Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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i New Stuff & Things for Cycles '" c.. (Tell them you saw it of b iking yo u could try th is alb um by SailCat which featu res so me of th e classic cy cle so ngs like "H ighw ay Rider /Highw ay Riff," "Rainbow Road," and " If You've Got a Daugh te r." T he alb um prob ably varies N .... '" .... N you $5 .35 Departme n t 9 2634 . in Cycle News!) and is availab le fr om Box 3666, Cycle Sn ooze , Full erton , Cal ifornia e '" .., " ~ w Z w -' U >U I t ' - litl , w .~"'~- t --- _,---.. .. ", '"", " - .- ' -, c , "'t - I STAY ING DOWN .. If you h ad a bike that you wanted to get rid of, how would you do it? Well, J im Davis was having some tro ub le w ith hi s. He co uldn' t affo rd to fix it and no o ne wo u ld b uy it. Still, he nee ded the money . Then it carne to him : insurance . He got the thing insured heavily and then made up so me bogus press releases abou t some tie downs he had lying around. T he press releases said that the tie-dow ns wou ld lift umpteen-hund red pounds. Next time J im saw his in suran ce agent he casually men tio ned it and showed him the press re lease . Now hc was se t. He got h old of Alladin Signs in Burbank and arranged to use thei r crane . He would lift that old bike that h e was having so mu ch tr o uble with by the tie do wn . Well, all wa s arranged an d th e b ike w as lifted . Ho wever , much to Jim 's frus tra tio n, th at d arn st rap d id n' t b rea k. Not on ly w as he stuck with the bad b ike but n ow h e h ad all th at insu ran ce on it. In desperati on he decided to sell th ose tie-dow n s h e still had ly in g arou nd. We th ought th at we would give th e p oo r guy so me. help. A se t of tw o goes fo r $ 4 .95. Each one is eigh t feet long an d has a trick buckl e. We sup p ose th at they're p retty strong. Fr om your dea ler or Jim Davis. He lives in Box 1002, Burbank, California 9 15 05 . PASS ING GAS So me guy s nev er get th eir names in th e p aper, but Yvon DuHa mel always does. Why is th at ? Well , read it. They always say th at h e makes a two and a hal f second stop for gas. He re is j us t the thing for the pit CLAM DIP in price from reco rd store to reco rd store if they h ave it. It is n umbered EK S·75029 on Elek tra an d feat ures pictures wi th lots of action . T ell them Baz sent you . COMING TO GRIPS If you haven't been win ning, maybe it is because your handleb ar levers are too heavy. T hese new One of o ur staffers d iscovered th is stuff and said th at h e felt th at it had a gre at deal of p o ten tia l as a cha in lub e. While we h aven't h ad a chance to tes t it ye t, we tho ught tha t we w o uld p ass it alo ng for those o f you who w ere in ter ested . Its wh ite co lor wo u ld allow you to te ll a t a glance whethe r o r not it is on th e chain. It makes the ven der 40/, fo r 8 o unces . Fro m Pen and Quill foods . T he only pro blem is th at you have to keep it refrigerated or it begi ns to smel l. NORTON VICTORY SHIRT Thermop lasti c Levers fro m Uni Fil ter, In c., Dept. Squeeze , 1350 W. C ollins, Orange, Cali forn ia 92667 are also gare -an d-teed to b e un b reakab le and we igh t is o nly th ree o un ces fo r the wh ole fram mus. Write fo r more info. As y o u probably know, Norton won the 1907 Isle of Man IT with a re cord-breaking 36.22 mp h ave rage speed. N ow all you Norton a fici o nad os can ge t a T-s hirt th at co rnmenorates the even t. It featu res a bo ffo ph ot o of the w inning machine (a Norton) and incl udes a p hoto credi t for the publica ti on th at took the p hoto (very co mmendable.) Before we go over board we should note , as d oes th e sh irt, that the vict o ry is still subjec t to official co nfi rm at ion . However, we are sure that it will b e fo rthc o ming and th a t No rton an d Mik e Jackson can pride the mselves o n th is, th eir late st victory . (Er, we ll, a Norton m ay FROM T HE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 160 MPH TRAINS Kawasaki , lik e Ho n da, Yamaha, an d so me o ther big mo tor-sc o ot er maker s, has go ne int o the accessory stuff business. They m ake lo ad ing ra mp s and tie down eq uip me n t. T h is other n ea t item , shown here, is a tire rep air an d filler . It co mes in a bo ffo push have come in to the winner's ci rcle at Ascot a time or tw o re cently .) Available a t No rto n dealers . Oh , by th e w ay , Mik e, one o f o ur typesetters ca ugh t a typo o n th e sh irt : j h e word "Official" is misspe lled . T h e ed ito rial st aff , of co ur se, mi ssed it. TR ICKY STIC KY racer. It's the "J iffy-Tank ". Unloads its two an d a hal f gallons in eight and a h alf seco nd s. It is also supposed to be safe r in situations where there is a fire danger. The 2Y2 gallo n size goes for $49 .25 exactly and the four gallo n jug is $59.25 fr om J ·T Racin g, Dep t. S .P.L.A.S .H. , Box A, Bon it a , Calif. 92 002 or Don Emde Motorcycle Specialities. CYCLE - TUNES Tell your daddy an ' your mama, too Yu h got somet hin' be tter t' do Than stick aroun' th ' house fo r the rest of your lIfe You 're eigh tee n, yuh can do what cha like To be th' Qu een of mah High way Mah motorcycle mam a An' w e'll see th ' world fro m mah Harley We'll get match ed jackets an ' helmets too We'll get resp ect from the towns w e rahd through .. . - -fro m Motorcycle Mama by SailCat If you would like to romance y o ur h?!,ey with songs button can wit h a ca rry ing case . $3 .9 9 fro m a Kawasaki dealer , proba bly . MAK ING LIFE BETTER S ome fo lks in Fullerton recently sent us information on new products which they say will " be t te r ou r daily livin g." Called Spray Mas k, it is a sp ray-stuff that m ask s designs for every detailed paint jobs . You sp ray it on, it dries, then you cut out the area that you wan t painted with a razor b lade and peel it off. What it does is replace masking tape and fiddling. "A real step forward," they tell us. T he basic kit will cost Dragsters an d in door rou ndie -rounders are always fu ssing about tracti o n : Ch ap m an ' Perfo rmance Produ cts ma kes some st uff ca lled T rick -T racti on th at sh ould m ake all th ose p eop le bubble with ecstasy . It comes in quarts, or the handy ga llo n size, and is said ' n o t to h arm ei the r t ires o r track su rfaces. (However, th ey do n 't re commend for it to b e used as a deodo ran t) . If yo u are a d raggin g rac er yo u are supposed to put it on wh ile you are b urn ing o u t. Indoor short trackers can j us t apply it (to th e tire, not shoe) before th e start since it is rather di ffi cul t to apply it w hile you are racing. Ch ap man is located at 5567 N. Elston Ave ., Dep t. Stuck, Chicago, Ill. 606 30. Warner Riley wo rks with these fo lks to and he seems to kn ow a bit about speed. Anyway, if you are in teres ted in mind-boggling accelerat ion , incredible G-f o rces in the comers , o r just mak ing sure that your car d oesn 't slide sideways o ut of that pa rk ing space on the side of a hill , th is may be ju st what y ou have . b<;en w~ting for all your .l ife. . .-