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METZELER THE TIRE WITH REAL WORLD CONDITIONS WINNING WAYS OFFROAD RACING Stadium cross and other manmade, closed course off- road track racing is fun to watch. Enduros, CrossCountries, Hare Scrambles and Desert Races are fun to ride. They also far more closely duplicate the real world conditions of everyday recreational offroad riding because they are ridden in the real world. And the real world throws the same things at you that it does professional racers: varied terrain and tough conditions. That's why Metzeler Champions Randy Hawkins, Ed Lojak, Dan Smith and Grant Palenske all ride on and win on Metzeler offroad tires. For 1989 Kevin Hines and Team KTM, Team Suzuki's Dave Bertram, and Team Kawasaki's Jeff Fredette and Paul Krause all join Randy, Ed, Dan and Grant on Metzeler tires. RANDY HAWKINS AMA National Enduro Series '88 AMA National "Quicksilver" Enduro '89 ED LOJAK AMA Wiseco 100 Miler Cross Country Series '88 DAN SMITH "Best in the Desert" Series '88 Open Class S. California District 37 Series '88 Gold Strike Hare & Hound 150 Mile Championship '89 #1 GRANT PALENSKE California District 37 250 AMA Class So. TRACK COMPETITIVE COMPATIBLE STREET Today, High Performance Riders and Racers are often faced with an unpleasant choice in tires: Choose a race version that is not ideally suited off the track or choose a street version that simply isn't fast enough. Avoid the dilemma. Choose the METZELER COMP Kthe only tire Rated #1 for both Track and Street use (Cycle Magazine 8/9-87j. COMP K's work over a broad range of temperatures and conditions. They work on both wide and standard rims. They lean incredibly, yet slide predictably. And since they last 2 or 3 times longer than many racing tires, you don't give up performance for mileage or mileage for performance. Series '88 Plus! Official Tire - 1988 U.S. ISDE Team in France. REAL WORLD TIRES At Metzeler we race what we sell and sell what we race which is an extremely important difference to you when you are choosing tires for your own bike. If we are going to advertise the races we win and be proud of the professionals who use Metzelers, we feel we owe it to you to offer you the exact same tires. Don't settle for other brands that offer you tires 'developed from' the tires they race. Wouldn't you rather be offered the same tires made available to the winners? Of course you would. And that's exactly why Metzeler's winning tires are the exact same tires sold over the counter at your local dealer. . ROAD RACING #1· WERA National TEAM - MBS SUCKS '88 HUMAN RACE Endurance Series Champions WERA Endurance Heavyweight Superbike '88 #1· WERARACING - COMP K Superbike '88 PDQ Endurance Middleweight COMP K #1 ISLE OF MAN - 750, & Formula II '88 Prod. 400, 600, RACING COMP #1 CANADIAN 750 Prod.- (West) '88K Pro 600 & CRITICAL AcCLAIM When first tested by Motorcyclist Magazine (11/87) they had this to say about METZELER COMP K's "Their ride, handling qualities and durability make them excellent all-out street tires, and their racetrack performance is equal to anything else readily available." "As if all this weren't enough, the Metzelers wear like iron ... " "As near perfect as you can get." And in choosing Comp K's for their own project bike featured in the April 1989 issue, Motorcyclist said, "The Metzelers (Comp K), which grabbed top honors in our November '87 Sport-tire shoot-out, offer more stick, more rider feedback at the limit and, perhaps best of all for a street rider, seem to wear like iron." Pro 750 Prod. (East) '88 FEEL THE DIFFERENCE IT'S UNANIMOUS So, no matter where, what, or how you ride, Metzeler offroad tires give you that "something" extra that makes all the difference. Technical explanations, Magazine tests, Racer results, World Records, and a huge number of everyday performance riders all agree on one thing - Metzeler Comp K's are the last word in High Performance. -~-~.-- High Mlleave MAKE THE CHANGE - FEEL THE DIFFERENCE ". ,- .. Front Front MESSF Marathon ME33 Laser C1iJI1&K Rear Rear ME1 C1iJI1&K MESS Marathon (MBS sened. &-ply raled) (MBS Kevlaro sened) Front MmF Rear Mm METZELER FEEL THE DIFFERENCE 4520 Jmtb St. S.W. Ew:rett, WA 98204 ~ 3t8 tOOO Cal or write b' be bftd&ae. MAKE THE CHANGE - FEEL THE DIFFERENCE