Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

EntrepreNEUR Products for YOU, Rugged Individualist Who-o-o could have imagined... that you would have found this in Cycle News? Why not tell them so? ..' ,... N .ci " u. ,. ~ One o f our estee med co lu mn is ts has been ex ceedingly c o nc e rned about m o to rcy cl ing as an im p le me n t fetishism (hoplophilia). I am c o nc e rn ed over the fa ct that auto mobiles are ye t anot her phase of imple ment fetishism , but I will not ac cept m o re than vague: s imilarities. As I wanted to know what the drive is, I sat down and mulled Over the various aspects of motorcycling and the attendent differences and similarities with other transportation syndromes. Like an automobile, a motorcycl e ser ves as an extension of human p o ssib ili tie s. It w ill take y ou more p laces , m o re often than wi ll y o ur fee t. Basically i t fits t ight in with the definition of a tool. T he differen ces begin to arise wh ere thin gs be gin to depart from pure f unc tio nality . An automobile is a me ans to an e nd . I t gets you so mewhere. A motorcycle is not e sse ntially a means th o u gh it often h as an end. T he mean s may be an end in itsel f. On a bike the goi ng is th e fun ctio n. I 'll sit a roun d thi nki ng up p la ces to go, so I c an ju sti fy goi ng fo r a ride. • A m o t o rcy cl ist is wh a t m ight be calle d an open hed on ist. He trus ts o r is at least will ing accep t the inp uts of the environmen t aro und him. As a co n trast, mo st automobiles are a con tro lled environ me n t that let the ir owners c ont ro l t heir hedonistic inputs. T h e mo torcy cl ist will always take in a greater variety o f i np u t, i f not a grea ter volume . Therefore m otorcy cl in g does have a greater pote ntial for fu lf illing experience. T he major fu lfilli n g ex pe rie nce in m o t o rcy cl in g is an affi rmation of in di vid ua li ty. From beginni ng to e nd moto rcycli ng seems to foll ow a pattern of building in d ivid u al strength and reu niting in a grou p activity. For e xam p le let's look at th e o bj ects motorcy clist surroun d the mselves with . CAMP hook th ese little w ires here up here, and the little j e m w ill make quite a ra cket. Or...y o u could hook it up to a little plas tic e xp lo sive.. .or? It 's cheap ( 5 2 9 .9 5 ) and comes with every little thing you'll ne ed to bugler proof your garage. Wr ite S af G a rd Prods., Annclux Systems C orp., Lo s Alimi t o s, Cal , DOI N' YO URSELF I HA V EN'T HAD SO MUCH FUN 'SINCE T HE PIGS AT E GRA MPA . Another charac te ristic o f the inde pendent m o tyclist is th at h e likes to do things h imself. S itting o u t in the garage o n an old Castrol box yanki ng awa y at the nut on the fly wheel with a dull pair o f c han n el lock pliers is part of the sou l and substanc e of m o to rcy cl in g: Unfo r tu na te ly; ea ch y ear, w hen winter rolls aroun d, we lose a few of our mem bers to the dreade d carbo n m o n o xid e poisoning. Closed doors c an spe ll disaster only if you do n't have a w ay o f k n owning h o w thi ck the air is. Patra co , 16 3 8 W. 135 th St., Gardena, Cal. 9"0249, t he p an ac ea of the small man with big ideas, will sell yo u an exhaust gas analyzer for 12 5 d oll ars ( th a t 's che ap) , It ca n save yo ur life ! It weighs o nly eigh t p ounds an d a lso w ill te ll you the a ir /fuel ratio an d th e com bus ti o n efficiency . GETTING IT OFF " Well so nny, back in '38 I had me an Inj un . And as I dodg ed a ll th e m p o t holes in the roa d , I got ta thi nkin ' w ha t a good idea it w as t hat t hey p u t run n in ' bo ards o n the m there mo tors. on acc o unta whal a m e ss that O hi a ' lim e rock would m a d e to m y e ngi ne, ifin ' I'd fa ile d over. S o su re enoug h, as I ' s sittin' h ere , this h er e ph oty graph d one c o m e in da m ail , w ith th is c h romi u m bar rapped rig ht aroun d the side a this he re J ap bike, And I says, w ell ain 't t hat clever, they d one pu t a b ar o n th at the re sucke r , fo r to pu t the hi ghway p egs o n. OO O ee e, n o t b ad . Now , if they 'd p u t t hat engine in the re sides ways , i t wou ida mad e just a bunch more sense. Now the Hend erson . tha t was one fine sco o ter . mmm-rnmm " . Cy cle Specialties lnc., 2 065 12 th sr., Dept. 7, S araso ta, F lo rida 33577. Be tc hy it's n ice d o wn tha r th is time a d a year. KINDA·KUTE Bi ker s a re th e bac kbone of the ca m per set in Am erica. T here is an in tense appeal to be ing a se lf " c o n t ain e d unit. Carrying e verythi ng you need to live in co mfo rt righ t wit h your transportation , is an i m mense ly m ob i le a nd the refore individual experience . Change o f envi ronment is a separation of . one's self fro m a familiar surrounding and a forcing of one's self to tem porarily live wi th o u t the support o f that familiar envi ron. One way to carry your environ with you is to buy a Smuggler trailer. Inside the S muggler y o u ca n ca rr y your bikes a nd yo u. Happy dreams w ill -be yours while you caress your carbure tor or whatever accessory mi gh t please you. There's a m ode l and size to fit e ve ry o n e 's desire and pocketbook , (c e p t' mi n e). They co m e of essence at 10642 Mi d wa y Ave.., Cerritos, Cal. 9070 1. RIP ON \ Like mo st avo cat io ns mot o rcy cli ng is not all pervasive , O t h er infl u en ces in ' life a ffect the m otorcy cl ist. T he blue jean c raze (so well described b y that pre-eminent publication, Life Magazin e) . no d oubt p ermeat es m otorcy cl in g. CS En te rp ri ses , 8 09 Harrison St. , Redwood City, Cal. 9 4 0 6 2 , is banking on tha t influ en ce by m a r ke tin g d enim protective clo thi n g for m o to rcy clists. Kinda hokey , but th e bib overalls ar e just h okey en o ugh to make it, es p ecially for .b owling. · ONESCUMBERRY SHAKE TO GO Along w ith h is indep enden t n a tu re a n d a ctual o c cassio nal p e rs e cution by aut hor ities, the mo to rcy cl ist has be come so m ew hat disdainful of law protection facilities. No surprise , since about the o nly thing the gove rnme n t -seems to pro tec t him fro m is riding at all. Wit h the m iniscule p e rce n t age or" r ecovery of stolen m o to rcy cle s you 'd better m a ke su re it doesn' t get s tolen in the first p la ce, Wh a t ch u n eed m y b o y y, is a Ho me G ua rd alarm system . Just We all lik e to do it o ursel ves a li ttle, T h a t 's wh y we put up with tw o-cycle engin es a nd li ke tha t. Pr agmaticall y sp eaking (p ragma tically I gu e ss I w o uldn 't be talking) it doesn't always w o rk o ut for th e b est. l.e zsce ' 32 pints in a o unce an d four pints to th e quart and tw o pints to the ga llon. A n d if I w anta ' make it a li ttle rich er to race o n the n I'll go 2 5-1 in st ead of 2 0 -1 . So if I ta ke th is quart of gas a n d add it to this c ase ' o f Castrol, th at o ug ht to b e ri ght expe nsive. 1I 0w abou t a two cycle gas-o il misture c h a rt and a neat cap fo r yo u r gas ca n th a t will help you me asure o ut the amount the chart tells you to ? What abou t it ? Yo u a lready re ad th at. Wh o abou t it ? George Moore and Ass o c. Where about it ? 41 3 \1' . Olvmp ic, Mon tebe llo, Cal. 90640. H ow a bo u t it ? Betch y d own in Fl orida th e y ge t so me right w arm bo tto ms a ridin ' a ro un d in th at sun (I'll bet yo u think I'm go ing to stick to this d igr e ssion !). T his here se a t is made a ula w ire mesh and co vered wi th a plastic c o a ted fa bric m e sh . Let ' s them fine b reeze s jus t circ u la te a ll arou nd (Lo o k out it's c o m in g). It's bl a ck and w hite and w on "t mess wi th y o ur image no ne (cue in slow drum roll and b u gle s). It ' s rig ht rea son abl y pri ced at 4 .95 for the standard and 59 ,95 f o r the deluxe, Al':D i t's d iff e re n t. I t ' ll set you off (c ue in c h imes) fro m th e cro wd , D own at Howie's bar a nd grill yo u'll know for d am sure. th at it ' s yo ur scooter (go tc ha') . Koo l Bre ez e Se a t , 470 Pe rshi ng Ave ., Ma t ta wan . Mich . 49 70 1. w 2 w ..J U >- U

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