Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

tion of motorcycle owners in the United States. AMA's research _ under contract from the HarleyDavidson Motor Company, but con ta ins no references to motorcycle brands. The survey polled opin ions relevant to general indust ry practices in exhaust system styling. The dealer list included franchised dealers for all popular brands of motorcycles. For a copy of the report. write: Government Relations Department. AMA. P.O. Box 141, Westerville, Oh io 43081. Please en close $1 for postage and handling. You'd think that after carrying Ken ny Roberts to National wins , World Road Raci ng Cham pionsh ips . etc. , that Yam aha works road racers would get a nice retirement, gold watch, etc . Nope. T hey get turned into scr a p metal. At Laguna Seca , a nnouncer Roxy Roc kwbod asked Yamaha's Ken Cla rk what ever became of the YZR5 00 tha t carried Rob erts to his '78 world title an d to a '79 Sea rs Point win . Cla rk rep lied , "It 's p roba bly a co ffee ta ble in J apan ." Where is th e YZR 750 th at Robert s iide at Daytona th is year? " Probab ly a coffee table to match the first one." e:. Freddie Spencer. when asked libout reports that he 'd be moving to California, replied, "Well. American Honda's down there. But I'll Still call Louisiana home." Spencer also said he 'd like to contest the World Road Racing Championship circuit next year, riding in both the 2SO and 500cc classes. The AM A has announced a cha nge in this year's Int erna tion a l Six Days Trial squad. Kevin Piasecki is unable to make it, so Kevin Brown takes his spot in the line-up. Brown hails from Athens, OH. J immy Weinert. now recuperating f roma broken bone in his back that was a result of a crash in the Superbowl of Motocross. has announced that he 'lI ride the motorcycle event in the Aug. 23-24 Bridgestone /SCORE Off-Road World Championships at Riverside Internat ional Raceway, Can you cu t th e m usta rd ? Find ou t at the Prairie Dogs Hot Dog Du a l European Scrambles Aug. 9·10 . Camp will be off Camp Rock Rd . in Lucerne Va lley. Saturday's raci ng will commence at 10 a .rn ., there'll be ice cold watermelon served Saturday night, and Sunday's action begins at 8 a .m, For more info, call 714/554 -2150 or 5!l0·6812. The Prairie Dogs ' flyer con cludes by saying, "Come on out. You 'll relish our race." Cover person Bob " Hurricane" Hannah has done it again. This time on three wheels rather than two or four. Hannah will appear in fu ll co lor in the newsstands. The I'(l8g8zine? 3 WIteeIer. Bob appears doing a wheelie aboard a Yamaha Tri -Moto prepped by the DG folks. It's in 3 Wheeler's Fall issue, due on Sept. 2. Reigning a n d seven -time N a t io nal Speedway C h a m p io n Mike Bast announced h is retirement from racing last week . No officia l re ason for the retirement was given as we went to press . e According to England's Motor Cyde Weelely, Honda will unveil a V-4. watercooled sperts-tourer in 1981. The new bike. described as a development on the CX500 theme. will be shaft driven and displace around 1.000cc, but it is not intanded as a replacement for the r.vamped GL1100 flat-four Gold way. 22256 Eucalyptus Ave.• River· side. CA 92508. plus all Ticketron outlets. For more info. call 213/8899224, or 714/653-1161. Wing which is having a new lease on lif e. Rumor is that the new bike. which was tested at Honda's Suzuka test track in early spring. will make its European debut at the Cologne Show in September. Tea m Su zuk i's Many Smith will be endi ng his da ys as a bachelor in No vember of t his year when he will wed long . tim e gi rl fri en d N a ncy . Winners of the Honda American Mini cycle Cham p ionship Finals produced by AME at Lake Whitney Cycle Ranch, Lake Whitney, TX, August I·!l are as follows: 8!lee Modified Expen National Championship, George Holland (Suz); 80cc National Hero class, Todd Hewatt (Hon); and t he CR C h a lle nge. of Cham pions, Troy Bla ke , on one of 12 identical Honda CR80 minicycles drawn by lot. Troy won _ aga in st ch ampi ons fro m all over t h~ country. The specia l gu est flagman was T eam Honda's own Steve W ise. Just in case t here was any co nfusion, those considering entering the SCORE Off-Road World Championships might remember that the event doesn't pay po ints · towards the 1980 S.I.A. po ints championship . Limiting the number of entries available forced SCORE to drop t he points-paying status. Q u ote of the week : " Power can be noise, but noise does not necessarily mean power." That's a Russ .Collins word of wisdom . The Labor Dey Mini Grend Prix portion of the American Off·Road Fe.t1vel et Indian Dunes August 3031 is the last big minicycle event before school resumes and three Suzuki bikes will be given away. according to event organizers. AME. The O ra nge County/Long Bea ch Chapter of the National Safety Cou ncil in cooperation with the Mot orcycle Safety Fou nd a tion , has establis hed two training sites with more to open in the near future . These motorcycle safety training areas are serving both Los Angeles and Orange Counties. To date they have trained more than 200 students. There are separate courses available for both the novice rider and experienced rider. The motorcycles and helmets are supplied for the Novice Rider Course. Both courses are 20 hours in duration and are avail a ble to anyone of licensing age . Graduates of these training programs will be awarded with course completion cards , making them eligible for insu rance premium discounts offered b y several insurance companies of up to 15 % off. For more in form a tio n pleas e contact. ' Russ Marooney or Susan Becerra at 21!l/4!l7 ·2985 or 714 /527 8660 . Enduro/lSDT rider Drew Sm ith will have the cast removed from his right wrist in three weeks and then begin workouts in preparation for the ISDT. Suzuki team rider Sm ith broke his wrist at the beginning of the season and rode several events w ith it in a cast until it was decided that a vacation from competition was needed for it to heal properly. HosPITal STOP: Edgar "Fergie" Fuhr, a respected mechanic on the flat track scene, admitted himself to a hospital following Sunday's Guly 20 ) Kenton, Ohio, half mile. Fergie reportedly "felt bad" while traveling home and decided to enter a hospital. He's in intensive care and a temporary pacemaker has been installed. It 'll be several days before total test results · ca n be analyzed and a determination made on how serious a heart attack he suffered. Address cards, etc. to Edgar Fuhr, Mary. Rutan Hospital , 205 Palmer Rd ., Bellefontaine , OH 4!l!l11. AMA D-!l7 ha s two new programs for riders - a 0·85cc minicycle di vision and an ob served trials di vision. For details on th e minis, call Dee Granger at 805/497 ·9859 or Jerry Bailey at 21!l/ 448 ·8!l5 I. For trials info , try Boyd Berna rd at 21!l/843 -572!l or Ron Hubbard at 213 /84!l-5022 . Wheelie King Doug Domokos returned to Atlanta to be filmed for a second segment in Bert Reynolds' upcoming movie Cannonball. Domokos was in Atlanta six w eeks ago for his first part in the m ovie. in which he wheel ied a Harley Sportster. His performance went over well and Domokos was ask ed to return as a double in some other motorcycle scenes. The W heeli e King 's visit to Atlanta climaxed with some cast parties as fi lm ing of the movie nears completion. Two rounds remain in the California State Enduro Championship (the OCt. 26 Jackhammer Enduro in northern California and the Dec . 7-8 Last Chance Enduro in southern California), and as of this writing. T om Webb leads in the overall point standings. Awards for the Seri es overall class winners are being provided b y Hallman R a ci n g (200cc) , Hi -Point Racing Products (250cc) , Malcolm Smith Racing Products (Open) and Countdown Engineering (Senior). All off-road racing fans should mark the August 23-24 weekend on t heir calendars. and prepare to mosey on out to Riverside Raceway for the Bridgestone SCORE Off-Road World Championships. The two days of racing w ill include f ive motorcycle classes, and a bunch of four-wheel action, with the likes of Bob "Hurricane" Hannah. Jack Johnson and Malcolm Smith expected in the latter. Tickets are on sale at SCORE International. 31332 V ia Collnas. Suite 103. Westlake Villege, CA 91361. or at the race- Motorcycle race photographers t hroughout the U.S. and Canada w ill be included in the new Race Photographer's Directory now being prepared and scheduled for publication in December. according to Houston A. Lawing of Daytona Beach. Florida, who has directed the publication of souvenir programs f or Daytona Int ernational Speedway an d A labama International Motor Speedway for years. The new directory w ill include the office and home addresses. te lephone numbers and inf o about type Looking for a good place to practice your MX skills between the weekends? Maybe Saddleback Park has the enswer with a fu ll race prepared track open to the public. Each Mondey morning the tractor and weter truck gang prep the course just like they would for a race, and • traction is the secret word. Must be something to it to attract factory stars this past Monday. including Werren Reid. Jeff Ward. J im Gibson end M ike Bell. o equipment used and tracks covered. More than a thousand photographers are expected to be li st ed. Those interested in having their names included in the directory can obtain a special form by w riting Lawing & Associates. P.O. Box 2728. Ormond Beach. FL 32074. No charge for t he listings. but include $3 if you desire a copy of the directory. The books w ill be delivered to ad agencies, manufacturers. track owners and others at $10 per copy. Ad rat es will be supplied upo n request. o 00 0') ~ Roll 'em. 1£ you thought the television film of Ja y Springsteen's quest for a fourth Winston Pro Series title called The Young Matadors was good , you 're in for a treat. According to Winston Pro Series team m anager Dave Knight, Winston has hired . producer/director Peter Silver to adapt his ideas into an overview of the series through new racing footage, ten hours of film shot for his first produc tion a nd not used a nd int erviews. "What we're tryi ng to d o ," said Kni ght', "is to make the film more personal and let the peo ple meet the riders .. both past and p resent. The title will remain the same and we hope to debut the film at the AMA Professional Awards Ba nq uet in November. The film will be available to clubs, interested groups, promoters and others through the AMA ." Lady MXers across the land. remember thet the Women's MX Nationals are coming to Carlsbed on Aug. 17. Though the 125cc Expert National was he ld earlier to coincide with filming of the Carlsbed 600cc U.S. MXGP for ABC's Wide World of Sports. there 's still the 250cc National Championship to be decided. as well as all the Ameteur and Novica classes. Contact promoter Vicki Miller Haag et 7141462-9395. Vicki reports that the event is being put on this year with help from Sc ientific Drilling Controls. Winston Pro Series Rookie of th e Yea r candidate Rob Crabbe is poised to hang up his leat hers. " I don't know what to do, " said Crabbe. " I don't have a sponsor and I just don 't have a ny more money. I feel I have the talent to be a good racer , but I'll hav e to quit if something doesn't happen very soon. Driving to the Topeka National and having it canceled was the final blow . I have to make at least some money at every event I go to and that trip busted me." 1£ you can help, give Rob a call at 215 /949 -2384 (work) or 945 -5248 . Don Rosene. sales manager for KTM America. Inc. and occasional member of t he Cycle Ne. . Beer Drinking and Running Team. called Pape to tell him there's a new KTM dealer rep on the West Coast. Marshal Jaeger. known to many NorCal racers and dealers as coowner of Cycle Rider Supply in Nape. CA w ill run his KTM operation from Napa. Interested dealers can call 707/224-1470. NEXT WEEK Philadelphia Supercross 3

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