Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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Becaus e of the fact that eng ine wi ll j us t wind up forks en te rta ine d ge tt ing all bound up in an d th en wind up some more, yo u h ave th is si tu ation. It was nec essa ry to stay a reserve in eme rge ncy sit ua tion s off th e fro nt binder to keep the fo r ks with out h avin g to shif t. Th e RT-3 :>lX is wo rk in g. a very pl easing bike to rid e rapidl y More o n the suspension : Both en ds o f th e Yam ah a w o rk ed well until ac ro ss o pen desert or on fire ro ads. p r e s s ed vcr y h ard and p ossibl y By now yo u m igh t be be ginnin g to somewh at unskill fullv . The fron t forks get th e impressi on that we tri ed all sorts abso rbe d bump s w ell : kept th e front tir e o f eve nts o n the 3 6 0 Yamah a. Well, we on the gr ound, an d fle xed ve ry little . did, a nd this is o ne of th e m o st a mazing Th e o nly sit uatio n wh ich would fo il things about th e 3 6 0 MX. T he motorcycle ad apts well to a wide vari ety the m was th e afo rem en tion ed downhill . o f ridin g sit u atio ns . I t is a race r yo u can But , th en it was hang o n for all yo u 're race in the deser t, in motocross, in ~ . worth . The re ar shoc ks h ad somewhat scra mb les , Gran Prix, or even in th e same action as th e forks , b u t gave enduro s. O n top of that, it 's not a bad up the gh o st a little sooner. Pus hed fast over whoop-de-docs they didn't seem to play bike. The m o st am azin g thing abou t the return quite quic kly en ough. The re sult RT-3 MX is its relia bili ty. T h e 36 0 was was that, somewhat unexpec t edly , t he rear end would get out of hand. This en te re d in two motocrosses, an enduro, and a 100 mile Gran Prix. T he n we took was not at a moderate circumstance s, mind y o u. The only problems o ccurred it out and just p layed with it fo r two in a desert Gran Prix, where a set of wee kends, Through all those even ts it got o ne n ew spark p lu g. I t. didn 't whoop s came up a bit more quickly demand that plug b y st opping, we just th en expected. A II the su spension co mponen ts decided i t had to be time . The 360 added up to a bike that was dam didn't score o ne DNF during its st ay at 'com fo rt ab le to rid e.. In the desert the CN , and the only problem enc o un tere d - was the silencer fallin g off. T he bol t in suspension a bso rbed a lo t of bumps which would be transmitted to t he rid er the clamp snapped and a moderate, on other bikes . The ride was sm ooth , if fairl y q uiet enduro mo un t , turned in to an o b no xio us screamer. We sin ce rel y maybe a touch wallowy . Wit h a wh eelbase of 55.9 inches, th e reco mmend that you ke ep that good 3 6 0 turns slo wly but accurately. On a working silen cer attached, or yo u to o m o to cro ss c o u rse it d oesn' t e n te r tain mi gh t be th e o b noxio us kid o n th e really being stuffed into co me rs , but Yamaha MXer. will be nd in an d p ower o u t , with aid o f So, there 's our c an d id a te for m o st th e berm, quite acceptably. In th e improved sco oter, a n d- as a last th ought desert th e slo w handling works very we mi ght also ca ll it th e m o st rel iable ni cel y . T he bike re spon d s smoo th ly to ra c er w e 've ever te st ed. If y o u're afte r a large b ore r ac er a n d have c o n sid e re d th e b ody m o vemen ts , and th e secre t seems Eu r op e an s c o o t e rs as th e o nly to be to j us t kee p the po wer on and accep t abl e mount, yo u m ight try to ge t su ggest a direction. T he fro n t wheel a rid e on sorne body's ' 73, 36 0 , and th en resp onds to " sit ", hearne", and "beg" y o u might co ns id e r th e reli ability on co m m an d s excelle n tly . In any gear , a to p of th at. tw ist o n t he thro ttle and a nudge o n th e . ::l .., Z Sti ll has a flock of New 1972 's in S t o ck !! Do Your Part HE LP Empty Our S ho wro o n. " " '" It) • -5 8851 S outh La kewo o d Blvd . Downey , Ca lif. g> e, M 73.3% o f you Cycle News readers save your copies C. N. Survev '7 3

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