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Cycle News 1975 07 08

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• • Ir -= ~ III I . t I I l{) r- - • C'"l I ~ 00 >;j >--:i I I I I • I I • • , , • • Gary's GP frame beginn ing to take shape on the bench . Cut and try , cut and t ry. Can you dig it, a tapered ro ller bearing with an integral seal for the steering heads . Hint : they've been off-shelf items for boat tra ilers for years . The Jones super-sophisticated chai n guide, made out of tempered spring wire - so simple, so cheap - and it works. Left to right : 250 piston, 250 liner, 355 piston. Tall exhaust and low, wide tran sfers ought t o make for some right-interesting angle-area relationships. Papa Don says "We may cut t oselil' wings in the exhaust if we find we need 'em." 26 Anot her way the weight came off - shave every ot her fin on the cylind er (see below) and drill the head fins like this. Don Jones : "Our aim is to get it down to an out-of-the -box weight of less than 200 pounds." The prototype weighs 197 . Part of the diet program, Jones turned down the forks and "cut off about 40 unnecessary brackets."

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