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OSSA Announcement Negotiat ions were co m p le ted today betwe en J o e Bo lger Products, Inc.• Bar re . Mass .• and OSSA Parts an d Serv ice Corpo rati o n co veri ng th e after mar ket righ ts to th e new state-of-t he -art Bolger S uspe ns io n System (!'a te nt Ap pli ed Fo r) . The Bol ger Suspension Syste m. develo ped by J o e Bo lger. former New (': nglan d moto cro ss champion and inventor. represents a "'syste ms engineerin g approach" to th e pro blem o f lo ng tra vel rear suspension for mo torcycles and ove rco me s m o st of th e d isadvan tages of p resent day so lu tions. Specifically. the Bolger Suspension S~ skill offers: ( I) Variable rate sp ringi ng wh ich allows: (a) grea t er suspension sensitivit y (b) m o re p rogressive suspension dampeni ng (2) Mult ipl e leverage settings (3 6 combinations - utilizing 2 shock po sitions + 9 c o n nect in g rod positions) which pro vid e a wide range of suspe ns io n adj ustme nts by changi ng the leverage o n the springs without having to change to stiffer sprin gs (w h ich in tum ca n negatively affect th e hydraulic dam peni ng c haracteristics of the shoc ks) . Therefore, the hyd ra ulic d ampenin g chara cte ristics are much m o re independ ent o f sp ring requi reme n ts. This feature of mul tiple leve rage settings permits the rider and/or ra ce m echan ic to " fine tu ne" t he Bol ger Suspension Sy stem to each particular race track. rider st yle. an d rid er we igh r, ( 3 ) Ad justable rear wh eel travel XV, inc h ra nge. (4) Near vertical ce n tral po sitio ning o f the sh ock ahsurbers d amage. less c- luu u -c for (5) Lo nger shock absorber life hy more di rect loadiu. ; of till." shoc:k ~, h so rlJt.· rs . and a subs tantial red uc tio n of the " be nd ing m ovcmcni " (hal nor mal I () n ~ travel mo un ted sho cks are subjected t o. (6) Less lo ad on the swi ng arm bushings, (7) Du e to t he variable ra te springi ng design. light er sp rings C' III he used to ach iev e sa tis facto ry dam pening wh ich in tu rn reduce s shlH ;" hso rl,e r II l ";11 :k bu ild -u p . (8) Less ma ss at th e rear o f th e motorc ycl e (red uces rear wh eel side -to -side m ovement) . (9) Dim in ished un sprun g rein forcem ent s. weigh t sw ing arm doc s no t re qu ire heavy (10) Better d ist ri b uti on o f forces . includ ing a reduct ion o f co mp ressive [ram c stresses and t he re sult an t ne ed for he avy re in fo rce men ts. Please n ote , the loads for a given bu mp are eq ua l 'to ali mo to cro ss frames. however, the Bol ger Suspensio n System abso rbs much of these loads in tens ion which is easie r o n a tub ular fram e than compressi ve lo ad s. (II) Pe rm its the optio n of using th e lat est sh o c k absorber des igns a nd sp rings. OSSA Par ts and Servi ce Corporati on \\; 11 o ffer a Ilolgcr Suspensiun Syst em accessory kit through it s OSSA deale r network to OSSA Phan tom moto c ro ss, Super Pioneer. an d De sert J'h ;U110m o w ne rs starting Febr uary l st , OSS'\ motorcycles are distributed nationally by : NO R TH E AS T REGIO N N Ell Corpor ation 7 80 Ma in St. Holden. :l1a. 01 5 20 (6 17) 8 29-6 55 6 Vi nce Th igpe n Ilist. Bo x 888 . Re b el Ro ad Ti fto n. Ga . 3 I 79 4 (9 12 ) 382- 139 6 MID-ATLANTIC REGION MIDWEST REGION Ossa Eas t. In c. RD 2. Box 266 Gl enmo o re . !' a. 193 4 3 (2 15) 942-3935 ACE Dist.. In c. 20 3 Earlywood Dr . Franklin . In . 46 13[ (3 17) 738-3 53 5 WESTERN REGION NORTH CENTRAL REGION Ossa West 153 7 E. Del Am o Blvd . Car son. Ca . 9 0 74 4 (2 13 ) 5 37 -68 67 12 SO UTH EAST REGION Ossa Ce n tr al Co rp . 8 10 - 3 1st Ave . S.W. Cedar Ra p ids . [a. 52404 (3 19) 363-9 642