1986 Mercedes 420 SEL, Champagne, Electric
Sunroof, cass, air, cruise. WELL MAINTAINED.
MUST BE SEEN. $22,950.00

1976 Mercedes 450 SL, 2-Door Convertible, 2
tops, red exterior complimented with biscuit
leather, air, rear defrost, WELL KEPT! $16,950.

1981 Mercedes 380 SEL, Gray, Leather, stereo- 1987 Porsche 924, Black on Black, 5-Speed,
cassette, air, rear defrost, FULLY DETAILED Cass, air, ALWAYS GARAGED. $11,450.00
THROUGHOUT! $15,750.00
Pia

The Suzuki VX800.

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1985 Jaguar XJ6, Flawless Metallic Body,
Leather, cass, air, cruise, Sunroof, LATEST AR-
RIVAL! $14,750.00

1981 Delorean Coupe, Stainless Steel Body
complimented with gray leather interior,
5-Speed, stereo, cassette, factory air & alloys,
rear defrost, LOW MILES, 5 IN STOCK TO
CHOOSE FROM. $16,700.00

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1991.
In fact, "retro-tech," a term
that was coined to describe
cars that are designed to be
visual throwbacks to nostal-
gic vehicles of the past, can
also be applied to many of the
two-wheel machines slated to
hit the nation's highways in
the coming year.
This kinder, gentler trend
started with the introduction
last year by Honda of its
Pacific Coast model, a touring
machine that featured plenty
of plastic and fiberglass cover-
ing on the frame and engine
so the motorcycle gave a
much more cohesive ap-
pearance than the typical
motorcycle.
The Pacific Coast also came
with built-in and locking lug-
gage and helmet storage
space.
The revolutionary machine
caught a lot of people by sur-
prise. But motorcycle
veterans will remember that
the British firm Vincent
featured a Black Knight
model some 40 years ago with
many of the same features of
the new Honda.
Another word to remember
for the motorcycle market:
dollars.
Motorcycles have gotten
very expensive in the past few
years, and that in fact is one
of the main reasons retro-tech
motorcycles have come into
their own in the marketplace.
These are motorcycles that
eschew many of the high-tech
features developed over the
past decade, to not only ap-
peal more to a mass consumer
audience, but also to help
keep the prices of the
machines within reason.
Some of the newest two-
wheel machines feature as
selling points what would
have been scoffed at as "old
technology" just a few years
ago.

Twin shocks on the rear end
of the bike rather than the
futuristic single-shock ap-
proach are becoming more
popular, and engine
technology does not seem as
radical -in many cases•as it
was a few years back, though
Yamaha still makes a line of
engines called Genesis, with
five valves per cyclinder. (In
fact, Yamaha used this same
technology when it built the
engines for the SHO Taurus
car from Ford.)
The motorcycle sales
market has reached a bit of a
standstill in the United
States, though there are in-
teresting products being in-
troduced all the time. The Big
Six (Honda, Kawasaki,
Suzuki, Yamaha, BMW,
Harley-Davidson) continue to
dominate sales in this coun-
try, but there are rumors that
the British motorcycle in-
dustry, always an on-again,
off-again proposition; is pick-
ing up steam and planning a
comeback.
In fact, one of the more in-
teresting motorcycles current-
ly in production is made by
the British company Norton.
this venerable old name pro-
duces a rotary-powered
motorcycle for -British police
departments. The high-
powered machine is rumored
to be coming to the United
States, maybe in 1992.
Italian motorcycles remain
small in numbers in the
United States, and little im-
provement on their sales
figures is anticipated for the
1991 model year. MotoGuzzi,
Ducatti and Laverda remain
popular Italian brands, but a
lack of dealer and service
bodies in America makes
them a poor choice for the
average motorcyclist who
does not plan on performing
"at home" maintenance.
Anti-lock brakes on motor-
cycles remain exclusively an
offering from BMW.

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