Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

wu the short·notlce cencelletlon of a major motocross event lest yeer. en event which has always outdrewn ell other motor reces on the track. and this biggest moneymaker," The JIM hUMllvi Ramblen have decided DOt to bold their miDicyde raca, but MB. Stan" Deum hu taken their place. Tbaell be raciDg every Tuesby aiPt: bqpDniDg April %8 at the Rjcbmond Rod I: Gun Club. Bikes are limited to l00cc, and riden mmt be 18 Ot' older. Interested? Phone Big Stan at 415/%35·752%. Dec:iMNIs. decI8ionL In ecIdItion to this WII.kend·S ISDE QueIIfter . Red Mounmin. CA. the ......-..checJ. uIed CIeer Creek Encbo runs Sundey. Apr. 21 . - Moden». CA. ACCOiiClllg to Jerry Counts. the Clear Creek wII ,....... a Golden . . . ChempIon8hIp nent. but clue to the confIctIng cI8tIM. the Golden . . . Chernplonehlp enduro ....... wII be a best thrH out of four••1lowing one thfOWllVdY. There Is a poaIbIIIty of a fifth event being .cIcIed tit a ........ which would IMke It the best four out of five. The ninth annual Texas MX Cham- picmahip .me. kicked off at Rio Bravo Motorcycle Park ncar Houston. TX on Apr. 19. Moto-X Fox Yamaha rider Randy Kinchbaum made tbe trek down from Wichita, KS and managM a 5-4 IeCODd overall behind Jerry Surber. Jr. (Yam) wbole 1-1 easily copped the 1%5cc Pro victory. A aborted kill wire grounded the Cl,uick Kaman in the %5Ocx race. Dallas riden Kirk Spencer (Yam). Nick Cordova (Suz) and Darren Rhoten (Suz) dominated the %50 and Open mot08 to run off with big chunb of the $%000 pune. The four-race $%0.000 Texas aeries continues Apr. %6 at Lake Whitney C~ Ranch, May 5 at Oak HiD and winds up at Amtin on May 17. For mOt'e Texas aeries info, dial 715/64150%5 Ot' 485-7595. Complete Rio Bravo cmerage DCltt Wftk. Due to unueually slow delivery by the U.s. Postal ServIc:e. c:overege of the V Perpetual Gold Cup motocross opener tit Roseburg. OR on Apr. 12 will be In next WMk·s ....... PromIee. HoIPlTal STOP: American Honda's advertising manager Bill Pulskamp suffered a hean attack on April 9 and was kept under intensive care at Huntington Memorial Hospital. He is ptaeDdy resting at home. Cards and letten may be lIeDt c/o American Honda, 100 W. AJondra Blvd., Gardena. CA 90%47. ...... the 1.lltad... May schedule far KMwllri rs T.... Green eupport crew: May 10. Anoyo Cycle Perk grand opeIlIng; May 1&17.... V. . . NMA queIIfter; May . . . . . . . . . kPerkNMAqI ..... M.y 31. DeAnzII Cycle Perk. Team Yamaha', S':I:CiCl8I Champ Mike BeD and gi end Barbara Taylor have set their wedding date for August %%.1981. TIckets for the May 3 Sen Jose M" ere lMIIIlIbie from Bob s.khm. A8soc111tea at 4081.... 3210 end at moat NorCeI Y.maha Dealers. The NorCel Y.maha Dealers AaocI8tIon will sponsor a Junior Invltlltlon8l. and Interested Juniors 8houId COnt8Ct Bill SpellC8I' at Mt. VIew Distributing. 411i/l118-1182. How'd you like to have a list of campgrounds that not only accept motorcycle campers but actually welcome them and in some cues, offer a discount rate. Cycle Camping Association has it; a complete campground directory. Membenhips are available at CCA, P.O. Box 29, Salem, NJ 08079. Conuwy to reportS you may have reed ..... in this column. Ken McNulty stili tunes Wendy Epsteln's road rec:Ing bik... In filet. they',. doing better then ever. eccordIng to McNulty; Wendy has a fuI sponaonhlp I......Iery) from YoehImure end has been eccepted to comp8t8 In the I . of Men Formula One event this year. .... 00 .... ~ .M Q... Planning to race in the May 7 OCIR night motocross event? That's Graydon Ltd. night at the Irvine, CA track, and every winner will receive either a set of Ancra tie-downs or a pair of Oakley goggles. Second placers get a pair of American Pro Grips from Graydon, and every rider who enten will get a free OCIR crossbar pad. compliments of CEET Racing. Advance tickets for the Mey 9 Ascot Perk AMAIWinston Pro Series Half Mite. the 4th Annual Spring C.....c sponaored by KRW Helmets. ere now on .... at TIc· ketron outlets. Or you may meIIorder them from Agejeni8n < Here's • peek at wh8t they're U81ng In Europe: 1Above) V.maha·s 4I8cc Iiqukkooled GP mechIne .nd IbeIow) KTM's formldeble 486cc Ilquid-cooled MXer. Enterprl.... P.O. Box 98. Gerdene. CA 90247. Reserved Adult tickets ere .14; Re..rved Child. .7; General Admission Adult. .12; General Admission Child. $6. Following a meeting with memben concerned about the future of Cali· fornia Racing Club family enduroa, CRC's Jerry McNeal reports that aD the events scheduled this year will run. McNeal had earlier considered dropping the program due to the amount of work involved and other demands on his time, but receiv~ enough commitments of help to keep on putting on evenu. Jack Love. formerly with Honda and Triumph. has assumed the post of eastern regional sales • manager for Dunlop tires. Sneak preview: On Any Sunday, '111' By Charles Morey HOLLYWOOD. CA. APR. %0 Whatever happened to On Any Sunday, In Good question. On Any Stmdtry. 11 - in its original form - died. Somewhere between the press screening and the box office, OAS, II succumbed to excelSive criticism and eventual management ooUapie. At the preview. a1moIt exactly one year ago, a large cQnungent of motorcycle industry and press people watched the movie, yawned, then forgot to applaud when the lights came back on. We couldn't help it. The fllm just didn't make us feel as good as we'd anticipated it would. Had we set our standards too high? Perhaps. Eleven yean ago when On Any Sunday came out, we were happy just to have a motorcycle movie. A real, full-length feature film on our favorite subject. We'd gone to last year's preview .expectin~ to feel that same excitement. and It just didn't happen. The flavor, the soul. the camaraderie of motorcycling as we know it, wasn't in OAS, II. Instead, we witueased a clean. sophisticated documentary of our heros at work on the race circuiu of the world. It was as though the film had been shot from a distance. interviews conducted by strangers with the riden hiding behind the "public personalities" they project while dealing with the general media. We weren't part of it. And that bothered us. Because, darn it, we are pan of it. You ride a motorcycle; Kenny Roberts rides a motorcycle. He's one of us; we're pan of him. or at least we believe we are while peering through our Walter·Mitty-tinted goggles. That's what was in the original On Any Sunday that OAS, II hadn't recaptured. Now for the good news. On Any Sunday, II has been remade. Only a few prime scraps of last year's flop were salvaged, and those along with many, many new feet of film were spliced together and shown to a small enthusiast press audience on Monday night, Apnl 15. Pans of the OAS, II sound track remained for our preview, but aU of the dialogue and music is prcsendy being replaced. TotaDy. Larry Huffman will again narrate the film, this titnc put together by Roger RiddeD this time, the IeCl,Uftlcea are linked together cleverly m such a manner as to produce good feelings among motorcycliau. And. I tbink. among potential motorcyclisu as weD. On A,., Sunday, 11 (the new one) is. in my opinion. a beaatiful film. Correct that: It rt1ill k a beaatiful ftIm. How can one accurately critique a series of glued-together roughs without finished music and narration? Can't. Let's put it this way. I'm very optimistic about the present venion of On Any Sunday, II, scheduled for release in the West during June and July. 1£ this sounds like 0 AS, II is too good to be true, let me temper that by stating that it's not perfect. There may be pans you won't like; and you quite likely will be able to point out some things that should have been included that weren't. But overall, OAS, II is the greatest thing that's happened to motorcycle movies in 10 yean. No, make that 11. • Cit a

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