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Ulrich What's Free Is Good With sp rin g vacatio n tim e fast approachi ng , an d co llege starting t o ge t to m e , a bizarr e plot hat ch ed in m y ce reb ral san ctum. Con a co u ple o f bi kes out of so me companies, take a cros s co u n try trip and visit so me Wash ing t on , D.C . di gnitari es, wri te it all u p and off, returnin g to sch o ol ten d ays late r with a cle a r he ad. It wo ul d amo un t to a free rid e , and what 's free is goo d. Starting well in advance of D-day, I wran gled a loo se agr ee me nt for a red o ctaval ve com plac am wonder out of a major d istributor. The de al fell through righ t before I m e t R onald Reagan in S a c ra me nto . It seems th at th e c o m p a n y ' s o m niscie nt marke tin g ma n ager d ecided to p hase out such lo an s because too m any people asked fo r th em. I didn 't know that many people asked to visit th e G overn or th en rid e ac ross th e country on thei r mo t o rcy cle. Wha t the rhe to ric ac tu ally me an t wa s that I wasn't working for a hot shot mo nthly (a d eal feU through th ere, too) and so di dn 't co un t. When I left. the bike in question was in th e hands of a self ad mitted "out o f touc h " ho t shot editor. " ST RONG" F,tI.il y a s lep ,b y-slep ltItroo uel lotl 10 .InOtor cvchn; '. U ne w . colo rfu l SPO" Mot o -Crou Th,. book IIUS the be g ," tll r w her e 10 be gin , With ch apter s on MOIO· CtOS. B,ke Atla lyl l. Preparlt lon , Ma ltll e tla nc e . Phys ,ca l Condll'Otlltlg , W ha l To W e a r Racln; Tec htl' Qu e l . 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A quick r e pl a cemen t searc h yiel ded Ke vin Geary , a 16 year o ld hi gh schoo l stu d en t. T he longest Ke vin h ad ever be en o n th e freeway prior to th e trip .wa s one hour. His fr eeway tim e would pass th e 10 0 ma rk b y th e time we returned h ome. We finally go t rolling in a race to th e 'A rizo na borde r. Headed fro m Lo s An gele s to Blyth e, th e clear vistas ar ound Pa lm Springs reminded m e o f an o ld Si erra Club lament publi sh ed in an attack on th e Mickey Mousification o f Min eral Kin g. T h e a u th o r o f tha t attack co mp lained about the encaps ulatio n in ca rs of hike rs asp iri ng to sam ple th e wilderness as being the only way to get the re. He th ought there must be a better wa y , and p assin g San J aci n to, I kn ew I h ad it between my legs. Wh en th e re were m o un tain s to see, I lo oked u p an d saw . When th e air wa s sweet, I sm elle d it. When the win d blew, I felt it. I was in n ature , ye t m o vin g with the speed o f te ch nology. Eve n bein g o u t there in sandsto rm s an d rain storms co uld n ' t ch ange m y view. Stop pi n g fo r gas . th e Ho nda dis c sq uealed. The Suzu ki h ad an othe r p ro bl em. R idi n g the 550, if th e rid e r BOX·VV . • T RUCK • TRA I LER Put new life in the old one, Make a Rocket out of t he new ones. Our new CZ Ignitions for 125's & 250's are here. So 'easy to start its a joy, An e q u a lly large in ternational co rp o rati o n famo us for buildin g b uses had promised me a super gigan tor mo un t that was th e rage o f cyclin g. It ba cked o u t , saying that it was sho rt of bik es. T he sam e week it gave a 5 0 0 to a famo us edi to r as a gif t, (Dam n fa mous e di to rs ... Ed) Ah , t he tri als of freelan cin g! Two weeks before d ep arture d at e I had n o b ike s o ther th an my o wn 40,000 mi le ve teran Honda 4 50. A ub Le ba rd sugges te d I call American Honda, and o ne week later I had a pr omise of a CB 500 fo r the trip. I h ad to bo rr ow a pl ate fro m Le Bard and Underwood becau se th e h o t sho ts had lo st all H ond a ' s pl at es. Chuck Campbell sugges te d a S uzu ki GT 5 50 as the seco nd m ount, and I ca lled that co m p any on a Monda y m orning. The fo llo wi ng Fri day the bi ke was in my hands. I pic ked up th e Honda two d ay s b efore leavin g, and it W as coo l. Jus t o n th e basis of tr eatment I recei ved at the hands of th ese two co mp an ies whe n I need ed help, as o pposed to the h oll o w rheto ric an d promises of t he other two giants , I su gges t th at anyone con side ring a new m o to rcycl e take a lo ng hard loo k a t th e products of th ese two co mp an ies . Yo u m a y be glad you d id whe n a proble m cro ps up. Congressman Che t Ho lifield had se t 1972 1 BEACH BL VD. 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