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. Top secret Texas shock tool Portable living ro0!'l Does Peeli ng out of ho t. sticky lea thers hunched over in a closed -up van drive you to contortions? Has a su dden sa ndstorm ca ught you in the middle of an outdoor top end jo b ? When it ra ins. do you and y~ u r budd~ es flip coins to see-who sleeps in th e van with th e bik es a nd who sleeps under it? Did you last b ig outing ca use you to spe nd two weeks co mbing motorcycle tr a cks out of your va n's pea rlescent pink d eep -p ile carpet? Chances a re that yo u and yo u r motorcycle ha bit a re outgrowing your box on wh eels. What you need is room . and the Stag Van Tent gives you extra room that you can unfold a nd hang outside your sliding-door va n. The aluminum frame makes the tent free-standing so it won 't fall down if you need to drive the van aw ay. Magnet ic tape sea ls the tent to the sides of the van . and a waterproof floor provides eight by seve n feel of cle an . dry living/ sleeping/working spac e . Get more in fo from Hirsch-Weis, Dept. Leb ensraum . 5203 S.E. Johnson Creek Blvd . . Portland . OR 97206 . W ith .th is am azi ng new tool (it says h~re) a Texan ca n install a 150 po und shoc k sp rin g in 30 seco nds . Ordinary m ortals may take longer : It h ~s a un ique dual -sh oe d evice for rig ht and left hand coi l sp rings . It a lso ha s a clever h id e-it-a ll display co ver so you ca n't fig ure out how to ("opy it in your own sho p. Besides, it's patented. To learn th e see rer, you'll j ust have to shell 'OUI $13.95 or co rua cr Ken Ross. In c.. Depr. CIA . 703 Cooper Dr . , W ylie. TX 75098 a nd. beg him 10 te ll you. Helmet pin·ups Suction for the UJM The outstanding success of the Universal Japanese Motorcycle has cr eated a problem . Everybody's motorcycle looks and rid es like everybody elses. If you do lots of expensive modification work on you r UJ M so it do esn 't look like every other. th en it a ttra cts official a tten tion from - you- kno w-who. Solu tio n : Sp end $285 and hav e a mot or cycle that still looks like every ot he r . but _is faster. It's "SuperC a r bs" that do the trick. The 29mm ' Yoshim u ra / Miku ni smoothbores are available in kits for the Suzuki GS750 . and th e Kawasaki 650 . 900 . and 1000cc KZ ser ies. The conversion is d :rim ed to offer a bolt-on 12 percent power boost WIth no loss of low end smoothness. Available fr om ' Racecrafters Int ernat ion al . Dept. SOOOKKK!. 7801 Canoga Ave. . Canoga Park. CA 91304 a nd from certa in st rategi cally- loca ted p ho ne booth s, We were go ing to ru n th is rea lly dynamite pm·u p _ of .a n u nd raped fox in a helm et . bUI som ebody switched photos on us . Inst ead , we've got to sho w you rhese Racequ ip al umi n um shield p ivot pins tha t re place the plas tic pins on your Bell Star 90 or 120 - helmet. T hey 're sup posed 10 , be stronge r , longer la sting, and prevent your fa ("f shield from ' flying off in th e wind . The price, $5.75 . sounds pretty steep for a co up le of parts that can be whipped out by tens of th ousands on an automatic screw mach ine ; bUI th ese folks must kn ow what th ey'r e do ing ; becau se th ey'll refundthe full price upon return of th e pr oduct if you' re not full y sa tisfied for whatever rea son . Like. if you wea r out you r helmet before you wea r out rhe pi ns. you sho u ld be dissa tsified, righl ? T o arrange to borrow a set of th ese pins in return for th e lon g-term loan of your $5.7 5 . co ntact Ra ce-Quip , Dept. Easymoney. 4760 lIa yden Road . ' Am lin . 011 4300 2. / 13