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Cycle News 1981 02 25

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feNd In e prec1Ice crah during the ..... He Ie expectad to be beck twletlug throttles In lIbout three weeks. In ~ Seattle pita Sunday afternoon drawing a crowd was Bob Hannah's new bilr.e - a water·pumper lIimi1ar to Bell's. It was his practice bike. though, and never rolled onto the track. Look for it in Atlanta. Denny Sirna. Rob SutIIa end Don Methllan _1gIed In e three YIIIy tie at the Feb. 16 RembIers M.C. QuickalMr Enduro, the opening round of the '81 AMA D-38 ChernpIonahIp Enduro SerteL S..Z'*L Sirna ceme out the overeII winner with e score of "0" mounted Aa e nIC8l' who .... to be 8UCC111 ful on the pro circuit, how would you like to know ebout auc:h things microphone technique while being Inten.iewed. proper draa for televiaion. how to plug _ c:orrec:t your aponaor Mel other neceas.., celebrity-type Info'1 L8ny Huffmen ha gught meny of the .....nt wi...... how to IICt while In the apodght. end he's COll8iderlng d0- Ing e HRecer's Guide to PublIc: R. I8dona &em...... for priv...... If you're In....-d. contect SuperrnGIth at P.O. Box 3271. Sen CIement8. CA 12172. 71414. 0&40. Did you know about ~ Alligator Street Enduro? The Daytona 200 M.C. will present it as pan of Daytona Cycle Week on Sunday, Mar. 1. Contact them at P.O. Box 2502. Daytona Beach, FL 52015, 904/252-2152 if you're interested in riding. D8ldo Corporetion .nnounced Iut week that Nlia Deily .nd the firm have gone their ..parate weys. According to Pete Fujitll. preald.nt of D.ido. D.lly. who aerved .. N.tlon.1 58... M.nager. .nd D.ldo, "reach.d • mutu.1 agr••m.nt to conclud. our prea.nt rele1lonshlp..Mr. D.lly will purau. his own .ndeavors to eccompllah his pereonal gOBIa." Chris 581to. G.nereI Menager of the D.ldo Motorcycle eMin Dlvlalon. will fulflH the duties of National S8Iea M8neger until. auc:cessor to D.11y hu been s.,.cted. Four-stroke TT scrambles returns to Saddleback on March 1. The CMC sanctioned event requires no license, and aU tires are OK. There are special classes for twins. minis and Old Timers. Entry is $15 at the track; practice stans at 8:30. 2 A prellmlnllry General PIlIn for Hungry V.II.y Stet. Vehlcul.r Recreation Area wiY be diM:l..sed by the Off-Hlghwey Vehlcl. Advisory Committ.. of the C8llfom" D.partm.nt of Perks .nd R.creatlon wh.n It m. .u Seturdey, Feb. 28. In Gorman. The Committee will meet both Frld.y .nd S.turd.y .t the Gorm.n EI.m.nt.ry School. Th. Frldey m.etlng will begin at 7 p.m. and the Seturdey meeting at 9 •.m. On' the agenda Fridlly. Feb. 'D ere preliminary Idee. for the future of OcotHlo Wells SVRA. • propoaed OHV guld. for CeIifomi8. end the Department's OHV budget for the f1aClll year beginning July 1. A film on four·wheel-drive recreetlon will 8180 be shown. Comm.nts on the Hungry V.,ley Prellmln.ry G.n.r.1 P1.n will be welcomed at the S.turd.y me.tlng. Written comments on the plen must be r.c.lv.d by M.r. 7 to be considered by the Commission at their meeting M.y. 8. Comm.nts should be mailed to J.m.s M. Doyl., Envlronm.ntel Review Section. D.partment of Perks .nd R.cr••tlon.. P.O. Box 2390. S8cnImento, CA .11. Are you an aJtraai~ lady who owns a street bike? Les Motesses, a motorcycle drill team comprised of beautiful women, needs youl Contact Brigitte Segal, P.O. Box 1115, Malibu, CA 90265 or call 215/456·8507 . Keith .nd Vicky McC8rty beceme the proud parents of Christln. Don McC8rty on Feb. 11. Ms. McCerty checked In at 8 lb. 3 oz. .nd muaured 20%" In height lor is It l.ngth1l. Congr.ts from Teem Cycl.Newal Dave Emde will ride for Team Kawasaki in the Daytona 200 and the Bell Superbike 100 at this year's Daytona Cycle Week. San Jose BMW has promised him a bike- for the Battle of the Twins race, and Bob Endicott has prepared a Yamaha for the Lightweight Expen event, so the pilot of the camera bike in Peter Starr's Superbilcns show is well set-up for Speed Week. Whet.ver h.pp.n.d to Tony Nlcosle'1 Th. Kewesakl factory rider during the '70s who still holds .bout 120 records ha joined Bill end Dena H.......... partner In Hot Bike Engineering. Hot Bike Is loc.ted .t 4432-E Ent.rpri.e. Fremont. CA 94638, 41&1657-3864. "Gas prices push unprepared citizens onto the two-wheeled vehicle." That's a headline from the Safety Center of California newsletter, an informative five-page release that introduces motorcycling as a praaical means of transponation yet cautions potential riders of the need for defensive driving techniques and rider education. The Center offers three levels of instruction Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced - for prices ranging from the $20 Advanced class to ;the $40 Beginner's guide. If someone you care about is preparing to start riding. urge them to look into a rider education program. Info on this panicular one is available at 916/566-7255. Honda teem rider Denny l8Porte miaed the weekend of rec:lng In Sa.ttIe due to • broken hend auf· points end e 224eCOnd tllily at the . tIe-breIIker. SutIIa put hie Vemehe In ..cond with 'D MCOllda at the tIe-breIIker. end Matheson'. C8nAm _ only one aecond behind wtIh 28 MCOla ApproxInwtiIIy _ riders signed up to rid. the 91-mile cour.. neer c... Creek. CA. Complete coverege next week. Scot Huden rode his 450 Hwmy to the ~a11 win at the sixth annual Gamblers M.C. SO-mile hare scrambles near South Searchlight. NV on Feb. 15. Founh overall aDd first 250cc c1asser was Can-Am-mounted Mike Welch. Jody Maeder tc~pped the 125cc cIasa with a sixth oveRI.J ridr on his Yamaha. Chuck Miller bIatIId his -a. V. mlIh8 to first OVWIIII at the Four Aces M.C. MOON Run .... Red Mountllin on Feb. 16. Chuck thenka Premier Vemehe. Hi-Point R8cing end White Brothers for suppordng his efforta. Second overall. first 250. _ L8rry ROilS'" on hla VZ2IiO. BSA spoDlOred "A Salute of Aggie" night_ In this case, howner. BSA stands for Boy Scouta of America. and ~r 500 people joined the $IOO-aplate dinner benefiting ~ Scouta and honoring Aggie. Agajanian received the ''Diatinguiahed CitizeD Award" from ~ Loll Angeles Area Council of the BSA. A requat by the Amerlcen Motor· cyclist Anoc:illtlon end three other pIeIntl'" for e preImiI• .,lnjunctlon llgllinat Implementation of the Bureeu of !MId M.neg.meul's C8Iitom.. Deeert Plan ha been tak.n under submlalon by the judge hearing the ceae. end wi. probably not be decided before Mer. 'D. After hearing erguments from both sides. the judge ord.... that dec..retions .nd depositions be tak.n from BLM StIIte Director Jim Ruch by Mer. I. with "proposed finding end fact" due by Mer. 'D. If the judge issu_ the Injunction. then the case will go to trl81 sometIrne ietIIr this year. In the rneentime. AMA Government R ~ Ass0ciate Director Rob Raor Hid. "The AMA will try to ruch e poIItc:el HttIement.. recIoubing ita efforts to get (5eCle.y of the Interior) J..". Welt to stlpui8te to the injunction." Raor Mid that Iettera In aupport of the AMA·. position to Wett (Dept. of the Interior. 18th end C SU. NW. W....lngton. DC 20240) .nd your congraamen would help. Skid shoe entrepreneurs Ken and Judy Maely will be depaning from their Corona. CA. goose ranch Feb. 20 for a three-week trip to Florida for Daytona Cycle Week. There'll be someone at the shop to take orders, but no orders will be fl1led until they return. Daytona din trackers need not worry: "We'lI lee thetn at the races." said Judy. "and we'll be glad to malte thetn there.•• The miracle of model n COII'IIIU1icetIorIa brought Sperky Edmonston's voice to Pepe'• .., _ the eIderty gent reepoIlded to e ringing sound from en Instrument on his cleek. Edmonston. the men who o.'llId • PIIIr of fec:taI.,~ed SuzukI dirt tnlc:ken for RonnIe Jona to ride at Houaton. Hid, "We ..... reeIIy heppy with the DR&OO. In ita first time out on the Nee 1reCk we qua1ified 11th out of 161 end fINehed Mrth. RonnIe Jona did • heIIuve job on e bIk. that he hedn't ridden before. one that _ only BtIIrtIId for the first time the Wednlldlly before Houaton. We" be reedy for the Ascot TT with two more months to get the engine reedy. end we'l heve two bik_ there. too:' EdmcJllaton Hid that • rider for the second mec:hine ha not been .elscted. California riders had better get ready to man their pens and typewriters. because there is ano~r attempt to rip off the Green Stickie fund. Assetnblyman Norm Waters has introduced AsIlelDbly BiD 474. which would allow ~ Depanment of Pub and Recreation to use Green Stickie funds to spend money repairing and mitigating ORV damage anywhere in ~ state. Gi~ Pub and Recreation', penchant for spending ~ funds on everything but procuring land to ride on. and the repan that this biD is backed by the Sierra Club. it would probably mean the depletion of ~ Green Stickie funds in a very ahon period of time. Write to Waters. and your own assemblyman. at ~ State Capitol; ZIP code is 95914. WhIle our SecrementD line wu humming. we ..... that the Gch.,1InMt Accoundng Office, the w.llChdog .-m of Congrill. . . . conducting en IlMt8tIgetion of the 81M Md the C8IIfoI,iIe o - t PIen. If you thought the floodgate of pa~ CXlIIIing from Washington was over with, think again. The BLM has released ita Draft Wilderness Management Policy and you can get a copy of it by writing to David E. Poner. Division of Wilderness and Environmental Areas (450). Bureau of Land Management. 1800 C St. NW. Waa1liqton. DC 20240_ Public comment deadline on the document is Apr. 1. A group of ~ motoo'lIlll.... Including G8ry &emica. wII depart Feb. 24 for e two _ k racing tour in ArgentIna. Teem Meneger Bryer Holcomb...,. it wII be more then rec:lng bec:euH he ...... to meet wtIh .. of A.\I8i,III.'. nwjor importers .nd distributors to At up trade .g....ments with the com. . . . . he wII be reprlllnting.1f you're Interested In merkatlng your product In ArgentIne. give Hoicomb • cell at 21313&3-8737. "I can assure you there will be a Winston Pro Series race on June 28," said AMA's BiD Boyce on the subject of a replacement for the canceled Charity Newsies National. "We have two sanction applications for that date and we will give full attention to both before giving the go-ahead to the one chosen." Boyce did not disclose the facilities under consideration. Paul Schlag.1 i. one of the promoters .pplylng for • sanction on the June 28 date. "I think we've got 8 nice facility In Smoky Mountllln Recew.y In Meryvi'le. T.nn.....:· said SChlegel. "It's • blinked helf mile with grendStlinds on both the front and blIck

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