Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

with BlD"eau of Standards accuracy . 28 This new torqu e wrench . maker s cl aim . Here is a new product developed by Krome-Krafters, Inc. , Box 484, Racine , Wisconsin, that can be described a s neat, attractive and safe. Tbat's the new .. Fuel Minder" Gas Gauge, which replaces tbe standard gas caps. Most Big Twin riders bave experienced "bitting reserve" in a bai r-raismg situation. Like in the middle of an i.... tersection after taking orr from a stop sign...or balfway aro und an a uto wbile pa ssing. Fuel Minder puts an end to to thes e "hairy bappenings" by letting you know wben you're about to go on reserve. To insure accuracy. a wrap-around float cbamber was inco rporated to steady &be fuel rea ding at both high and low s peeds. To withstand the rigors of motorcycling, all-steel co ns truction was c bosen. Space-age, aircraft s tyling a nd sparkling c h ro me give F uel Minder plenty of eye appeal. T here are two F uel -Minder models available . Model L fits Electra Gli de left ta nks. Standard (Model S) style fits Electra Gli de right and all earlier Right an d Left tanks. Pa tented styles for other models are in the making. NEW RATCHET TORQUE YlRENCH Torque Controls Inc., th e Cal ifornia firm long known in the aero-spac e indu s try as Torque engineering res earc he rs and manufacturers of a broad lin e of torquemeasuring tool s and computers. ha s announced their en try into the Speed and Custom merchandisin g field. The produ cts include a tor",e wren ch which .. thinks for itself" . me terin g inputs of tor",e foot pounds from 10 throu gh 1:l0 HOLD YOUR HAT!! TABLOC NEW ALUM. ALLOY for Yainaha Suzuki Hodaka Bridgestone $14.95 Dual Sunburst Sunburst Blank Head $13.95 EACH $14.95 NEW RN DESIGN DRASTICAUY COOLER HIGHER COMPRESSION RATIO tl CHOICE OF 12·1, 9·1 NEW PRODUCTION METHOD tl tl tl tl TABLOC HS SPROCKETS A FORE VERYCYCLE IN THECOUNTRY Immediate Delivery from $150.000.00 Inventory . See ,our d•• ler tor caf,loRue with ne" low prices Aluminum allor sproclults in 1 Toath inertlas_s: NEW CATALOG NOW AVAILABLE 25t - - s.nd TABLOC SPROCKETS 150 18 EAST RAMONA BLVD 2 1 3962·3591 B O X 220 . C N B A L DWI N PARK , CALIF 9 17 0 8 SEE OUR HEAD BORING MACHINE AT BOOTH #12, Anaheim MIC Center DIstr lbutor lor 1l.,c.t>e stlC AKRONT RIMS }.11 ... TELESCO FORKS NO SHOCKS SPANISH AMAL CARBURETORS FEMSA TRANSISTOR IGNITIONS We've been saving a gr eat deal of prais e for the machine we kn ew was coming, but began to believe would never arrive . •. t he fi rst re a l dual-purpose stre et/scrambler. Sure , we know s e veral manufact ure rs have attempted to -fill this crying ne ed with semi-stre et. s emidirt ve rsions. We commend t hei r tucked in, competition e xha usts. We applaud t he quickly d etachable lighting s ystems some offer. And we c heris h t he custom touche s tha t have finally begun t o appear on showroom mode ls. Bu t nowhere have we . found a s toc k motorc ycle quite as satisfying on both pavem ent and powder a s t he 247. 69cc Montesa Scorpion. The SCorpions are still sca rce in this count ry (D is tributo r Ki m Ki mball promis e s a celebra tion party on the doc ks wh en t he fi rst bi g shipment arrive s) bu t wi th a low pric e tag of only $745 yo u can a dd a pr emium of $50 for a ir freight and have on e ri gh t no w for a , pric e t hat still is less than on e would e xpect to pay for a bike that combines both road and dirt performance without compromising on e ither score . CYCLE · NEWS only took a brief rid e on Kimball's personal machine. We ha ve learned to t ell a lot about a motorcycle fro m first i mpre s s i ons . The verdict is. we want o ne. Her e ' s why : On the road , wh e re we rack up most of our motorcycle mil eage, the short s t ro ke 250c c single purrs e ffortle s s ly at 60 -65 mph . Ov er 65 a buzz develops that wams you of i mp ending polic e action, and t ha t ' s the only hint of vibration the c y c le has. Ther e is more spe ed i n hand if you ne ed it. Acceleration is quick and strong . The 2-stroke singl e is a "mixer" (y o u have to stir t he oil in with t he gas) , but we are used t o that . Pavement handling i s id eal for the kind of riding that includes low corner -bend ing, slow traffic-snakerj ; quick evasi ve action and fre eway (Continued on pa ge 30) completely eliminates the necessity of watching an indicator. What does the trick is a sim ple fingertip setting that elimi nates guesswork in measuring torque foot pounds with close accuracy. Competitively priced. the ne w tor",er has done away with alI e xte rnal arms and dials. The wrench has only to be set to th e appro priate torqu e reading. pulled genUy until it "clicks" and. the makers say. maximum holding power is attained . The ne w tool not only s pIlts tor que settings down to I foot-pound increm en ts with a fin ger t wis t . but operates and ratchets in both right hand and left hand direct ions...with no pos s ibility of slip. In addition. the W' square head drive indexes vertically through 40c. .. 2Oc up and down... for those hard-to-get-to places . Additional information is available directly from its manufacturers. Torque Controls. Inc. 1920 Hoyt Avenue South EI Monte 21. Cal ifornia THE FINISH LINE Br BOXY ROCKWOOD Th e final round of indoor sho rt tracking at the Long Bea ch Arena comes up this saturday night. April 30th . One hundred an d twe nty-four riders entered the last one, a nd t he li s t s hould be topped a gain for the race t hat will close out the 'first portion of t his new type ra ci ng in t he a rea . Tr ojan Enterpris es will unveil th eir new seaso n next November a nd run many ra ces from the n until M ch of '67. In my opin ion, the las t indoor was the bes t of the ar four s hows that ha ve bee n run. T he riders ar e now ex pe rie nce d on t he t rac k a nd the tuners ha ve built t he machi nes to fit the t rack, T he racin g is so c lose that tempers a re ofte n s hort and flar ing many times t ry serious ly for the titl e t his year, now t hroug hout th e eveni ng, Rid ers t hat are that he has a lrea dy won Daytona . meek and mild on the dirt a re many ti mes Th e Ca rlsbad ra ce will be a nati ona l tigers wit h blood in t hei r eye as' th ey chase in everything but the name . Yamapull off t he track at Long Bea ch . ha, Suz uki, H-D, Tr iumph and BSA will T he re ar e a few mild feuds going on all be out in force to t ry for eit her or in this type of racing but noth ing s erious both of the wins at s ta ke in th e big and as yet. Rid ers in these parts are just small bike main events . not accustomed to ridin g and racing as Not to be overl ooked is the ex pe cte d indo or racing demands. Th ey'll get us ed duel in the novic e class betw een Walt to it . F ulton and Jim Deehan. Th ese two put There is more ba r-banging and wheelon two fine duels at Dayt ona and should rubbi ng per lap at Lon g Beach than any do it again come the 15th . F ulton will other trac k going. If the ride rs ca n hold be on his Da ytona-winni ng Suzuki while t he ir tempers ju st one more ti me t his Deeha n will again ride the sam e YamaSaturday night then t hey can ha ve until ha that he has ridd en th e past two years. next November to cool off - and get Bel and is lookin g for well over 100 ready for a really full sc hedule . ent ries for his first profes s i ona l road race. If the first is success ful, then CA RLSBAD ROAD RACING ther e will be many more in t he co ming Th e announceme nt i n t his issue tha t mont hs a nd seaso ns . both Daytona winners, Budd y Elmore ancf Bob W ers , will be at Carlsbad on int OVER AT ASCOT May 15th ass ures promote r Sand y Be land T he no vic e and ama teur ride rs rea ll y of having the most; talent-load ed field put on the show last week. There is no of road rac ers to ever co mpete i n t hese reason to think that thi ngs will be any parts. different from week to week in these Both riders learn ed t hei r road racin g two class es. A rider ca n be a hero one on sh ort cours es and both have already F riday and ju st another rider th e ne xt . stated that th ey ar e not comin g all the T ha t' s the type of rac ing that makes way out here j ust to ride a nd not win. it interesting for all conc erned . Tan ner T hey both know t hat this is the sam e still has thi ngs much his own way i n t he t rack that will hos t a nati onal road rac e expert c lass and this co uld sway a ttenon Sept. 18t h. El more is the current tion to th e other two classes . leader in nati onal poi nts and wa nts to . TWO-WHEEL TRYOUT RIDING THE MONTESA SCORPION • Easy wheell.-Ing Scorpion mak.s It slmpl. to climb curbs.

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