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as many NMA races as Bobby Moore. Furthermore, neither one of them is the 1984 NMA Grand National Champion. Bobby Moore is. BILL KEEFE Anaheim, CA .Bill Keefe is Bobby Moore's mechanic... Ed. In favor of gays Just weeks after he shamefully encouraged the flagrant abuse of California's worthwhile and extremely important emissions standards so as to make an RZ350 an "exciting, quick, wheelstanding roadster. .. " (Cycle News, June 20), John Ulrich is now encouraging a dangerous factionalism with the motorcycling community. _ I had hoped that his editorial (Cycle News, August 8) on the matter of Russ Sanford vs. the California Departm'ent of Parks and Recreation would pass without comment. Unfortunately, the September 5 issue brought with it a letter from Gary Bates. For what reason was Ulrich compelled to continually point out that the motorcyclists in question were gay? Are they less the enthusiasts than you and I soley because of their sex'ual preference? ZAPATA ESPI OZA Hollywood, CA They may not be less the enthusiasts, but the chopper-riding gays from San Francisco had no business using a Green-Stickie-funded OHV park for their three-day campout and picnic; because they were gay, they got p-referential treatment and were allowed where they shouldn't have been; because Sanford raised the issue of gay street riders using an OHV facility to the exclusion of OHV enthusiasts, he got the ax ... Editor. Oil I read with interest John Ulrich's fliece on oils. I've owned 28 bikes in ·the last 22 years, mostly street, but I've raced about eight of those bikes in the dirt. All but two were various SIzes of Honda single four-strokes. I ran them o..n the ragged edge mostly on whatever IOw-40 name-brand oil was on sale at the drug store that particular week. I changed· oil every third race - mostly hare and hound - and at the end of the season there was no wear. Just clean up vaJves and seats, standard rings 'ilnd put it back together. One problem I did have with all the Hondas and a Puch and a Yamaha was gearbox noise long before motors got tired. They worked fine, just noisy. Myown opinion, which is just a guess, is that petroleum based 10w40 and 20w-50 oils lack strength to stand up to the shearing effect of meshing gears. TERR Y RESSLER South Lake Tahoe, CA The ability of a multi-grade oil to withstand shear-caused reduction in viscosity is a function of the type and quality polymer added to the base od. Top-quality petroleum-based ods with quality polymers offer stay-zngrade performance, which means that the viscosity is not reduced by shear between oil changes... Editor. Published letters do not necessarily reflect tfle position of Cycle News. Inc. Send letters to Voices. Box 498. Long Beech. CA 90801. Dale Mungenast"s rn~rnu rno ~mL....J --" m~millrnrnmrnU~ml~ n39Front 3.00 x 21 $49.95 -K490Rear 4.10 x 14 $24.95 4.10 x 18 $35.95 4.60 x 18 $36.95 5.10 x 18 $38.95 '1~!iil Kl38 Rear •" . . . . 4.10 x 18 $49.95 t ,. 4.50 x 18 $55.95 5.10 x 18 $59.95'" K690ARear 4.00 x 18 $42.95 5.10 x 18 $52.951, .1iI' ==-= Dirt... =a..... MOcaIl1-314-341-1886 Free Silippi., Head. oJ1as . ,.: : . . 9 Husqvama on orders of $25 or more 6820 Gravois, St. Louis, MO 63116 ~ ~ ~ ~~_ec~_~~n_i~hnta_10_,n~_i~~~_.~_.10_a.m_._ Holm_aD._, 10 _ _ _- _, Chest Protector $49.95 $74.95 $16.95 $25.95 Pants Jersey Gloves Hi Point Pro MX $139.95 $l24.95 Hallman Adull Hallman Childrens $89.95 23