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iere. Then we'll just cruise in over How much do you m ake? he re and win some motos. How much do I make? That's a rhis yea r you' ve also chosen not to stupid question. (Brad laughs.} est bikes in Japan. I hoped I could sn eak it in on you. ies. You go over there and the tests You should have done it faster and Ire always about 10days, and you end stuck it in with another question. lp going shopping th ree or four of Would you like to interview me? e days. If you race 125 or 250cc it (MoTt: laughs.) ight be d ifferent because they have Actu ally I don' t want a dollar figure, lenty of test riders a nd they work o n I j us t want a comparison. e bikes. T he 500cc bi kes sit in the Not enough. When I quit raci ng I'll orner a nd n obody rides them. T hey have to get a job. on't lik e them beca use they are hard That's the answe r? That's wh a t you ride and they never work. wa n t to say? .So when we get to Japan we're O f course that's not what I want to lways beh ind and there is just no say. -I'd like to say I ma ke p lenty, avro ge t it dia led before we leave. but...(he sh rugs, grin ning.) h is year I' m doin g the testin g o n th e I do · have some good sponsors ac k of my own, right in my back though; the best I' ve ever had. O f ard. If you need 10 change the carb course Suz uki, but also Pern od , th e ou just p ull into the garage. We are French liquor company. They do euing a lo t more accomplished. The everything first class a nd they really ikes are going to be just right. take care of you . My other sponsors I ou have an Ohlins on you r bike feel the same way about, Bel Ray, ght now. Is that th e sh ock you pl an Carrera, Moto-X Fox and Arai have use in Europe? all really helped and I've got no 's too early to tell. We 've tried difcomplaints. rent shocks, White Power and Bu t why don' t you make more from ayaba. In Europe, at the GPs these the ra cing itself? Motocross is supe completely different from wee k 10 posed to be so big in Europe. eek. You go from Finland to Italy Oh it is, but Grand Prix are necessity d you're just talking a world of races. the promoters know you have fference. So the idea is to cope with - to come beca use you ride for a factory I these di Ilereru tracks as best you and they are paying you to go. You n. Ohlins and White Po wer have get $200 start money and that's all ese racing services that go to every you get. It doesn't quite pay the bills ce and the Japanese don't have that when it costs $125 just to fill the t, You reall y need the services, there motorhome with gas. just no one selling that works all I don't regret going to Europe ar. instead of staying here and making ou' ve sa id you'd like to run the more money. Being world champion mons upside-down forks in Europe. means more to me than money. And ell 75% of the tracks are grooved, raci ng in Europe is different because n ed, a n d wet. T he Simons forks the tracks are usually used only once n 't stick below the axle and get a year a nd the raci ng is so good. It' s ught in the 'ru ts. And they are the on ly way yo u can p ut u p wit h all or king real well, really stro ng. T hey . . the BS duri ng the week, j us t kn owi n g n't flex a t a ll and they a re ligh ter how good the raci ng is o n th e weekan works forks. ends. I can 't be su re we' ll use them Are you going to win the champion. ough beca use once you are in sh ip this year? rope you can't just say, "hey send Well it's kind of hard to say. You e this part or bring thi s over, " never know how things will go . I'm u've got to have equipment that is certainly capable of it, I've got the tally dialed. most experience of anybody in the We haven't made the decision yet class. I can win on any given day if t o nce we do that 's it. We'll stick the circumstances are right. All I th them for the year. • need is a little luck. .. 00 CN ..... ~ 0. -e 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 CBX CB750C CB650 CX500C CM200T C70 $4478.00 $2378.00 $1942.00 $2118.00 $1095.00 $ 599.00 Come by and see our low prices on the New '82s that Cycle News won't let us print. Team Honda CR Support Dealer """""""'" """""""'" ttl K:eft AND SON MOTORCYCLES, IN C. 417 E. Garvey Ave. (213) 283-4277 Monterey Park. CA 917.54 (213) 280-8244 Whatever you decide to do, do it with Cycle News.