Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

CD '" "> g THE-350'5 BUCK FOR BUCK How They Slack Up in Your Bank Book C1. M .... a> M i :;: ~ w Z W ..J tJ >tJ .. by John D. Ulrich motorcycle manufacturers offered in 1973 for road use . T h e Honda is 25 cc under and th e Su zuki is 3 0c c over. An yway, y ou get the idea. We selec ted typical dealerships for each brand, walked into the parts department, an d requested th e price fo r the it ems listed. Certain parts an d labor ch arges, like for a tune-u p, will probably vary. However, these pri ces do give a fair idea of what's going on in the cost department of owning one of the mach in es listed. Any o wner shoul d ch ec k with his favo ri te service depar tm ent if their p rices d o n o t co rrespond to the list ed labor charges. I t ma y b e, as it is in the case of th e Har ley Davidson d ealer surveyed , tha t their defin ition of Utu ne -u p" in clu des a comp lete service. That mean s adjus ting ca bles. chain , an d everything else. Com parison an d 350cc mo to rcycles are two very hot p ro perti es on the biking sce ne in 1973. You see 350s at every c o m er, in every d riveway , under every ki d o n the road . You . see co m parisons in just ...bout every mot o rcy cle rag o n d ispl ay at liquo r stores an d n ewstands. Now Cycle News h as pu t th e tw o toge the r in a parts price com parison su rvey. T his li ttle wo nder fills in those uneven gap s left by co m parisons of o nly performance, lo o ks, an d phy sical dime~si ons. With th is in forma ti on you will have a beginnin g on figurin g out h ow broke you're going to be afte r you 've p aid off your m o torcy cle an d kep t it fo r 17 years. We took th e closes size mo t or cycle to a 35 0 th a t th e ' five leading .. " -,,- ~E ~o :< 0.::: ~~ -u S .J_ ~~ ,,0 c.o ~ ~ !-::! ~ c .2.: :::c ;'0 _0. Harley - D avi dson $925 . 0 0 $14.95 $4.1 0 ~ e " e " 0 U $ 3.50 ;; " ~- u~ • ;; ~ ,," u oE .cu !-- ~ =0. - .c ~o -e e E ~ U ;; " ~ u 0 " " " Q ;; " ~ u s: u ~ • :< ~ Qi c_ - .0 " 0 ~~ W ~ :< " ~ Qi ~.! ~.o ,, ~ a:u • ., 0 ~V; O_ ;; 00 ~ " !- J,; o .! ::. ,, _ o C om es P la in w ith p i st o n 'Q.= E~ Q) OIZl $10.00 $ 23.75 ' Honda C B35 0 K4 $ 8 0 7. 00 ' 11. 9 5 2 .02(2) 2.62(S et) 3.32 2.46 1.51 2.57 Kawasa k I S-2 $ 885. 0 0 18.50 3.44(3) 2 .46 (3 ) 9 .00 6. 0 0 2.64 4.0 0 h y d. 4 .9 0 2 4. 5 0 3 . 76 (3 ) 2 . 0 8 (3 ) 6. 27 3 .24 3 .2 4 2 .27 hYd . . Yamaha R 5 $839. 00 22. 5 0 5 .2 5( 2) 1.76 (2) 3. 38 3 .58 2 ,24 2.8 0 2 .55 roc 4 . 79 5.72(2 ) 7. 50 4.6 5 11 .6 1 18.56 1.25 23 .6 0 $3. 70 . 71 7 . 50 8.4 0 1.30 1 8 .33 1.00(3) .20( 3) 5. 7 5(3 ) 4 . 16 9. 90 3 .53 41 .77 .7 8 (3 ) . 2 5(3) 5 .39 (3) 15 .69(Com) 4 .00 13.8 0 1.60 1 5. 0 0 . 73( 3 ) .1 4 (2 ) 6.48(2) $8.52 (5el) $1. 00(2 ) $ .08(4) ~I a i n 3.70(3 ) Su zu k i G T380 $985.00 2.50 .78 6 . 66 -i. .' Your 12 page co lor Team Kawasaki 197 3 racing boo klet ought to be in this issue of Cycle Ne ws. It's packed with fac ts and pictures on Kawasaki's supe r racin g mach ines / Team Kawasak i r Yvo n DuHamel /Art Baumann / Cliff Carr / Brad Lackey / J im Weine rt / John DeSoto / Kawasaki 's I.S.D.T. Team . And why you win everytime Team Kawasaki comes out ahead. If yo ur Team Kawasaki boo k is missin g .. . or if yo u need anothe r copy .. . send your name, address , and zip code plainly printed on the back of a postca rd or wh ite piece of pape r to: BoxKA Cyc le News Post Off ice Box 498 Lon g Beach, CA. 92801 1 0 . 4 0 (2) 5 .28(~) 15.00 40.00 .86 (3 ) .08(6) $2.26(3 ) 24. 0 0 24.5 0 . 8 1 (3 ) . 1 0 (6 ) 24. 00 35,0 0 . 0 8 (4 ) unkn o wn 16 ;00 1 6 .00 1. 92( 2) 1.53 (3 ) j; f

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