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CALLING ALL CHEAP SOBS
Cycle World is looking for a few good bikes... make that a few good cheap bikes for an upcoming feature story. We want interesting up-and-running rebuilds, restorations or wheeler-dealer finds that total less (the lesser the better) than $5000 including purchase price, parts and outside labor. Bikes chosen will earn their owners $50-yes, it should be more but, hey, we're cheap bastards, too. Send pho tos and a brief description to CW Cheap Bikes, 1499 Monrovia Aye, Newport Beach, CA 92663, or e-mail a jpeg to cw_editorial@hfnm.com.
TRIUMPH REBUILDING
Damage from the fire that felled ap proximately one-third of the Triumph factory in Hinckley, England, this past March may not equal the damage in curred at Coventry during World War II, but it's serious nonetheless. Ac-
cording to Managing Director Karl Wharton, though, it could have been much worse. Actual losses only amounted to "a day's build," or about 200 bikes, and the paint shop and R&D center were untouched. Produc tion should be back up and running by September.
BEST OF THE BEST
Colorado's Interstate 70 is the coun try's most scenic stretch of highway, reports a poll of Atlas Van Lines truck drivers. And these folks should know; 41 percent of `em spend more than 40 weeks each year on the road criss-crossing the nation. The safest highway is 1-10 in Texas, they say, while Florida has the best rest stops. Most importantly, Tums get rid of heartburn the quickest!
RETURN OF THE SUPER SPORT
Fans of Ducati's mid-Seventies 750 Super Sport will soon have another shot at greatness. Ducati has an nounced that it will produce a road going homage to Paul Smart's Imola 200-winning racer. This will be the second installment in the Italian bike maker's neo-classical dreambikes collection, the first being the MH900e Hailwood. To find out more, log on to www.ducati.com.
SIDEWINDER SIDEHACK
Like the idea of outfitting your motor cycle with a sidecar, but don't want to give up the ability to lean into an apex? Swiss-sidehack-maker ARMEC's Sidewinder still allows the
bike to lean both left and right, while the outfit itself remains upright. The gas-shock-suspended, roll-bar equipped fiberglass outfit has a tubu lar-steel frame and is joined to the bike via a quick-detach support. Need to know more? Call 973/7399470, or log on to www.armec.com.
TWO-UP ON-TRACK
Enjoy riding two-up? Then you'll love the newest addition to former AMA Superbike champ Reg Pridmore's CLASS Motorcycle School. Sched4 uled for September 16 at the Streets of Willow Springs in Rosamond, Cal ifornia, the single-day affair will focus on rider and passenger bike setup and body positioning, plus throttle management, braking and other skills. Price is $450, which in cludes lunch. Class size is limited to 20 motorcycles. For more info, call 805/933-9936, or log on to www.classrides.com.
