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HONDA KAWASAKI Prices You Won't Believe GIANT DIRT BIKE SALE Welder Leo Diepold takes t ime out from his welding duties to inst all a sidestand on Tom Van Beveren's ATK. '87 '87 '86 '86 '86 '87 '87 '85 KX60 I Like New 4915 799.00 KD80 t Like New 5924 599.00 KDX80 t Demo ' 8873 699.00 9356 699.00 KDX80 I Demo KDX80 Demo .9330 699.00 KDX80 Like New 3377 799.00 KDX80 Like New 2541 799.00 KXBO New 2820 799.00 '86 KXBO New 0246 799.00 '87 KX80 like New 1986 899.00 1462 1099.00 '86 KX125 Demo '86 KDX200 Demo 0664 1299.00 ' '86 KX250 Demo 6302 1599.00 '86 KX250 .Demo 8265 1599.00 '86 KX250 Demo 6240 1599.00 '86 KX250 Demo 8059 1599.00 ' '86 KX250 Demo 6247 1599.00 '86 KX250 Demo 8098 1599.00 ' '84 KX250 Demo 2942 999.00 '84 KXSOO Demo 1884 1099.00 '86 KX500 Demo 2187 1599.00 '86 KXSOO Demo 2191 1599.00 '86J5300 '86 J5300 '86J5300 '86J5300 '86 J5300 '86 JF650 '86JF 650 Demo Demo New New New Demo New 0437 0500 4362 8665 8666 1102 1293 1599.00 1599.00 1899.00 1899.00 1899.00 2399.00 2699.00 ST REET BIKES '87 EX250 Ninja '87 EXSOO Ninja '86 ZX600 Ninja '86 ZX600 NiDla '87 ZX600 NiDja '88 ZX600 Nin,a '86 ZX 900 Nin ja '86 ZX900 NiD,a '86 ZXlOOO NiDja '86 ZGl 200 Vo yager '86 ZGl200 Voyager '86 ZG1200 Voyager 'I.w .w '86 ZN1300 Voyager '86 21600 EJimiutor Demo '.w I.w I.w I.w New Demo Demo Demo D ... . Gall for pri.e Gall for price 7892 2999.00 7884 2999.00 Call for price Gallfor price 3771 3899.00 3779 3899.00 4088 4399.00 0488 5499.00 0357 5499.00 0593 5499 .00 2812 5999.00 0256 1999.00 .-c Kawasaki PLUS MANY MANY MORE NEW - USED - DEMOS Over 500 Bikes in Stock at Super Low Prices All Prices plus lax. Lie - Doc ~atthf HONDA KAWASAKI 958 North Maclay, San Fernando, CA (818) 365-6827 the job done faster th an a ny thi ng else o n th e market and provides the added advantage of less unsprung weig h t o n th e rear w heel. In the engine depart ment, th e ATK's Rotax powerp lant is a proven a nd ever -im pressive p erform er, shooting the 250-po u nd mach in e up to its II O -mph top speed with ease and ha rd ly a trace of vibrati on. As n umero us head -to-head contests wit h ot her bikes have shown, th e AT K560 is more th an capa ble of holding its own against any sort of co mpe titio n - fou r-stroke or twostroke. In a shoot-out with Honda's CR500, the ATK o ut-jumped th e CR500, out-accelera ted it in the 150yard das h, a nd shaved two seco nds off the Honda 's tim e o n a o ne-m ile motocross track. "It's a very capable machine ca pable of wi nni ng an y Open (class) race against anything, a nd th e on ly reaso n we do n 't win the big races is becau se we can', put a big eno ugh effort togeth er," Leib said. "The J apanese pay th eir ra cers lots a nd lo ts of money and the bottom line is tha t we are never goi ng to be able to affor d a Ri ck J ohnson-typ e person to go out th ere and wi n a race. We did prove some thi ng in 1984, I thi nk it was, when Ron Lechine won the fourstro ke Nati onal s o n a n AT K chassis. H e won, and very easily, and the next year he rode wi thou t our chass is a nd h e didn 't win . It 's as sim ple as th a t." ATK has enjoyed success in th e desert wi th the 560cc mount piloted by Chris Crandall a nd the compa ny cu rre nt ly is hel pi ng out a number of u p-and-coming motocross riders. But m ore important than th e sta tis tics is the fact that th e ATK is a joy to ride. After being let loose o n a n ATK for the first time, seasoned desert race rs were coming o u t w i th co mme nts li ke "gobs o f pow er," "a ride tha t's second to none," and " do n' t forget th at great four- stroke thump!" Knowing how exclus ive a n ATK is didn 't seem to h urt either. " Le t me ride aro und a _ more," many ride rs said. bit L eitner described h is average customer as, " proba bly a guy in his 30s, someone wh o is buying th e Leitner is completely at home 1n the ATK "factory:' which boasts the shortest production assembly line in the motorcycle industry. Kornton goes about his assembly tasks. ATK offers custom -built ATK560s with Rotax eng ines, ATK-XR hybrids with XR Honda engines m oun t ed in ATK f rames, or almost anything else you m ight wa nt to special order.