Etc.
etc.
PURCHASE INCENTIVES
Buyin’ a new bike? If so, you might want to consider these incentive programs from Honda and Kawasaki. Take home a Magna or Shadow (excluding VLX600 Deluxe), for example, and Honda will kick in a DirectTV mini-dish satellite system plus six months of free, Platinum-level programing. Opt instead for a CR125 or CR250 motocrosser, and it’s a Craftsman Pro Series rollaway tool chest. Kawasaki, meanwhile, is tempting Vulcan 1500 Classic buyers with a casual jacket and a year’s supply of gasoline. What about those new, mean green sportbikes, you ask? Well, the ZX-6R comes with an MDS Eagle Stream helmet, and ZX-9R buyers get a Tech-Sport riding jacket and commemorative key fob. Both programs are good through May 31,1998.
RECALL UPDATE
If your 1996-97 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic stalls or backfires through the carburetor when the engine is cold, have your dealer install the factory Carburetor Warmer Kit. Some examples may also require new exhaust valves and hotter sparkplugs. A separate recall has been issued on fourth gear. Specifically, the dog engagement holes on some Vulcan 1500s may be unevenly spaced, which could lead to broken gear dogs.
Suzuki, meanwhile, is recalling all 1998 RM125s. The cause? Apparently, a batch of footpeg mounts was not properly heat treated. Dealers will inspect the mounts and, if necessary, arrange for gusseting or heat treatment.
RACER X GOES BIG
CW contributor Davey Coombs {The Sum OfAIIEvel, March, 1997) has published the first issue of his new glossy bi-monthly, Racer X Illustrated. The 122page, all-color, off-road-oriented magazine is the outgrowth of the newspaper Coombs has produced for 10 years.
“We feel that motocross and supercross are finally poised for adoption into mainstream America,” the 32-year-old Coombs writes in his editorial, Reason for Being. “So why not a better magazine?” Subscription inquiries can be sent to Racer X Illustrated, Route 12, Box 267, Morgantown, WV 26505.
MUCH MORE MOTO MAIL
Moto Mail, motorcycling’s unofficial Yellow Pages, now comprises more than 3000 listings. It’s published monthly, and a one-year subscription costs $12.95. For the latest issue, contact Moto Mail, P.O. Box 202273, Anchorage, Alaska 99520; 907/276-0879.
HARLEY GOES WOODSTOCK
From the folks who helped make retro cool with Woodstock ’94 comes Rider’s Ranch, a 100-acre campground-cum-bikefest catering to Harley-Davidson’s 95th anniversary bash, June 10-13. Not only will campers get food and drink, hot showers, a convenience store and ATMs, but an on-sight tune-up service and repair shop will be available. As if that weren’t enough, a latenight biker film festival, tattoo display and competition, and motorcycle demolition derby are also scheduled. And did we mention the live bands playing daily? Get a dose of Woodstock, and call for reservations, 800/708-7272.
H-D BIRTHDAY MAGAZINE
Just can’t get enough of that oldtime Milwaukee religion? Need more Orange-and-Black in your reading material? Say no more. What you want is Harley-Davidson: The 95th, a special-edition commemorative issue celebrating The Motor Company’s nine and a half decades doing business. Brought to you by the editors of
Cycle World and Big Twin magazines, the 150-page publication costs $9.95, a portion of that going to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. On sale starting May 19th at better newsstands nationwide.
