Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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Neld Ca.sh? o By Rod Braker . c: -, ~ w TOOLS!!!!! It seems that every year about "Humbug" t ime we have to have an article on handy tools to have at home in the workshop. I think this is mostly for the women who would like to get their husbands or boyfriends something for Christmas and can use the helpful hints, even though they are now a bit late. Here are a few more handy tools, some low priced, some high. You will be able to add to his complement of tools no matter what your financial status. Try to remember when buying tools for the home mechanic, try to pick out something that he needs and will use. Of course, he probably has been dropping hints for the last three weeks, so it shouldn't be too difficult. Z W -J U >- U t .! If pocket h e understands th e functi on s of t he tester. one i nval uab le aid in of these can be an d iagnos ing elect r ica l probl ems. Whil e th e Kawasaki one sh ow n h ere is rath er expensive, smaller and ch eaper on es can be purchased at electronic stores th at w ill do the job usually required at home. 5 .} T here is n o question in anybody' s m ind , if y o u don 't ha ve an impact driver, don't even start working on it yourse lf. T h is ha s got to be th e ha nd iest tool ever inven ted and th e p rice is right. T h is one is made by S nap-O n and is about S8 without t ip s. 9.1 A handy tool to go with the flywheel puller is this adjustable flywheel holding tool to hold the flywheel in position while loosening or t ighten ing the center fi xing nut and also th e puller itse lf . 2,) An i nva luable aid to the two-stroke own er is the dia l ind ica t o r a nd the adaptors that go with it. While in the $20 to $30 p rice ra nge. the money is w ell spent for accurate t iming can mea n the life of an engi ne . 6.) Here is a handy litt le gadget put out by Cycle News Tries to Help Cycle News. In c., publisher of thc three foremost motorcycle newspapers in the United States, announces a co n tin ua t io n of its 1971 co n ti ngency pro gra m. In the 1972 racing season. $6.950 will be avai lab le to competitors in the AMA National Circuit an d the AMA Professional Motocross Series. Cycle Ne ws will post $ 100 at each of th c 27 AMA Nationals duri ng the upcom in g season, for a total of $2700 . T his year, h owever , $50 wil l go to th e winning Expert and $50 will go to th e p rovidin g eit her win ning J unior, co n testant prominently displays a Cycl e Ne ws st ickie o n h is helmet o r m ach ine. Furth er, to avoid co nfusio n, th e st ickie must bc in pla ce at technical inspe ction. Cy cle New s will p ost $ 25 0 at eac h o f th e 17 AMA Professional Mot ocr osses in 1972 fo r a total of $35 00 . The overa ll w inne r of the In ternatio nal class will receive $50 w ith $1 0 go ing to the ten high est -p lacing Ame rican rid ers. In th e Support or National class, $ 10 will go t o th e to p ten riders. All money will b e p aid co n tin gen t on the use of Cycl e Ncws stickles , which must bc affixed in a p lainly visible area a t tech inspection. A t o tally n ew contingency award goes to the Grand National Champion for 1973. Cycle News, in conjunction with Pat Man ning T ailors, will supply $750 worth of cu st o m-tailo red suits, shirts, pants, an d othcr garb. The pri ze will be awarded in Vict ory Circle at Ontario Motor Speedway a t the last Na ti o nal o f the seas on. The entire wardrobe may be fittcd a t the Champion's leisure during his st ay o n thc West Coast. Manning is loc a ted at 3407 W. Olive, Suite 102, Burbank, Calif. Phonc : (21 3 ) 842-74 33. Riders wishing to co mp ete fo r th e '72 Cyclc News c o ntingency sh ould wr ite CoN at Box 498 , Lon g Beach , CA 90801 and req uest the numbcr of stic kies needed for the year, Rrnember: Other folks who pay contingcncy m o ney ask y ou t o (a) wear a decal and (b) use thei r product wh ile you ra ce. At Cycle News, wc j u st want you to w ear o ur stickle. Yo u d on't havc to read Cy cle Ne ws whil e you race. th e Yu asa Battery Compan y: it is fo r che ck ing th e co nd ition o f the batte ry . Wh ile it is sim p le in operat ion and doesn't give yo u a spe cific gravit y co u nt , it is ver y am ple fo r t he home workshop. 10 .) If he has been cha ng ing hi s t ires w ith screwd rivers and a lot o f cuss w ords, maybe a d ecen t set o f tools fo r tire ch angi n g w ould b e in order. Th e on es o n th e left are th e kin d to p u rch ase, the th ree on t he right are su pplied in some t ool kits. 7.) Woe be unto he who owns a BSA twin and has to take the e ngine apart. T h is is th e p uller set ma de t o do th e jo b. If he needs o ne, you cou ld make it a h appy new year for hi m, b ut 3 .} I f the d ial ga uge is a little steep, t his item called a Micro-ti me is reason ab ly accurate and can be used on both two-strokes and they are in the $30 bracket. fou r -strokes and is in th e $15 rang e. 11.) If you are really strapped for bread, you m ight go fo r som et hi ng like th ese ' poor m an's rin g compressors', after a ll it's the though t that cou n ts. J ust get some hose cla mps t hat are hi s p iston size a nd ma ke a fe w di nks in them t o catch t he cyl inder as it c o me s down an d yo u have ring compresso rs. HIGH OVERHEAD Winner at th e recent La ugh-in T rials for th e Zan iest Headgear (awarde d by Cycl e News) was Kenny Parks (righ t) and se cond place (awa rd cd b y Web co ) fell to Dean Fishe r. All the special awar d winners are Iistcd wi th th e re sults, o n page 5 2. Ph oto cour tesy of Im age International. AMAL TO EXHIBIT 4 .) He re is an other item that will ad d p res t ige to his workshop even if he d oesn't use it too o ft en. While he will use it h im self on ly oc ca sio nally t o d eglaze h is cy lind ers, all h is b uddies will b e dropping o ver every ti me t hey want t o borrow his cy linder hone. 8 ,) A litt le cheaper and si mpler is this fly wheel p ulle r, t his pa rt icula r o ne will fit Ho nd a, Yamaha, S uzu k i, etc. but the thing to d o is get the o ne for h is pa rt ic ular b ike, it is just t hat some of t hem w ill fit m ore t han o ne brand. 12.) A no th er item on the low cost list if your man ow ns o ne o f the Honda m odels that give you an o il bath when setting th e timing w it h a timing light. 1 cc. 160cc. 35Occ. etc.). It 90 d oes n' t come with the hol e, b ut just buy h im a new o ne and w hen he opens it u p o n Ch rist ma s m orn, you can tell h im what to do with it (maybe I had better rephrase that}. Amal Ltd., of Birmingham, Engla nd , a su bsi diary of Imperial Metal Indust ries Ltd., will b e exhibiting its full ra nge of car buretors, thro ttl es, ca bl es and choke lever co ntrols vo n S tand No. 112 at the Mo to rcycle and Accessories Trade Sh ow at Long Beach, Califo rn ia January 7 to 9, 197 2. On sh ow for the firs t ti me is a new ligh tw eight throttle made fro m high q uality p las tic for competition work, and a twin cable type similar in construction b ut with the added adfantage of a cam 'acti o n roto r to give a p rogressively quicker action as th e throttle is o pened.