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Cycle News 1987 08 05

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This is our finest hour. In the EI.M. World Championship Road Racing Series, the competition didn't know what hit them. Anion Mong lied for J sf place 250cc Closs. Riders on Michelin were relentless. Capturing 23 out of 25 Grand Prix wins. And every round of the Endurance Series. A . unilateral victory if there ever was one. From the smallest class to the largest class, from the. shortest sprints to grueling 24-hour endurance races, Michelinequipped riders showed no. mercy. In fact, as of mid-July, 85% of all competitors finishing in the top 10 of every event rode on Michelin tires. Like Wayne Gardner, first in the 500cc class. ' Jorge Morfinez Anton Mang an d .sl place 80cc Closs, Reinhold Roth, tied for first in the 250cc class. All three on Michelin Radials. Fausto Gresini arid Jorge Martinez, first in the 125 and 80cc classes respectively. Both on Michelin tires. And Suzuki riders Moineau and Le Bihan first in the Endurance Series. Both on Michelin Radials. Seems like European History repeats itself. Because Michelin Radials swept last year's World Championship Series, too. The fact so many top riders both in Europe and the U.S. choose, race and win on Michelin Radials is no coincidence. They're so precise and responsive they Reinhold Rofh fied for Isl place 250cc Closs. give new meaning to the term strategic arms control. . They handle easier, grip better and run cooler. So you can . get the best out of your race bike. And yourself. What it all comes down to is this. Why just blow away the competition, when you can give them a major nuking. '0'ith an Inter- MlCHBJN" contInental IICMSSO..u:HI5_ Ballistic Michelin. ONlOUI1IIIS." MICHElINĀ·ROAD RACING TIRES ARE AVAILABLE EXClUSIVElY THROUGH THESE DISTRIBUTORS. Molorace, P.O. Box 861 Wilbraham, MA 01095 Wak S. Schaeffer Cycle, RI. 3, Box 231 Williamsburg Rd., Intemolional Cycle Racing Tires, 1865 Redondo Blvd. 1800-628-4040}. 1413-734-6211) Akoono, AL 359521205-538-59061 Long Beach, CA 90804(213-597-0339)

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