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Cycle News 1975 03 04

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Recommended reading from Cycle News Products Motorcycle tuning for perfonnance How to W in Motocross Tells you ever y' t h ing ta ught in Garv Bailey 's racing schoo ls. AI)' swers all the questions about eq uipment, sta rt s, co rners and rough st uff , who o ps and downhills, mud and passin g, a nd expert tr icks . A grea t $ 6 confidence -bu ilder. How to ride Observed Trials Read this book a nd refer to it for eve rything needed to excel and have fun in t he "ride anywhere" sport of tria ls. Riding techn iques, bike mod· if ica ti ons, organ izing trials ' $ 6 ru les, charts, everyth ing. Escape by Trail Bike Absolutely the finest book on off-road motor cycle rid ing tech niques ever offered . B i l l Brokaw, Expert rider, tells how to ride th e ha rd stuff, easy . Illustrated latest ed ition . only $3.75 17 6 up -to -d a te pages , over 300 il· Iustr at ions showing how to get the max imum speed , torque and gearing out of yo ur present setup. Also advice on trick modi ficati o ns. Th is bo oks plus yo ur owner's man ' $ 6 ual is all you need to go fast . - ; l1li • .... l1li t lr') r--. O"l ~ ~ ~ ...c:: u ~ ""' ~ The BoonieBook New , seco nd edi ti o n explains how to ride the dirt, make your bike wor k fo r you, tricks of ma intenance, safety · and what to do for many happy tankfuls of trail rid ing jo y. Covers $ 6 everything except ecology. Two-stroke tuner's handbook by Gordon J ennings explains cl ea rly and in great detail how and why a 2-eyc le en gine works and how to make it work better. Includes how to desi gn and build rac ing expansion chambers to your eng ine 's specs. Lavish ly illustrated. $5 HANGUP .. - GUARANTEED on either side and there are more dir t ro ads and view poin ts than we co uld possibl y cover in ju st six days. Now for the best part, from a trailbiker's frame of reference: Th e four-wh eel-drive roads o f Colo rado. Th e State o f Colorado has man y , man y ro ads designated as be ing passable The Denve r and Rio Gra nde rail roa d is one of t he few remaining steam d riven t rains in t he U.S. It runs smack up the middle of t he An imas Vall ey. CAFE HONDA with Hollywood Hills signs in background . 1)1, . x 2', full col or , matte finish . Mailed in tUbe.= $ 2 : J S : by fo u r-X rigs only . You kn ow what th at means, don 't you? It means lots of high mountain trails whi ch are too to ugh for the average car or truck. We motorcyclists know we can go any place a J eep can go, righ t? So, there you are. Whol e new , great trai ls to ride. Some go clear up to around 12,000 feet in th e thin air . It would take you an entire summer to ride 'em all. It was early Octob er and pri or to th e $1.50 Mail order is fun . Send check or money order to Cycl e News Pro d ucts, Bo x 498, Long Beach , CA 90801 • opening of deer season when we were th ere . The good part ab out that was th at th e few othe r peop le we me t on those man y four-wheel drive trails were occasional Jeep ers sco u ting the co un try for th e o n-co ming hunting season. It was like having yo ur own priv ate mountain retreat to just rid e in any direction that came to mind. For the ro ckhounds and mining enthusiasts there are plenty of old mines from around th e tum of the cen tu ry . But for us there were the colo rs. Rain bo w tones on the mo untains and. looking way down into the valleys fro m up high on the trail. the views reminded us of being in an airplane. From up the re the patchw ork colors of the far ms, the shine of the river and the reflection of the sun on the tiny hou ses are a ph otographer's dre am. We shot 2 1 ro lls o f film trying to cap ture it all! As I said in the beginning, it's been a very goo d year wit h many enjoyable changes brought about by my faithful little Yamaha and the freedom it has given me . What happens in the comi ng year ? Well. for one thing, we 're taking our bikes back to soak up some more of colorful Color ad o. See ya. .. • Plea~e rush me the items I have checked below. I am enc lo sing a check or mo ney order for total price plus 50 cents shippi ng. (California resid ents please add 6% sales ta x.) I [ I How to Win Motocross [ J Motorcy cle t uning fo r performance [ I How to ride Observed Tr ials [ I Th e Boo nie Boo k : [ I Esca pe by Trail Bike [ I Two-stroke t uner' s handbook $6 .00 6.00 6.00 6.00 [ I Cafe Hon da post er ~ 3.75 5.00 Name _ Add ress City I _ State _ _ _ _ Zip _ Allow 3 wee ks for d elivery. ADDRE SS: Cycle News Products , Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801 35 >-

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