Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

reuons while Kuenzer felt his budget would be better .pent In contesting the flnel Nationel Championship Enduro SerI.. rounds. Matt Cullin. hal also withchwn from the aqued allowing Morris Norman. an Open cIeu Huaqveme rider. to take his piece. Italy'. .... of Elba will host this year's event October ~10. Kathy Wanta, AMA's amateur activities director, will not make the ISDE trip due to work responsibilities and has named AMA's Hugh Fleming as o~r representative on the FIM jury_ Richard Meyer, the team doctor, will serve as overall team manager with Suzuki's John Morgan spearheading our Trophy Team effon and Team True Spon's Jack Penton managing the Vase Team. If you're going to miss this yeer's ISDE. but would like to think about next y....... the elate. are September 26 . October 1. The event will be held In Poveske Byatrlce. Czechoslovakia. the ume.1te a. the 1977 event. How's this lOund? Honda presents the Seattle Superbike Weekend, or, Seattle Superbike Pro·Am National Championship Road Race. Either way, it's the hottest thing to hit the great Nonhwest in a long time, and it all comes down on Sept. 12-15 at Seattle International Raceway. T _ . . . motDcrouera IooIdng for .arne bucks might went to _Iller OIIW'to Wolfu .11 MX IWtc.. just south of Ft. Worth on Sept. 13There wlI be a t3000 Expert puree. but that'. not al. The wilU'*'8 In the 126, 2&0 end Open I ~ t e Cllll.. wlI receive .100 savings bondawhlle _ bonds are tagged for the NovIc:e winners of those d8u... Need to know more? Cal Buck Terry at 8171373-2733. Things are swingin' for Johnny OMara. the federal government for a1mOlt unlimited "operetion and maintenance" funcllng. That dldn't sound right.. 10 we c8IIed MIC PresIdent Alan Isley for his aide of the mwy. IaIey said, "We were In IUpport of the btl (A,88&3) eftIIr h wea amended. puiI...", out . . MJC.euppDl_ _ amendment that eliminated a propoeaI to eat e8Ide 10% of the w-n ItickIe fund for "restoration and repair." . . amount that Isley celled "arbitral 0(' end dIfflcuh to administer . . w.lltIir The blI.laIey MId. Is .. not deed but In "study 1tIItuI" end can be brought beck up next veer. The prIn.-y app..ltIon to It ceme from the . . . Mli8tOr who orIgineted the 1IceI. . pie...uppGi'ted envIroI....... fund. As to the second cNrge. IaIey admitted that the MIC _ the victim of a .... COIMI1 envIrOlil'Mntlllam. They had approw;had StIIte 8en8tor Alfred No qukt to add ......ndment to one of his a... crMd'lQ a third element - nR maintenance - to existing . . . poley that allows the federal govwn....nt to get money from the green stickle fund to "add end develop" OHV rec:reetIon oppor· tunItIeL ...... where the covert bit comes In. One of the senator'. aides la "closet envfronmentallst.." AId IaIey ) did the ~ writing of the amendment end changed h from the MIC'. apec:IfIc: Intent to a much broader outline that could have had the tIIOIleY going to . . sorts of nor.....1ad envfronmental IIC1IvttIee. When the MIC found out about the altered amendment they aakad senator Alquist to withdraw the ame..dment end no problem there wea expected. H Arizona's Carlos Serrano has returned from Europe following a successful showing in Italy's three race "Copa Mille DoIIari" MX Series. Serrano posted a sixth place finish in the series, highlighted by a 1-2 showing in the final round at Esanatoglia in front of 50,000 people. His present contract with Honda ex· pires in October, and word is that he's negotiatin~ a "lucrative" three·year contract WIth them now with provision for a GP tour. Included in the deal would be mechanic Jim Felt (who was wrenching for O'Mara at the Carlsbad National, not Greg Arnette as reported). HungIy V*" State VehIc:Ie Recre-. tlon Anie users be awerel The Callfol. iIe State Perk and Recretitlon Committee meets on Oct. 9 to approve or disapprove the Hungry Valley General Plen. which he. been widely crltized by .uch groups . . CORVA. The meeting begins at 11 a.m. at the Hall of Admlnlsbetlon, &00 West Temple St.. Four·etroke motoerou contender BP Racing I. currently developing a Yamaha-powered single shocker. A 250cc version .hould be reedy • hortIy while the 500cc bike will ba prepared for the Four-atroke NetIonela at Cartabad on Nov. 29. Instead of a Yamaha-type mono setup. the .hock will be mounted vertk:811y like the Horsepower Fee· tory machines. Loa AI",.III, CA. Comments. ItIIt8menta and arguments may be made oreIIy or In writing. Inqul..... about this should be directed to Andree Patterson at 9181445-2368. California's Central Valley riden will enjoy a three-race shon track series during the Labor Day weekend with Friday night at Hills Ferry, Sept. 4, and two nights at Lodi, Sept. 5-6. With the Salinas E at R Benefit Half Mile the next weekend and then the SanJose Mile and Ascot, whew, what a Septemberl We got a letter from one of our reeders the other dey. eccualng the Motorcycle Indultry Council of doIng a couple things not In the beat Interest of motorcycling. such .. 111 killing California Assembly BID 853. which would have 8IIowecI "vanity" lice.... plate buyers to direct the money to the 1t8t8'. greer! stickle fund: end l2J amending 581.1 la nonmotorcycJe.re18t8cl bllIl to allow If you live in the L.A. area and don't ~d staying up lat~ on Tuesday rughts, tum on the radio. Then point the dial in the direction of 90.7 on the FM band and tune in as Dick Hill and Roy Tuckman host a 9O-minute motorcycle show between midnight and 1:50 a.m. on KPFK. It's the only motorcycle-oriented radio show that we're aware of in the U.S. and it features guests from the bike world and also invites calls from listenen. The phone number for the latter is 215/985-5755. KPFK is based in North Hollywood. Oop.. In our N_ Products section I8st week we featured a fairing mede by Scott USA. Made by the old Scott USA. we should say. The company's new owners are only seiling goggle. and related acceaorl... such a. ....... and face guarda. No boots, fairings. fenders or glove•. We hear that Scott will have some trick gogg..,eI8ted neteh - items out soon. Papa likes women, So does International Speedway, apparently, because Sept. 4 is Fox Night at the Costa Mesa speedway races at Orange Counry Fairgrounds and all females will be admitted freel While we're on the subject of speedway, tickets for the Oct. 10 U.S. National Speedway Championship are on sale at Costa Mesa, or call 714/492-9955. Contrary to a previous report. Bruce Ogilvie W8I not disqualified from the second Open AmateUrl Expert rece at the Prospectors M.CJSan Gabriel V.....y M.C. Duel European Scremblea that ren on Aug, 9. Remember S81204, the bill that would nullify all EPA noise regulations and pass that authoriry on to the states, at the expense of yean of dfort by the motorcycling community to make those regs responsive to modem day needs? Well, an ammendment to the bill sponsored by Senator Robert Kasten which would have exempted motorcycles from the lifting of the EPA blanket along with trains and heavy trucks, was defeated by the U.S. Senate, 55-40. Kasten's ammendment would have made SB1204 identical to H85071, the House vernon of the bill that does exempt motorcycles. Without that exemption, motorcycle manufacturen may face 50 diffemet noise standards. A photo of Jam. . Watt on a dualpurpose Suzuki that ran recently In Ne........ reised an eyebrow or two In the AMA·. Westerville. OH. offlcea. Seems that the photo w .. taken by the Rob Ruor during a nil riding expedition In 1976. How did Ne. . . . . get the photo? Rasor gave the origlnel print to Watt, who at that time wa. AMA·. director of the Bureau of Outdoor recreation. and Watt gave Ne... ...... permlulon to run the photo. During the Aug. 27 awards banquet for the Badgers Pepsi Challenge dual European Scrambles, the 8adgen and Pepsi presented Rescue 5 with a check for Noel Blanc also donated a base station radio to the group. n.ooo. TIckets for the Sept. 26 AMAlWlnaton Pro SarIea finale - a half mle - at Ascot . . now on .... at Tlcketron outlets end from Agejenien mell order service. Reserved adult MIlts . . .1&; gener8I admission Is .13. kids coat half. Disl 2131321-1100 for EnterprI.... 00 C') more detllils. On . Sept. 19', country/motorcycle mUSIC smger Ray Nelson will present the fint ever Bugs In Your Teeth Festival at San Jose, California's Santa Clara Counry Fairgrounds. There'll be a flea market (booths available now)• custom bike show, live music, motor· cycle dealer show, drawings for lots of prizes and refreshments. Tickets are available at participating Bay Area motorcycle dealen. More info on tap at 408/570-1177. General Motors GS1ooo? Automotive giant General Motors recently paid $3&.000.000 for 5% interest in Suzuki Motor Co~ the Japanese manufacturer of mini cera, truck. and - we know you knew - motorcycle•. Holland's Peter Groenenveld was seriously injured while competing in the fmal 250cc GP MX round in his home country on August 16. Groenenveld broke one of his arms in three places. _ l)ank6' brain bender6 I.. Who scored what? Larry, Tom, Jim, Steve and Buck, all memben of the same en· club, entered an enduro together, all starting on the same mmute, None of them won the enduro, the winner having but 21 points against him, but even the wont of the five had less than half of my 110 pointsl _ 1. 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