Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I' IIG " 2: . ~ g g ll:") r--- O"l ,.....; r--~ Q) ..CI 0' ~ U 0 ... See what you ca n make with vinyl , velcro and vitality? For you high -rollers, Hi Point makes a good cardholder too, for a price . Figh t litter! Empty plastic film cans make e xcellent waterp roof , dust ti ght holders fo r mat ch es an d t iny sp ar e parts that would otherw ise get lost o r crud-eovered. o ne match. Use your imagination: there are a lot of use s fo r t he han dy lit tle containers. Oh yeah . be sure and mark th em as to what is inside . I use d o ne of those littl e label guns and ep o xied th em on to make sure the y stayed o n . Larry Langley E nduroing product evaluations but cool m uch be tter. Clamp on coolers j ust don' t hack it , an d unle ss you use the right kind of epoxy, glued o n won ' t wo rk ri gh t either. The Nu mber One Prod ucts coo lers, o wing to their ti ght fit . do wo rk , drawi ng th e hea t away from th e shoc ks. A vailabl e thro ugh your lo cal dea ler. Malcol m Sm ith Go ld Med al Gog gles by Scott When I lost m y Scott goggles, I repl aced the m with a se t of Malc olm Smit h eyeball protect ors wit h the polaroi d lens. Th ey are the same hi gh qu ality Scotts. The mo re I use th em the b e t t e r I l ike them , esp ecially th e po laroid len s. They give m uch better VISIo n in dust and di rect sunligh t than regular lenses. A vaila ble through your de aler. Hondaline boot s TIle Ho ndaline boots feat ure in side laces u p over the ankles to insure a ti ght fit aroun d th e an kle , an d a regular buc kle-u p on th e o u tside . Aft er fo ur hard months in t he m , 1 like them very mu ch. Wh ile t he double lace-up is a li ttle cu m berso me, th e protectio n and fi t ma kes up fo r it. The on ly problem I have had is one of t he to es splitting, whic h can be preve nted by installing toe guards. None of the seams ha ve spl it an d th e toe itself has held up well. The boo ts c o me in sm o oth so le or enduro lu g so le. A vailable you k now whe re. - Product re-evaluation Enduroing ti~s Find ing a safe p lace for your sco recard can be a p robl em . It's very fru strating to lose a card, especial ly if you have been doing go o d . After a few ye ars I fo und th e best is to buy or make a card holder that fits o n th e tank. Hi Po int m ake s a good on e, b ut it costs. I m ade one for a coup le of dollars out of viny l and velcro (the peel- apart, p res s-to-fasten stuff). A trip to the local fabric sh op got me the vinyl a nd the ve l cr o . Naugahyde would p r obably work better but is more ex pensive. I borrowed my wife 's sewin g machine and went at it. A coup le o f h o urs la ter I h ad a sco re card holder , which I taped to my tank. J ust lift th e pocket up an d there is th e card , ready for th e checker. It's not fancy , but it works extremely well and is protected from the elemen ts, Another little tip Yo u know those little film con tainers th at 35 m m fil m co mes in ? Th ey h ave a lot of uses for e nd uro riders. I use th em t o store extra master lin ks, co tte r keys, ligh t bulbs, mat ches, je ts and a lo t of o t he r l i ttl e nick -nac ks, Ins te ad of snap pi ng a mast er lin k onto my spokes, th us exp osing it to the h arsh , rust ing ele ments, mi ne ar e safely tu ck ed away in m y t o ol bag, wi th a sh ot of WD-40, ready t o spring int o actio n if ne ed be . Em ergency m atches reside right ne xt to th e mast er link co n ta iner. I had t o tr im the wooden m atche s t o fit, but I always know they are the re if the dread day ever arrives whe n they are needed. Ho w m an y times have y ou ri dden off wi th o ut m at ches in your pocke t? Yo u don' t carry mat ch es with you ? 111 be glad to supply you with the nam es of a co u p le o f riders wh o spent some very long. co ld, dar k ni gh ts wishing they had j ust Number One Products shock coolers - a " po und -on " accessory Those "Tricki t" people are at it again with th ese slip o n co o lers fo r yo ur Koni o r Bo ge shocks. I say slip o n but th ey actually pound on. Th ey ar e designed so the avera ge rider can ins t all the m at ho m e if he has 'access t o (1) A freezer (2) An oven (3) a big lead hammer. Th e free zer is t o st o re your shocks fo r one hour, the ove n is to heat the coolers for one ho ur , and t he big lead hammer is the fo rce to drive the coo lers on the sh oc k. First ste p is to strip the paint off t he lo wer p art of the shoc k below t he spring perc h. On Boge shocks you have to file or grin d the wel d flush with the shoc k b ody so the co ol ers will slip right on. Some Boge shocks are sligh tly out of ro und, bu t ca n still be made to fit after a little effort with the hammer. Best wa y is to use a hydraulic pres s t o put th em on, b ut if o ne is not available the hammer will work j ust fine. Using gloves or tongs, remove a sh ock and a co o ler fro m their respective c o o l i n g a n d w arm i n g p laces an d immediate ly clamp the shock into a sturdy vise . Lin e the h o t cooler over t he shock, making sure the flat part of th e cooler is in line wi th the shock eyes . and start pounding. Try t o keep t he blows even so th e co oler won ' t ge t off-cocked, Keep hitting un ti l y o u have th e cooler in place , usually down to the spring perch . These co o lers are hard er t o m o u n t th an some o thers o n th e m ar ke t , CYCLE NEWS BEATS THE t+%*! OUT OF THE BREEZ ER TIRE TOO L - AGAIN By John Ulrich Rem em ber t h at t rick ti re to o l you gave me to test last year? The one you said was just the to o l e nd of a gas st atio n t ire mo unter, witho ut the rest of t he m ach in ery ? You know, t he one I broke in half? Well. th e Roje n B company was sure it wa s a fluke, so they gave me a new o ne. It wasn ' t a flu ke. Bu t no w they've go t an o th er new one. It 's one piece , and so far mine hasn't eve n started to lean in the m id dl e . It works just as well as the old on es, t o o . wh ich is pretty good, especially if yo u do n' t kno w how t o use ti re iro ns without pinch in g a tube. This new model, t hey say . is improved in ano t her way. Th e n otch is diffe re nt, so it wilf wo r k o n m ore rim s. That so unds reaso nable , becau se the only rims I've ever fo un d it not to work on are the ki nd that have little drops of weld in side t o act as tire be ad grippers . This new solid Bree zer transmits more sh.fc k from the impact o f th e hammer used to hit it aro un d th e rim , turnin g one 's palm to pu lp . I gue ss th at 's still better th an pin ch ed tubes if you don't kn ow how to use tire iro ns . But y ou know wh at ? I've learned to use tire irons. 41

• Cover