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and screws for tightness. Everything except aircraft locknuts should be prevented from coming loose , either with safety wire or one of the locking fluids like Locktite or Vibra -Tite. Lock-washers will usually hold, but for enduro riding you're safer ifyou back them up with a jam-nut, thread fluid or other way of keeping the bolt or nut from coming off. Finish up preparing your bike by putting on it all the tools and spare parts you want to carry. Some riders put a lmost everything in a tool bag and carry the rest in their pockets. Others, panicularly those who ride the ISDT or the reliability trials used as qualifiers, strap their most-used tools to the motorcycle with heavy rubber ba nds made from cut-up innertubes, p utting them where they're the handiest. The plug wrench may be attached to the cylinder head, and the big wrench for axle nuts -a nd other parts may be on the dow ntubes. O r a speci al m ulti-purpose wrench m ight be fastened across t he fra me loop behind the seat with a custom bracket. An extra throttle cable is often carried righ t next to the one in use by taping the two together . All this saves valuable seconds when you're making sparkplug changes, chain adjustments or repai rs. And if you paint the tools and pa rts you might drop in the field , . your important wrenches and things like axle nuts, spacers and chain adjusters, you'll find them more easily on the ground. So you won't forget anything, there's a check list of tools and parts you should carry included in this chapter. You may want to make some changes, but what's included has been proven valuable in years of enduro riding by average competitors and experts alike . RANDY.GOSS Takes Points Lead in Winston Pro Series vvithKRW Check List TOOLS AND PARTS O N BIKE I . Standard bike tool kit, including Allen wrenches if needed. 2. Sparkplug wrench 'a nd at least two spare sparkplugs. 3. Small adjustable or universal wrench. 4. Vise-Grips, 5. Small screwdriver(s) . (Both stan dard a nd Phillips may be needed). 6. Small lineman's pliers with wire cutters, and som e soft steel, brass or stainless wire. 7. Chain breaker and extra links (mas ter and half links and maybe a short piece of drive chain). 8. Small container of chain lube. 9. Extra throttle cable, (You can ride without the others.) 10. Extra gas line tubing. 11. Cycle Spare or other air bottle. 12. Duct tape. . 13. Extra rubber bands (if used to hold tools to bike). 14. Tow rope at least 15 feet long. 15. Tire irons and extra tubes (mainly for reliability trials). Join the KRW team, whose professions demand only excellence Such as : Hank Scan Brad Hurst Lance Jones Kenny McDonald Bart Markel Jackie Mitchell Preston Windom Ride with the winnersride with KHW KRW / T ra baca Products 2970 E. Maria Com p t on , CA 90221 213-638-7814 Mike Caves Phil Darcy Billy Oliver KRW HELMETS IF YOU'RE NOT ADVERTISING IN CYCLE NEWS... YOU'RE LOSING BUSINESS! TERR 1L'ABLE D G The Teflon Super Smooth Cable ·Complete line for racing bikes ·Requires no oiling ·Smoothest pulling cable ·Flexible throttle wire gives long life ·Heavy duty housing. res ists stretch and abuse MAICO Electron ic Ignition Wide Ratio Gear Box Write for Free literature 1505 S. Pacific Ave. San Pedro, CA 213-832-6844 New 1978 WR 400 Desert Specials $1495.00 Service Parts Te rrycable PO Box 1321, Hesperia, CA 92345 (71 4) 2 4 7 -2 6 4 6 Out of state call toll free 1 8001854 4 69 1 I I J ~ ') 1 ) :. C l , , ' " I ~~~~~:~ . tn &k III J ' Sales : I f ( ' r, I) s rrsr .?7