Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Street isNeat Dea le r in rare metals "Chopper days are over," says Bob Ross, owner of Motorcycles Only. "Most of the guys are putting up good handling, good running bikes that they can ride. They used to make their bikes look like the movies .': smiles Bob through his whiskers . "T hey've wised up. " During the chopper era there was a virtual fallout of heavy original fat bobs, fenders and fryingpan seats. All went into the discard heap as carport engineers transformed their surplus sale Police Specials into radical "ou tlaw" showtime motorcycles. All this time Bob was b uying tha t junk and preserving it in the kn owledge that tastes would surely change. "W e de-rake frames ," he bristles, showing us the steel frame jig in back of his large store on a one-block street in Gardena. CA. The store is a time tomb of flared fenders , restored relics and almost complete relics . Real parts once removed. All layered evenly with a decade and a half worth of dust. 'Some of the stock is for sale . some not. It is a wealth measured not merely in value, but also in the power to make people's dreams complete. The chopper mania has run its course. we agreed. Look. even the Japanese manufacturers have j oined the parade, with their Factory Specials. That is a sure sign that the heart corps is due for restyling. Lremember the day in 1952 when "decking and moulding" went out of the custom ca r culture. Overnight the coupes and roadsters sported their handles again , their stock. original hood ornaments reappeared in their appointed places. Something the same is happening with streetbikes today. They are changing the choppers back. Nearly Stock Origina l is In. Riding. as opposed to Parking or Pro-. filing , is In . Tiny tanks a re Out. Radical forks are on th eir way Out. Tooth belt drives and high performance shock absorbers are coming In, but hard ta ils and cha ins a re always In . W e a pplaud the progression ba ck to Nearly O riginal Motorcycles. And peo ple like the Ross fa mi ly who harbo red a goodly share of th e worl d 's castoff pa rts for so long, and are su pplying them for abou t wha t they are worth. After all. it ain't chopped liver. ;arnc:c has the new products E• • for Kawasaki dealers & owners E o If you sell or own the following Kawasaki motorcycles, AMCO has the street tou r in g products to go with them. Check this chart and call you r AMCO distributor if you are a dealer. If you own one of the models listed and want the finest in chrome and other related accessories, contact your dealer. He may already have them in stock, or he can order them from any of more than twenty (20) authorized AMCO distributors. ~ 00 0') ORDER BY USING THE FOLLOWING AMCO STOCK NUMBERS MODEL KZ-1300 KZ-IOOO Chain KZ-IOOO Shaft KZ-900/1000 KZ-750 (4) Standard KZ-750 (4) LTD KZ-750Twin Standard/ LTD KZ-650 Standard SR-650 LTD-650 KZ-550 Standard KZ-550LTD KZ-400/440 Standard KZ-400/440 LTD KZ-400 YEAR 80 79-80 79-80 73-78 80 80 77-80 77-80 78-80 78-80 80 80 78-80 79-80 74-77 DELUXE LUGGAGE RACK 95302-2 95302-3 95302-6 95335 95302-8 *** *** 95302-1 95302-1 95302-1 95302-7 *** 95302-4 95302-5 95345 SISSY BAR ENGINE GUARD CASE GUARD *** 95574 95546WP 95574 95576 95576 95534 93562 *** *** 93515 93573 93573 95546WP 93518 93532 93563 93563 95536 95547WP 95547WP 95547WP 95547WP 95547WP 95577WP 95577WP *** *** *** *** *** 93564 *** *** *** *** *** 95575 95575 95575 *** *** *** *** *** WP : En gi n e guard comes with detachable rider / high wa y rubber covered pegs All of the above listed stock numbers are official Amco designatio ns , distributor numbers may vary. • CC Tell 'em you saw it in Cycle News OVER 1000 TIRES IN STOCK Top competitors ~ insist on .,un alloy competition rims See your nearest dealer Sun Metal Product s, Inc. P.O. Box 1508, Warsaw, lN 46580 FROM MINITO MIGHTY ALL T IRES DISCOUNTED DUNLOP K·190 KNOBBY SALE 410 x 18 $33.95 460 x 18 $37.95 300 x 21 $21.95 «I 'l-S'" AV@ MX RECAP S eCu~mWh..IBulldlnll ~\~e HI-POINT C3 e HI-Speed 81118nelng e SUitle 81118nelng eTlr81nataU8tlon M/C TIRE WORKS, INC. 5.F. Valley TWO LOCATIONs~ r.fJ'TO SERVE YOU .. 9025 Sepulveda Blvd. ~ Sepulveda. CA 91343 ' . (2131893-7806 eWh881Trulnll SO. BAY AREA 26023 S. Western Lomita, CA 90717 (21 3) 539-4150 41

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