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THE GREAT CHAI SAVER Street • IS Neat If there is still a ny doubt am ong you faithful readers that the street is neat and dirt bikers are all a bunch Qf nerds, then the land use hassles that are going on s hould finally convince you of your misguided loyalties. - I mean , really. Here are a few sleazy bureaucraps turning your riding areas in to desert preserves for the brown and yellow upended packrat, and all you do is load your bikes into you r trailers and tuck your tails in the shady spot under the yellow streak and run . Typical dirt bik er mentality. A few yea rs back the bureaucraps in Washington came up with an idea th a t all bikers should wear helmets. Their th inking was somewhat along the lines of dirt biker nerds. When you fall down , the helmet will save you. The only big di fference is street bikers don't fall down like their dirt biker counterparts. And as it tu rns out, besides th e uncomfortable feeling a skid lid gives you , it also cuts down your riding abilities . On the dirt you don't have to watch out for cars and th ings. On the street you need all your senses tuned in as fine -as possible. When you r vision and you r hearing is im p aire d , you a re liable to end up as a hood orn a ment on a Mack truck , a definite deterent to hea lth . The street b ikers got off th ei r dead butts, put down their Coors cans, hopped on th eir scoots a nd rode to the ir representatives. Now , I've heard th e nerds in the dirt b ike end of this game say that th e dirt bikers d on 't ha ve the credib ility, or lea dership needed to figh t th e off-road closu res . W ell , I want you to t hi nk a minute. Have you seen some of the street bikers? T hey'r e not exactly wha t you want your mother to spe nd time with. But that d idn't stop them . Not at all. They banded toge ther , a nd aft er abou t a yea r of concentrated effort they managed to reverse the federal regu lation requ iri ng helmets . In three months , half the states in the co untry drop pe d the helmet la w. Of co urse, st ree t bike rs are a lot sma rte r t han ' dirt b ik ers . T h e y managed to put aside a nice Sunday putt in order to go on a helmet law protest eyery once in a while . Dirt bikers jus t ca n' t m anage that , ca n th ey? If th ere are any d irt typener ds ou t there who wou ld like to know wh at it really takes to bea t the bu rea ucr a ps a t Jtheir own game , I will be glad to pass on th e secrets lea rn ed by th e neat street rid ers. Inter ested ? Then rea d next week's leg -wetting issue of Cy cle Ne ws. I will lay it a ll ou t for you then . Until th en remember, st reet is ne a t; you get hurt in th e d irt. Bob Bitchin A well lubricated drive chain is vital to winning performance. At SCORE 's Mexi· 300, every motorcycle class winner started with all critical points of their chain mechanism protected and lubricated with Gumout Chain Lube. Now that's got to tell you something. Gumoutworks! Street, trail or blazing through Mexican backcountry, Gumout Chain Lube containsspecial additives that penetrate and protect for smooth, trouble-free performance. Take a tip from these winners, ask your dealer for the " Great Ch ain Saver" . .. Gumout Chai n Lube, it will help make you a smooth performer. . . , HELPS MAI/E UOU ASMIIII1H PERFORMER FIRST OVERA Ll/FIRST CLASS 22 Brent Wallingsfor d/Scot Harden FIRST CLASS 21 Fred Hansen/ Kevin Davis FIR ST CLASS 20 Chuck Cart ledge/ Mike Cartl edge FIRST CLASS 38 Dick Vick/John Watk ins PENNZOIL COMPANY, Gumout Division , Cleveland , Oh io 44 104 SUZUKI HONDA Power Products MAlCO MG (213) 832·6844 (2 13 ) 833·1301 (213) 833·1302 We Race Them All We Service Them All 1505 S. Pacific Ave. San Pedro, Calif. 90731 We wish to thank all our friends and customers without whose support and loyalty it would not have been possible for our little hole in the wall to grow into the outstanding service facility in the area. We inte nd to continue the same personal contact in the future. 11