Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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INSIDE 6 Atlant a Super cross T ripes takes T eam Honda's second in a ro w AMA Nation al Endur o . . . 8 Team Honda strikes again How to ride like the Hurric ane. . , 10 Passing is the name of the game World Trials Cham pion12 " ship Vesterinen scores in Englan d Lady of the Deser t 14 Emiss ion contro ls 16 Ann Mennell, enduro rider Parts sales and racing effects Steve Eklund interv iew , 18 Background on the Astrodominator VOICBS OPTBB ST Nation al Paper s .... . , , . 22 Daytona daylight Deser t hotlin e , Dayto na Scene : 22 24 Pan ying. expos, part ying, press, partying . . . Dayto na Shoot out. .. ..• 30 Preview of Florida facts 'n ' figures ON THE FRONT PAGE: Atlanta Supercr oss supersta r Marty Tripes brought T eam Honda their second straight. Photo byJack Wright. Cha rles C . Clayton . President Bob i Scott . AMI. to t he Pres id en t Shawn C layto n , Pu bli sher Ed n a Mewto n . Secretary to rbe Publish er Adver tising Jim Rya n. SOlin Manager. La rry Littl e. S a lM M an ager . Ma rg(H Bergman. Sal es Manager . C h ris Kol ber . A~i~t a nl, Editor ial C h:arlt"S M~rt"y , Ma n agi ng Ed ito r. Da lt" Brow n , Edit o r, Bnan Cecrge. AMisl a nt Editor. Graph ics and Produ ction Sue Morey. Ja n Gill, Producti o n. ~1a r io n Dennis Greene. Typogra phy. H ara shi ta , Labora tory Prcdur-r ion . Accou nting Mike Klingr r. Manager. j ean ne H ammon d o ACCl5, Receivabl e. N atalie Magee. As. ;t . Aceta . Receivable . Juanita Blaru cn . Co llecdon ..nd Credi t. Circulation Smith. ~! a na li'::rr . De bbie Drayd e n. Robm Holben . Michelle Alla n . Sandi McKa y, Kathy Boae . Assetams. Rht"~a Servic es an d Suppo rt Doreen Pacheco , Recepricnisr. J im Pisareu . S&S. W est 2201 C hrrry Ave.. Long Bea ch . CA P.O . Box 4913 , l. on li':: Beach . C A 90801 (2 13) 427·7433: L .A . Li nt" 636 ·88 44 . East 419 0 Fir st Ave .. Tuc ker. GA . P.O , BOll: 80 5 . Tuc ker , GA 300134 . (404) 9'14·7850 . Subsc ription O nt" year . secon d class mail . S15 : 2 yean. seco nd class mail . $2 7; , ~an . seco nd class ma il, $37 .50. 4 Cydf' Nf'WS. Inc . 1978 . T rad em ark Copyrig fu e n Cyd~ News register ed U.S . Pa re- t O ff ic . All rig hts reserved . Published weekl y rxCt' pt rlut he ca lend a r vear bv Cvc le first and last wee k of Nrw> ln c. . P.O , Bu x 498 . Lun ,.;' Bt"ad l, Ca li . For nia . Sr i:nn d c lass l)(l";tagt" pa id a t LOllI( Beach . CA 908 01. Cyril' Nrws welc om es u nso licired editorial m a terial inclu d ing sturin. photos , et c . S uc h materia l, if ca ru~ n s. p ub lished . beco mes rhe exclusive copyright News. Suc h accepted prope~y . or Cycle material ~ sub~ to revision as no nt'CfiYry in d isr rerion of Cycle New s. Unsol icited t he solemateri a l whic h is not used will be ret u r ne d if accompan ied by .. seffad dressed lita m prd envelope. All unsolicited m at e rial will 1M' ha ndled wit h reason abl e ca rr. however Cycle Nf"WS assumes no r("Sponsib ili!y for t he safety . I ~ or damage to such materta 1. Rr p rin l inl( in wh()l~ or p art o n ly by pe rmi ssio n of t he pu blishe-rs. Adv rrt isin lit rates and circulanon informatio n will be- se-nt u po n request . SeeS.R .D .S. Hanna h non-fa n I m ust ta ke excep tion to the ed itor 's comme nts in regards to Linda Gott 's letter in Cycle News issue #8 , March 8, 1978. In the last 28 yea rs I ha ve raced , wrench ed , played and soci a lized wit h some of t he greatest ra cers in the countr y; fr om Bo b by H ill , Dick Klamfo t h and Tex L uce ; to the Weine rt , Ji m presen t -da y - J im y, etc . T hey are gentlem en. Pomero Last June m y son (a m in i racer) wanted to meet Bob H annah a t the Superd om e in N ew Orl eans. T h e resul ts were unprin table .. . Yamah a sho u ld em p loy someone to prevent any expos u re of Bob Ha n na h to th e public until the kid learns that the wh ole world d oes n ot revolve around his golden ass. He is a grea t rider , b ut as a person , he ha s a 101 to learn . DE NNIS WALS H Reseda , CA The Barbe nders care Below is a copy of a let ter th e Ba rben ders West Motorc ycle Cl ub has fowa rd ed to: ' United States Departmen t of the Interior Bu reau of Land Manag em ent Arm : Mr . Ed Hastey . State Directo r Fed er al Office Bu ilding 2800 COll age W ay Sacram ent o , CA 95825 District Manag er Bu rea u of La nd Man agement 1695 Sp ruce Street Riversi de , CA 92507 Desert Advisory Com m ittee and Desert Pla n Directo r 36 10 Cent ral Aven ue , Suite 402 Riversid e, CA 92506 We tho ught you might be interest ed - we do care a bo ut "ou r" desert. Dear Mr . Hastey T his letter is a stat em ent of th e belief s and opinions of the active m emb ers of th e Bar bend ets West M otorcycle Clu b conc erning th e con · tinu ing questio n of proper off -road vehicle (OR V) land use. We, as bot h avid off-rea ders and appreciators of nature's beauty, are well aware of the f ragile balance tha t exists between carefu l an d proper land use and careless land abuse. We ackno wledg e th e fact t hat m any OR V users are both inconsi d erate and inconsistent in th eir demand s f or lan d use privi leges and ar e g en erally igno rant of th e damag e tha t can be inflicte d upon th e wilderness. Yet, we are also aware ofth e real need fo r man to have the f reedom to utilize his en vi ro n me nt · in th e pu rsuit of enjoym ent and pleasur e, wh eth er that enjoyn:ent be in th e f orm of hiking, camping, skiing, m ountain climbin g, hunting , OR V riding, etc. , etc., etc . Th eref ore, we wish to make it known that not only our club , but many ot her clubs and organizatio ns throughout Californ ia and the Unit ed Stat es are truly conc ern ed ab out t he real possibility of restrict ed land use. We att empt to " police" our own organiz ation and to influe nce oth ers in care,. awa~en ess, and appreciat ion fo r th eir entilron me nt and on th is basis req ue~t conside ration of the afo rementio ned state ments in any decision regarding fu ture land use an d / or land use restrictions. A L R OSSIGN OL President, Barb ende rs W est M . C. ANN C . MENN EL L Treasu rer. Ba rbenders W est M .C . Red ondo Beach , CA It was Cycle World, Papa Sinc e all thes e hundre dths of seconds are import ant to us , I'd like to bri ng your at te ntion to an error in you r Poop of the March 1 cove r date , p. 27. referrin g to test times for th e Hond aCBX . T he CBX has do ne 11.4 6 seconds in th e quarter m ile , a ll righ t, but this time was ac h ieved by Cycl e W orld t?,fPI#5;W!lIflffl lif. . -¢C'C' E IFT TilEPIIEtTIflh'l lI 'JH 6114 STOfPlI. BolT/QCKTA8 .' IT ,f~ MfJ~ E$/ilfflilI8lKf1d Y Pl PIII!f1"',Af{Pll1TflY,#I1£f£ lift1ff,llIEHiler1v'II/ fftt?,flitre AIJILfIIEL'IlU I AIIY- R!IfftJt'GI/T»: MfY,1/I1fIf /VI/E e rider L en Vu cci , ou r Techni cal Editor. M ot orcyclist import ed pro stock drag racer T erry Vance to do its quarter m ile runs with th e CB X . Vance's hot tim e was 11.48 seco nds . We realize th e d istinctio n in times is virtu a lly acad emi c, bu t th e a tt ributio n is import ant to us. Thanks , a nd keep on poo pin ' , T ONY SWAN Associa te Ed ito r Cycle W orld Ne wport Beach , CA Anoth er Bob Bitchi n fan letter I resent th e was te of space and in k tha t you have been devotin g to the babblin g drivel of Bob Bitchin and his attemp t to further d ivide street and d irt motorc yclists . I feel tha t a co lumn such as La ne C am p b ell ' s " Free Wh e el in g " o r somet hing useful and informa tive suc h as part of the M.O.R .E . Newsle tter would b e b etter inform a tion to dissemi na te among rea d ers of suc h a fin e newspa per. W hen I ren ewed m y su bscri ption to Cycle N ews, Mr . Bitchin 's nons ense was not a weekly part of the paper. If, when m y subscri ption expires , Mr... ' Bitchin 's colu m n is st ill feature d , I will not renew; but will spen d m y money on som et hi ng that will help , no t hinder , th e ca use of motorc ycling. KEIT H W ID DI SON San J ose , CA Thank va, Sharo n Man y thanks to you (Sharon Clayton ) and th e rest of th e Cycle Ne ws staff for your sup po rt in helping me get to t he Scottish Six Da ys. Besides th e donatio n you gave me , I ha ve receive d $150 fro m people wh o saw th e little blurb in Pa p a W ea ley. I rea lly appreci at e everyt hing you've d one. Thanks! Only 1 \-2 m onths awa y, a nd I'm reall y sta rting to ge t excited! DE BBIE EVA NS Lakewo od , CA ISDTi nfo Could you please tell me the n am e and add ress as to whe re I ca n receive inform a tion on t he ISDT 2- Da y q ua lifier sponsor ed by the Su nl a nd Rid ing Cl u b? RI C K ARNO LD Escond id o , CA Call t he Sunlan d Sha mrocks at 21 J / 996-55 19 or umt e 'em at Box 5/5 ' Sun land, CA 91040 . .. Ed .