Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Correction: Only one sharp-eyed and mechanically aware - reader caught an error in the Nuu and Bolts Quiz 12 printed in isaue 110. Warner Silsbury, a toolmaker, phoned Papa to tell the old boy that one millimeter (question 18) does not equal .0597 inches. as our answer says. It equals .05957 inches. No wonder Papa's bike keeps seizing. o .... 00 0') "Probably Popiel:' wa the enewer we got when we liked our Tecete reporter who won. "He wa the only one who mecIe It to the finish on tlmel" Huaky-mounted Bob Popiel WII one of "30-40" riders who completed Mer. 2f.3O &00 mile event. run by the Loa Anc:iInos M.C.. end Judged a one of the toughest ever. At the end of the second diy, MlIc:olm Smith - who uaUlllly claslfla his flvorite events a the tougher. the better _ quoted es seylng: "Thlt _ not fun." Complete coverege next week. '"' < 0.. DefelICIng 500cc World MX Ctwnp stete's OHV fund to the generel fund Is e ripoff. An edltorl8lln the Mer. 271aaue of the DIIII, Led,.,.. Gazette of Lancaster. CA. cerrled the heeclllne ..AB 2914 Is plein off· hlghwey robbery." The newspaper concluded thet the Green Stlckie fund "Is e specific tIIX which wes to be eermerked for e apec:ific purpose. The feet thet the governor end his eppolntees do not like ORV use does not chenge thet. This money does not belong in the gen. .I fund. but In the Parks end R. creetIon Department doing whit the people who pay the tIIX were told It would do:' Grehem Noyce pushed his BHI Buchke-tuned Pro-Unk Hondll to the win In eM., 30 500cc Inter· netlonel rIIC8 in Genk. Belgium, Noyce turned in e 1-2 score to teke the win over Kawesakl·. Bed Bred Leckey. who tellied e 4-1. Andre Vromans. Andre Melherbe IHon) end Andre Corens (Yam) rounded out the top five overell. The Winston Pro Rolling Thunder Show ought to really be making some noise in the Pacific Nonhwest come this July. You've probably seen. read about or heard about the volcano in southern Washington. Mount St. Helens. The club promoting the July 12 AMA/Winston Pro Series TT in Castle Rock. WA, is the Mt. St. Helens M.C. Suzuki's Harry Everts. the defending 125cc World MX Champion, went 1-2 to win the opening round of the 1980 125cc World MX Championship ~, held Mar. 50 at Norg. Holland. Everu won the ftrSl moto oYer Holland's Dinand Zijlstra (Yam), Finland's Matti Autio (Hon), Belgium's Gaston Rahier (Gilera) and Italy's Michael Rinaldi (TGM). Yamaha· mounted Belgian Mark Veklkeneen won the second moto over Evens, Holland's Peter Gnlene'Ydd (Hon). Switzerland's Walter Kalbeec1r (KTM) and Zijlstra (18) and Velkeneen (15). California Racing Club hosted the Dunestown Gran Prix at Indian Dunes on Mar. 50, the final event of its Budweiser/Yamaha Series. Pete Snorleland (Yam) was the overall and Open class Pro winner, while Yamaha riden Mike Shoemaker and Erik Kehoe won the 250 and 125cc Pro divisions, respectively. Complete coverage next week. The Aic:hnwnd Ramblers M.C. Beer- foot Training Enduro. origlnelly scheduled for Mer. 30. hu been postponed until Mey 25 due to snow conditions. One of the things they'll be doing when they do run the encbo is eccepting voIuntery contributions to Aaemblymen Bob Heyes' c:empeIgIL A ........ Ing Papa to Inform him of this ~ noted thet the Sierra Old TImere were scceptIng contributions to Heyes dwIng their He..glUWn H8ngover rnotoe:r088 I8at weekend; end wonderecl lIIoud if rIIisIng such funds might become e northern Celifornle va. southern CeIifornIe cheIIenge ••. Bob Hannah made his off·road driving debut a success by winning the $20,000 Superstar Challenge at the Phoenix Orange Crush off-road race. Roger Mean and Brian Harber, teammates to Hannah on Tracy Valenta's off-road racing squad, finished second and third. Ewn the . . . . . pr8Ia r 9, ~ ....8ftIbIymen.... " M thet Gege's AS . 2114, which would • ...,. the Mickey Thompson's Off·R08d Chlmplon.hlp Gren Prix. run for the first time Ie.t yeer. will return to the Lo. Angeles Coliseum on June ~21. end this ye., they've shIped up the progrem with motor· cycle reces. Two cle.... of desert bikes. 2&Occ and Open. will rece in the invitltionel reces. the Open mechine. on Fridey night end the 260s on Slturdey. The reces will felture e f_ inoYltions. speciflally to enter1aiI i the lItIdIum crowd but Intended to Uken the event to true Bejl-type reeing. Trees end busMs will be pieced on the course. end some of the Coliseum lights wII be turned off to s1mu11te the dey/night apact of long offofOld reces. The atert will be elaMinatype. end here's where the m. chenlcs' role first cornea Into pIIIy, The mechenics wi! hold the bikes. pieced opposite the trlICk from the Dned-up rI~. then It the a1gnel the mechlnlcs wII atert the blk. . a the riders sprint ec:roa the tr8Ck. A mendltory pit stop will egeIn teat the wrellch. .• skills - end meke It worthwhile with e .1,000 mechlnlcs' purse - a they meke e front wheel chInge mld-rece. (The new front tI.... wlR be peInted white so thet specbituna cen keep treck of who's stopped end who hean·t.1 Went to enter7 h's Invitetion-or'i:y. but you cen send entry requests to MIT EnterteInment. &3 Woodlyn Lane, Brldbury. CA 11010 or phone 2131&-&117. Twenty·flye riders wli be IICC8ptecI for eech cIaa. Fun stuff surrounding the' New Orleans Supercross includes a Friday, May 2 Riverboat Cruise on the S.S. President. It starts at the Canal Street dock at 8 p.m.. costs $8.50 and promises to be one of the hits of the weekend. Also included with the price of your Supercross ticket will be a custom bike a,nd van show in the Superdome. Kids under 12. by the way, can see the race for only $1.001 And then there's the Amateur Super Championship' on Sunday. May 4. Practice will begin at 5:00 p.m. Sunday with finals at 11:00 p.m. Participation is on a ftnt come, fint served basis, so contact Jerry Surber. 255 Palm Aire Dr., Friendswood, TX 77546, 715/482·7595 if you want to race in the New Orl~ans Superdome. Tony Geglilrdi of Generel Motors Technicel Center phoned Pape to rapond to our Inquiries c0ncerning GM'. Interest in developing lend eventuelly merketIng) e motorcycle. Rumors heel indlceted testing _ being done in the Midlend. TX neighborhood. "We've been experimenting for yeers - two or three. It Ieeat with .mell cemberlng vehlclea:' Geglierdl reported.. Some stock motorcycles were used In the Midlend e,.. for comparing atlbillty and control with the smell cemberlng vehlcl... The vehicles . . three-wheelere with two .mell wh.... It the , . . end one up front, The bodies tlh to steer the front wheel aim'" to e motor· cycle. 'ThusflIr. GM hea one gil powered SCV end one "mlnUlllypowered" one. When eslted. "Then GM does not pI8n to develop end merket e motoreycIe7" Geglllrdl replied. "We're not In thet buaIneaa." Memben of the Sierra Club's Santa Lucia Chapter haYe appealed a special use pennit that's been granted the Cal Poly Penguins for their l00-mile Hi Mountain Enduro, according to the Mar. 24 edition of the San Luis Obispo Coum, Telegram- TribuM. The Hi Mountain. scheduled for May 11. has been run for 29 yean, and during that time. not once has a pennit been appealed. Ken Kunen. recreation planner for the Forest Service, said all of the trails to be used are already under usebyORVs. A Teem Suzuki truck contelnlng D8nny laPorte'. '71 &OOcc NIItioneI Chlmplonahlp winning bike WII stolen M•. 27 from mec:henIc Pat Aleullder'. home InAa......Il. Keep your eyes ~ end if you ... enything auspicious. phone U.S. Suzuki It 2131921-4461. HosPITal STOP: Richard Boyle, for· merly with Stadium Motorspons, now with Mickey Thompson Enterprises, has suffered two massive strokes and is recuperating in Mission Viejo's Mission Community Hospital. Please don't phone the hOlIpital for infonnation, though. Instead. dial 215/5595117, Mickey Thompson Enterprises, for reports on Richard's progress. Cards and letten. naturally, should be sent to Mission Community. if you plen to enter e TZ7&O. TZ5OO. RG500 011 other big bore GP IIIIIchIne in the AprIl 27 HondIl Ontlrio Six Hour C....lc. better plen on riding in the Opan (751-up) c:Ias. ThIt·s the rule. The rescheduled AMA Regional MX Series kicks off Saturday, April 5 with the Hi-Point Racing Productssponsored race at Hangtown actually Prairie City OHV Park - in Sacramento. CA, and it'll be run by the Din Diggen Nonh M.C. Then on the following Saturday. April 12. the series moves to Marysville's Riverfront Park. Both events offer a $5.000 purse and those valuable AMA points. A Sunday Sponsman race will also be held at Marysville. The V........ Gold Cup indoor short trICk rece I t the SIn Frencisco Cow PaI8ce wHI be held on AprIl 30. not Mev 2 a previously ennouncecl. HosPITal STOP: Las Vegas MXer Paul Emerson was injured shonly after the Hangtown event in an auto accident. Cards and letten may be sent to Paul at Valley Hospital. Room 205A. 620 Shadow Lane. Las Vegas, NV 89106. TIckets for the April 19 ennual Treilblazers 81nquet ere evelleble by meiling your reservetion with e check mede peyeble to the Treilblezers to Eert Renders. 1127 E. Del Mer Ave.• Apt. 139. Pesedene. CA 91106. Deedllne on those reservation. is AprIl 14. end the price is .13.50, The blnquet will be held 8t the Brookside Country Club (In the shIIdow of Peaeclene's Rose Bowl) It 1133 North Ro.emont. Bench racing kick. off 8t 5 p.m. with a prime rib dinner served 8t 7 p.m.• end thet'lI be followed by e Tuners Hell of Feme progrem honoring the unsung heroes of the winners' circles. the mechlnics. Over 4,000 entrants are expected to p;orticipate in Cyclerama 80. April 1115 at Saddleback Park. in the nine different championship events. The MA World Mini Grand Prix leads off the weekend, and the event's miniaction will be climaxed by the Yamaha Race of Champions. Saturday Saddleback will present the Super Cyclerama Motocross with full 4O-minute Pro motos. ITA and ATA trials riden will enjoy a two· day French Trials program with ITA hosting the Saturday round and ATA picking up the tab fOI the Sunday segment of the $200-purst" event. SHA will stage the Coon HiIIclimb with full· blown fuel-burning hillclimb machines attempting to take home a part of the $1.000 purse on the slope of Saddleback's infamous Matterhorn. Also Coon-sponsored will be the CRC Gran Prix, run on a totally new course five·mile that includes a half mile of curving paved road section. Wrapping up the' motor· cycling segment of the weekend will be th.. DG $5,000 Motocross put on by

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