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Cycle News 1988 09 07

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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Every 1989 CR meets the exactingstandards ofHonda. Of Rick Johnson. And ofHRG'" And those are anything but your standard standards. / We made it to go. . showing up on yourHonda dealer's showroom floor. r4: Richard the First. :." As far as the competition is concerned, Rick Johnson is a royal With the workS. pain. He has a way of beating them time after The 1989 CRs are as close as you can get to a works bike. time. In races that prove . man's inhumanity to maBecause all the changes we made come from the same place. First chine.We watched Rick win. And we learned. And we place. In the most inhuman race built a production bike With ofall. Professional motocross. just about everything on it but And weJve got the Rick himself. If you thinkyou're letters to prove it. HRC:" Honda Racing Corpora- the next Rick Johnson, see your = = local Honda CR Support tionis a company that produces . .,...... dealer for details on how you can win your share onlyone thing. Victories.Butthe ........~...,;;;;;;;;o;;;;;o;;;;;;;;;l ofHondas $1,285,000 CR bikes theydesign '-.. Contingency Program. And you may end up king of aren't just showing up at the finish the hill. line. Fbr the first timeever, they're '=:---.. Forks that eat up the competition. Sometimes you can't make just a small change. You've got to turn things upside down. That's what we did with the Showa'" forks on our 250 and 500 CRs. What we got was incredible stability. And mobility. Butthat wasn't enough to satisfy our appetite. The missing link. Once we took care ofthe front suspension, we moved to the rear. We made our delta-shaped Pro-Link"lighter on our full-size CRs

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