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••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~O~IMIlIMlYJflA suz DEMAND ARECOIU For riders looking to cure the mushiness of their Honda CBR900RR's stock front suspension, Progressive Suspension has developed new fork springs that incorporate its progressive-wound engineering. The units are designed to provide a plush rid e during nor mal ridi ng yet provide gr eat er stability and control th an th e stock springs during mor e aggressiv e maneuvering an d hard braking. The Progressive Suspension CBR900RR fork springs carry a suggested retail of $62.95. For more information contact Progressive Suspension, Inc., Dept. CN , 11129 GAve., Hesperia, CA 92345, 619/ 948-4012. TOOL TIME If you own or work on classic British machinery then you are doubtless aware of British Whitworth hardware. Sudco International has introduced a complete line of British Whitworth tool sets to their product lineup to help you deal with that particular sizing. The tools are constructed from forged chrome vanadium steel with a satin finish that is supposed to hide scratches and won't slip in your hands when oily. Sets include 12point box-end wrenches, combination box- and open-end wre nches, and a sixpiece 1/8-7/16 in. socket set. Suggested retail price for the socket set is $40.50, whil e the combination wrench set and box-end wrench set retai l for $84.50 and $92.00, respectively. For mo re information contact Sudco International Corp., Dept. CN, 3014 Tanager Ave., Commerce, CA 90040, 213/726-5407. Tom Kipp and BrittTurkington, each on his YoshimuralSuzuki GSXR750W, were hotter than the +90 0 weather as they took the top two spots in the AMAlCCS 750cc Supersport Race at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Tom was notto be denied as he led from the drop of the green flag, at one point holding a 13.6 second lead on the competition. After a red flag and re-start, both Tom and Britt pulled away from the rest of the field with Tom Kipp coming across the lineto win his third in a row by4.818 seconds over histeammate, Britt Turkington. Congratul ations to Tom Klpp and his tuners, Mlnoru "Matsu" Matsuzawa and Kei Tobito. And to BrittTurkington and histuner Darren , Lopez who also builds the winning Supersport engines for Turkington and Kipp~ We are proud to onceagain thank all our terrific sponsors... GFA~ To be continued.•. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~ ~OSIHIllMUIA YOSHIMURA R&D O f AMERICA 4555 Carter Court, Chin o, CA 91710 For Informat ion Call (909) 627-9249 (909) 628-4722 FAX (909) 591-2 198 LOUDON. MAX STABIUTY In reality, Yamaha 's migh ty V-Max is a real asphalt-heater when the goin g is straight and narrow, but on the top end the mighty Max can sometimes shake its head, posing a frigh tening situation for th e rider. Da le Walker's H olesho t Performance Pro d ucts claims to have the cure with its new V-Max steering dampener kit. The kit u til izes a topqua lity gold anodized steering dampener, CNC computer-machined anodized fork clamp and stainless steel hardware. Walker says that the best part about the kit is that it stops the wobbles. Retail price is $289. For more information contact Dale Walker ' s Hol eshot Performance Products, Dept. CN , 320 Babe Thompson Rd. , La Selva, CA a 95076,408/7612808 or 761-2826. ONOSOKKI Get x-tr« Perfonnance and x -tr« Value fTom O./.O 's New Gold Premium X-Ring Series. Try it and Feel the d ifference of the Lo wes t Friction and Higher Strength! • Lowest fricti on achieved by an oil reservoir formed by a special ' X' shaped O -RIng . • Tighter sealing - Longer life • 17% Stronger tensil e strength Troy Corser, Fast By Ferreccr. I sr Mace: U .S. Su perblke Scones at Loud on . LN.,.mount 01trlctlon 01 .n , O-Ring . (D.I.D plltent) Erion Rd-c1ng . 1s t Mdce : Unlimited 't eem Challenge ae l o ud on . 21