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-"- ... - _."._... ---- _... --.- .... -... --- Street· is Neat For Beginners: For openers Most new motorcycles are sold with a rudimentary kit of tools. These screwdrivers, wrenches, pliers and gauges are keys to un· lock the ~hanical puzzles that make your motorcycle go. stop, tum. blink. etc. Also included. with every new motorcycle is a lay version of ihe !>ible which every new acolyte must read. It is called the "Owner's Manual." The Owner's Manual tries to instruct eve~ the most butterfingered novice how to perform the basic maintenance tasks that you have to do yourself. Learn them well, then stop! Do not try to go furthe.r into the innards of your machine than the Owner's Manual leads you. If the time should come when you have mastered chain adjustment, brake adjustments, air cleaner servicing, greasing and tire repair. and want greater deeds to do, then bribe your dealer's parts personnel with quarts of good whiskey. and see if they will sell you a "Shop Manual" for your particular motorcycle. The Shop Manual is the veritable Khabbala of the motorcycle mechanical mystery. Under its guidance, with a more elaborate set of tools, you may thoroughly dismantle your motorcycle with some hope of putting it back together in good.riding condition. For the time being, the beginner should content him·or·herself with fine tuning all the exterior adjustments, checking the tight ness of nuts and spokes. c,hecking the oil. the tires, etc. If anything major were to go wrong, the dealer will fix it per warranty. (Next: What to wear to the crtLSh) cc I . .......................... ftIere9s . Lame Duck National Enduro MtL Pleasant, MI- June 3, 1979 Dick Burleson Grand Champion Husqvarna 2 Day ISDT Qualifier Trask Mountain, OR-June 10, 1979 . , 1. ,/ st Overall Dick Burleson. Husqvarna . 500cc Grand Pflix Motocross Mosport, CAN.- June 17, 1979 J. 2 nd st Wolsink . Gerrit " Graham Noyce Suzuki Honda and 9 of top 15 including Roger DeCoster-Suzuki ,In the 1978 l~c, 25Occ, and 500cc Nationals, the CMC Golden State Series, Trans AMA and liS. Grand Prix events, Dunlop Motocross Tires powered more motorcycles to the winner's circle than aU other tires combined And Dunlop's winning again in 1979. Check the Dunlop KI90, K88 and K88HT: three championship knobbies ... each engineered with a tread design and compound to conquer specific types of terrain. One of them is your key to winning. ~DUN~O.P Dunlop Tire and 'Rubber Corporlllion. P.O. Box 1109, Buffalo. New Vork 14240 The future of dirt track reclng 'f We have sat on our tails long ~ough. Are we going to let Class C .dirt track racing die like the dinosaur or are we going to get on the stick and do something about it? • For the last several yean we have sat by and watched organized motocross increase in popularity in the U.S. while din track racing is killing itself. Motocross has grown mainly because the manufaeturen and spectaton have backed it. Right now. if yoir don't race a Harley·Davidson- in din tracking you're out in the cold. With all due respect to the Ron Woods' and Bill Kennedy's of racing. how long can they keep butting their heads against a concrete wall? We all must respect', if not love the XR750 Harley. but the price and availability of pam is. malting them very hard to race and very hard on racing itself. 'After discussing our dilemma with some of the moat dedicated and knowledgable people that I know in TOMORROW'S CARBURETOR FOR TODAY'S ENGINES R"ndyGoss wins the Middletown Half Mile, June 10th, Middletown, NY using Lectroa carbs. It's his first career Winston Pro Series National winl LECTRON '~lSVSTEMS.INC. 11DO~Highwey. Troy. (Continued to page 2J) Michigln'-" fT. . application charta and brochurn available on request. or call our CaHfomia CerbuNtor Service Cetner: " ' - : 18061_74. 7