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Looooonnnnng travel Bench racing controls Portable sun This 200. 000 ca ndlepower off-road racing light comes wit h a su pe r -light aluminum m ounting br ac ke t , 11 mounts fast and is su pposed 10 stay pu t un der th e rou gh est co nd itions . You can gt·t it in either pen cil or sprea d beam for 539.95 com p lete. It weigh s ju st 28 ounces, a nd is perfect for use on multi -reindeer sleig hs. One of these babies j ust fini shed first in th e O ver -Sx cl ass in Baja . Get it from Bob Maynard Ra cing: Dept . Elm o . 12812 Garden Gro ve Blvd .. Garden Gro ve . CA 92640 . You 've all heard som e ra cer lea n ba ck and tell th e tale of how he won suc h and su ch a race by coming from th e back of th e pack. riding two m inutes faste r than the leader on eac h lap. Well . armed with the new Cromus 3 stop watch . yo u can now sa y . "Actu a lly you were two minutes, 34.50 seconds beh ind th e leader on th e first lap , five 'm in u tes, 26. 38 seconds beh ind him on th e second. Now on th e th ird lap of that shorura ck , you were . . . " Model 3 -S reco rds individ ual increments (such as laps) while recording th e total time. Model 3-T is for things that happen in sequence. T he Cronus 3 . features com p act size, d igital readout and comes with a carrying strap. Get it from R a c ers Su p p ly , 5644 Bellingham, North Hollywood , CA 91607. Call (213) 762 -7742 evenings or before 8:00 a .m. In a day and age where riders feel uncomfortab le with anything less than eight inches of travel in their front ends. Al Baker offers a chance to be a ric h man. Nine inches of improved travel is available for bigger Suzukis and eight inches for the lillie on es from Al Baker Racing a nd Development. A ground taper on the rods. specia l long-travel sp ri ngs and various orifices in th e kit "get rid of th e mushy front en d feel ing of t he stock set -ups. " A 30 -day money back guarantee backs up the claim that the kits give "fork action better than any European fork made." Price tag is $59 .95 for all RMs and the new PE 250 . Al Baker Racing and Development. Dept. Leslie . 15174 t:taymer St .. Van Nuys, CA 9140 5. For the man who has everything Stress-relieved diet 22 The Yamaha YZI25C /X /D isn 't exactly a porker, but its weight still can be trimmed. An aluminum swingarm has always been one way to go for everyone but Mono owners . That's all over now . DG Performance Specialties has deve loped an aluminum swingarm assembly for th e YZ125s that weighs three -and -a quarter pounds less than stoc k. They're made from "heat-treated, stree-relieved high-quality a lumi nu m alloy that is lightweigh t but strong ." If you don't need th e weight savings , th is item will come in handy th e day your dad backs over th e rea r end of you r YZI25 with the famil y car. DG . Performance Sp ecialties, Dept. Stress , 5552 La Palma Ave. East , Anaheim , CA 92806 (714) 996 -4430_" ,,' I 1 . For three-handed flattrackers "T wo left thumbs" is a cliche older than the int erna l combustion engine . H _J . Products took it to heart and one ste p further by invent ing a set of handlebars for riders with two left hands . Riders who only hav e on e left hand m ay use the lower of th e two handles to " tu ck in " d own long straigh ts found in m ile ra cin g , th er eby reducin g fronta l a rea as much as a three-week sta rva tion d iet. Made of 41 30 chromoly , th ese ba rs a rc pri ced at $ 19.95 and avai la b le excl usively fro m H _J. Products, Dept. Slipstream , 2215 Mishawaka Ave .. South Ben d , 1 ,II'!,1 ~ 6 1 5 (2, 9) ~89-3977 . I Aft er three months of research , with up to three Cycle News editors working on it at a time. a gift for th e man who has everythi ng has been discovered. That pe rfect gift for su ch a man (or woman : we're not c ha u vin istic or a nything around here) is - insert drum roll here - a cu ri ng press used in the manufacture of tir es. Be th e first on you r block 10 give one a way! Buy ea rly and beat th e Christmas ru sh! Seri ously folks : that curing p ress bel on gs to Goodyear. who ha s come up with a street tire that will stay on th e rim wh en flat d ue 10 a spec ial flange th at grips the rim in event of a sudde n loss o f air pressure . Th is " bea d ret enti on " tir e is 'a vaila ble in MN 90 -18 Eagl e GT II , MJ90 -19 AT II and ML90 -19 Eagl e GT Rib II sizes now a nd m or e later. Good yea r says th e tire will be in sho rt sup ply until product ion catc he s up wit h d em an d , so be pa tie nt. French horn for Swedish racer Meet a gu y on th e street who is bowlegged on th e left side only and you know that the guy rides a Husky . Even though th e sit u a t ion . has improved over. the yea rs and th e 1977 Huskys come with cr oss-over pipes. lots o f Husqvarna pi lots will be happy that Malcolm Sm ith R acin g Produ cts ha s come up with a sna ke pipe for th e Swedish marqu e . C la ims incl ud e a wid ening of the powerhand , more top e n d. good si le nci ng a nd easy mount ing . For 250 a nd 360 Huskys only. Retail p rice is $74 .9 5. Malcolm Sm ith Ra cing P ro du ct s. Dep t. N o Burn , 888 Marlborou gh . Riversid e , CA 925Q7 (714) 68 6-100 6 -; ,h1 .. . \ ~: ) . ~