Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

:alHomla Superbike School. will 10ld two special events In June. )n Saturday. June 13. at Willow )prings there's an Advanc:ed Riding ik:hooI. complete with Video replays Jf students· prog...... On Saturday, June 7:1, at Riverside Raceway :here11 be a specially priced In· roduetory Day. All equipment In:Iudlng a track prepared KZ&&O Is JrOVided by the school. Dial 2131 184-9323 for reservations. ~ highly select assemblage of motocross 'iders is expected to enter the World :hampionship race to be held at OrInge, CA's Saddleback Park on Oct. I. CZ owners. Yeah, they're doing it Igain: The CZ World Championship. ;0, go dig your old twin-piper out 'rom under the broken bed frame, the ads' outgrown bicycles and th~t pallet If surplus olive drab paint you got ,lmost-for-free, and dump some fresh :as in the tank. You know it'll start irst kick... For more details, phone fI4/495-4771. 0' UlC . . . World Sports has Icheduled an airing of the '80 Bel~.y 500cc USGP of Motocross for June 13. PIeae check your local Isting for eue:t time or. heaven 0rbId. a chenge In their scheduIng. ~p an eye out for a new cold and Illergy medication called Formula 12. It contains no antihistamines, so it won't affect you while riding or racing. ~ntihistimine·containing . remedies lave sleep-inducing characteristics hat are definitely dangerous in traffic Ir racing situations. Now if they'd just ~ up with a foolproof cure for the mngover ... Roger Wheeler. friend of the motor~ng community In the Tu.... [)K area. died of gunshot wound. May 7:1. He owned the Wh....r where the Tu... AMA ~onal Enduro was held. uis McKey, The Phantom Duck of e Desert, made a stop at Kaiser ospital to say hi to young Damian .ch, hospitalized weeks ago as the t of a car/bicycle accident. While visit brightened Damian's day iderably, he later ran into blems with pancreas inflamation d dropped to "serious" condition. ards might help the seven-year-old through his tough times. Send 'em Kaiser Hospital Pediatrics Ward, 961 Sierra, Fontana, CA 92555. PlTal STOP: Randy Jone•• D-37 Deaert points laader. nclerwant .urgery for removal of rt of kidney and liver repair on y 26 after crashing at the r1ink. M.C. rec:e on Memo....1 y Weekend. send those card. letters to Wut Park Ho.pital. m 248. 22141 Roscoe Blvd.• noga Park. CA 91304. -x. ayne Rainey is still doing business in e AFM road races, this week takinJ[ a . in the 550cc Box Stock class alter. nearest competitor Whitney lakeslee overshot a tum. ore club road reclng tak.. place next the two week. In orCel: Golden State (sears Point) U host a June 7 event. then on 14. the first-ever AFM road ca at Laguna Seca will be on tap the club'. knee-draggers. he newly formed National Dirt rack Association has announced ey'll host the 1982 Spring National irt Track Championship on March 4-5 in the Daytona Beach, Florida, ea during Cycle Week. The event is open only to minicycle and amateur short trackers. No membership is required and over $6,000 in cash and awards have already been posted. Six mini, three amateur, one three-wheel and two money classes will be run. Additional info and pte·entry forms are available from NDTA, 2085 Long St., 16, Beaumont, TX 77701. Jerry Bradfield, an Expert dirt track racer in the fifties and sixties. died on Sunday. May 17. following an accident with a circular saw. Bradfield was burled In Elk Rapids. Michigan on Thursday. May 21. World Championship 500cc MXer Gerrit Wolsink has a new idea about revising FIM motocross in Europe. Wolsink would like 125 and 250cc racing to be on production bikes, with only mlDor modifications allowed. The 500cc class would be where the works bikes would run, more or less forming the Formula I class of MX. Ralph Edwards. the winner of the first 200 mile road race which would later move from savannah to the beach at Daytona and become ti1e Daytona 200. was on hand May 17 to act as honorary starter at the Oglathorpe Speedway HaH Mile In savannah. Georgia. Edwards had a beautifully restored Harley-Davidson KR road racer on hand for all to see. Lisa Akin was tuning up for the upcoming Women's MX National in California at a local MX track in Michigan on May 17 when she was involved in an accident that left her with a badly broken left arm. Akin, who took second in the 125cc Expert class in last year's National, will be out for the remainder of the season. "She wanted to go to the National so badly and change that second place into the overall win," said her mother. "She's really down in the dumps now." If you want to cheer Lisa up drop her a line to 495 Leet Rd., Niles, Michigan 49120. A scientific study performed by Kamperman Associates, Inc. for the'"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region V Noise Program has concluded that "new model motorcycles operated in the urban environment produce no more noise than contemporary passenger cars do:' The study documents the relatively low noise level produced by contemporary motorcycles equipped with stock exhaust systems supplied by the vehicle manulacturer. The Kamperman EPA study is evidence that motorcycle noise problems are not rootad at the new motorcycle level. Further reductions of new motorcycle noise levels will not cure the problem' of motorcycle modifications at the consumer level which can only be controlled by strict local enforcement. The report states: "In the opinion of the investigator. it is cflfficult to justify further increased vehicle cost and weight burdan to meet continuing lower noise level limits for new motorcycles:' The comprehensive study included acceleration noise tests on 220 different vehicles being operated under three different modes of oparation: normal. quiet. and loud. Motorcycles of all sizes with stock. aftermarket. and straight pipe exhaust systems were included in the testing. Recently, Sequoia National Forest Supervisor Joe Brown announced a proposal to either seasonally or permanently close several Forest trails to off-road vehicle use. You may recall that the proposal was to close nine trails on the Kern Plateau during winter and spring months, but would provide the Forest Supervisor with flexibiity to alter specific dates according to trail conditions. The proposal would have also permanently closed two trails because of excessive damage and closed one area to use except for designated roads and trails. Durin,- the week of May 17, the affected trails were examined to determine if the clOlUTeS would need to be implcmented. Due to the RIatively dry winter on the Forest, only a portion of one of the trails for ciosed seasonal clOlUre will need to this spring. A 1.5 mile segment of the Granite Knob Trail from the Monache Jeep Road to the Granite Knob Cutoff Trail will be closed, effective May 22, and will be opened as soon as the wet meadow area through which the trail passes is dry enough to sustain use. The other Kern Plateau trails affected by the proposal will not be closed this spring. Depending upon the condition of trails late this fall, a seasonal clOlIUTe may be implemented. Both of the trails proposed for permanent closure are receiving considerable adverse environmental impacts and will be closed. The Devil's Canyon Trail north of Springville will be closed in its entirety and the Frog Meadow Trail east of California Hot Springs will be closed from Forest Road 25S05C to the intersection of the Deer Creek Trail. The China Garden Area in the Kern Canyon east of Bakersfield will be permanently closed except for designated roads and trails. This area includes all Forest Service lands between NE 14 NW 14 S7, T.28S., R.51E., to the center of S26, T.27S., R.5IE., including all areas between Highway 178 and the Kern River. pi£:: Ed Carroll of ti1e Ughtwelghts M.C. called In to say that the location for their June 14 AMA Amateur 'IT Qualifier has been moved from Perris Receway to Seddleback Park. The ra..on according to Ed. is that there isn't enough time to whip the Perri. track surface Into accaptabla condition. The club will keep trying. and Ed says there will be 'IT racing at Perris In the future. Two weekends in a row for AFM road racers - June 7 at Sears Point and June 14 at Laguna Seca - will serve as a prelude to the July 18-19 AMA/Winston Pro Series National road race. CaIHornla Yamaha dealers are organizing "Laguna Tour '81" for the July National at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey. CA. The weekend'. activlti.. will highlight a ride from your participating Yameha Dealer Auocf8tion member. with a .peclal corral, lunch. tour pin. cap end a lap on the track limited to ti1e first &000. Contact either SoCaI or NorCal participating members. One of the more unusual entries in the SCORE Baja Intemacional will be a BMW ridden by Wayne Martin and Chip Howell. Though more details were unavailable at preIItime, it is presumablya modified RSO G/S. More on the bike and the race next week. seventeen foreign riders have entared the Juna 21 Bel-Ray &OOcc USGP of Motocross, Mel they ...... sent 11 dHferent countrl... "A unique opportunity to obtain the tools you need to produce new on-theground trail opportunities and to maintain those that you have'" That's how the U.S. Depanment of the Interior press release describes The Sixth National Trails Symposium, slated for June 28 - July 1 at Davis, CA. It'll be located on the University of California campus between San Francisco and Sacramento where dormitory facilities and food services are being arranged to provide low cost accommodations. Included in the program will be information on how to start local trail organizations, how to stretch limited funds, how to market and sell trails in your community and new techniques related to trail design and maintenance. They've promised to send us details soon, so when that happens, 01' Papao will pass the info on to you. Winston Pro Serlea rider Billy labrie WIll be out of action for the rest of the season due to a broken lower left leg sustained In a crash during ti1e May 3 san Josa Mile National. "I gu... it was a C8H of being In the wrong place at the wrong time." said labrie. "Perhaps if Steve Monger had been watching hi. line insteed of ti1e accident he wouldn't have crashed also and I wouldn't have been hurt as badly. The bone. are crushed so badly ti1e doctors can't put a pin in. They lined up the bones as bast ti1ey could. put a cast on the leg and told me I would be In it for about six months while ti1e bonas heal, hopefully. correctly:' If you'd like to drop Labrie a line to cheer him up, his address Is 769 91st Avenue North. St. Petersburg, Rorida 33702. Whatever happened to Wilhelm Hen, the first motorcyclist to break into the Bonneville 200 mph Club? Hen did the deed in 1956-on a "fish-tail" NSU, cliclting the clocks at 210.65 mph. If you know of his whereabouts, please contact Papa Wealey at this office. Just dial 215/427-7455 and ask for the 01' guy who writes all this foolishness. Triumph unveiled two new models at the recent International Motorcycle Show In England. The most stunning was the TS8-1 750cc Bonnevilla featuring a totally restyled body complete witi1 full fairing. The engine now sports an eight valve head and Bing-Amal constant vacuum carburetors. Other changes include twin front disc brakes, gold anodized wheels and dual headlights. The new AV frame - for anti-vibration - features rubber engine mounts. Triumph also unveilad the 650cc Thunderbird which also uses the AV frame. The Thunderbird will go on sale by the end of June in England with the TS8-1 scheduled to go into production by the end of the year. It had to happen department: A patl·1It has been issued to a Maryland inventor for a motorcycle airbag. A drawing of the item looks like an air mattress. Air canisters' provide compressed air and the unit can be inflated, via sensors, on impact or by the rider. Tethers hold the rider inside the enclosure, but are not secured to the motorcycle leaving the rider to be thrown free and then bounce to a stop. Surel Barry Bebb. who finished eighth in the 1956 AMA Grand National Championship series, was recentiy promoted by Xerox Corporation. The Wichita Falls. Texas. native is now vice-president of Xerox. Drag racer Ron Turner, who's a distributor for Trim drag race suits when he's not burning up the quarter mile, left the single life behind and married Linda Graham.1i 11 00 c:n

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