Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

All New (andSO~eOldonestool Vos, $21.95 Sizes: S, M, l Not bulletpr oof but ligh tweight & w arm. Bright red w it h red & wh ite embroidered Cycle New s patch. Ho' $4.95 Covers bald spots, grey hair (leaves only a hint) only yo ur hairdr esser knows for sure your head isn't red & white w ith embroidered Cycl e New s. . Jogger - 1 leg $4.95 Joggers - 218gs lonly available in 2 legs) Sizes: XS, 5 , M , L. Xl Red cotton w ith wh ite pipi ng covers as much of your bod as you can stuff into it. Great for BlM meetings they can' t say yo u are covering too mu ch and can't get va for not covering enough. Patch $1.00 W orks great to cover logos of brand you used to ride for or defunct Mo ta -monthly. • MX Cat T·sh irt $4.95 Sizes: 5 , M , l Bett er than a mousetrap - no record of an~ mouse ever eating at Cat T·shirt (of course no records have ever been kept) " W e Don 't Care How th e Hell They Do It in California" by Cycle News East T-shi rt $4.95 Obviously created by some jealous easterner - great for blowing your nose, wi ping off grease from chains, etc. Sizes: 5 , M , L The Best of MX Cat 75¢ Remember the comic boo ks of old? Well , the Cat outlast ed them. The Car' s most inner secrets are revealed in over 50 tr ue to life Cat episodes W atch for MX Cat at your local theater or drive-in, but don 't hold your breath, you can wa tch anywa y. Rainbow Stickie $1.00 I put one of these on the back of my van and it . im mediate ly turned to gold - I w as hit by a gold Caddy w ho's driver was blinded by my stic kle. Bumper Banners 75¢ Created in answer to WDCHTHTDIIC, quite sim ple " The Besi Go W est" and " You Do See It First in California:'. Great for covering eastern edition's mouth. (Above) Potent Honda mill. (Belowl Jim Turner tries it out. TheBestGo West You'll see it first inCalifornial You'lI.......-n""" it first inCycle Mews see _.u-_ . ~ CYCLE NEWSfWest ~ another get rich quick scheme from the , publisher - what he doesn't know is I cut all his pr ice s in half . T·shi.. $5.25 Sizes: S. M. L designed in the hole on Devil's Island by one of us. Halter Tops $4.95 They should sell for $14,950,000,000. - W e can see no reason for this item but " The M an" says cover up and wo can thi nk of nothing bett er than Biker to e • cover wi th . Biker Caps $3.95 Pulls down to cover earrings & long hair w hen traveling alone in Redn eck country. Rainbow Stickie .'.00 Buy one for each side of your tank . w e can use the exposure. Great American M /C Poster $1.00 So outrageous you will never see it all stock four -valve Honda head is reworked with special KSI valves , springs , valve guides and titanium studs. The transmission ·is the stock five-speed with modified second, third and fourth billet gears. The clutch is also a modified heavy -duty unit. Carburetion is prov ided by a g6mm Amal, which Frank ha s found works better than the popularjapanese carbs on a four-stroke , The trick head work and an . Energy Transfer electrical system will cost you an extra $500 if you plan to build a bike which will be competitive in National and World Championship motocross. All bolted together the KSI 450cc Honda stands on a 57 .5 inch wheelbase at 228 pounds. The frame is well designed in the handling department and , coupled together with the excellent suspension, offers itself as being equal to many of the factory works bikes I've ridden. And as I mentioned earlier, the 450cc Honda engine has a snappy, quick revving powerband which seemed to be competitively fastin the seat-of-the-pants testing department with other Open class two-strokes . And the fact that the 450cc Honda retains the low rpm stump pulling power characteristic of four-strokes while it has the ability to tum high revs like a two-stroke makes this bike the best of both worlds. Alan Greenwood feels his thumper kit is the best one available and after ).. . J '... ' riding it myself. I'd have to agree with him. National rider Jim Turner helped rid e the bike for our photo session and also offered his comments on the bike. Except for the Simons forks , where he thought the dampening control could have been better, Jim could find no fault with the bike and within minutes of swinging his leg over the saddle and having never ridden a four-stroke before, Jim was convinced the bike would be competitive in National competition. In the works for the near future , Alan feels Honda 's new XR500 enduro bike has the potential to make an even better motocrosser with one of his frames . The shorter engine design of the new 500cc motor would allow a lower frame yet , with a lower center of gravity. Plus . the 500cc motor weighs a . few pounds less and the 50cc additional displacement available over the 450cc engine would allow an ' additional three or four horsepower over the present bike. To sum it all up, four-stroke motocrossers may not be uncompetitive after all . All that is required is a lot of desire by guys like Alan Greenwood and engine builder Frank Wilson to make them competitive. Now , let me see . .. where can I find a hill big enough to push this thing down to get it started . .. Knobby Shop International P.O . Box 1592 La Jolla, CA 920g8 i14/452-178g, , .... ff.. . . ...... .'.~ . 1'I..If. l tt,. f • , "-e:Jil 1 each large & small Cycle News stickie with order -------------------------------. 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