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.. ~ :I: U a: ..J => Z :I: 0 .., > '" 0 e til I- 0 :I: (,0 0- 00 C"l ....... ~ u:") ....... >.... ro ;::j C ro ~ (Above) Plastic vials hold binding agent (white. on right) and brake pad compound (gray. on left) powder ready for pad press. Though the motorcycle is not yet in production. Cagiva North America will re lease its 1 987 Ducati 750 Paso in the United States sometime during the summer of 1986. Cagiva slates o f 1986, co m pa n y o fficia ls a n nou nced today d u r ing Pirelli Tire Com pan y's U.S. premiere. T ho ugh th e m ot orcycl e is no t ye t i n p roduc ti o n . a slee k 750cc p ro to type recently wa s shown in M ilan , Ital y a n d wa s m ade ava ila ble for viewing by th e m o torcycl e press in U n iversa l C ity durin g the introd uctio n of Piretl i's 1986 P ro duct line. \'T h e bik e will be powered by a 748cc, a ir-co o led, 900 V-tw i n , fourstro ke , SO HC d esm o eng ine, with a bo re a n d stroke o f 88 X6 l. 5m m . Cagiva cl a im s th e powe rp la n t will produce 56 horsep ower a t 9000 r p m. w ith a 10,000 rpm redline. T Ill' en gine has G iln isil (n ickel/ silico n j-coated a lu m in u m cylinde rs, fo rg ed steel co n necting ro ds a nd a p lai n-bea ri ng cra n ksha ft. Each cy li nder h ead has a si ngle ca ms ha ft d r iven o ff the cra n k by a toot he d belt, m echa n ica ll y openi ng a nd closi ng tw o va lves thro ugh a desm od ro rn ic ro cker arm system . T he engi n e h as a wet su m p wi th twin oi l coo lers o n th e sides o f th e fai rin g a n d a n en g ine o i l ca paci ty of 3.6 qua rt s. It a lso is eq u ip ped w ith elec tr ic st a rt, a nd spark is su p p lied by a Kok usan elec tro n ic ig n itio n . The dr y, multi- pl at e, h ydraulicall y operated cl ut ch ha s 14 sin tere d -m eta l fr ic tion p la tes; the transm issi on is a fi ve-speed , T h e frame uses 4 130 ch ro me m ol y, sq uare- box-section tu be w ith a rem ovabl e lo wer sectio n . Manocci M I R forks p ro vid e fro nt suspe n sio n , o fferi ng 5.5 inches o f trav el, as well as a h ydraul ic a nti -d rive sys tem wi th ex ternal re bo und adj us tmen t. Cagiva 's " So ft- Da m p" sing le -rear-shock system u ses forged a ll oy links m ounted o n needl e bea ri ngs a nd a single Ohl in s CA 508 shock wi th a box-sect ion a l u m i n u m -a ll oy s w i n ga r m; r ear wheel tra vel is 5.35 in ch es. T h ere are P ir elli tubeless radial tires fro n t a nd rea r , d ua l Brembodisc brak es in front, a nd a si ng le Brembo di sc brake in th e rea r. Sea t hei ght is 30. 7 in ch es: wh eelbase is 57.2 in ch es, a nd g ro u nd cl ea ra nce is 6.49 in ch es. C lai m ed dry wei ght is 373.7 Ibs., wi th 50.2% o f the wei ght d is tributed over th e fron t a x le a nd 49.8% di stributed o ver th e rea r ax le. Fuel ca pacity is 5.94 ga llons . Cagiva h as se t a va g u e import target da te fo r someti me in the su m mer o f 1986. Tho ug h th e retai l price has no t been set, th e motorcycle shou ld sell for about $-l800. . Changes News Nat ional ; fo rm erly Cycle News Eas t Edi tor, 19i2 to 1985. summer release for 1987 750 Paso U N IVE RSA L C ITY, CA, D EC. II Cagi va North Am eri ca, Inc. , p robabl y will release its 1987 Du cati Paso in the Un ited States so me time du ring th e su m mer .. (A bov e) Binding agent is poured in pad molds on top of steel backing plates. (Below) Heat and pressure form pads in this press, (Con tin ued from page (9) Consolidated -... Brake Pads (Con tin ue d from pa g e 13). 38 u facturing p ro cess, it's a lmost ha rd to bel ieve, Brass is good because it g e ts heat o u t of th e syste m quickl y, S BS spo kesme n say , but in th e facto ry, th ere's no sig n of sh in y bra ss; after steel backin g pl ates a re inse rte d in p ress m olds, a sma ll pl a st ic via l o f a w h ite bind ing powder, th en a no ther vial o f a fluffy, gray pad co m po u nd powder a re d ro p ped in . T he m a ter ial is presse d a t 1740 ps i a nd ba ked a t 356 0 F for a bo u t six minu tes; th en th e pads a re rem o ved a nd p ut in a curi ng o ven a t 3380 F fo r 10 ho urs. After cu r ing, th e pad s a re pa inted bl ack , gro u nd d o wn to th e p ro pe r th ick ness, a nd pack aged for sh ip p ing. Th e co m pa n y m akes b ra ke pads a nd o ther fri ct ion m at erial s fo r sa le by m an y la rg e co m pa n ies un der thei r o w n label s, a nd sell s th e pads under th e SBS br and as well. And wh en a set o f SBS brake pa d s haul s down a bi g s tree t bik e fro m 140 mph , it 's hard to be li eve th a t the pad sta rted life as a p las tic via l o f flu ffy g ray po wde r ba ked 'a nd p ressed o n to a steel back ing p lat e in Svendbo rg , Denma rk . • As pr eviousIy repo rte d. th e tw o reg io nal ed i tions of Cvcle News, East a nd West . in to o ne Na tional edition whic h wi ll co m bin e th e n a tiona l a nd local fea tures o f Cycle News East a nd W est a n d wi ll be se nt to a ll Cycle N ew s su bsc r ibe rs a nd deal ers in pl ace o f th e two regional ed i tio n s. Peo pl e wh o su bscribe to bo th ed i tio ns wi ll ha ve th eir su bs~ripti on s ex tend ed a u to ma tica ll y. Laid off Du e to th e co nsolida tion , Cy cle N ews East Asso ci at e Edi tors G ary Van Voo rh is a nd T om K ol nowsk i, P roduct ion Manag er Sheree J ohn son , Lab T echni cian Da n MeCa u ley, T yp og ra ph er DOlli e Cahill , Advertisin g Gra p hi c Ar tis t Keith May, Adv ertisi ng Coord ina to r Judith Myers , a nd O ffice Assistant T racy Slagle. Named J ack Ma ng us, Associat e P u bl ish er/ Se n io r Ed i tor of Cycle A ppoin ted H a l Sa n g u ine tt i to Sa les Man a ger a nd Raci ng T eam Coordi n a tor o f W h i te Bro s C ycl e Speci a lti es o f St a n to n , Ca lifo rn ia; form erl y sa les a nd ra ci ng coord in a torfor Circl e In dustries a nd pr evio us ly o w ned T ra ck N Tra vel Motorcycl es o f Pasaden a, Ca li fornia . Changed Phone number for so u the rn Ca lifo rn ia m otorcycle swa p m eet prom ot ers Iruersh ow s, ro 714/ 364-05 15. Purchased So me of th e assets o f Ix io n Corp . by Van Leeuwen Enterpri ses. in December ; both co mpanies a re so u th ern -Ca liforn ia -based d is tri b utors o f m ot orcycle parts a nd accesso r ies; Ixion d ecided to leav e th e m otorcycl e busin ess a nd co ncentra te o n o ther a reas ; m ore info is avai la ble from 8 18/896-2200. •