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Product evaluations .... ~ .s: E ~ ;> o Z • Aq uaplan ing th rough the " Oasis:' T hat' s no mirage, either. Charity 'Cross at 395 By Phil Carpenter Super Motorcycle Shock Springs By John D. Ulrich Riders loved the new one-mile NIX cour se at 395 Cv~l e Park built bv Desert Constru~tion Co. for th~ United Way Bene fit Mot o cross. From th e spec tato rs' hill you co uld see the wh ole thing exc ept when th e riders go through the "Oasis" (that is the righ t hand :r u 0: ...J :J Z • :r ........_ _ "'---'''"='--'''I Q Breezer tire tool By John D. Ulri ch The last time we told you about the Breezer tire to ol, sold by an o ut fit known as "Rojcn B," the word -was that the thing worked, even ifit did cost $7 .95. Wondrous as it may seem in these inflationary times . the Breezer still sells for $7.95, but ours doesn't still work. It last ed ex actly three and o ne-half tir e changes. Many peop le d o n 't change tha t many tires in a year, but we 've go t a lo t of ti re switching to do, road raci ng and enduro rid in g th e same bike. Th e first time we used the gadget, its no r-so -ob vio us construction surfaced. The bo tt om half, which works on th e rim to pry on or off the bead . is soli d alloy, an d the top is alloy pipe wi th a rubber grip and a cap plug in the end. The hollow handl e is to absorb the shoc k of beating on the solid end of the to ol with a hamm er . which is ho w you move it around the rim to remo ve o r inst all th e tire without pinching the tube. T he ca p po pped off while mounting the second tire. When th e t im e came to change to a new set of K8 1s, the to ol removed th e firs t o ld tire and replaced th e fi rs t ne w t ire with ou t in ciden t. But halfway thro ugh rem o ving th e second o ld o ne, it sta rt ed to be nd to one side a bi t. It di d n't break co m p letely in two until halfway thro ugh mounting the second new tire. If yo u buy a Breezer to avo id the hazards of using tire irons and the thing breaks in two mi d -way through th e job, yo u're stuck unl ess yo u have a spare. Co nsiderin g the cost of tubes th ese days, maybe buyin g two Breezers is still a de al. Available from : Rojen B, Bo x 738 0, Van Nuys, Cali forn ia 9 1409. 36 Then bo th men m oved cl oser to the base of the h ill and shot it o ut fo r th e win in t he Open class . With a run of less than 10 fee t, Mackel started u p the hill only to loop his bike at the 130·foot marker. Sh aver, from the same start , was unbeatabl e today. Through loose sand, ru Is and roots he p owered his monster up to the 559 foot mark an d lo cked up a first pl ace in hi s class . In the runoff for Top Eliminator, a race between th e n ine men who had pl aced firs t in their class, Shaver again made the grade. On ce again he managed to top th e hill, be coming the on ly man to acco mplish su ch a fea t th re e t imes , an d th e o verall winner of the clim b. 500 Modified was th e biggest class in todav 's cl im b , and provided some of the AD ELANTO, CAL., NOV. II According to distributor Internat ional Cycle House, ln c., t he idea beh ind Ken Ross " Su per Motorcycle Shock Sp rin gs" was t o " build a better mouse tra p ." Starting with high grade , military specificat ion mat erials. Ken Ross , Inc. winds, sh o t peens. dips in ac ry lic lat ex , matches and sells th ese sp rings fo r a recommended retail list of $ 17 .95. Along with th e springs, th at mo ney bu ys a one-y ear warranty against break age or mor e th an one-eigh th sag, no m atter what. To make life easier for d ealers, the springs come in vario us wei ghts for use o n Koni, Boge , Betor, S&W, Arn aco , Te lesco. an d Girling shocks in weights appropriate fo r shoc k setups fro m stock to LT R , but in o nly o ne len gth for each brand . Included are special spacers to fi t the sp rings to d ifferen t length sh oe k b odies. Ours haven't bro ken o r sagg ed, and th e yellow, co lo r m a tch es o ur shou lde r pad s. Distributor: Internat ional Cy cle Hou se, In c. , 1709 Sou th Lyo n St reet . Santa Ana, California 92 705 . L......di'.......c~~~........ _ _~ ~ the m repeated that performance again to day. Ed Shaver and Neal Mackel, bo th aboard fuel -burning big Triumphs, made it to th e top. juml;' dro pping yo u into the la ke by th e well) . . If you get o ut o f th e Oasis, you scoot be hind th e half-m ile in to a quick right turn ove r the " Ant Hill" and back in fro nt of th e specta to rs ban k fo r 500 fee t o f straigh aw ay to sho w off. You IT it aro und a left hander , then two more quick lefts with two-foot berm cushio ns throwing you into a quick right with a super high berm to set y ou up for the "M agic Mo le Hill." Over th e Mole Hill we do an Evel-sty le jump, turning right in mid-air (o r we ar e supposed t o d o it that wa y) to the delight o f the spe ctat ors both in th e Park and in cars tr aveling up 39 5. The sharp left-bander. whi ch was only 100 feet off the highway, had bikes creat ing roos te r tails 10 feet h igh , stopping the traffic. It. was j ust like o ld times to give free shows to travelers . But one word of advice . .. go rta get there ear ly for a good parking place ca use the desert riders done staked their claim! Apple Valley and Victorville businessmen were flagmen and officials an d Adelanto Vo lun t eer Fire m en wo rked the H.R.A . Firs t Aid Se rvic e wh ile th e Adelan to police took care o f crowd co ntro l. T ho se businessmen wer e all o ver th e place. When I did o ne of m y spectac ular s1ide-o u Is on th e Mol e Hill , th e flagman , Co l. Bruce Sh aw, Ch airman of Uni t ed Way an d Century 21 Real Esta te, helped me up and tried to sell me a desert pl o t ! Results in Results Se ct io n. Shaver makes the grade By A nn A . Powell SUl':NYMEA D , CAL., NOV . 10 T he su pe r hi ll at DeAnza Cycle Park held ou t against ne ar ly all co me rs .again Sunday. Only th ree men have ever been ab le to to p this hill in a cli mb, and two o f Nea l Mackel makes a fi nal run at the big hill . T he trophy fo r the 750 t o Open class is at stake, and th is is the tell ing run. Mac di dn't quite make it, but got second behind winner Ed Shaver.