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Rare alloy tank completes CL72 •Inside: Event coverage from East to West • Touching up those exhaust collars • Family heirloom: a CB400F • Hundreds of classifieds Vol. 31, No. 3 June 2010 $5 ® WIZARDS Products • MIST-N-SHINE™ ...for a perfect finish every time Professional Detailer • SUPREME SEAL™ All Paint Sealant • CRYSTAL CLEAR™ Windshield Cleaner & Polish • FOAMING BIKE WASH™ All Purpose Cleaner • BUG RELEASE™ Adds All Surface Bug Remover Gloss to • METAL RENEW™ Paint & All Metal Liquid Polish Chrome • METAL POLISH Impregnated Cotton • POWER SEAL™ All Metal Sealant • METAL BUFFS 4 sizes of mini-buffs to speed up metal polishing • MULTI-FIBER™ CLOTH Super-Soft Detailing Cloth WIZARDS METAL POLISHES • Brightens and protects all metals • Works fast • Leaves a high gloss shine • Removes tarnish, corrosion, oxidation, brake dust and tar FREE SHIPPING: Order online and enter coupon code: VJMC • If ordering by phone, just mention VJMC Continental USA www.WizardsProducts.com 800-356-7223 ® WIZARDS Products • MIST-N-SHINE™ ...for a perfect finish every time Professional Detailer • SUPREME SEAL™ All Paint Sealant 4 President’s letter • CRYSTAL CLEAR™ Quick hits. Windshield Cleaner & Polish • FOAMING BIKE WASH™ All Purpose Cleaner 8 Logistics: Putting the pieces in place Anatomy of a rally, part 4. • BUG RELEASE™ Adds All Surface Bug Remover Gloss to • METAL RENEW™ Paint & Chrome 10 The finishing touch All Metal Liquid Polish Restore those crusty exhaust joints and collars. • METAL POLISH Impregnated Cotton • POWER SEAL™ 12 Huge vintage Japanese-only meet All Metal Sealant • METAL BUFFS 4 sizes of mini-buffs to 14 VJMC shows its best speed up metal polishing • MULTI-FIBER™ CLOTH Super-Soft Detailing Cloth 16 50/50/50: 2nd annual Columbus, Ohio, show. 18 Wisconsin show marks its 23rd year 20 Creating a unique scrambler Finding and restoring a rare early Honda alloy tank. 27 400F vs. a grandfather clock 30 Classifieds What do you need? WIZARDS METAL POLISHES On the cover • Brightens and protects all metals • Works fast Rare alloy tank Roger Smith has put the finishing touch on • Leaves a high gloss shine completes CL72 his CL72 with a rare alloy tank from the • Removes tarnish, corrosion, factory. oxidation, brake dust and tar Inside: Order online and enter coupon code: VJMC • If ordering by phone, just mention VJMC • Event coverage from East to West FREE SHIPPING: • Touching up those exhaust collars • Family heirloom: a CB400F Continental USA • Hundreds of classifi eds Vol. 30, No. 3 June 2010 $5 www.WizardsProducts.com 800-356-7223 June 2010 www.vjmc.org 3 PRESIDENT’S LETTER VJMC magazine June 2010 Vol. 31, No. 3 President Hal Johnson Quick hits 402-660-6710 here is a lot going on these days with the complexities that [email protected] Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club. Fol- have come to light Editor Tlowing are some of the things on our col- as the organization Brendan Dooley lective VJMC plate: grows. [email protected] The VJMC National Board of Directors ap- Please use and Art Director proved the purchase of a national general liability recommend our Rhonda Cousin insurance policy for the organization. On the lo- VJMC advertisers! Classified ads cal level this means it will soon be possible to Within the last month, I have been in contact Gary Gadd purchase a general liability rider onto our new with several VJMC advertisers; one on a ship- 817-284-8195 [email protected] VJMC policy when you are organizing and put- ping quote, one on paint, and another for some ting on a “sanctioned” VJMC event. specialized parts. When I need something a little Display Ad Director/ West Coast Rep We are now beginning to develop some gen- outside-the-box, I just take out a couple issues of Bob Billa eral standards and requirements for an event to be the magazine and start hunting for advertisers. If 760-636-3288 [email protected] officially “sanctioned” as a VJMC event. The new you happen to place an order or request a quote general liability policy carrier is helping us with from a VJMC advertiser, please be sure to let them Mountain States Rep Hal Johnson this. It will take some time, but we’re working know that you got their name from the VJMC. 402-660-6710 on it. We’ll announce the process for sanctioning It is these advertisers that enable the VJMC to [email protected] in our magazine and on our website. produce our fine magazine and web site. Central States Rep Look for greatly expanded VJMC merchandise Introduce yourself to the VJMC members of Volunteer Needed offerings soon. We will have a link posted in the the national board who will be attending events Northeast Rep regalia section of the website, vjmc.org, when over the summer including the Rhinebeck Grand George Duffy the items become available. These will include National Super Meet June 11-13, Vintage Motorcycle 805-602-6239 [email protected] T-shirts, golf/polo shirts, jackets, sweatshirts, cof- Days at Mid-Ohio July 9-11, MetricFest August fee mugs, blankets and much more. Also, you will 6-8, and the AMCA Fall National in Davenport Southeast Rep Louise McCarthy-Dutton soon have the ability to submit your own design on September 2-4. 954-993-3993 for VJMC regalia. We may be introducing some If you’re having a local VJMC get-together [email protected] design contests soon! Again, look for the informa- over the summer, you might want to contact your Membership Director tion on our website and in the magazine. VJMC Field Representative, or members of the Bill Granade 813-961-3737 Per approval from the meeting of the national National Board regarding coming to speak at your [email protected] board members in March, we will be undertak- meeting about all things VJMC. You never know Mission statement: ing a revision of our by-laws to address some who may be in your area and available. All it The purpose of this organization is to promote the preservation, restoration and enjoyment of vintage Japanese motorcycles (defined as those 20 VINTAGE JAPANESE MOTORCYCLE CLUB BOARD M E M BERS years old and older, until 2011. We will embrace 1990 until then). The VJMC also will promote the sport President: Hal Johnson Classified Ads Director: Gary Gadd Board members at large: of motorcycling and camaraderie of 402-660-6710 3721 Holland St motorcyclists everywhere. [email protected] North Richland Hills, TX 76180 Lloyd Blythe 817-284-8195 [email protected] © 2010, Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club of North America, Vice President, and [email protected] an IRS-approved Not-for-profit 501(c) Commercial Ads Director: David Hellard (7) corporation. All rights reserved. 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