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By Rod Breaker Workshop is. « REMOVING FRONT FORK CHROME OIL SEAL HOLDERS ~ w One of the most sickening things to see on a nice looking machine is a set of chrome seal holders on the front forks all scarred up where U >- someone has tried to take them apart and wound up using a pipe wrench U on them. Most manufacturers have a special wrench to remove these without damage, but for the rider who may only strip the forks once the whole time that li'e owns it, it is a rather eJ(pensi"e item. There is a way to do it that makes it a lot easier and will keep the chrome on the covers from becoming damaged. I am using a set of Triumph forks in these photos, but the same will apply for almost any type fork. The main things needed are a section of one of the red buytle inner tubes (the black ones will work, but not as good) and a can of lacquer thinner, and a pair of strong hands. Z W ...J CZ's new 175 Trailfor moto-x'too The new CZ 175cc Trail featuring high-rise MX front fender. 21" wheel, MX bars, was designed for off-road use. It is in stock now at American Jawa Ltd.. 3745 Overland Ave., Los Angeles, Calif., and on hand at many dealers at the present time. The 175cc suggested retail price is only $525.00, which is the most important feature. 3.) Cut a section of the inner tube big enough to wrap around the .fork and overlap a little. 1.) To give you more room to operate, you have to remove the front wheel and fender first (these will have to be removed anyhow if the forks are to be stripped!. With these items removed, it means that the fork legs will turn on the tubes, so a bar slipped between them Take some lacquer d,inner on a clean rag and wash one side of the piece of inner tube well with it and let it dry. The lacquer thinner has the characteristic quality of deteriorating the rubber somewhat and making it soft and gummy so that when it is wrapped around the chrome piece (naturally all oil and dirt should as shown will cure this problem. be removed from the piece before the rubber is wrapped around itl it gets-a fantastic grip on it. 4.) Now all it takes is a good strong set of 2.) Of course if you have a tool such as this, you don't have a problem in the first place, but how many riders have one? (This particular tool is for Honda forks. but will work superbly on the Triumph forks as shown.) hands on it and you will be surprised how easy it will come loose. If it is stubborn about coming loose, additional pressure can be put on it by having someone else wrap his hands around yours and both of you work at it. Next time you are confronted with this problem, give this a whirl, it may surprise you. J.\i'Ii'IOUi'leli'IG Exciting First Issue' . on sale April IS! I Devoted completely to the Off- Road Rider I DIRT BIKE: has acfual Dyno Readings on test Bikes brings in depth eoverage' of Motoeross, Desert,Scrambles, Trials, Trail Riding! brings Expert Adviee, Technical Tips, Shootouts! First Issue: An Interview with Whitey Martino at your newsstand for 75e or with our Special Offer .lI~-'" First Issue: Motocross Shootout! CZ/ Husky/ M.ieo Comparison and more tests, and more , tips, and more races. Be sure you get every issue. On Sale April IS at your favorite newsstand, or subscribe now and save one third! Special introducfory offer: Six Issues for only Three Dollars! Send check or money order to: DIRT BIKE Hi-Torque Publications, Inc. Box 154 Encino, California 91316 soram By Maureen Lee Ah, those lucky people who ,Ih·e up North. We were just checking out the latest Ca,lendar of Events and on May 2nd, Daroga Park is throwing a team motocross run. Guess how JI\any motos? Three, each of an nours' duration. It will be at Orondo, Washington so if you're up that way, give it a go. It's racing like that which builds the stamina of riders, not the two 15-minute Waltz-around-Willie's we all too often get down here and call motocross. Often after just those fifteen minutes the riders come in like they've just about had it because they never have a chance to build up that stamina. I sure would like to see District 37 go to nothing but mail entries for motocross, accepting only so many riders as can be correctly handled with the emphasis on more track -time. People have argued that a lot of families don't like this because they never know what they're ll0ing to do until the last moment. Well, sorry about that. If you're riding motocross you usually know that that's what you're going to be doing two Sundays from now. Some clubs have said they thought they wouldn't make any money if they weren't allowed any post-entries because some wouldn't make up their minds to ride until the day before. That's been disproven. Several motocrosses run outside the AMA organizations and paying purses have .required pre-entries only, and the 'sarne faces are always on the starting line. With a little pressure put on 'em, the: boys don't get sloppy and start arriving to sign-up just when the booth is ready to close. So come on motocross riders, give a little thought to this and see what you think about it. Bay Mare Cycle Association which is strictly a motocross club is really kicking this thing around, and has even come to the point where they just may petition to run their motocrosses under the FIM standards. N"ow AMA is part of the FIM, we've got to grow up sometime. Another subject dear to my evil little heart is that Masters Class. Larry Haley, who was the originator of that has tried to back away gracefully saying how much more study the plan needs, and maybe just letting it drop. More study is needed, but so is a Masters Class. You know and I know that the boys who ran in the top fmishers in the Mint 400 weren't riding without full backing. Can the average rider do that? No, because he couldn't afford it. I'm not talking about the hundreds who ride week after week, who either blow up, fall down before the first check and other miscellaneous miseries, 1 mean the guys in the two digit number system who aren't just quite good enough to catch the eye of a sponsor. They usually get a break on parts and a discount when they buy a new bike, .but full spnsorship, no. N ow the Lord knows I'm not trying to take anything away from anyone, the big boys have earned all they're getting. As far as I'm concerned Edison Dye should buy J.N. a Cadillac, but what's so awful about putting these chaps in a separate class? Young Bryar Holcomb who is on his way up in motocross came up at a race and said, "Hey, I don't object to that Master Class. I've worked hard to get where I'm at and I'd like to show people that I arn that good." , You receive desert points for the top twenty rides. With the sponsorship a lot of these men receive they ride just about every bloomin' race on the calendar and end up in the top ten, while a lot of others barely manage to afford riding maybe twenty-five runs. Think about it. Blunt continues Perris streak By Elaine Jones PERRIS, CAL., April 4, 1971 - Jamey Blunt ran his win streak to four weeks and is definitely the rider to beat in the 175/200cc Novice. Andy and Lehard Luttrull tried to gang up on him but all they got for their efforts were second and third. In the 250cc Novice class Div. I, Tom Avoian not only won his first race hut his first moto of all time. Congratulations on both. The Stanford brothers still continue to dominate the 250cc Novice class. This time it was Tom picking up the marbles in Div. II with brother Toby second. . Doug Nason has found the l(I"oove for NUI~E:The sound thatkills the sight. the 250cc A/Experts and he is the only one who can follow it. Blunt gave him a fine first go and managed to stay ahead across the line. After than Doug closed the door on everyone and it was all his with room to spare. Taylor Sisco is still wailing on his 400cc Maico in the Open Expert and' for a guy that small it takes a mighty fine rider or a lot of hair to win. Taylor has a large amount of both. Ken Miller pressed Taylor in one but not hard enough. Jeff Sexton put on a good show winning the second Open moto and it was a hard fought one with Eddy Hudson. Jim Pool was third. Sandy Armstrong and Doug Nason mixed it up in the Amateur-Expert go with Sandy coming out on top in that' one. Nex week racing will go under the lights Saturday. Gates open at 5 with minibikes going at 6. There will be no racing on Sunday. (Results on page 34)