medal, and from 26 to 60 marks lost with a thin gauge wire, and a special seal wins a bronze medal. If more than 60 applied to the ends of the wire. The cylin­ marks are lost (if he is more than one hour der head is wired to the cylinder in a like late), that rider is disqualified. manner, and the cylinder is in turn wired The riders of all teams are usually the to the crankcase. The wiring must be done very best each country has to offer, and of­ in a way to prevent the removal of the en­ ten, several teams in each category com­ gine from the frame, or the removal of the plete the trial with all of its members earn­ head and cylinder from the crankcase. ing gold medals. If marks alone were the As a final measure, the front number sole method of scoring, the trial could plate is wired to the frame, preventing an (and probably would) often end in a tie exchange of plates between bikes. between two or more teams. After the examination and marking, the motorcycle is placed inside the Closed 9. This patriotic fan stood in the middle Control, where it cannot be touched until of the creek and waved the American the start of the event. flag to every U.S. rider that passed. The purpose of ISDT competition is to test the endurance, reliability, and effi­ TO. A special graph-type decibel meter ciency of a motorcycle and its rider. Tires, was used to check each bike's cables, chains, spark plugs and other small exhaust noise every day. or consumable parts may be changed, but 11. Wooden warehouse pallets had to be otherwise, the original motorcycle must go laid across this deep bog to allow the the entire distance. The Trial tests the bikes to pass through. competitor both as a rider, and as a me­ chanic. Six consecutive days of riding re­ 12. The Parc Ferme—a maximum quires skill, good physical and mental con­ security parking lot for the Trial ditioning, and an ability to pace one’s self. bikes. And because no one may help him, the 13. Torrential rains on the second day rider is on his own when making repairs made the course slimy and during the week. treacherous. The Parc Ferme is the center of activity, and consists of three basic areas: the 14. Eric Jensen of the Kawasaki Closed Control, the work area, and the Manufacturer's team injured his foot starting enclosure. on the third day and was forced to The Closed Control is used only for the retire. storage of the bikes, and may only be en­ 15. Scenic New England villages lent an tered by the riders. Even then, they may authentic European flavor to the only enter at a prescribed time, and only event. 42 CYCLE GUIDE / DECEMBER 1973

For this reason, a series of special tests is arranged to provide additional scoring of individuals and teams. On the first five days there is a combined accelera­ tion/sound test, and also a special terrain test, both of which are part of the course and vary in design from day to day. On the sixth day there is a special speed test, the final happening of the Trial. The riders are scored on the basis of their performance on these tests, which provides a method of eliminating ties. The scoring itself is quite complicated, but the general idea is to ac- cumlate the least number of special test points. The fastest riders are awarded fewer points than the slower riders. The 1973 ISDT was held in the United States for the first time in history. After much controversy about the site, the AM A settled upon the Berkshire Mountain area in and around Pittsfield, in Western Mas­ sachusetts. A1 Eames had been conducting one, two, and three-day ISDT-type events there since 1965, so he was chosen to head up the planning of the Trial. The six days of riding was done on three separate courses, each one a loop, begin­ ning and ending at the Parc Ferme, lo­ cated in Dalton, a few miles northeast of Pittsfield. The courses each represented one day’s riding; each course would be covered twice, once per day, once in each direction. The first day’s course was ridden the opposite direction the fifth day. The second day’s course was ridden the oppo­ site way on the fourth day. The third day’s course was ridden the opposite direction the sixth day, with a slight modification: a 71-mile section of the course was omitted on the sixth day to prove time to run the special speed test. Despite some 1 lth-hour legal action by ten Massachusetts residents in an attempt to stop the Trial on ecological grounds, the 48th ISDT got underway right on time, at 7 a.m. Monday September 17th. Many of the foreign riders, especially those from Communist countries, were astonished to learn that a group of only ten U.S. citizens had the potential power to halt the event. The U.S. Trophy Team was a com­ pletely Penton effort. Bill Uhl and Dane Leimbach were on 100s, Tom Penton on a 125, Jeff Penton on a 175, Carl Cranke on a 250, and Jack Penton on an overbored continued on page 87

16. Likable Carl Cranke of the U.S. Trophy Team finished eighth in 250cc competition on a Penton. 17. Smooth-riding Josef Cisar of the Czech Trophy team, winners of the event four years in a row. 18. Former world motocross champion Jeff Smith earned a bronze medal on a 125 Can-Am. 19. Ed Schmidt won a gold medal on his Husky, but more importantly, was a member of the winning U. S. Silver Vase Team. 44 CYCLE GUIDE/DECEMBER 1973 ruler or caliper, and you measure the inside diameter, the outside diameter, and the thickness of the bearing. Us­ Malice- GOGGLES ing those numbers, refer to the refer­ ence chart below (which you may want to cut out of the magazine and tape to the top of your tool box) and find the size-code for your bearing. The chart (which comes from an FREE DISPLAY early Suzuki parts book) doesn't cover WITH 12 PAIR OF all of the bearings, but it covers most of the commonly used sizes. CG SAUCE GOGGLES Now when you order 12 pair of Salice goggles you get them in a hard q and a selling 3 color display. Easy to set up, continued hard to beat as a salesman. Several styles, solid or assorted. yourself, take it to a better dealer than Hangs on wall or stands on counter- the one you've been going to. He top. Just one of many new packaging should have diagnosed this problem ideas from AFS. Write for details. immediately. Also, using oils not designed for two-stroke motorcycle engines can cause excessive carbon build-up in the exhaust ports and pipes. Your bike has removable exhaust baffles in the ends of the pipes, so take them out and dean them. Soaking the baffles overnight in gasoline will soften the build-up, and passing the Dealers: Request new catalog flame of a welding torch over the baf­ on your letterhead. fles usually burns the deposits off if you have enough patience to keep at 229 E. THIRD ST. it; it's a slow process. If you feel that LEWISTOWN, PA. cleaning the baffles is a big hassle, AFS distributors 17044 new ones are fairly cheap. If, after you dean or replace the baf­ fles, the problem still exists, remove the cylinder heads and check the ex­ haust ports; there's probably a large carbon build-up blocking off quite a bit of the ports. If so, remove the cylin­ ders completely and scrape the ports dean. CG for HONDA XL-250 THE 48TH ISDT New Profiles for XR-75 continued 250 that displaced 255cc, placing him in the 350 class. Ron Bohn, Dick Burleson, Ed Schmidt, and Malcolm Smith, all Husky mounted, comprised the U.S. Vase A team. Our B Vase effort was Tom Clark (175 Puch), Don Stover (450 Husky), Lars Lars- son (450 Kawasaki), and Jim Hollander (125 Penton). The most interesting motorcycles This Weber cam seemed to be the smallest and the largest was extensively of the event. The little 50 and 75cc ma­ tested by the chines (Gilera, Zundapp, Monark, Jawa, Simson, and Hercules) amazed everyone finest dyno on the West with their fantastic speed and hill-climb­ Coast. The camshaft was ing ability. They never seemed to run out the only change made to this of gears; the gearbox speeds on these bikes 65 75 85 95 100 RPM stock cycle. Weber has a full ranged all the way up to 12. At the other end of the spectrum were line of motorcycle cam shafts to fit most popular brand and year of cycle. the incredible BMW 750 opposed twins. If you’re looking for street performance or all out competition, look for With titanium frames, magnesium engine the best. Weber! Send $1 for catalog, decal and motorcycle hand book. castings, aluminum exhaust systems, and a jillion other lightweight components, they WEBER SPEED EQUIPMENT tipped the scales at only 280 pounds. Their 310 S. CENTER ST., SANTA ANA 14, CA. 92703 West German Vase Team was led by Heri- CYCLE GUIDE/DECEMBER 197387 bert Schek, a giant of a man who is a vet­ perfect gold medal scores; after Tuesday, eran of many Six Days events on his very there were none. West Germany was in trick BMW. He ended up with a gold first place with only two marks lost, and medal, as he usually does. The first time the U.S. moved all the way up into second SAV with only five marks lost, those being the you see a big BM lumbering through the BUY FACTORY-DIRECT..... woods, you wonder how in the world any­ ones Bohn dropped the first day. from world’s leading manufacturer one could keep the pace on such a bike. The AM A announced that their rented Schek makes it look like child’s play. computer had programmed a few errors Assembled-ready to The first day’s course covered 209 miles into the first and second day’s results, and of trails and road, under sunny skies. that several riders listed as out of the com­ ... Present There were two deep water crossings early petition or off their gold medals were, in Wholesale low, low prices in the day, the second of which drowned fact, still riding at a gold medal pace. out a few machines. Hans Hansson of Four riders were also reinstated on gold Artistic color combinations Sweden’s Vase A team was one of the vic­ medal time after it was learned that their tims. He finally got his Husky started, but tardiness into a time check was due to Rush “PDQ" service was 23 marks late at the next check. A being held up at a railroad crossing while a steep descent from a mountain caused sev­ train passed. Distinctive designs eral spectacular endos, but no serious in­ Meanwhile, the East German Trophy juries. However, earlier in the day, Win­ and Vase teams officially pulled out of the ston Stokes, a 175 Penton Club team event on Tuesday, claiming that the oil Satisfaction guaranteed member from Australia, fell and broke his supplied to them by Castrol was “doc­ collarbone, putting him out of the event. tored,” causing engine failure or damage At the end of the first day, the Czecho­ to their machines. On Wednesday, Castrol slovakian Trophy team was leading the announced they had inadvertently ship­ Trophy standings, and Italy’s KTM Vase ped a drum of the wrong oil to the team, A team was in first place in Silver Vase and wished to make some reparations for competition. The U.S. Trophy team was in the miscue. That was of little consolation sixth place, with all its members still on to the East Germans, who by then were on gold medal time. their way home. The U.S. Vase A team was not so fortu­ The rain ceased on the third day. The nate, however, as Husky rider Ron Bohn attrition rate went down considerably, but Irophyland Qsfl Inc. was the victim of someone else’s timing er­ a gloom hung in the air for the U.S. ror. A familiar face told him he had three Trophy team. Bill Uhl learned that his DEPT. CG, 7001 W. 20th AVENUE extra minutes at a time check, but when he mother had died of cancer during the P.0. BOX 4606, HIALEAH, FLA. 33014 rolled up to the clocks, he found out he night. She had accompanied Bill and his was really eight minutes late! That cost father to the event, but had been too ill him 5 marks (the first three minutes are even to spectate. The Trial went on, and so the grace period) and a chance for a gold did Bill, grimly maintaining his gold TRIPLE CHROME PLATING medal. It also put the team in ninth place. medal pace. All parts beautifully plated. Give us Ron refused to blame anyone but himself. 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This dropped Italy from second to emit some atrocious noises in the first four, BE SURE To\ tenth place in Trophy competition. gears, but fifth was fine. Don said he TELL 'EM IT'S The U.S. Trophy team was not without would continue by using the first four ONLY A grief, either. Jeff Penton lost 46 marks be­ sparingly, and stuffing it into fifth as soon DOLLAR I cause some silicone sealant in his air filter as possible. As he pulled out of the check, box came loose. The sealant had an affi­ crewmen began taking bets as to how far Telephone £ (213)346-0900 < nity for spark plugs, and Jeff went through Don wouldn’t make it. a whole box of plugs before he could get to At the end of the third day, the U.S. a check and find the source of the prob­ Trophy team had moved up to sixth place, lem. But the treacherous going had caused and our Vase team took sole possession of every Trophy team except Czechoslovakia first place. and Austria to drop marks also, so the U.S. Another clear sky arrived for the fourth

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CYCLE GUIDE / DECEMBER 1973 89 Barry finally realized that no one built a bike that would hold together while he motocrossed it for six days, so he changed MICROPLATE his ways. He rode like many people always “The Winner's Edge" HONDA knew he could—smoothly, and at a reason­ able pace. He wasn’t wearing out himself ■ Indianapolis ■ Daytona or the motorcycle, and was still very early ■ Ontario ■ Ascot MUSCLE at every check. But it wasn’t in the cards for Barry this time either, and his retire­ Dyno-proven ment put the Gators back into tenth place. POWER! The top five standings remained un­ Race-proven changed in both Trophy and Vase com­ RELIABILITY! petition. The sixth day saw a shortened version of the third-day course, which really didn’t upset anyone. Cold, miserable, drizzling rain provided the worst weather of the week. It even snowed a bit in some of the higher elevations. Dick Burleson of the front-running Vase team was six minutes late at one of the checks, and dropped three points and his chances for a gold What Is Microplate? Bore Kits • Stroked Cranks for Singles medal. But even so, the Vase team was still A hard, thin, slippery, non-wearing Cams & Tuned Pipes • Engine Building a cinch to capture the Silver Vase. Chromium Alloy Coating applied to The course ended in early afternoon at a wear surfaces on transmissions, Complete catalog $1.25; or model engines and other wear parts. information 50c. Questions large field near Windsor, a few miles from gladly answered! the Parc Ferme. There, the bikes were as­ What Does Microplate Do? sembled into several groups for a speed ■ Reduces friction, increases horsepower test on a grass track. In previous years, the ■ Longer part life and reliability POWROLL sixth day’s speed test had been in the form ■ Used and recommended by racing PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, INC. and street users P.O. Box 1206 B 9 of a road race, held on closed-off public ■ All parts processed in our plant Bend, Oregon 97701 roads. The FIM and AMA, the sanction­ Call or Write for Brochure (503) 382 6395 ing bodies of the event, and A1 Eames, the MICROPLATE COMPANY, Inc. motive force behind its planning, were 1013 W. Hillcrest Blvd. concerned about the safety of such a race. Inglewood, Calif. 90301 (213) 776-5686 By the sixth day, the motorcycles, the tires, and the riders are worn out, and that com­ bination of tired components does not lend itself to a particularly safe road race. ^ ALL *BSA-BMW-YAMAHA‘NORTO/v Suzuki So this year the speed test was conducted <0 around a 1.25 mile grass track, sort of like & a smooth motocross or scrambles on a I STOP BIKE THEFT! (A grassy field. .... TWO WAYS ACCESSORY cc The speed test proved to be the high O 1. McKAY SECURITY CHAIN- case point for most of the spectators, since it z hardened, neoprene coated, 5 feet long with GUIDE < matching American lock $19.95(C.O.D.) was the only part of the event that was an X 2. CYCLE-GUARD —electronic burglar alarm < out-and-out race, and they could see it all. 5 system S29.95(C.O.D.) There were five eight-lap races in all, and < YAMAHA BSA BMW NORTON DUNSTALL # ONE STOP SHOPPING VESPA PARTS/CYCLES SHIPPED ANYWHERE FOR ACCESSORIES for the most part, the first four were abso­ SEND $1 00 FOR DUNSTALL CATALOGUE lute runaways for the winners. The last ii J 617-254-1175 * ONE STOP SHOPPING race of the day, for 251 to 350 cc ma­ Dept.CG chines, was a real down-to-the-wire

-se­ Great Britain finished a very respect­ v BARGAIN HUNTERS! able second, their best finish in many years, followed by Austria, West Ger­ 1 DISCOUNT many, and the U.S. in a solid fifth. But the U.S. Vase A team was the real $ GOODIES: success story of the 48th ISDT. They cap­ 4 CHOPPER - tured the International Silver Vase for the TOURING- first time in history—the first time a U.S. I REPAIR PARTS * team has won anything at the Trial. They $ only lost eight marks—the five that Ron ll * Bohn dropped the first day, and three by * Dick Burleson on the last day. The other Proven by a recent CHEAP! two team members, Ed Schmidt and Mal­ survey conducted by Cycle magazine; Tanks, fork tubes, colm Smith, were clean: a perfect score all CHAIN LIFE placed handlebars, cable kits, week. A most meritorious performance by first over all other highway pegs, a quartet of the nation’s finest riders. brands of chain Sweden’s Vase A team finished second, lubricants. Chain mufflers, sissybars, Life contains no Czechoslovakia’s B team third, the Neth­ oil, silicon, moly frames, hardtails, erlands B team fourth, and West Ger­ or graphite. saddlebags, many’s B team fifth. Penetrates pins and rollers; no windshields, seats, tires West Germany’s number two Zundapp overspray or waste. and much more for: team took the overall honors in the Manu­ Repels excess facturers Team competitons, with the U.S. accumulation of HONDA — YAMAHA Husqvarna team finishing ninth, the best dirt, sand, mud KAWASAKI — SUZUKI American effort in that category. Yankee and grass. TRIUMPH — BSA Motors’ Ossa team was 11th. NORTON — HD etc. In club competition, Sweden’s SMK EKSJO team captured overall honors, FREE CATALOG with U.S. teams finishing sixth, seventh, tenth and 19th. TOMDSTONE There were 108 gold medals awarded at the Trial, but only one man won his liter­ CYCLE Ashland Chemical Co. 820 Kildonan Drive, Winnipeg, ally single-handed—Jake Fischer. 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