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" u nbreakable" lever assem blies in the p ast. No ne t hat I e ver had st aye d unb re a kab le. However , sin ce I p u t these Im p ac n yl on levers on I haven't had any proble ms whatsoever. The cable adj usters had to b e drilled o ut fo r the oversized cab le ends on m y Honda but tha t was n o bi g thing. The brake lever does flex under he avy braking but not enough to e ffec t the e ffi ci e n cy of the brakes themselves. So, another Enduro Scene Stamp of Approval go e s out to Impac Leve rs . A vailable through your local dealer. Jackwal nylo n sprocket Again j ay Tullis put me on to a product. He has been runnin g one of Jackwal 's n ylon sprockets fo r a year in the 1).37 en d uro ci rcu i t , I pu t one on and was admittedly a little wary, but so far the sprocket has held up just fine. In fact it hasn 't sh o w n any wear at all. has so me self lubricating Ny lon properties so that undoubtedly helps keeping chain an d sp rocket wear to a minim um . The sprocket is incredibly light - m u ch lighter even than an al uminum sprocket. Co mpared to th e st oc k st eel sp rocket, you can save a b o u t fo ur pounds o f unsp rung weigh t . So far th e sp rocket h as wor ked out we ll . However, I wi ll keep an eye on the nylo n w onder an d keep y ou posted to its lon g ran ge d urabili ty . Available through your local dealer. Scott Polaroid Goggles I guess th is colu mn is devo ted to the produc ts wh ich have really turne d m e on lately. The la te st is the Scott Pola ro id Goggles. They are just superb. I have al ways preferred glass goggles in the p as t but I am hooked on the Scott Goggles no w. I even had to b uy a pair for m y wife. She has a problem with her contact lens and the Scott 's were the first she could wear that kept the d ust out enough so her eyes didn't get irritated. The polaroid lens really are worth the extra price. How many ti mes have y ou had problems reading y o u r speedo o r watch and had a combination of dust and sun glare make it difficult? I know I h ave . Well , the fir st enduro I rode wearing the goggles, I coul dn 't believe the difference . The polaroid le n s really cut throu gh the glare. I like the fit and c o m fort al so . Larry Langley Bulletins (Continued from page 3} Preferred guaranteed rates for AMA members at Howard Johnson's Motor Lodges T.C. Christe nson and his Sunset Motors double-engine snortin' Norton covered Lakeland International Raceway 's 1320 in 8 .66 seconds and smoked through t ha traps at 165 mph. The sun shines forT.C. By Bob Lenk MEMPHIS, TENN ., MAY 3-4 T.C. Christenson won Top Fuel honors at the second running of the AMDRA /NHRA Sunsh ine N ationa l s a t Lakeland Internati on al Raceway . T.e. and h is Sunset Motors double-en gin e' N orton to ok 8 .66 seconds to reach th e end o f th e quart er m ile drag strip where h e logged a t op sp eed o f 165 mp h to earn himself $1 ,000. R us s Collins and h is trip le-engine Honda had t o se ttle for t h e runnerup's sh ar e o f the p urse a s h e turned in an 8 . 68/155 . Top Gas re co rd holder Terry V ance co n t in ue d h is winning w ays as h e w o n th at cl ass for h is fifth co n secu tive wi n ab o ard th e R.C. E ngi neeri ng d ouble -engin e Honda. T erry's E .T. o f This fuel injected, blown double-engine Honda was eyeballed all weekend. 8 .9 6 seco nds wa s .0 3 o ff hi s Nation al Re cord. R o n T es on o n a no the r R.C. E ng i nee ri n g d o ub l e-e n gin e Hond a fin ishe d seco nd. Th e n ewly design at ed Super Elimin at or class , fo rmerly known a s junior F u el , was won b y Ron Magi n is a nd hi s H arl ey-Davidson . Sonny Routt , cl ad in new blue leathers, had fast time fo r this class , b ut broke hi s drive cha in as he left th e line in the fi rst round of eli m inat io n s . Triumph mounted K .C . Spillersjr. took t h e rurmerup hoio rs. AMDRl\ 's N u m be r One , MIke Bruso , p owered his Atlanta Speed Shop/Floyd T w e ed e II/Nasco O il/B ill Wirges Z-1 based K awasak i to yet another w in and a new rec ord in the P ro Comp Eliminator class (fo r m erly junior G as ). Bruso b roke Eraldo Ferracci's record of 9 .65 with a ti me ot 9 .62. T he Pro StO Ck class e nded up a disaster, as 17 o f the 22 entires were dis qualified from the event. It all started when Mike Bruso's Kawasaki was found to be seven pounds underweight. U pon that discovery , o ffi ci als ran all entries b a ck th r oug h tech in sp ec ti o n for another lo o k see. It was found that eve ry t hi n g fr om illegal frames to non-stock headlight brac kets were being u s ed, a n d t h us t h e ne ar total d isquali fication o f the class. Paul Casnio p icked up t he class win fo r D en co Kawasakis as he turned in a 10 .51/12 5 . Besurts T OP F UE L: 1. T. C . Christen son (N or ) 8 .66/ 165 ; 2 . Russ Co llin s (Han) 8 .6 8 /1 55. TO P GAS : 1. Terry Va nce (Hon ) 8 . 9 6 / 15 2 .2 ; 2 . Ro n Teson (Ha n) 9.6 3 / 146. S UPER E L I M I N A TOR : 1. Ron M a91 ls n (H- D) 9.4 5 / 145 ; 2 . K. C. Sp ille rs, J r. (Trl) 1 0. 58 /1 35. P RO C Q M P E LIMINATOR : 1. Mike B r us o (Kaw) 9. 6 2 / 138 ; 9.6 7/143. 2. Mike Bla ke (Kaw) 1. Paul Casn lo (Kaw ) 10.51 /1 25; 2 . J o hn He id t (H· D) 10 .6 8/128 . PRO ST O C K : C OM Po ELI M I NAT O R : 1. Bi ll y R y al s (Vam ) 11.71/113 ; 2 . Bill Coney (H · D ) DNF. STR EET E LI M I NAT O R : 1. Vic Force (Suz) 1 3. 6 7 /None . STOC K E LI M I N A T O R : 1. Rich Hall o well (Han) 1 5.31/82. Runn er-up Russ Collins almost needs pull-backs, doesn 't he? WESTERVILLE, OHIO, M AY 5 American Motorcycle Association General Manager Ed Youngblood has announced an agreement with Howard Johnson's Motor Lodges whereby the A.\1A has been placed on that hotel chain's national accounts list for t he Preferred Gu aran t ee d Rate Program. The PGR Program now avai lable to AMA members is the sa me type of rate prote ction p lan extended to many of the n ation's lea d in g business firms. At participating Ho ward j ohnso n 's Mo tor Lo dge s the PGR listing as su res a maxim um rate per ro om type, eliminati ng se asonal ra te changes . Whe n m akin g reserva tions, AMA memb e rs sh o u ld report that they are PGR re cipients as a result o f their Associatio n membership . Then, w h en checking in they m ay show their AMA ca rd as verification. The pro gr am o ffe rs ra t es only, and d oes n o t guarantee acc o m m o d a t io n s unt il a re servation is m ade a nd co n firmed . For rese rvatio ns, M IA memb ers m ay c all 1·800-654 ·2000 • (1·8 0 0-5 2 2-4 2 1 1 in Okla homa ). 31