Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

SEAT YOURSELF On ce, while on o ur wa y fro m Ensenada to Ojai in a desperate search of the ra re honey-breasted buckle-sn apper , we stopped to ch at with friendly b o rd er guards, who playfully drew pictures on a new Tijuana tuck-and-roll saddle with a straight-edge razor w hile re minding us that the b ird seed w e were ' a ll e d ge d l y carrying was inadequate for the afor ementio ned buckle-snapper 's admittedly delicate diet. Accepting the incident with good humor, we rode th e ne xt 90 m ile s to Los A ngele s stand ing on th e pegs , q uite embarrassed over th e tatt ered sea t and sudden loss of gas mile age, due to inc reased wind resi stance. We fou nd a custom cov er fro m Custom Up holstery Products in Van Nuys for less than 15 bucks and it · fit righ t over what was left 0 th e old o ne. The o ne we b ough t was black wi th no st itches and we recently orde red another in Turf Tan (with d oubl e stitches) to use o n a heavy date. Cus t om Upholst ery Products, 14807 O xnard Blvd ., V an N uys, CA 91 401. (213) 994-8100. DIRT WRIT ER If there is o ne fellow in this country who ca n give yo u all the straight p oop on d irt rid ing an d will sell yo u the right things fo r your b ike and body without any shuck and jive, that's Carl S hip man . He operates a b usiness under the handle ''The Di rt Rid er" in New Mex ic o. His new ca talogue, " Info 1972 ", is the closest th ing in the ind ust ry to the Whole Ea rth Catalogue. It contains ingenio us devices, ha ndy items , fixi ng mo torcy cles all t he tim e, why don 't you have t he talent to make o ne o f these in your garage at a frac tion of the cost ? A t y o ur d ealer or wr it e Santee Industries , Dept. CN , 600 Arr oyo, San Fernando, CA 91 340. ex amp le , we get p eriodic reports on the fishing co nditio ns on t he Co lorado Ri ver , press releases that wo uld excite o nly a screen d o or b uff, st uff like that. This ti me , so m eone se nt us some plastic stick-e ns , the ki nd th at are intended to stay in p lace permanently . Lik e the o ne above for the Ud ico can opener/knife sh arpener. Order so me in th e design you like . Park N am epla te Co., 34- 10 Linden Place, Flu shi ng, N.Y . 11354. (2 12) 3 59-70 00. Get so me heavy-du ty red suspenders. T hey have metal clips on the end. "They 're useful for holdi ng up tro use rs" , says Carl Shipma n. 52 .50. O rder fro m The Dirt Rider, Box 14422, Albuquerque, NM 87111. TOOLTOOL TOOLTOOL TOOL Gyro Gearloose co uld n't have done much better than this. A crescent wrenc h , screwdriver, pliers, wire-cutter, tooth-p ulle r, all ro lled into o ne clu msy LOONEY TOO N Colort une so unds like a n am e fo r o ne o f th ose far-o ut-groovy light bars people buy because t hey think they are real mi nd-expanding b u t every bod y (Tell t hem you saw it in Cycle News!) kno ws ligh t ba rs are im me nsely boring b ut no one ad mits it. No , this Colortune goes in p lace o f t he spark plug when the bike is being t uned . A co uple of kicks and an examinatio n of the color will te ll yo u n early as much abo ut the co ndition of yo ur b ike as a co mplete teardown. It w ork s w it h ch emicals, o r some thing lik e that. Whatever , it works. Comes complete w ith all sp ecia l tools. 52 4 .9 5 . Steen's, Inc ., 163 5 W. Vall ey Blvd., A lh am b ra , CA 9 18 03 . Ask for part n umber 10 1·K. LOX Eve r b een booted off so meo n e else 's land ? N ext t ime th at happen s, in st ead o f fee ling sorry for yo urself, think ab o u t how good it would feel to o wn so me land you could k ick so meone else off of. Then go out to Valle y Real t y in La ncaster. They have some 340 acres o f d esert land a t less than $400 per acre. Vall ey Real t y , 4 20 11 Si erra Hwy. , La ncaster, CA 93534. (805) 948 ·2 644 ,9 47 ·2623. - DIRTY MIND Diamond Manufact u ring is o ffe ring a catalogu e fu ll o f th e usual it ems a t t he usual price. To wit: ex p ansi o n ch am b ers, gogg les, b oo ts , handleb ars, air cl ea ne rs, ad i nfi ni tu m. A buck. Di amond Ma n ufacturing, Dep t. R-3 7, 735 E. 12 th sr., Los A ngeles, CA 9002 1. Hold o n t h ere a minute. With each ca talogue yo u ge t a "thi nk dirt!" b umper strip . 1972 JACK ~ z BE A FIR EMAN INFO Th is is a h and y jack fo r mo torcy cles, righ t ? Beats lift ing the b ike b y the rear fen der and tryi ng to kick a cra te und erneat h it . Go o ut and spend $ 13 on this one fro m San tee Industries. Ques tio n: If you 're so handy :- ::< >- too l. S erio us en d uro rid ers might find it a way to save w eight , alt hough they migh t b e too embarrassed to actually use it if th e tim e co mes. $4 .9 5. Racecrafters Inte rnatio nal, Box 347, Dept. CN , Los Angeles, CA 90028 . You know what happens when yo u put everyday oil in an air-coo led engine ? It freaks out. Can't take th e temperature. Mos t oi ls for water-cooled engin es are specially formu lated to operate at given temperatures and will suffer certain mo lecular bre akdowns at higher temperatures. That's what th e folks at Omega Oil would like y o u to believe, anyway. But considering the fact that Omega oil is made with lov ing care by a couple o f dedicated men in a backyard refinery, and considering the fact that it is used religiously by Porsche and Harley o w ners who know what they're doing, and considering that it costs no more than the oil cranked out b y those big corporations that are usually building pipelines through Alaska or smoking up the air something fierce or misbehaving in some other way, maybe you ought to give it a try. They make DuOmega , a special two-stroke o il in 30-, 40-, or 50 weight ' and AerOmega in 30-weight only, for fo u r-st ro ke s. Wri te 3615 N. Big Dalton Ave., Bald wi n Park, Calif. (2 13) 33 7·2408 . N U ROLL ON YOUR OWN - 'GOO GOO '" W ..J T O,RT 14422 , Albuquerque, NM 8 7 11 1. (O h , y eah . Carl also has written an excellent volume, "The Boonie Book." Except we can 't tell you ab out it because w e sen a co m p eti n g product.) .... U an d invalua ble in for ma tion. A fork t ube bag. Care and fee di ng of t hrottl e cable s. Po ck et ti re pump. Fanny Pack . Lo ts of necessit ies most pe ople do n 't even k no w t h ey n eed. If you're h alf-wa y serio us about di rt riding, yo u'll wa nt this catalog ue. S I. Box S1.00 ~ l1. N w New Stuff & Things for Cycles ·H ft . E R/O~~. M '" . RACK 'EM UP Fu nny ho w b ikers can in flic t more damage to a bike when transporting it at 5 mph on a dirt road th an wh en rid ing over the sam e d irt road at 60 . T hat 's We were given a q uick d emonstratio n of the Chapman Cycle-Lok at th e Houst on Dealers Show last J anuary b y no ne o th er than Warner Riley , who owns the curr ent land sp eed record fo r b ikes. Warner, who is wo rking fo r Peopl e's Distrib u ti ng in Iowa, pointed out that this . lock is the stro ngest thing going and he has to be right. It is constru cted 'o f steel cable. The chrome lock me mbers p ivot on their mount to make locking an eas y j ob . To to p it off, it utilizes those odd-looking circular locks, like the vending machine people sw ear by. In short, if you lock th is to a hydrant and lose the k ey, better plan on buying a new b ike. Chapman Security Products, 5567 N. Elston Ave., Ch icago, Ill. 60630. PLASTIC FANTASTIC _ You know, w e get some strange mailing lists. For because the science of battening bikes had been badly neglected. End that nonsense wi th the T&H Custom Swell Nifty Boffo and O therwise Acceptable Motorcycle Rack. It easil y bolts into your van or pickup and can be removed at nigh t when you want to cuddle where your toys u sually rest. The rack can still b e used, mind y o u, to hold th e b ik es up and T&H includes a clever d evice th at wi ll allo w you to lock th em up fo r k eeps. A lways handy. Numbers: 16-gauge square tubing, 27 p ounds, $43.50. T&H Works Unlimi ted, 2205 6 De La O sa St ., Woodland Hills , CA 9 1364. (213) 3 40 -3960 . Van owners: These fo lks h ave other us efu l goodies, too, like pattern s fo r the ins id e p an els. T h ings like that . PRIDE THAT BIKE Hey creep. Ne xt time you gag o n a t una fish san dwich, rememb er th at yo ur finned fri end m ay ta ste so lo usy because of all that Biz you've b een d umping into the sewer. Next time yo u wash o ff that mo te-sickle , try Mo to rcycle Pride. It 's bio-degradab le, It 's E·Z to u se. It cle ans and sh ines as it remo ves rust in o n e easy o p eration. Then it wash es off th e driveway , fetches th e paper, an d lights yo ur p ipe . Pint: $ 1.98, $ 2 .98 wit h spray . Dri ve r' s Pride, Box 33021, Ho usto n, T ex. 7703 3. -

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