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ew aide Buy a racing team For our megabucks readers , we now ha ve the latest in hot items: a Grand National Racing T eam . For a generous outlay of green stu ff, you m ay purchase one genuine National Champion , on e promising ex- rookie and a half-m ile bullet . This tea m comes complete with th e fastest d irt racing bikes a round at th e moment , assorted sha pes and sizes of tuners. parts , a ccessories and orange , white a nd bla ck leathers. The purchaser m ay even be eligib le for dis counts on certa in types of bowling balls . , Contact Dick O'Brian a t the Harley-Davidson Racing T eam, or your local HarleyDavidson dealer. (From left . Ted Boody, Jay Springsteen , Corky Keener .) Theperfeet bike for Adolph Burleson April . besides be ing the month the IRS taketh awa y, is also the month that Maico com es out with a new seri es of end uro / cross country/desert mach in ery in 250cc, 400cc and 450 cc sizes. Become the ter ror of the fam ily enduro circuit wit h th e WR Maico's wide-ratio gearbox , 2.9 -gallon tank , skidplate, electron ic ignition and optional enduro lights and sp eedomet er . All th e Maicos entered in the ISDT fini shed, so you ca n certa inly survi ve the X YZ Dusty Creosote Family End u ro. All th e WR series are based on th e '77 AW series motocross bikes , so they must be trick. A 125 AW motocrosser wit h th e 9 .25-inch travel forks and rotary valve will a lso be introduced in April in limi te d quantities. Ma ico West , Inc. • Dept. Endu ro cro sser , 110 E. Santa Anita Ave. , Burbank , CA 91502 (213) 849 -6066. More for t he man who has everything Scuba tank for bikes 22 As fast as we pollute th e a ir , we manage ' to find new uses for that which is 78 % nitrogen , 21 % I oxyge n and too much per cent man -made . Puttin g a ir to work in suspensio n systems is po pular .a nd now the Air Force has joined in. Not th at . Air Force , bu t ra ther Air Force Suspe nsion Sys te ms. T hey have a two -stage reserv oir -type system t hat bol ts right onto the front end to give you ai r forks in m inutes. They cla im it will im p rove th e rid e and handling of a ny bike , "street or d irt ." We'r e not quite sure wh er e you mount the can n ister on a street bike with headl ights. All th e required brackets and fittings , as well as complete instructions for mounting and tuning are included. Price tag is $75 , (H a llel uj a l At last a round number instead of th e more common $74 .95. ), plus $6 for th e fork caps. Call or write Air Force Suspension Systems, Dept. Springs, 3338 N . 25th sr. . Phoenix , AZ 85016 (602 ) 956 -2154 Oil filt ers up to this point have ha d a lim ited life, and they didn't do m uch about removing water, air or .ga ses from th e oil. Now it's ' time to go beyond the oil filt er and mount a Pall Oil Purifier on yo u r favorit e motorcycl e , o r (since it co m es mourned on wheels), tow it alon g b ehind . It 's a must fo r r em o te reserv oir shocks, but since it removes gas , it tends to pla y havoc with gascharged shocks such as Girling and Fox . Indispensible in avoidi ng lowerend rebuilds , th e purifier removes all free and emulsified water, at least 77 % of dissolved water , all free and ent rained air and other gases and up to 65 % of dissolved gases fro m lu brica ting and hydraulic oi l. An "Ul tipor" three-micrometer a bsolute filte r controls silt . A ge nerator will also be r equired , sin c e it runs on electricity . Pall T r i n it y Micro Co rpo rat ion , Dept . Pu rity, Industrial Hydraulics Division, 30 Sea Cliff Ave. , Glen Cove , NY 11542.