Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

. M New Stuff & Things f o r Cycles OLD FASHI ONED METHOD: Wrap adhesive ta pe aro und and aro und and ar ound y our hands u ntil you cut off the b lood. After a coup le o f ho t lap s th e ta pe ro lls in to a hard band th a t really hurts. Then y ou h ave some oaf p un ct ure y o u while he tries to slice off th e me ss. / Then hundreds of little hairs are pulled off the back of your hand, by the roots. NEW METHOD (and the one Joel uses, gang!): Strips of cushion material and a bottle of kwik-stik. Glue it on and say "bye" to icky blisters forever. That simple. Hand Handler from J -T Imports, or your dealer. S1.25 per kit. Order number 101-JTB, 3751 Alta Lorna, Bonita, CA 92002. Big zipper, too. Carry your lunch and stuff to work everyday and watch the commuters in their overheating Ch ry slers eat their hearts out. $14.95 . National Recreation Prod uc ts , 1436 W. 15th St., Dept. CN, Long Beach, CA 90813. e, N ..... (l) HEAR. HEAR HAND JIVE li' (Tell them you saw it in Cycle News!) Next time you're out trailing and someone yells. "Ya dang noisy motorcyclist!", here's how you can sn ub the rascal: Car ry this so und level meter from T and T Pro d ucts along. Show the fellow h ow to w ork it, have hi m p ace off fifty feet, and b lip th e th r o tt le while he rea ds t he m eter. " Sec?" you then r etort. "You have acted hastily. I have proved , sir, my vehicle meets all the requirements set forth by the Department of Motor Vehicles, as far as noise specifications goes. From a legal standpoint, that noise doesn't bother you at all." "By cracky, you're righ t, son. and [ have been an unkind fool. Thank you for setting me straigh L And thanks to T and T Products, Box 1902, Warren, Mich. 48090, too. I'm going to send in $98 .50 for my very own sound level meter! This is a new lif e for me!" (Camera fades .) SHINE ON BRIGHTLY RETIRE UNDERPANS FEND FOR YO URSELF The new Super 2 fender line from Pacifico Incorporated utilizes one of the most advanced copolymer materials available for optimum flexibility, strength, and durability. Put that in your p ip e and smoke it . Ove r 20 sizes , incl uding factory replicas, come wi th a one -year guarantee. Prices start a t $2.9 5 (don't you get tired o f everything costing somethiilg-95?). In fo fro m Pacifico Inc. , Box 348, Greham, OR 97030. (505) 665-5254. Cosmopolitan Moto rs , who have n o th ing to do with that silly magazine, now has 2.50x15 tires for Yamaha Mini-Endures and whatever else it will fit. The tire costs $9, matching tube $3, complementing rim strip , free. Cosmo Motors, Hatboro, PA 19040. DIAMOND SPRINGS Diamond Chain Company, one of the nation's largest producers of roller chain s, sprockets, couplings, and gear products, has announced it has opened a regio nal product distribution center. It is located at 14615 Anson Ave nue in Santa Fe Springs. RECOVER All yo u Rickman 250 owners think you got the perfect bike? Find a rock at th e wro ng time an d you'll have a perfect mess unless you get a skip plate for it . Steen's h as two mod els. The low-pipe version is .120-in ch es th ick, weighs 8 pounds, and cost $28 .18 . T he h igh-p ipe version is the same steel and is less complicated, particularly in cost : $11.54. At true-b lue Rickman dealers or Steen's, 1635 W. Valley Blvd ., Alhambra, CA 91803. Part number 10 I-H, high or low. AU Honda 450 owners who have 11.9 5 burning a hole in their pocket will be happy to hear about this absolutely marvey way to blow it. This aluminum alternator cover replaces the old stock one which was worthless because it didn't have cooling fins on it. O nce you bolt this custom cover in place, you 11 never have to worry ab o u t your al ternator boiling over or seizing up again. Racecrafter International, 7970 Sunset Blvd., Dept. CN, Hol lywood, CA 90046. . WH EREIN we annou nce a bra nd new column expressly for the purpose of letting you . Mister Co ns ume r. relate the knowled ge you've gained in t he Wond erful World of Spend ing Money. T ell everyone your discoveries in brands that o ff er lengthy service and other brands t hat have a tendency to poop out after little use . Tell how y ou sav e money on oil. socks . tie downs, whatever. T h is is y our colu mn . H INTS : Above all , be brief a nd to the point. Be honest; don't bad-mout h a prod uc t just because y o u se ll a competit ive brand. Be fa ir ; make su re yo u ha ve t he ex perience t o honestly evalu ate it. Consider the cost ; most t h ings are overpriced these da ys so look fo r true values . Avo id t h ings like he lmets, boots, motorcycles, unless there is some origina l in forma ti o n to o ff er. Dea ler gr ipes are p lent ifu l; you sh ould support MIC mem b ers an d you will have a sounding boa rd in t he futu re. Send pictu res if they help illus trate your point. preferably black-and-white. Kee p c o py neat , double-spaced. with lots of room in the margins. Mail to The Co nsu mers Report. c/o Cycle News. Box 498 . Long Beach. CA 90801 . BE A REMBRANDT It's hard to be the fastest in your class these days but if you must be the best, try it from a different angle. There's so much raggedy-looking machinery tooling about anymore, it 's a cinch to have the sharpest-looking. Get "Creative Painting", a book by fo lks who create such often-copied POOP (Continu ed from page 2) ride. Brad was scheduled to teach a motocross school as well, but refused until t he disagreement was settled . It wasn 't, so Brad didn 't show up . J IM WILSON made a hasty appearance and too k over . That was the straw that broke the came l's back . Lackey got d um p ed. techniques as shell patterns, lace patterns, sike-o-del-iks, and good old flames . Get hot tips on repainting m inor dents and touching up boo-boos. If you can't be thefastest, man, just cruise! The book comes complete with kandy kustom kolors and a spray gun. Write Tempo Pr od u cts, 6200 Cochran Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 44139. Ask them about the co ntest they're having. too. BE A BRONSON Make everybody think yo u're that Bro nson feller wi th this genuine fake-leath er gra in-tex u tred vinyl lu ggage carrier. S trap it o n y o ur sissy bar or b e really cool an d put it on th e handlebars, Has two straps th at d ouble as h andles. * LEATHER FOOTISH The first place a Husky owner's boots wear out is inside the right ankle because the tranny shaft protrudes just-so. Eliminate the discomfo rt with a p iece of lea ther that costs a mer e $5.95 . It comes wi th mounting hardware. Par t 22 55 from Webco, In c., 218 Main St., Venice, CA 90293 , (213) 8 70- 7758, 399-77 24 . .. .. .. .. A few people were quite upset about our rumor rep ort last week regarding a top Junior Pro. We admit we had r es er va t i o n s when we were co n temp la tin g running it. ROXY ROCKWOOD put it just right when he said that by publicizing it we "Let the 90 percent of the people who didn 't know about it, know about it." True, so we'll refrain from reporting falsehoods in the future. It's kind of a hard thing to deal with. but that's all we can do, it see ms. Anyway, to that p ers o n involved last week, we apologize for any undue criticism and hardships evoked by o ur report. .. .. . Contributions .. for .. * the Children 's It) MCM Manufacturing is now d oing N c custom p lating fo r Joh n Q. Pu b lic . .!!i Submit your most beloved par ts to th eir new eigh t-foot acid cop per tanks, four ~ feet d ee p . The special 10 hp p olish in g ~ lathes. Th e six -foot d eep closely w con trolled n ickel tan k with the ex ci tin g t3 3000-am p rec t ifier. All this, an d more. > MCM MFG . CO., 60 1 S. East se., U Anaheim, CA 92805. (714) 635.()850 . Hospit al Fu nd ta ken in at th e Fo oth ill Haw ks' 19 7 1 Jac kass Enduro tota lled $424 . The club then contributed $74 to make it a ro und $500. Good sh ow! * * * .. .. Enthusiasts aro und Fresno, Calif., ca n get the scoop o n the motorcycle scene every Friday night at 6:35 by listening in to MIKE FOSTER on KFRE in Fresno. The weekly five -minute all cycl e radio show has been go in g for four weeks and it has a bright future. .. .. .. . . Has the A MXT re-eonsidered a p rev ious announcement? Here 's a quote from a press release rece ntl y received fro m the AMXT : " Bryan Kenney will o nce aga in capta in the team , w ith one o r two more riders to be ad ded in the immed iate f uture. Among those be ing considered are BOB GROSSI , MARK BLACKWELL, GARY and DEWAYNE JONES, JI M WEST, PETER LAMPPU and TOM RAPP." About a month ago the AMXT said flatly that Gary Jones was already selected. Maybe, as we be lieve , it was just an error in the release, but it still rna kes us hopeful that ' others w ill also join the invasion . •.c cl.Jd.£. ~ S U \ .r~" Q

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