THIS MONTH’S COVER

features a mouth-

watering shot of Rachel

Greer aboard Mike

Giangrande’s immaculate

"Jersey Rumbier.” Mike’s

sophisticated lady in

violet hails from

Bloomfield, New Jersey

and was submitted to us

by Greg Guarinello. You

can get a better look at

this blown Sporty and all

the details on page 39.

Our drop in shot catches

Sam Newsom from

Sportsters of San Jose

putting the final tune on

his latest digger at

Baylands drag strip in

Fremont, California A

complete breakdown on

Sam’s 10 second Sporty

can be found on page

67.

1 The Kid...........................4

Tom Lettiere catches more than a

few of California’s finest when

cruising on this immaculate piece.

You'll want to catch a close look at

this scoot and fox before movin’ on.

Jammin’.........................8

Here’s the best of our mail-ins. You

send it and we’ll print it.

Biker Rights and Wrongs........24

Russell Brown an attorney for

motorcyclists has been submitting

these editorials to the MMA and as

you’ll see they are of interest and

importance to many of us.

Harley Rendezvous..........27

This is the biggie for Harley-

Davidson owners and this year's

event was the best yet. Van Scoten

covered the happenings for us once

again and caught the entire event in

color and black and white starting

on page 27.

Radar......................36

If you happen to be at the wrong

speed and on the wrong end of a

policeman’s radar unit you’re in for

trouble. ComRadar recently

introduced a detection device that

could even your odds against these

snoopers. The Fox“XK” is perfect

for bikes and can easily pay for

itself.

Jersey Rumbier............. 39

Our cover bike shot by Greg

Guarinello speaks for itself. If you

can’t get off to this blown Sporty,

Rachel Greer should do the trick.

Bendix Rework ................45

We've all had our problems with the

old Bendix. Spend some time going

over this feature and you may find

the answer to some of those

ailments.

One Bad “6”...................49

Crazy John Markwald from St. Paul,

Minnesota has gained quite a

reputation for building some of the

very fastest street machines in the

country. As talented a rider as he is

a builder, John takes pride in the

bike’s looks as well as its

mechanics. Catch him on his early

“nitrous 6-cylindeh' on page 49.

Karata’s Rear Belt..... .......52

Karata recently introduced its

rear belt drive conversion for

Harleys and we husseled right over

for a look. Convinced of its quality

and usefulness we had SB&F install

one of the units. On these pages

you'll get a step-by-step look at

what is entailed.

Dig In.........................67

Sam Newsom from Sportsters of

San Jose has hit the asphalt again,

this time with a beautiful lay down

Sporty. Completely hand-fabricated

this aluminum dream is running

consistant 10s near 135MPH.

Whenever you are on your way to

a day or weekend biker

festivity the excitement

heightens the closer you get to the

destined site. As the number of cycles

increase your smile becomes broader

and broader. On the road to the Harley

Rendezvous your pulse quickens to the

roar of the outlandish numbers of the

true American Dream Machine, Harley-

Davidson. Nothing but hogs, wherever

you looked and for as far as your eyes

could see. What a feeling! And to know

from experience that the real excitement

has not yet begun.

We rode in early Friday afternoon to

find the weekend already in full swing.

At this Fourth Annual Harley

Rendezvous you could enter the gates

on Thursday as many a biker did. After...