long time ago, 1978 to be exact, a onetime desert-racing pro and motor-tuning specialist named Mitch Payton founded a company called Pro Circuit. Mitch was only 18 at the time. Early Pro Circuit customers were mostly Husqvarna-mounted desert racers and motocrossers who wanted Mitch to provide the same speed set-ups that he and his father had learned to dial in on Mitch's personal race machines. Word spread regarding the success of Mitch's motor-building skills, traveling quickly around southern California racetracks. And in no time the cult of Pro Circuit riders grew beyond the local following. Mitch closed his family's Husqvarna dealership in 1980 to focus his energy on Pro Circuit’s aftermarket service business full-time.
     After perfecting his skills in the black arts of cylinder porting and polishing, Mitch and his small-but-elite team of speed specialists focused their collective energy on other bike parts and other brands. Custom-tuned exhaust pipes were the first Pro Circuit high-performance accessory to roll out of Mitch's cluttered speed shop, followed by racing silencers. Pipe business was brisk, and pretty soon every PC-equipped racer was requesting PC performance modifications for other parts of their bike. Pro Circuit obliged by opening a suspension shop and expanding the available line of Pro Circuit exhaust systems and motor accessories for different bike brands.
     With so many Honda-, Kawasaki-, Yamaha- and Suzuki-mounted racers across the nation running Pro Circuit equipment, it didn't take long for the PC brand to start racking up championships. Pro Circuit's phenomenal racing success rekindled Mitch's competitive fires, so in early 1990 he set Pro Circuit's sights on the holy grail in off-road racing: winning a national motocross championship. But doing so would mean challenging the Big Four at their own game and would require serious financing. To make this goal a reality, Mitch borrowed a strategy from the auto-racing game by securing a corporate sponsor. By doing this, Mitch changed the way motocross teams would be financed and packaged forever.
     In 1991, Mitch and a two-man team of relatively unknown southern California motocross racers (including a kid named Jeremy McGrath) contested the AMA's Supercross series under the Peak Antifreeze, Pro Circuit and Honda banners. Six months later, that team swept the 125 East and West Supercross championships! Although sponsors and rider line-ups on Pro Circuit’s record-setting motocross team have changed from year to year, one thing always stays the same: the Pro Circuit reputation for professionalism and winning. In 1997, another pro motocross rookie-this one named Ricky Carmichael-flew Pro Circuit colors to the 125 national motocross championship that Mitch had dreamed about winning for so many years.
     Countless titles and racing victories later, Pro Circuit is still an industry leader. Pro Circuit products include exhaust systems, high-performance engine parts and motor work, suspension components, controls, carbon fiber engine and body components, accessories and apparel. Contact your Parts Unlimited rep today for more details on all the performance-enhancing products Pro Circuit has to offer.

 

 

After injuries cut short Mitch's racing career, he turned his focus to improving suspension and engine performance for off-road bikes. Throughout the years, Pro Circuit has developed into one of the top off-road aftermarket manufacturers

 

     Pro Circuit offers a full line of the best graphics kits available. The new 2005 Pro Circuit Works 1 Graphics are now in stock. Designed by N-Style, the Pro Circuit Works 1 Graphic Kits and Seat Covers are the finest, most performance enhancing kits ever built. The Works 1 Seat Covers are sub-surface printed on ultra tough 30mil vinyl, and then laminated with a protective barrier, so no matter how hard you are on the seat; the colors will never come off. Add the legendary all-trac grip material to the top and sides, and you've got the perfect blend for a great all-around seat cover. Pro Circuit didn't cut any corners on the Works 1 Graphic either. Made of durable 15-mil PVC vinyl it offers a smooth clean design that will appeal to anyone. So, if you're looking for a new graphic and seat cover kit, why not try one from Pro Circuit. Includes seat cover, shroud, tank front fender, and swing arm decals, with a suggested retail price of $149.95. 
     Designed by champions for those who want the best, the Pro Circuit Works 1 Graphics Kit is another winner in the long history of a great company. Contact your Parts rep today.

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www.procircuit.com


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