Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I Oregon Motorcycle Road Race Asso cia tion's Rider of th e Year, Keith Pinksra f wa s hon ored ~ t \ he group's Dec . 17 awards banquet after purr ing an outstanding yea r of ra ci ng in the O pe n Pro duction , Open Cafe a nd 410cc Pro d uct ion classes . Also receiv- . ing awards were numerous workers a nd supporting compa nies such as Compet ition Mot ors , Oregon Cycle Parts , F&W Cycles , KYTE radio and AS!. WERA calls it " t he world's longest . and toughest." They're ta lking about the 30 Hours of Rockingham, a Western Eastern Roadracers' Association endurance road race slated for May 26-27 on the 1.5 mile Rockingham. NC course. Lester Wheels sponsors the 1919 WERA Endurance Series. once again donat ing $3.000 worth of gift certificates to the program. Want details? Dial 215/687-8422 and tell the WERA that Papa sent ya. Mike Vancil, Nationa l Sa les Manager of American Sp oils Co . , In c . sent Papa a list of Snell 75 approved hel mets so tha t p ro rnotocrossers will have an eas ier tim e shopping for th eir new hat s. You can get you rs at d ea lers who stock KRW , Fury, Honda , Yamaha , Shoei ., Bell, Ar ai and Simpson . Harl eyDavidson a nd Suzuki will soo n join the list. Steve Mclaughlin; last year's Daytona Superbike winner. will ride a Racecrafters Internationlllsponsored Kawasaki KZ1000 in the '79 100-mile Daytona event,. accord ing to Racecrafters president Lyn Abrams. The bike is being prepped by Harry Maillet. T rac k 'N Travel -spo nso red Val Tam iet ri, wh o took th e num be r on e p late in Cont inen tal More-sports Club's 500 cc Pro class, di d it the ha rd way. Val apparently broke his wrist during one of the last ra ces of th e '78 season but d idn't di scover it until after the seaso n was over. Wrist now in a cast , Val will mi ss the fir st mon th of '79 . Reserved seat tickets for both the March 10 Daytona Supercro88 and the March 11 Daytona 200 are now available, Write Daytona International Speedway. Drawer S. Daytona Beach. FL 32015. or call 904/255-5301 for inf o. A record number of foreign competitors and fans are expected for Cycle Week . '19. Rol Palmer, director of tourism for the Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce, said, " Th e current low rate of the dollar makes travel to the United States a real bargain, particularly from Western Europe and Japan. It is less expensive for a European to come to Daytona Beach than it is for him to vacation on the Mediterranean." kidney infection that has been bothering him. ''I've been racing 14 years and never spent a night in a hospital," said Scott just prior to checking in. " I don't really bel ieve that there is any real problem. but I want to be sure." On the racing side of things, Scott is in the procass of locating an additional sponsor for his Winston Pro Series effort to go with KK Motorcycle Supply and Sizemore Travelland, his sponsors for 78. ' 'I've got my dirt track program together with a choice of Yamaha or Ossa for the short tracks, a Triumph for the n's and Harleys for the. rest. I don't have any definite plans for road racing yet:' continued Scott. "It's ' really too expensive for the return that you get - even if you win:' Cycle Week '79. The 79 show Is entitled " Pr i d e of American Motorcycling" and will focus on 120 vintage; custom and new models. $10,000 worth of prizes w ill be awarded Saturday, Mar. 10, to vintage and custom winners, baaed on balloting by all showgoers. The four categories are: vintage pre-1926, post 1926, and custom; 1000cc and big twin. The vintage section is open to all brands .of American motorcycles manufactured up to 1950; that's right. Indian, .Henderson, Pope, etc. are all eligible. Vintage bike owners wishing to exhibit their pride and joy(sl should send a photo of same to Tom Bolfert. Harley-Davidson, ' P.O. Box 653, Milwaukee, WI In clinchi ng his fift h straight AMA National Enduro Championship, Dick " King Richard" Burleson in creased his N ational win total to 38 . Imagine rid ing the 4 ,7 50 miles at 24 mph it took to win t hose 38 events. The price of SUCC is go ing up , The ess 1979 Yamaha T Z750F will cost you a cool $10 ,000 according to dea ler p ric e lists. Of course , that in includes a substantial spa res kit . Last yea r's pric e for what Yamaha has said is the sa me basic article was $6 ,99 5 . In fairness , it shou ld be said that there have been few , if any , price in creases on parts since the introducti on of th.e monoshock version of the T Z750 . Roger. and Laurie DeCoster have named their newly-born son Ryan . • AMA J un ior din tra ckers m igh t be interested in taking a loo k at th e Lectron Fuel Syste ms 28mm ca rb kit. Acco rding to LFS' Spa rk y Edmonston , the kit incl u des two carbs , fuel lines , ca ble adapter and metering rods, a nd they're ava ila ble for Ha rley-Da vidsons, Yamahas and T riumphs . " It 's ' basicall y a 30mm ca rb that's 28mm at the slide," Edmon ston ex p laine d . They're available from Lectron at 1810 Stephenson Hwy. , Troy, Ml 48084 or you can ca ll Spa rk y at 80 5/ 255·6474 : Delegates a t a n Orego n Medical Association pol icy-making session have recommended the res to ration of the state's hel met law . O rthoped ist/ sta te legislator Dr . Howard Cherry cla imed that in 11 states (O regon included) that had repealed the helmet law had see n an increase in motorcycle- related deaths of 33 percent. H e also cited a six percent increase in the nation overall . Gary Scott went int o the hospl ta lon Dec , 1.9 for three days of tests to determine the origin of a Harley-Davidson w ill double the exhibit space for their annual free Daytona show at the Hilton during 53201. Talks are now going on with major tire manufacturers to see whether a suitable tire for a 200 mile Superbike Production race can be produced. Daytona hes ita eyes on a 200 miler for 1980 when the FIM Coupe d'Endurance class ga ins World Championship status. The upcoming 100 m ile Superbike event during the Daytona Cycle Wee k w ill serve as a testing ground, with other teats to be con· ducted on the basis of inf ormation gathered in that event. e.

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