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Cycle News 1980 10 08

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"The BLM has changed iu mind and will deny all the charge," Louis McKey, Phantom Duck of the Desert. told Cyek News. The charges, contained in the Duck's lawsuit against the BLM--.and others were to have been settled out of coun, but the BLM has chan~ iu mind and will repond to the Duck with a letter by Oct. 15. After that a court date will be set. Remember that the BLM has limitless funding - your tax dollan - but the Duck needs your help and contributions to win in court. His address is 7896 Kempster Ave., Fontana, CA 92355. o 00 C') For thou who drooled at the sight of the Honda CB1100 R road burner thet WM pIc:turad on theM pages a couple of weeks ago. tt.'e may be hope yet. AI a.ker. heIIcI of Mugen USA. Is cOnsiderIng Importing them through Mugen In Japan and Honda RSC. Baker'. leaving for Japan soon to dlscua the d. .L If It goes through probably 100 wHl be Imported. Coat hasn't been .nnounced. but Baker expectllit to be raaeonable. If you'ra Intereeted. gIv. Ala call at 7141244 140&. The Sept. 22·27 Speed Week at' the Bonneville Salt Flau in Utah was a disappointing week, record·wise, with few set. Unusual August rains and then a wind storm that spread water from a standing pond onto the racetrack, left the salt wet through much of the week. Dave Mauon's Vincent Black Shadow was one of the more succesUul machines as it ran for a record 178.246 on gasoline, then a non-record one·way run of 195.016 on nitro. Complete coverage next week. Road racer turned dirt tracker BHIy labrie win compete In the November 1-2 SuperblkM event. Steve Storz. a tuner on the HerIey·Davidson factory aquad. win pref*8 the Yamaha YZ416 thet Labrie wlH compete on. tom...., ,Hells Angels president Sonny Barger was the guest spealter at a recent Northern Califomijl Trial Lawyers'. Association luncheon. Barger, recently acquitted of racketeering and drug charges, was the fint criminal defendant to address the group. Barger was quoted in a San Franciaco Chronicle article as saying, "I always believed in the American way. Now I know cops and prosecuton lie and that's the way the game is played. The government f1at·out lies." Roeseler top American in 55th ISDT By Gary Van Voohis 2 BRIOUDE. FRANCE. SEPT. 21 For the HCOnCI yeer In • row. Yama...•• L.-ry Rone" topped the Am.nc.n c:onting8nt entMM In the li&dl IIIWNItion8I Six D.ys TrilII. FollowIng Ro .....r on gold _ W8r8 Hu8ky'. MIk8 M8Iton. Suzukr. Jeff Fredette. Husky'. DIck BurtHon .nd HU8ky'. T8ITY CunnlnghMl. No other Amerlc:an riders cIlIIm8d gold rnecl81s. fourtHn silver 8nd six bronze med... w . . lIIso given to the 2Ii riders thet fi...... out of. thet 8t8rt8d. The .lI8n T...,. domIn8ted the World Trophy competition. .nd the W8St o.m.ns won the V. . Tum Trophy. Arn8ric:II'. bHt effort . . . in the Trophy T. .m blmIe with. t8nth 0VW8II. . T.rry Cunnlnghllm. Bruce Ogllvl8 8nd Steve V.nW8t8rmUeI8n compriMcl the SIx Pence M.C. T...,. .nd took third overeD In Club T. .m competition. The Yamaha 11 M.nuf8eturera T. .m pIac:ed fIrat in the claa .tandlng. and 14th ov.rall In ,the ISDT. The tum WM compo.aed of Larry Roesel•• Rick Munyon and Jim R.hbac:k. This y. .r·. ISDT took Its toll. KTM·. Frank Stacy w.nt out on Day Thr. . with transm....on prob..ma. HU8ky·. Frank Gallo w .. out of It on Day Four when he cruh8d on a road MCtion and Injur8d his arm. Other Amerlc:ans In the ac:orer'. DNF column were Draw Smith. M.-k Hyd.. John Faro, Darryl Kuenzer. Greg Davia. Jack P.nton. Dane Leimbach. Chuck Miller. Ron RIboIzL. Dun Joyner. Kevin Brown and BobP. .rce. Bob H.yu· A...mbly Subcommlt· tee on Public Landa wli be holding two h••1I1gB on the BLM·. CaIIfor· nia Deaert 111M. The tint hurlng. Oct. .. wit hur teatimony from the BLM end 8tIItII agenclea. WI be In the St11t8 c.pItoI. Room 1031. at 10 Lm. The HCOnCI Is Oct. 17. 8nd wit hur pubIk: tllatimony. The aitII Is the Loa Angeles County Superviaora CMmbera. 500 W. Temple. Loa Alog.I••. For more information. c:ontae:t commlttlle consultant Chris Unk.. at 111146 1317. SCORE Baja 1000 Itm. drawing will be held at John Balter Performance Producu, 8609 Chetle Ave., Santa Fe Springs, CA on Oct. 11. Registration' is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the drawing's at 2:50 p.m. For more info, ,. dial 215/889-9216. Papa received a prM8 raI8ua from the NatIonal Safety Council, part of which r.ad. a. follow.: Th.· National Safety CouncIl haS .x........ deep concarn over the recant publclty g,"" to the da,. devil stunts auch M thet of motor· cycll.t Gary Well.. who wa. critically Injured and six .pectator. who also were Injur8d In timing a segm.nt of JJI8t'. ilia ...... Vinc.nt L. Tof.ny. Council preaIdent. said. "Theee stunts of unsafe practicaa violate the concept of .tll8Ching by .xam~· and lIIso foster quationabIe valuea of safety and human life. H. uld thet such unsafe practIcaa shown In theM "thrtI ~ " ere often tranaIated Into very ,..1 accld.nt.. Th. .c.n.. help develop a dIareprd for per8OIl8l .safety In the mlnda of Impn..lor .. able c:hiIdren or 8duItII who try to imitate the aetIona of a TV show daradevI. "Each adult In this nation has • moral raaponaIbIIIty to teach the adults of the future. our children. the Importance of preventing accldet*." he ald. Thla Ia done beat by clemOl.b8dhll good safety habItII and not by acta of aanaatlonallam on a TV .how. The Council pre.ldent aid the national afaty organization Ia hopeful that a IMaon has been I..mad by TV show producers in the Gary W .... caae. What's "AA National Race Support?" Ask Maico. It's part of their incre»ed racing support program for tbe '81 season. At least four riden, two each in the 250 and 500cc AMA National MX Series, will receive free motor· cycles, parts .and cash conpnga>cy prizes. Riders should contact Maico for details, either in Suffolk, V A at 804/954·2505, or in Burbank, CA at 215/841·7752. Maico will introduce entirely new motorcycles in both classes for' 81. Who'U do 200mph fint7 There'. an inte.... blmIe going on among such Top Fuel heavies M Rusa Collins. Jim Barnard and T.rry Vance.. Each wanta to be first. to tum in an official 200mph run. Collins cam. cIoaeat in a 1978 Ontario Motor Speedway run of 199.96 on the Sorcerer. R.porta have him making runs at Orange County Rac.way·. w.ekly Wadneaday night meets. trying to "'va off thet O.O&mph before someone .... robe him of the honor. Jim Bernard wicked his Yamaha-powarad Top Fueler to a 191 + mph rid. at the Indy National•. And can T.rry Vance'. Suzuki be far behlnd7 Could be It'" all come down at the Oct. 18-1. NMRA World Rnaia at Ontllrio_ "We just got reborn againJ" was Triumph's Wayne Moulton's happy cry in a Monday morning pbone caD to Cyek News. TriumJ'h Mocorcycles of Meriden has nqonated an arrmgement with .the Britilb government, and Department of Industry loans and export crediu totalling sevenl million dollan owed by Triumph have been written off. That along with newlysecured operating capitol, caused Triumph's chief executive ofPcer. Geoffrey Robinson, to say "We now have a clean slate and the best financial situation in five years." The factory is now operating on a five-day week. producing 100 bikes per week in order to get rid of a two'month baclt1og. In addition, a new single board of directon has been elected, ~Iacing the two boards that had elt1lIted previously, representing the worken and the executives. Bob Lindsay has been elected the new managing director. Triumph will be showing iu fint new model, an LTD· style 750cc twin with electric start. at the Paris show on Oct. 2. Other plans for the future are two lI1laller displace· ment machines and a bigh-perforinance bike; poasibly the Hesketh V -twin.

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