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; ~ III • ~ For Sale Fo r Sale Kinttab InC• v Manufactgrers of Snow flake Magn esium wheels. Will di s pose o f by di rect sa le: Snow fla ke wheel mol ds for: I G x W~ I 5 18 x wx: 5 18 x W:\1 3 19 x Wr--I 3 Als o the m olds for th e 21 .. ~l X 8 lb . wheel (the o nly8Ib\V~1 3 whee l on t he market) E v A uto matic 4 hy drau lic and r acer lathe (mac hi nes back & fro nt of w heel in o ne o peration) 0 Patents o n the Snowflake wheel de sign All eng i nee rin g draw ings o n w hee ls Stock o f wheels and parts a nd accesso ries Sale o f Kimtab In c. ias en tity t t.O r-0'1 .-; ,.. 0'1 .c :> - Z Du e t o disagre em ent between partn ers sale of co m pany t o tal or an y part can be b ought Tall. long-legged works MXers lined up (above). The 125s with internalspring Showa fo rks are on the far end. (Left and below) Canted gas-shock rear ends were cushiony and hardwor king, at the same ti me. Really fine. Sale m ust be completed before y ear end on a f i rst come - fi rst serve basis Call Manny Harriman 21 3·9 6 0-2304 • o r write Bo x 220 , Baldwin Park, CA 91706 Inspec t ion can be arra nged For Sale For Sale • RE ED INDUCTI ON KITS TuGee Enterprises Inc. 731 EA ST CYPRESS MONROV IA , CA 91018 (213) 359-2015 ~~rnore than the lobi Lightweight Cycle Shop Shop early for the h olIday specials Shin TIIcI used by the winn~rs Imported by Sport Tracks Co . Bob Balentine - w inner o f the first -Bou nt y Ser ies never fai led to f in ish ., 213-361-5955 . A l SO stock Br idgestone and Dunlop. 30 Kal Gard , A rmo rall, Se a l-N -A lr. s.. you r logI deal.r Full line of new Italjet cyles and go-carts Lay-a w ay plan avai la ble 131 9 W. Willow Long Beach, CA 90801 leroy Shvontz (Hector Shvontz's cousin - no relation to the ShllOntz's of the Sierra Club) is going to ride the Phantom Duck (Continued from page 11 ) fe el if I weren't so nervou sly bound up, I could ri de it for hours. But that's the whole idea . Actually, I only have three laps . Top speed, I don 't know. I glim pse 7,500 maybe 8,000 in top befo re sh utting o ff discreetly at the end of the two lo nger st ra igh ts. The works rider comes off t he fast downhill right befo re th e front straight in fourth; I'm exiting it tapped in third.:shifting twice . Still, it's a tri p. Especially when, on m y fmal tour through those uphill esses , I check m y local horizon and really realize how far over th is ba by is getting without ' grounding. And I'm not hanging off at all ; I'm tu cked in like a scar ed rabbit. All too soon the checker; I roll do wn the pit lane, park it , kill it, drop my feet and straighten up with a c o n tend ed sigh. My God. they 're ap p lau d ing! They re all y take you through the whole fantasy trip. The factory rider is grinning and claps me on the back. (Bravo, yo u brought our m o to rcy cle b ack in o ne pie ce .) I wave him back to the rear of the bike and sign-language to him wh at the brake was doing. His grin broadens ; he claps me on the back again and gives me th e " th u mbs Up.H Yes, for a sec ond you can really live it - how it must feel to be one of "their" riders. I'd o fte n heard it this way , the factory engi neers design it, tes t it, brin g it t o the circuit an d in effect , say to th e rider , here it is; we 've built it to do t he j o b, y ou rid e it. And t he j ap an ese rider is co n d it io ned to do just that, take wh at th e fact or y gives hi m and rid e it , as is, as fast as it can be rid den. He ' 5 n o t goi ng to say "change this, change th at . " Perhaps th is is wh y many Western European and American riders have had d ifficulty dealin g di rectly at the factory level, not just with Honda. but with the o th er japanese factories as well, It 's altogether a different world. Ride Th ree: RC250 Fo r the dirt gu ys. it's been still anot her world. Because the typhoon washed awa y th e International MX · co urse , our hosts have set u p about a mile of fire-ro adish c ircuit over gravell y' hardpan with a few soft spots and a little w ater for sp ice . Another world; another fantasy; th at of the works motocross rider - ride hard , come in to drinks; refreshingly crisp co ld sandwiches and hot facecloths served under a bright tent-pavillion as mechanics pounce upon the bike from both sides to clean it up for the next man. The hotdogs are st ill hotdogging it when we tarmac t ur keys show up 10 join the party . If I'm a little leery of these things, pity poor 01' joe Parkhurst; The long tr avel front an d rear suspension makes them so tall that just gett in g on one is,' like. mo unting a cam el. You'd like to say, " Alr igh t, kneel! " before th rowing a' leg over. joe about strained hi mself getting one leg high enough, and then ' couldn't touch ground to kickstart it. Fo r o nce, I co un t myself blessed t&1 weigh 200 p ounds. All I have to d o is plant my butt in th e sea t and the m ach ine goes " wh oo sshh !" , sinking to a c o m fo rt ab le level like som e kin d of eleva to r. Now I can start it. T ha t was easy enoug h; next co mes t he har d part . Hey, this is a works GP m o to cr osser and I'm a se mi-retire d e nd u ro / tr ials turkey . I broke m'y st upid arm on a mot ocross co urse . As 'it turns out, I picked the right bike. The RC25 0 ha ppens to be deceptively easy, even fun to rid e. Hey. it's got reas onable mid-range. good t hrott le con trol: an d when I let it rev