Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Exclusive Offer! LEARN TO RIDE YOUR NEW FZ THE RIGHT WAY THE KENNYROBERTS WAY Purchase your new Yamaha FZ600 or FZ750 from Kenny Roberts Yamaha an d get a one day audience with the King on May 11. Kenn y Roberts w il l share 'h is World Champ ionsh ip Rid ing Secrets in per son at Lagu na Seca in an excl usive rid ing schoo l fo r Kenny Roberts Yamaha FZ600 and FZ750 customers. Reserve you r spot in t he M ay 1 1 Kenny Rober ts FZ Rid ing School today: Place yo ur de pos it on a new 1986 Yamaha F.Z60 0 or FZ7 5 0 and ge ready to spe nd a day with the King at Laguna Sec a! . This simple pipe guard can save lots of money in the long run. Authorized Yamaha Team Center KENNY ROBERTS YAMAHA 1302 9th Street Modesto. CA 95354 . (209) 527-5603 "THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS" INSIST ON HI-POINT ALPINESTARS MOTOCROSS ENDURO BOOTS The Honda CR 125 (above) has plenty of power and suspension to handle any terrain. Bark Buster hand guards (below) save fingers. See yo ur Hi -Point Racing Produ cts dea ler tod ay an d check out th e complete lin e-up of Hi-Point BO OISfor '86. From M X t o di rt t rack to tral t, he ha s Quality Hi -Point bO S to fit yo ur nee ds . OI .- HI-POINT RACING PRODUCTS w.. 37 09 Erie Av e., Lor ain. OH 4405 3 (2 16 12 44- 4 10 1 2650H M ercantile Dr.. Ranch o Cordova. CA 95670 - (9 16 1635 -2141 -, SPORT WHEELS . World's Largest CYCLE SALVAGE , CENTER.• New & Used Parts & Accessories • Over 3.000 parts bikes • A ll brands. sizes & conditions • U .P.5. Da ily 18101 Johnson Memorial Dr . JORDAN, M INNESOTA 55352 (612) 492·2715 1(800) 821·5975 30·. Four C-size. dry-cell batteries mounted behind the front number plate supply the headlight and taillight with juice. Fenders are Acerbis-made. mance Products of Bayo u Lacombe. -Lo u isia na . The leO /Perform ance P rod ucts slic k odometer/speedometer kit is simple to install; a sma ll magne tic piece mounts to the fro n t hub. a nd a sensor attaches to the fork leg; the speedometer/odometer com putes m ileage and speed based on how many times th e magnet ic p iece passes the sensor as the w heel turns . Th e kit instructions say to mount th e sensor o n the left side of the hub (the same side as the brake) a nd ru n the odo met er cable up the br ake lin e. Ho wever, we found th ere isn't eno ug h room for the magn eti c piece to clear the fro nt disc brak e ca liper, and since we wan ted to use an Acer bis p las tic disc brak e a nd fork leg cover. we in stall ed th e sensor on the right side. We drill ed a sma ll hol e into the hu b, used a Tive-eighth-inch tap (wi th epoxy for added strength ) to attach th e magnet, and ra n th e odo me ter ca ble u p the for k leg, th rough a h ome-m ade ca ble gu ide u p to th e odometer itself. T he odomete r moun ts to the handlebar clamps with plen ty of room . We swapped the stock si lencer for a n Answer P roducts unit , wh ich is quieter a n d h as a U _S. Fo res tryapproved spark arres ter add -on . T he whole un it I S larger th an stock bu t bo lts right on wi th stock hardware. Wh ere the exha us t pi pe exits th e cylin der ; we adde d on a Malcolm Smith Product steel pipe guard. It's inex p en sive, bo lts o n in a flash and can save th e pi p e fro m serious damage from rocks . _ I There ar e two rout es to go in coming up wi th a sides tand. One option is the Malcolm Smith Pro d ucts bolton side stand, wh ich a tta ch es to th e bike's swingarm in;seco nds a nd works well. T he other op tion can be cheaper. In just about every mo tocrosser 's garage, packed away in a box somewh ere, is a n o ld sidesra nd assem bly h e's removed from h isM'Xer as soo n as he's go tten it home from th e dea ler. Get the sides ta nd assembly from h im ; weld a tab onto the fra me on th e left side a nd drill holes in it to match the bo lt pa ttern on th e kickstand assem bl y. We ended up usin g a Kawasak i KX sidestan d: a Suzu ki RM asse m bly will work nicely , also . To keep th e tech inspectors happy at qual ifi ers. we bo lte d on a storebo ugh t bicycle bell to the handl ebar crossbar and a stick-on u tili ty m irror , o n th e back of 'th e front number pl a te. The rules req uire a horn / bell a nd a ' m irr or on the bi ke, bu t say nothing about size or p lacemen t. We installed Bark Bu sters h and 'gu ards to protect the rider's ha nds and finge rs fro m getti ng smashed by tree tru nks and branches.Bark Bust -

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