Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

g " '" ~ M ,... PART II: The Road To Washington D.C. ;s littered witfl dead '" ?i > armadillos. ::; '" 13347 W. ~ Wash ingt on Blvd . Z (213) 390-3406 W W U Send $3 .0 0 fo r 25 6 c o I a rt ut page cat al o g w it h m ore U t h a n 5 500 it e ms . ..J > John's ·Racing Cycles SA LES-SE RV ICE-PARTS-ACCESSOR IES L,if 9 1! S1lO ven t o r y .O yn o Tu ni ng _ Use d Bi k e s (St ree t & D ir t ) 2 2 55 Har bor Blvd .•Costa Mesa, Cal if. 9262 7 (714) 646·46 55 or 646-2428 .= ~ QFFICI~L A~na TEtfn HQTHms • = ~ Kawasak i, Tr iumph , Ha rl e y . Pen t o n . Hortak a, D .K .W. Sch wi nn and most motor cy cle brand s. ii!: ~ Factory embl em s a nd colors. • AT T ENT IO N DEAL ERS - TRAC KS - DISTRI BUTORS We will wholesale you racing Te am Ha ts or have th em made to your specificat ions w ith yo ur Dealership Name and Lo gos and Co lor s. 17921 SKY PARK SU I T E E e N 1 Send $1.00 + 25i postage & tax to HOT HATS 395 CYCLE PARK FOR SALE 40 ( 7 1 4 ) 5 57 . g 2 4 3 PENTON SERIES n ,DIO 0lI 1'" ' lI11lU . 1 1E G-I OlE. .. ~ . O. U NIO. S . CIIIC LIC E .. ", .E QUI IIE D "0 .00 n lloof:O u ''' ",.. IL ,"on n ao $l_OO ."T CM U _OO Fr om Fort Worth eas t th e scenery of T exas is progressively gree ne r , with rolling hills and broadleaf forests building towards the border . It doesn 't fit a Californian's preconceptions of the Lone Star state. The scenery is a welco me relief from Dalla s, a bar b aric sight with some of the highest, hairiest freeway in terchanges and transition roads in existence . Dallas actually had rain grooves and Ba tt 's d o ts! Change lan es a fe w ti mes fo r the hell of it in traffi c. and fo r a co u ple of flee ting wo bb les it can be almost like back home o n o ne o f Los An geles' alime n ta ry canals during th eir dail y ru sh h ou r co ns tipatio n . Ah , swee t nosta lgia! .Closing in o n Lo uisiana , gree n Texas never h as as man y o il derricks in sigh t alon g Interst at e 20 as ar e visibl e at Cy cle News West 's Sign al Hill h o me. However, o il figu res heavi ly in East Texas, j ud ging by th e miraid signs shaped like o il wells, rest area canopie s shape d lik e o il d erricks. s treet Iigh ts sh aped like o il de rric ks, truck s to ps sha pe d lik e o il derric ks, e tc . t o th e po int of nausea. _. .. Louisiana was a green woodla nd. as mi ght well b e ex pec te d in co n side ratio n of the fact that the state gets mo re rai n in a mo n th than Southern Cal gets in a norm al y e-ar. When I st uffed a j u mbo hag of fo od do wn my jacket fron t for the trip back to the motel, the Sh reve port chick in the McD o nald 's to ld me I looked fu n ny with the big food st uffed ches t. I told h er . she talked fun n y . and th e wh ol e pl ace got real q uiet as th e n atives turned to stare. I split: Birds IN'O & EN T IIIU OUR T M.. .. KS LE .. VI T T "0_ '11 & TOOL OR.... G'I!V.. L E CT CL 'I! (This is th e second of a three part series abo ut th e author's trip to Washington, D.C. and back to Los A ngeles. } Giant Armor Plated Armadillo t " e H CL An DVIEII ALL W""''' ( II .'NS ill I" ( N TON A c r es O n 39 5, Mod ern Fac ilit ies , Perma nen t Unr est rict ed P e r m it s . 1 101 1 Rac e R d . , Ad ela nto, Ca lif . 714·246-6109 I R VIN E. CA 927 0 7 = = . • :re CZ. Mateo , Husk y. Suzu k i. Yamaha, Bunecc. H o nd a, by John D. Ulri ch -.T 27 "AIU ~CIl " "II L U " "'L hlT R lt ~ CLOU I D.. ys 1 ('011 1 IIAC E BURAK TUNI.NG SCHOOL In s t e a d of d e ad jac krab bits , Louisiana fe atures dead ar mad illos o n th e side of th e road, with a few sk un ks th rown in fo r vari ety. It was here th at wh at must h ave be en th e world 's only gia n t armo r p la ted arma d illo bird jump ed up fro m th e side of th e road an d to taled the ten d ollar w indshield we had tack ed o n the Hon da in heed of weather re po rts be fore we le ft home . A t 8 0 MPH in the ra in, sparro ws lo o k like vult u res wh en th ey kamika ze d ive to check out yo ur bike. Th e secon d d ay o f rain brough t a h yd ro sand wic h be twe en my tear o ff and base shiel d, as well as th e di scovery tha t Lewi s Leath er. waterproof glove s ar e n ot wate rp roof for lon g. The lin in g swelled up and tore when I trie d to re move m y hands, so I switched to so me expedition mitten s. They weren't waterproof either. just a little warme r. Southern on -ramps are not frien dly . They are so slick you find yo urself missing rain grooves. Th e Honda rear tires wou ld reall y slide around on the ramps. as well as lo cking up too easil y and slip ping upon accel eration o ver slick tar patches . I'm n o t talking abo ut delibe rate:: burno uts, but easy ac celeration between say 60 and 65 MPH. T he Suzuki, with a fatter rear tire , was be tter as far as rear end stability in rain goes. Rain d oes give o ne in teres ting dive rsion s, though. Every once in a while when I got tire d of wa tchi ng th e end less road, I co uld lo ok over an d w at ch K e vin' s p las tic r ai nsuit p rogressively destroy its elf. First th e legs' tatte red , th en the b ack split u p th e middle, th en lo ng stran ds of p lastic were braided and unbraid ed by th e wind. S oo n hi s su it lo oked lik e th e lea th er sleeves so me desert fan s wear , the unwindin g o f th e mu m m y almost co m ple te . In ters tat e 2 0 sho uld be calle d " the wildflower ro ute " du rin g Ap ril. A blazin g red ca rpe t flanks th e conc re te and asphal t rib bon for hundreds of m il e s. wi t h overlooking s lopes contrib u ting blazes of y ello w an d wh it e to th e tapest ry . " Easy Rider " Was BS By th e time it was 9 AM in Cal o n M o n d ay , w e w e r e in Merid ian Mississip pi. A call to Suzuki in Santa F~ Springs locate d th e nearest shop, wh ich was alerted to h elp us out while we rod e o ver to it. The newly opene d busine ss gave us first class trea tme nt, with a c o m pe ten t me ch an ic re placing the b usted foo tpeg and tracing d o wn an int ermitten t sho rt th e bike had developed o nly an hour earl ie r, leaving us wi th no head light beam, alt ho ugh the bi ke st ill ran . Suzuki of Meridian ty p ified th e trea tment we received in th e South. " Easy Rider" was BS. Rollin g in to A labama we saw th at feud alism is alive and well in the fo rm of sharec ro p ping in th e Sou th . .. The first cop we saw in ' Barna drove a Pan tiac Fire bird with a spoiler and light b ar . He avy . Bir mi ngham is a weird p lace. "B ig Bo y " h am burgers live a t "S honey's" , and McD onald 's d oes a land o ff ice b usin ess there . A s we en tered the cit y one McD onald's ad vertised "over 7 b illion serv ed". Anoth er on the other The first of its kind! Learn how to make your machine go tast but retain reliability. The school will consist of theory and practical knowledge of two and four stroke engines . Each theory lecture i s followed by a practical session. We will cover ign i t i o n timing ,carburation, porting, and expansion chamber design. A new class starts every five weeks. For more information please call or write. • BURAK BYE-PRODUCTS 15170 RAYMER ST. VAN NUYS , CA . 91405 [213] 780- 1768 _ _ _1IIIiIIi HUSQVARNA MOTO-CROSS SCHOO~ Desert Rid er s-Nov ice s. An y brand b ike. Storage-re ntals availa ble . Coac h Ro lf Tibbli n ! O ne we ek sessions $145.00. Enroll now. Hu sq varna Training Center, 4935 Mercury St. , San Diego , Ca lif. 921 11. Phone : il 714·292·0670 . ************************************* ! * * * SUPER SALE O~ YAMAHA MX's 100cc MX . • • • • • . •••••..• •• •. Reg. $ 514 .00 o n Sale for $ 469 .00 125cc MX .. • • . . • • • •• • •• • • • : • Re g. $ 638 .00 on Sale for $ 569.00 ~ 500cc MX •••• .•• •. ••• .• • •• .• Reg. $1237.00 on Sale for $1139.00 :=: with t h is coupon and a FREE' piece of the Lo ndon Bridge w it h each pu rch ase. Yamaha of Havasu * 1 8 6 7 Commander * Lake Havasu, Arizona 86403 * (602) 855-4613 i * * * ~ * * :=: * ************************************* Ulr ich me t this pa rts tootsie in Arlingto n . Gaw her t he old " l want to take your p ict u re fo r Cycle News" rout ine. Then he too k her out and got her salted on sports model peanuts.

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