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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.. • -= ..". WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO SELL OUT. 11II 11II .... g ;... g ~ r--- O'l According to our latest survey , more than 60% of all Cycle News dealers sell every copy on their counters. Every issue. Cycle News sells out because readers li ke our no-B.S. approach to everything from ecolog y and motorcycle legislation to shop tips, home repairs and no-holds-barred product evaluat ions. ~ C'J 'C . 0.. -e - By John Ulrich per issue makes you an off icial Cy cle News dealer. As a dealer, you ' ll receive a handy Cycle News counter rack for your counter and a swell Cycle News window poster for yo ur wind ow . Why wait? Wherever you areWest, East, or Central - t here's a Cycle News edition for you to, sell SA C RAMENTO , CAL., MAR . 17 There comes a time in the life of a street rider when he wishes to go very , very fast on a non-straigh t road. He m ight be able to fulfill th at wish, but then again he migh t scare himself haIf to death trying, due to lack or skill or kn owl edge. Then th ere are street riders ... ,.---. "-"-" . '-'I......, BEFORE out of. And a Cycle News person waiting to sign you up . Just pick a phone number or address below and use it. Most im portantly, Cycle News is news. Race results . Point standings. Up-coming events. News whi le it's sti ll news. As a Cycle News dealer; you 'l l not on ly have t he pleasure of dispensing a lot of good cy cle news to your customers, but you'll also have t he pleasure of pocketing 40% profit per copy sold per issue. A minimum ord er of 10 copi es Cycle News West, (213) 427-7433 Bo x 498 , Long Beach, Calif. 90801 , Cycle News Central, (512) 444 -7548, Box 13245, Aust in, Texas 787 11. Cycle News East, (404) 934-785 0 Box 805, T ucker, Georgia 30084 CYCLE NEWS WESTICENTRAL/EAST Motorcycle T ires T he ever yday t ires that are used as pro fess io na l racing tires. 9 West Coa st Distributor Deale r Inqu iries Invited AIR FILTERS HANDLEBARS M oto'l.C!ljC!Le K&N EN GINEER ING PO B O)l V£I~a's ~ MAICD - NOGUCHI custom made · leathers of A zusa. Factory works kit f or Yamahas Buy d i r ect from t he fac - ~aooJll.a now in stock at t o ry a nd save . Pan ts custom made, t he b est o f Canad ian leat her. Your ch oice of col ors & stri pes . sr.. Az usa, CA 9 1702 •• •• •• • 2.13-334 -001 5 • • • .• ••.• • , , 't' . ••• ••• . . 120 E. 6 t h 26 ' 360 15406 Cabrit o Rd.. Van Nuvs, Calif. 213·780-1525 1329. RiverSIde , CA 9 25 0 1 1714 1682 ·8813 T & 0 Yamaha 24020 Narbonne Avenue Lo mita , California 90717 . :. • • • • • .2 1 .3; ~~-2;3.1.1 • ... ' , ... ,.,.,.. Clip the apex and exit WFO .. . wh o wan t to and kn ow how to go fast, b ut are tired o f p oli ce t raps, ro cks and do gs in blind t urns, d run k dri vers pre t ending they're in Eng land , and pain ted cr osswalk lin es. The A m erica n Fe deration of Mot o r c y cl i st s (AFM) Sacramento , California Chap ter today host ed a ro ad race school designed to hel p the non-racer get out of the streets an d onto ' the track with · as little trauma as poss ib le, or t he beginning racer get better. T we nty-nine riders from as far away as the Lo s Angeles area came to th e school held at Sacramento Raceway Park wi th twenty dollars each in t hei r hands , bringing every kin d of ride from an Ital-je t 50cc GP bi ke to a Norton Cafe Racer to a Bultaco Metralla to a Honda CL450 to a Ya maha Big Bea r to a BMW set up for touring. What they got was a day with some real live road racers and pavem en t 0 scratchers as teachers. group theory and rule discussions. lect ures on bike set-up , on-t he -track training, and individ ual instru ction and c ri t i quing. T he f'J "classroom" was laid out -around the oJ Sac'to Ra ce way drags trip and return roads, form ing one basic loop an d a d separate chicane a t the other end of t he st rip. For beginners, the pap erw or k (just like at a real race) an d tech inspection ' were mystifyi ng. Patient indiv idual help (along with re m inders that at real races no tech ins pe ctors do no t have tim e fo r bikes th at are n' t righ t) helped sort o ut t hi ngs . C rash bars, tu rn signals, ta illigh ts, and other protuberances ab le to snag a fa lling rider had to be removed. Safety-wired drain p lugs were required. but since there wasn't going to be any real dicing today, t he tech men were very lenient (bu t always explaining that a t the real thing. no quarter is given.) At rac es, th ey said. re m ovable exhau st b affles had t o be wi red. as well as brake backi ng pl ate anch ors. ' Many beginners . were not prepared. showing up with red-flecked chains, ratty running bikes, and bald tires. "Go Everyone had a chance to have their lines and form evaluated.