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; .g Q. M ,... ~ . l!i e ..., 11111 II ~ '" :;: W Z W ( .J o >o ~L-~N 'O~AD eUL-T~CO Stop by and pick up your ticket for the I drawing to be held JULY 6, for a 250 MOTOCROSSER. No purchase necessary. Assault of the Butterflies Thousa nds o f b u t terf'[i e s assaulted us o n t h e r ide in to Cal. Hel m e IS and ja cket s be came m obi le i ns e c t co llec tio n s, w h ile faces hi elds tu rned fro m cl ear to yellow, re peating th e p ro cess as t e a r-o ffs we re di sc arded. Th e c hain s were n eedin g m ore attentio n d urin g the la s t fe w hundred m il e s, hu t h o t h lo oked to be good fo r an oth er th o usand o r so miles. T rips e a t chains, a n d tires to o. Bo th rear tir es h ad t re ad, but b oth n eeded repl a cement as we e n te re d th e b a sin , Th e H o nd a had c u re d it sel f o f a h e ad gas ke t leak, whi le th e S uz u ki had b u rne d o ff th e other b al an ce tube 's ca u lking since II" as h ingto n . C a rry ing b ottle s o f CC I o n th e fe nde r wore o ff th e S u zuk i 's ch ro me . hu t la te r a t h ome i t would p ro ve an e asie r hi ke to cle an du e to le ss surfaces than th e Honda. T o be re all v serio us ro ad burners . th e Suzuki n e eds S ilico ne Seal b alanc e t ube ca u lking , and th e H on d a n eeds be t t e r h an d grip s. ROl h n eed hefty se c u rit y ch ai n s 10 prev ent theft , an d bo th n e ed a re a rw a rd o pe n i ng . l o cking, an d streamlined gas ca p ..to reduce. ac ci de n t inj u rie s u nc o ve re d by Departmen t of T ran spo rt a tion M u l t Id Is c i p li n ary A ccidenr Inves tigation T eams . Th e H o nd a h as a be tte r qualit y and qu an tit y 10 01 ki t. T he Suzuki co s ts al mos t 53 00 less , and probably is th e b est m o torc ycl e you can buy ( fo r thi s kind of wo rk ) for S 12 50. T h e Honda co s ts m ore, b ut Ho nda p arts c o s t less. Rut th en the Suzu k i has fe we r p art s. The Suzuki will c o s t m ore to in sure. being just above th e 5 0 0 cC' bre ak o ff p oint, ye t it has a b eefier powerplant. A nd so il goes. 13 0 th are damn goo d moto rcycl es, a n d I w ould lake th e sa me trip again (a nd p ro b a b ly will ) o n e i th e r o ne. J c an ' t sec wh y a nyone w ou ld wan t an ythi n g bi gger, or settle for an ythin g with le ss p o t ential. With th o se facts in 'm in d , I p ull e d in to m y bl e a k h ome town . Kevin sp li t h ome, as d id I. E ve ry on e wa s as leep, b u t I found o n th e ta ble in the ki tc he n an Eas ler egg a t my place. (I t was th e d ay a fte r Eas te r}. Painted o n it s side were n ame s : Cher , R o n ald, Harry , Alan, Spiro, Al fre d E ., J ohn : an d bikes: GT5 50 , C 13500, C1345 0 . The rni n ia t u re tribute to m y strange las t four m on th s rolled 10 th e ed ge of th e table , an d th en tumb led off like Hu m pty Wat e rgat e , wi th a splat . I w as ho me. 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