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MORE ON THE DUHAMEL DAYTONA Z1

LAST MONTH we began turning our streetable Z1 into an all-out production racer. . . a racer Yvon DuHamel will ride at Daytona.

We completed the basic bike, but still had to install wheels, tires, a disc rear brake, and an all new exhaust system. The task seemed simple enough, but in reality proved too much for the time we were able to devote to it.

The result is that the final performance breakdown (including all stages from stock bike to racer) will appear next month with a full report on Daytona.

After the bike competes at Daytona, it will be brought back to Dale Starr Engineering in California where it will be cleaned and prepared for display in CYCLE WORLD’S annual show. At the show, Bob Rudolph, president of the AMA, will conduct a drawing to determine the winner of the bike. The bike will then be delivered freight collect, in any stage of tune the winner desires.

If he wants the race bike, as it finished Daytona, he can have it, slick tires, close ratio gears and all. If he wants to ride on the street, we’ll deliver the machine in stage II tune.

Or, if that’s too radical, we’ll regress all the way back to the $100 fix and ship an essentially stock machine.

It’s the winner’s choice.