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Street is Neat For Beginners: Learning how it's done "You shouldn't try to teach yourself mountain climbing, though it has been done,. and you shouldn't ride a motorcycle with- Only the WORKS SUPERCRQSSER gives you progressive damping .' with 3 separate adjustments that effect t:lamplng. out competent instruction although; heaven knows. it is done all the time. No need to wonder what happens to those self-taught mountaineers and motorcyclists - just read the paper. They scrape them up every day. Where do you find a class in' motorcycle riding that you can attend? Ask your dealer, police department and' local adult extensioR school. Courses for beginning riders are made available by the Moiorcycle safety Foundation 'in Maryland and are usually taught by motor patrol officers, college teachers. or local AMA road clubs. The cost is nominal. and many classes provide free motorcycles for the course. Oftentimes, the few hours of le!lming you complete in a beginner rider's course qualifies you for a motorcy.cle drivers' - license automatically. In any case, take the test or whatever you need to do and get your motorcycle operator's license or endorsement firmly in your pocket before you take to the street for your first ride. Being a full·fledged, licensed motorcyclist now, you can legally carry a passenger, but don't. Not yet. Addition of a passenger's dead weight, no matter hC!w small or good a rider he or she js; will seriously handicap your budding skills. Wait until you log a few thousand miles of solo experience before you go packing double. Chances are you've ~ad some experience riding off the road on a dirt bike. so you already know how a motorcycle operates. But riding the street, in traffic, is far more serious and demanding in a diff~rent way. Suddenly you are riding for the other guy, having to make up for his shortcoinings. You may be dead right in what .you are doing, but dead, period, unless you make allowance for the ignorance and mistakes of other vehicle drivers. With this difference in mind. it is possible to ride quite safely in the worst of traffic. ADJUSTABLE COMPOUNDED DUAL OR TRIPL-E RATE SPRINGS. 1 Only WORKS offers apoint of transfer fromsyStem that rate to "crossover" spacer allows you to select the exact one spring the next throughout the full stroke- of the shock. And, yes, we use springs, because air. being temperature sensitive, has not, cannot and will never perform as well as a spring. " . 2 ADJUSTABLE PRESSURE NITROGEN BLADDER SYSTEM. Because the WORKS SUPERCROSSER.uses a large diameter piston With high volume valve capacity. oil pressure remains low, The flow of oil between body and reservoir can then be left unmetered. so that the nitrogen bladder can be pressure adjusted to effect the- damping characteristics of the piston. THE WORKS PERFORMANCE PROGRESSIVE DAMPING SYS3 TEM.progressiveshockS use a wave-washer valvlngIs Infinite Most other principal. We use valvlng. Damping adjustablllty because in each piston there Is a separate orifice or spring loaded ball check valve for each function: rebound. 10~ medl.um & high speed, Selective damping changes are affeeteo by varying the size of holes and/or spring pressure, This gives you almost Infinite tuning capabilities to adapt the shock absorber's low, medium and high speed damping cycles to your spe-clflc motorcycle and riding reqUirements. You get a shock absorber that wOrks. At any speed. Over the widest possible varletv of terrain. perfectly. Write or call fOr our catalog and o~erl~ l,nfOrmatl~n. $259.95 Suggested Retail TrIple Rate $10 Extra _ Lengths 13Y. In. to 111"1. In. Prices and specifications SUbject .to change wlttlout notice. PerfOrmance Products 20970 Knapp Street Chatsworth. California 91311 213-998-1977 ... our only competition Is us. cc TOMORROWS CARBURETOR FOR TODAY'S_ENGINES Honda mounted and ecfron powered Jeff Haney L wins the Jr, Invitational at Castle Rock TT National - July 7! LECTRON ·;UElSYST£MS.,NC. 1I0Il _ _ .1..... _ _ "'..........,.tIon.-...nd our caH..MabIe on _74.SMvIce_e-: or _ c.rtluntor _: _ reque8t. C8A v is