John and I worked for the same corporation and I found a 500 triple Kawasaki for him at a reasonable price. He converted it into a drag bike, modified the engine completely and added mikuni carbs and tuned pipes. John borrowed Jims copy of the Two Stoke Tuners Handbook and used it and tips from Fast by Gast to create one fast bike. John kept his 500 until he retired and moved to the coast in 2005. The whereabouts of Wild Jim, his 750 Kawasaki drag bike and the only copy of Two Stoke Tuners Handbook that I have ever seen is a complete mystery. I recently acquired a 1980 Polaris TXL and am digging into the inner workings of the engine. I wanted a copy of this manual but wasnt willing to wait for a copy to show up on EBay. Happily, a search of the internet finally hit on a Word version of the manual. Previous searches had unearthed usable but poor quality. I have proof read and edited this version and will print and bind a copy for myself. Although it is not an authentic reproduction it will be a proud addition to my library. I have to thank the anonymous creator of the file 2-stroke-guide_r2.zip. I felt I had to share the background and history of the quest. Perhaps it will help you enjoy this copy and in closing I would like to thank Gordon Jennings for the fine material and all the effort he put into the original publication. Computers and all the fine software have taken modifying and tuning two-strokes to a level higher that one could have imagined in 1973.
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