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sanding drum in your electric drill to remove fiberglass. Slush gas tank with tank sealant as a precaution against pin leaks. Install petcocks, using Teflon tape. Trial mount seat in conjunction with tank. Use front mounting pad holes. Drill '~." diam. hole for rear mounting bolt. Trial install seat using one rubber biscuit above the seat and one directly between the fiberglass and the mounting tab. Secure with a 0/,," flat washer and Allen bolt. Stabilize the seat with strips of closed cell foam glued under the seat along the frame tubes as necessary. This will keep the fiberglass from cracking and crazing. Cushion tank with closed cell foam, ahead of tank bolt and surrounding the backbone. Glue to tank so that you can inspect the frame for cracks each time you remove the tank. Finally, mount tank, using one biscuit capped by a 0/,..' flat washer and a locknut. Cut protruding threads flush with top of locknut and file smooth. Paint with a dab of c1ea r or silver to finish the job. Using Knight's petcock kit, cut and fit all fuel lines and filters. He includes some particularly neat quick-release clamps. NUMBER PLATES: Buffalo number plates come already silk screened with your number. Mount the two side plates with their upper edges tucked under the seat skirt. Mark and drill two %," dia. holes and mount each plate parallel to the ground with the bike off the stand. Drill and mount the front number plate using the Monarch mounting brackets. PAINT JOB: I had the paint job done by Alex Rosa. It's a beauty. Too bad he won't do yours. Paint sources are plentiful, though. If you can't find one, write me. AIR CLEANER: A K&N, what else? Oil it with K&N oil and install it, ensuring that the wire mesh isn't rubbing anything, and the inlet neck is leakfree at the carb mouth. PRECIOUS BODILY ESSENCES: Add oil and air to the forks, oil to the trans, brake fluid to the brakes and bleed. While pressing hard on the brake pedal, tighten the wheel cylinder carrier Allen bolt. Grease the swingarm. Seal any leaks. FINAL RACE PREPPING: Do it right and save a race. I. When in doubt, use zip ties or Locktite. 2. Double check the throttle cable operation and routing. 3. Triple check the kill button for operation and routing. 4. Drill and safety wire all threaded fasteners which don't have a locknut. (Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Safety Wire tool for $5 works perfectly. Don't buy the $40 job.) Drill and wire: Footpeg mounts. Rear master cylinder mounts. Motor mount bolts. Front brake caliper bolts. Carb top and Power Jet top. Oil drain bolt. Expansion chamber spring mounts and rear mount. Footpegs deserve a special note, Footpegs fail too often, too many' ways. Consider them prima,,' control items and treat them as such. The following trick will alleviate dirt jamming, return spring failure and pivot bolt loss. Slide a two· inch length of 20 x 2.125" bicycle inner tube over the foot peg rubber, butting it against the mounting plate. Super weatherstrip glue the small rubber overlap. Drill a safety wire hole through the inner tube, the footpeg rubber and the steel footpeg blade. Double loop the safety wire over and under the rubber. (Knight's alter- native to the wire is to drill a hole for a 14 x%-inch long hardened steel roll pin and drive it in, below the surface of the footpeg ... his is neater and more foolproof.) Say, who's ridin' this thing, anyways? Finally, you'll have to get your own brake pedal rubber and safety wire it on. Knight doesn't supply one. Use whatever you can find. Cut an innenube rubber band and slip it over the brake pedal and footpeg as a low class brake pedal return spring. Also, cut two pieces of 0/,," fuel line and slip them over the protruding rea r axle adjuster bolts, unless you would enjoy sporting a 0/,..' hole in your body following the next get-off. SURPRISE: The final surprise is that this motorcycle along with complete leathers from Bob Agness, hot shoe from Ken Maely and Helmet from KRW is going to be given away to some Lucky sucker who rides Sportsman Dirt Track in AMA's Southern California District 37, a re-emerging hot bed of dirt track. The drawing will be held at intermission on November 23 at t~e last Ascot TT of the season. The person has to be present at the drawing to win the $4000 worth of motorcycle and gear. Dirt track is backl • o CO 0') 1'""'4 11