Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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La Palma, Anaheim , CA 92 80 7 714-996-44 30 Want your mother to kn ow what you' re do ing - give her a gift subscript ion to Cycle News - sure beats writ ing letten BRA KE PEDA L REPLACEMENT BUSHINGS FOR HONDA 125 & 250CR /MX AIR FORKS OR SPRINGS VEra's lEathErs The Front End Kit that works either or your Money Baekl Designed for RACING over rough terrain. Will give M after milerideinstyle ile Ride in Vera's le athers Replace those worn o u t fi ber bushings with P ERMAN ENT BRASS BUSHINGS 5.00 per pair Price INCLUDES sales tax and shipping. send 55.00 ONLV. Allow 3 -4 days for d elivery if pai d by cash or m oney orde r. Allow 10 days if paid by personal check. LECOLE PRODUCTS 1525 WEST ORANGEWOOD ORANGE, CA 92668 (D eal er Inq u i r ie s I n vited ) Red Riding Hood says WW'( you a ri de second to none I No modifications, just bolt in the new units. Vera is proud to announce in add ition to her facto ry she is now handling riding apparel. Boots, gloves. jerseys, socks, goggles and of course her famous leat hers. 8" of travel - Kits for: CZ red or black frame; Vamaha Small leg 125/175 MX , Vam aha Enduros, MX, VZ and Monoshoeks; Kawasa ki KX 125. KX 250, KX 450. new KX 250/400; Suzuki 250/ 400 & RM '73 - '75; Betars. 115 11-A Washington Blvd. Whittier, CA 90606 213-699-2349 Dealer or Direct Send fo r Free Literature TERRY INDUSTRIES P.O. Box 1321, Hesperia, CA 92345 714-244-3139 Ride in Sty le new· Chain Tensloner _ -_ _ -_._-_ ......... "-------........- ..... .. --_ ..-..-__ --...... * '* 'U"OO"~ , enterpriS('S '* * ....-.. n-.._~"""""_ """' IOI ..... . -. . . ..0. ., ........ 1.21 _ .. ..-., -.. Iw-.-... _ ............._hillh ___ -. ...... * *' '*' * ..&a. "'l"I" Extra heavy dut y tensioner - pre cision manu factured w ith Teflon ro lle rs to A c...- .".. R ich Thoncaldson He ll- Arc Weld ing - F ra me Alte rat ions Cyl inder Bo ring E ngine W ork - Whee l Lac ing M aChi ni n g 6 8 95 -H 0510 Ci rc le Buena Par k. CA 90701 7 1 4-52 2~571 ...t.1. . ""IIIJ'" 4 resist wear under ext reme use. Dua l fu nction : spr ing loaded r o ll er keeps chain taut and the angle of the mount acts as a cha in guide and prevents mud or brush from getting into the rear sprocket. Heav ier du ty w ith closer to lerances and higher te st spr ings th an ot hers on the mar ket . " When in doubt, gassit l" 821.95 For info contact: SAl\lM V T A N N ER DI ST R IBUTI N G 18 lOIBl-TECH 213 924 2111 ,~ 8423 Rosemead Blvd. Pica Rivera, CA 90660 213-869· 7346 Dealer & Dist. in quiries invited / Hand W ashable ~"J _ ~ • . ~:~ Othman Distr ibuting Co. Box 356 San Luis Obsipo ,. CA 93406 (8051544-6181 • Riding • Racing • S"..., GLOVES Dealer Inquiries Invited John Smith and his six-speed RM-l25; more commonly referred to as, " The untouchables." Wanket was ab le to h an g onto a two-five tall y fo r third overall. J eff J ennin gs (Bu l) led the opening laps o f th e first 25 0 Pro moto , only to have hi s engi ne go so ur on the th ird lap , allowing Val Tamietti (Mail to zip in to the lead , followed by Terry Tu rner (Yam) an d Bill Ru bly (C-A). Ro bert Elliot (Husr rocketed into second at the midway mark, b ut a r ap id l y disintegrating fron t wheel forced hi m to slow and the Akron t rim final ly snapped in half. Turner regained second, but soon found himself out fro nt when Tamietti dropped his chain. Val got up in ti me to fin ish second. Turner showed o n ly the back of his CRT je rsey to the riders for the first fe w laps of th e final m o to bu t Bill Rubly flew by him over the second jump. Turner hel d off Tamie tt i fo r the overal l win fo r m ost o f th e rn o t o , bu t he slid o u t b efo r e t he drop-off. Tamie t ti br eezed by Rub ly an d too k th e win. Te rry Turn er fmi shed sec o n d overall behind Val Tamietti, and Ron Turner worked h ard to earn thi rd overal l. J eff J ennings le d the 500 Pro motos wire to wire, leavin g J eff Folan d (KT M) and Kenny Frost (Suz ) to take second an d th ird, respectiv ely. • Resu lts in Res ults Section. Pierce on faa-bar: "Incredible!" By John Ulrich Before the tragic 250 GP accide nt that hospitalized him with broken bo nes, racer Ron Pierce talked about the new "foe-bar" (parallelogram) rear suspension Kawasaki KR750. Having j ust retu rn ed wide-ey ed fro m a practice sessio n on the new bike, Pierce excitedly rattled off to his pit crew. "It's incredible! It feel s lik e you've go t no suspension at all - no t becau se it's rou gh , but because it's just perfec tly ' level all th e time. Th ere isn 't any weight tra ns fer , no wheelies, n o any t hing. It ju st handles fan ta st ic. The bumps I feel o n the 25 0 aren't eve n there on the 75 0 ." Asked by a by st an der wheth er or not he co uld feel wh en the re ar tire was on th e lim it of tractio n (about to let go) wit h the n ew suspe n sion sy stem, Pierce reported, " It's go t a lo t of fe el. " I wish my 25 0 han dled this good," Pier ce co ntin ued. "Yo u can go into and ar ound a com er fast er . and get o n the gas earlier . No w I' m all bum med out because I don't have one."

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