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N ENDUROAT2 NS '" C> " Co. N r- C» .ci '" u. ==== = = = =i1 smission ENS IO NS rail length rail width rail he ight elbase ~ w 5 -speed gea rbox Z W 77 .2 in . 35 .8 in. .42.9 in . 50 .6 in . . ground cl earan ce GHT (Net ) L T AN K CA PACIT Y T AN K CAPACI T Y ES fro nt rear ..J U >- U 8 .9 i n . 22 1 lb s. 1.8 ga o 1.3 q t . 3 .00-18-4PR 3 .25-18-4PR ecif ica t io ns s ub ject to ch ange w ith o ut ceo T he rack in the back , h owever h and y, was n o t mounted on st ra igh t, n o r w ould it ever be, the way it wa s d esigned. Annoying, bu t harml ess. N ow here 's th e h ead-scratcher. We go t a flat, which is no b ig d eal. Seems like every b ike w e ge t h as a fla t so o ne ro r la te r . Dism o unti ng th e rear wheel p roved t o b e a min o r chore an d th e b ead p opp ed off th e rim wit h little difficulty. Upon examin g the t ube, we h ad been m y st eri ously found it shr ed de d in several spots by a p iece of metal. We looked inside th e t ire an d a two-inc h found t h e c ulprit broken -o ff end fro m a roun d file. We h aven 't the slightest idea h ow that th ing got in there , but it w as obviously there wh en w e pi cked up the b ike. Bolts fen o ff o ut h er e and th ere. One of the fro nt fen der mo u nting bolts fe n off so me wh ere alo ng th e way a nd so d id the two scr ew s th at h old the elec tri c st ar t er b u tton to the h and co nt ro l. The We gave th e ya ma ha qu it e a b ea t ing d uring the test an d nothi ng mec hanical eve r failed . S up erb hand ling encourages the ride r to go fas t . - bolt t hat secures th e rear taill igh t to the fen der dro pped out. We can't reall y b lame that o n th e fa ctory, however, beca us e o w n ers' m an u a ls always advise one t o check b o lt s p eri odi cally. We tightened im port ant b ol ts like the engine mo unts and sw inging arm j obbers, bu t no t th ese . Serves us right. Extensive trai ling is sure to lead to the dest ruction of t he rea r turn signals. We knocked off one wi th n o re al effort. 'Nhen we tr ied to re move the other one to preven t an instant rep lay (o ne tends to feel g ilty abou t b rea kin g someone u else's property, ric h fa ctory or n ot ) , we found out that yo u needed a special bolt. The same bo lt that h olds the ind icat o r in p lace h olds th e rear fender to the fra me . - - - T h ese-- ex p eric nces poin t o ut th e necessit y fo r th e buyer t o make sure he is n o t afraid of t urn in g a wrench every now and then an d tha t he b uys from a repu tab le d ealer in th e firs t pl ace. T he AT-2 is a sup er-so ph ist icate d, d ura b le p iece o f ma chinery. Alth ough some bothersom e we experienced failings, these can be easily avoided an d in no way detract fr om the o vera ll superlative engineering. It is rel iabl e as any th ing in its class , is cap ab le o f ta king a lot of ab use, and c an b e b eefed up t o n earl y twice its cu rr en t capacity . To top it o ff, it costs a measly $4 29 . J o y to the w orl d. - DS t rudin g i ~dicators . L ...., T h is is th e Yama ha at its best ; playin g in t he d irt . tev e McQueen 's Husk y . A ren ' t you impressed ?" . . ......_ - '" . -'- ._- ,, ._ ..1 ,~'1.~1 ';. Ilr.,k .'D I.' ~ - tJ.~,'!"..:,.t)4~ .. qUII1::ltu'ih~~;'\ ,e.O,1 t,;'\\" \S ,~ ~.T , .t.;I I;"~f"l\.i_\. Ih ' iQ 3. ~..J~1ii ~,c>t I 8G:hLV...8\it>.t\ - .3 .r.", ~11'6.:.l ' ~3 >lQ ~ •. :t.Jtit> 8 \ 1/\,J l~ L ' tl'Gi ~ 1 1Q_\flI f.t i~fI141 ' '1 . 11J