Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Contact Tyrrel Hart 8t &031772~184 for more Info. FIneIIy. with the CMC Golden Stete Series kicking off Jan. 2-3 et S8ddlebeck Perk In Orange. CA COmetl word of a1decer moto- crou on the Seturdey Sportamen dey. Entry Is $20 per teem with paybeck and trophies on the lin•. According to G_n of the SoCeI SkIeheck Ann.. the hecka will rece 8t" but the PreIrIe CIty end ~ vii.. rounds of the GSS. Cell 2131 788-li266 for more Info. It w.. a big weekend In .outhern Cellfomle for the feet-up crowd. with two observed trlale .v.nta In two deya. In the first. the Dec. 12 Expert-only Sc:hntIber Cup 8t LJttIe. rock Reeervoir. CA. Montuemounted D..-.c:k B..-d won he wu the only rider In the field to finish within his hour'. grece. In the followillg daY. EI TriIIl de e.p.ne. Dweine Welten IhjI w .. the winner with a score of 33. Eut8rnen Jack StItes CFenl and Curt Comer CMonl finished 2-3 with ac:orea of 38 end 39. reapec1IveIy. 1979 Wortd Trill.. Chemp Bernie Schreiber ISWMland 1980 Netionel Chemp Scott Heed Ihjl. posted .com of 16 and 32 points. but w.re riding on an .xhibitlon atlItUa due to their ltellen lleenan. In a recent Latest Poop column, we were in error in identifying Ronnie Tichenor, the overall high point rider in the Florida Winter National Minicycle Schoolboy Olympics, as a Californian. Tichenor is a born-in-thesouth Floridan. Our apologies. 01,,,,,' Steve Booth·. DIrt. edv.rt1Hd for thee put coupl. of months right here In our Want Ad aec:tlon. hit the mell thl. put week. Booth hed p1enned for Iete October delivery. but en unfortunate .ley 8t the printer put him six week. behind 1Chedu1e. All prior orders will heY. been shipped by the time you reed this. end new orders will be flied within 24 hou.... eccordlng to Booth. Motorcyclist Magazine publisher Dick Lague has announced the appointment of Ray Hill as the new editor of Motorcyclist. Hill, for the past I I yean the Motorcycle and Auto Maintenance Editor at PofnJ4r Mechanics. has also been a frequent Cycle News contributor. Although now retired from racing, Hill was national number two in both the WERA 250 and 41 Occ Production classes in 1979. Lague said that AnTriedman, the present editor, will retain a senior editorial poeition on the staff and will contribute heavily to the editorial product, including serving as editor of an upcoming book on motorcycle maintenance and repair. 6 Chris H.....r and Gary D.nton will rid. production RM. In the AMA MX Netionals under the Suzuki Pro Support T..m benner. The U.s. round of the 1982 World Observed Trials Championship will be held June 27 at the Donner Ski Ranch near Truckee, CA. The Pacific International Trials Association will be hosting the event. Saturday, June 26, will be a National Championship event for the Suppon, Senior, Super Senior and High School classes, with Sunday's trials being an AMA/NATC National round as weD as a World Championship event. The Donner Ski Ranch area has hosted National Trials rounds in the past. - Production of Goody..r motorcycl. tire. he. been consolldeted Into one plent In Jack8on. MI. Since 1968 moat of Goody..r·. tlr. production cem. out of en indu. triIIl products p1ent In N_ Bedford, MAo with limited production In Gadsd.n. AL. and Topeka. KS. Goody..r·. cycle ..I.. organize. tion will. how.v.r, r.maln in N.w B.dford. Rich Winkler of Stadium Motorsports called to announce that AMA amateur motocross racers will have an opponunity to challenge aD the stadium courses used in the AMA/ Wrangler Supercross Series in 1982. The AMA sanctioned National Amateur Supercross series will include aU AMA classes including Minis, Vets, Women and three wheelers and will culminate with the AMA National Amateur Supercross Champion.,hip following the San Diego Supercross event near the end of 1982. More info on the Amateur Supercross Series is available from Stadium Motorspons, P.O. Box 1525, Laguna Beach, CA 92651, 714/494-9484. In all Stadium Motorspons events. each amateur entry wiD receive an admission ticket to the Saturday night Pro race. In the Recetited-too-IIIte-for-Celender-but-ahould-be-fulHlnywey d. pertinent. there were ..verelltem. thet ceught Papa'. ey•. Two deya lifter ChriatmlI•• or Dec. Xl. there will be an off-roed poker run neer Medford. OR. Sign up Is at 10 a.m. for $3 per hend. Cell D.lbert Longbrake for more Info 8t 6031&36-1984 SuzukI cOIIRu lied their 1982 NIItIoneI or 773-3134. In the ..m. a,.. the MX Ilne-up. moat of which hed foIowing Seturdey. Jan. 2. the Greet .....dy been printed In this Jeckeon Creek Roed Rece will go coiumn. On works bikes for the '82 down latter going upl. You .... It'. not a ~I rued rece; It·. two aeeaon will be Mark Bernett. K.nt Howerton. Warren Reid, D.nny miles of decomposed grenlte roed Bentley. George Hollend and Alen with an IndIvidueIIy timed uphill run King. In. lIddttIon.. Clint• .HerdIck., '.' .~~.'!-~~~ .n~ ~ return. Three motorcycles were stolen Saturday night Dec. 12 in the camping area of the California Racing Club's Santa Claus family enduro at Anderson Dry Lake. Two were 1978 Yamaha ITI75s belonging to East-West member Dave Kincaid. One has a frame/engine number of I W2025444, and a green stickie number B02Z28 (expires 6/82). The other's number is I W2024968 and green stickie IC50E86 (6/85). The first machine is distinguishable by a Ceet tank cover, cut seat and reed valve spacer block, and the second machine. has red silicone applied to all the nuts and bolts. A third machine. a 1980 Yamaha YZI25 was stolen from Noel Cobbs, but there is no serial number available at press time. although the bike was carrying 18 on its front number plate. If you have any infonnation concerning these bikes, caD Dave Kincaid at 714/687-2427 or Bill Herndon at 215/255-5815. Roger RIddeI, the men who reedited and dla1ributed the film 0by . . . .y II. I. working on a new tim IIbout dreg reclng .ntItIed ....... of FIre. Riddel Is re-edlting the film. which origInelly concentreted on a single Funny Cer. and reshooting to bring . . eapeeta of dreg I'lICing into the tim - IncIucing motorcycles. To thet .nd Ru.. CoIUns. Bo O·Brochte. Terry Vance and other top racers hev. been contacted. While we're on the celluloid side of the street, SelccTV, a southern California pay television service, has bought the rights to the original On Any Sunday. It is expected to be aired some time in January. The Daytona 200. tredltlonally the worid·. rlche8t motorcycle rece. will be ev.n richer In 1982. Jim France••xecutlve vice-president of Daytona Intern8tIoneI Spudwey. ennounced 8 $13.000 purse for the Mer. 7 cIeuic. Fnmce Mid thet the prize money for the event Is such thet even the Ieat piece finisher -.win exceea of the RM rnir*num for start money. Sierra Motorcycle Products has announced a contingency sponsorship of the 1981-82 Hangtown Sportsman Qualifier Series, a five-race series that begins Dec. 20 at Marysville, CA. The top 10 finishers in the series are guaranteed a spot in the Hangtown Sportsman event. Sierra has posted $5,000 in goodies from Answer Products, Bel-Ray, Oakley, Cycle Am and Nippondenso_ For more details, call Chuck at Sierra, 916/655-9580. correct for what Yamaha of Pomona wanted to display in the ad, a YZ50 mini machine. Our apology to any jaws which may have.hit the floor after seeing a quarter-liter 'crosser for under $500. H.y all you off-rued dinoaeur lapecIfIc:eIy. _ Ib~ puahrod motor- cyclesl ownersl Jack Ro... of Greyhounds M.C. Ponderoae here acremblea feme. Is forming a club for such dlnoaeur efIc1enadoa. end he mentioned thet there might be a club outing In the neer future. Drop Jack a note et 44041 Helcom Av... Lanceater. CA 93&34 If you're I ~ . or give him a cell 8t 80&1942-1320 In the evenings. A reliable source in Europe says that the new model 256 Rotax 250cc inline road racing engine has been clocked at 74 00 the horsepower scale at approximately 15,000 rpm. The Rotax engine has been used in both the Cotton and the Armstrong road racers, and sources say the engines may be available in the States next February. Ru.. Damell Is off.rlng a .Ix-w. .k strength and .ndurence trelning ....Ion for motoeroue.... racquetbel..rs. and ....... The cou.... co.ta $60 and aterta the first week In January 8t Racquet TIme In Montcleir. CA. More Information Is on tap from either R.... 1714/1m32f2) or Racquet TIme C2131!15 97781. Ru... who _ya he'. going to be promoting a "killer" 10K foot rece Ian uphllll soon. lIIao MId his motoe:roea school will be trevellng to South Africe In April and May. Don't be surprised if none of the Big Four field a factory team in the '82 Trans-USA series. Kawasaki didn't in '81, and Honda, Suzulti and Yamaha have sent letters to the AMA stating that they won't be there either, according to Yamaha's racing team manager Ken Clark. The reason? "It's too long of a season," said Clark. Pointing to the schedule that begins at the end of January and ends in November, Clark said, "No other professional spon has a season that long. Can you imagine a pro football team beginning letJgUe play in January and going to November? There'd be nobody left standing! We've been teUing 'em (the AMA) for two years, 'Please do something to compress the season..., According to Carroll Chandler, the AMA's Pro MX Manager. the AMA has sent letters to the manufacturers asking them to contest the series in '82, then sit down and look at changes that could be implemented in '85. "It·s not fair to the promoters (for the manufacturers to puD out in '82)," said Chandler because the promoters have to file for sanction dates well in advance and the FIM sanction - required in order to put on a Trans-USA race - costs many. nonrefundable dollan. Chandler stated that the promoters are "gung 00" on the idea of holding races anyway, perhaps paying for the factory stan to ride as weD as ~ting more European entries which have been lacking in recent years. It'. herd to bellev. thet w.·re Herley-Dilvidaon·. Dick O'Brien ennounced thet the fectory teem for the 1982 AMAlWinaton Pro Serle. wli be .. It __ for 1981 Jay Springet. .n and Randy Go.. will ceny the offIclel white. orange and black of Mllwauk. .•• finest. Two weeks ago we ran a Yamaha of Pomona ad with a 1980 YZ250G offered for $479. Don't be surprised if Yamaha of Pomona can't meet that offer, because in a manner of speaking, we, uh, well, we goofed. The price is ectuely putting out our 60th ...... of the yearl W.·v. hed a lot of fun bringing CN to you for a y..r. but now It'. tim. for Papa to pry his fingers off the typewriter and join the editors. adv.rtI.lng peopl•• production folk_ and the edmlnl.tretlon typu In 18king some tim. off. So between Dec. 15 end Jan. 3. the office wi! be menned by the clrculetlon and bookkeeping d.partments. On Jen. 4 w.'11 all be beck and on treck for 50 more issues'

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