Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- Later in th e day , th e rid ers drove up to th e club's en campment with th e lost scoote r in the back of their truck . Upon in sp ecti on. th e throttle worked just fin e; sm oo th as co u ld be. T he bo ys explained th at dad was gonna hang up th e helmet , H e had tr ied severa l races a n d never fini sh ed, This rid e. by crash ing and losing hi s bike withi n sig h t o f th e fin ish line. was th e closest he had ever come to a fin ish , The bo ys as ked if th ey could bu y a fini sher pin for th eir dad. G od . he had tried so hard a nd come so closel They'd do an yth ing or pay anything to get h im th e pin. T he club members co u ldn 't promise anything but sa id they'd br in g it up a t th e next meeting. What did th eclubdo? No less than a n engra ved trophy lor " Down h ill Johnson." Horray for th e desert. th e Rabbits M.C.• old timers a nd th eir kids! WBST ..... l-< America's weekly motorcycle newspaper ~ Sh aron Clayton, Publisher Caroline Gendry, Executive Secretary to the Publisher. Dan Rodriguez. Adv ertising/Editorial Assistant. 0- Editorial Dale Brown. Senior Editor. Mark Kariya, Editor . LanCC' Bryson , Editor. Karel Kramer. Ed itor. HARRY DUBIN La kewood. CA Advertising Skip Johnson , National Sales Ma nager. T erry Pratt. Sal es Manager. Duane Johnson , Sal es Manager . Steve Wilson. Sales Manager. Lin da Brown. Ad vertising Coo rd in ator. N an cy Danger. Adv enising Assistant. Graphics and Production Kristin Cooper. Gra phic Art ist. Ro na Kramer. Assistan t. Mari on H arash ita , Typography. Den nis Greene, La bo r- VOICES a to ry. Accounting/Data Processing Mike Klinger . Controller . Donna Bryan. Acco u n ts Rece iva bl e Coord ina to r. Sh ell y Z aionz. Assista n t. Terry Dail ey. Cre d it Mana ger. Circulation Rhe ba S mith . Mana ger . Mich ell e Bern ier . Sara h Tav lo r. La N t,UCVas sar . Deb bie \\'alker , Lvna Ho od . Assis tants. Want Ads Gayle Wheeler, Want Ad Sales . Dealer Sales and Service Nancy Brogger, Dealer Sales Manager. Services and Support Chris Aitcheson, Recepricnisr. Gregory Hanson, S&S. West 2201 Cherry Ave.. Long Beach, CA P.O. Box 498, Long Bea ch . CA 90801 · 0498 (215 )427-7455 ; L .A , Line 656·8844. East 4190 First Ave.. Tucker, GA . P.O . Box 805, Tucker, GA 50084 ·0805 . (404) 954· 7850 . Cycle News/West (U PS 141 -540 ) is published weekly except the first and last week o f th e calendar year for $20 per year by Cycle News, Inc .. 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90801 ·0498 . Second cia.. postage paid at Long Beach. CA . POSTMASTER: Send form 3679 to Cycle N_. P,O, Box 498. Long Beech. CA 90801-04911. Subscription rates: One year, second class mail, $20 ; two years, seco nd cia. mail , $55 ; three yean, second class mail , $55 ; 25 weeks, $11 . Foreign fates available on . request. Cycle News welcomes unsoli cited editorial m aterial including stories. cartoons, photos. etc . Such material, if published. becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News . Such accepted material is subject to revision as is necessary in the sole d iscre tion of Cycle News. Unsolicited material which is not used will be returned if ac com pa n ied by a self add ressed st am ped ene veiope. All unsolicited m aterial will be~ nandJ ed with reasonab le care, how ever, Cycle News assumes no respo nsib ility for the sa fety. loss or d amage to suc h mater ial. Reprinting in whole or part on ly by pe rm ission of th e pu b lishers . Adve rti s in~ rat es a nd circulation infonna tio n W ill be sen t upon req uest. See S.R.D.S. Copyright" Cycle NewI, Inc. 1982Tredemerk Cycle Newl reg iltered U.S, Patent Office. All rights reurved. ON THE FRONT PAGE: Donnie Hansen leaps high into the air above the San Fernando Valley. An interview with him begins on p. 16. Photo by Karel Kramer. 4 Penguin praise I would like to publ icly co m mend th e Ca l Pol y Penguins on th eir 32nd annual High Mountain en d uro. It is ni ce to know that th ere are so me events around that trul y test one's abil ity to rid e a motorcycle. Thank yo u for making it interesting and challenging to ride a m otorcycle aga in , I ca n hardly wait for nex t year. P ETER POSTEL Ch eckers M ,C. Westl ak e Vill age. CA Raves to Rovers I would like to th ank th e Rov ers M,e. for putting on an excell ent Boner Run! Being a member of th e Viewfinders. I wa s thankful that the co urse was a fun one rather th an a rough one. so th at rid ers a nd th eir bikes would still be together for our GP th e following week end. Your co u rse wa s well marked and a good ride! Thanks again Rov ers. MARKZELA #9C. Viewfinders M,e. Bishop. CA P .S. Great fini shing pins! A positive image As som eo ne in volv ed professionally in th e public rela tio n s field. I was very much impressed with th e p olished and co n fide n t wa y R ob H assay presented himself on TV recen tly while being interviewed by sportscaster Ted Da w so n on KABCT V Cha n ne l 7 in Los Angeles. Rob 's story o f pe rseve re nce and de termi na tio n in o verco m ing h is perso na l and fina nc ia l o bstacles en ro u te to his raci ng drea ms sho wed h im to be a n o u tsta n di ng you ng man w ho is a definite cre dit to th e mot orcycle racing wo rld, I'm sure that , lik e m e, a nyo ne who listen ed to Rob 's co m ments a nd observed the ge nt lema n ly way in wh ich h e ha ndl ed himself o n TV felt fortuna te to ha ve th is yo ung man represen t motorcyclists everywh ere, . Being a motorcycl ist of sorts myself, I frankl y get tir ed o f th e often-times negative stereotype whi ch some of the public has for " bikers." That's wh y I sa y "thumbs up" to yo u. Rob H a ssa y, for being the su pe r spokesman for a ll racers that yo u were on T ed Dawson 's show. From what I h eard a n d viewed . a nyone who co u ld in vest the money which hesays he n eeds to be sponsored this season would get hi s in vestme nt back 10 times over. H e looks lik e a w in ner. JOHN SMALL Orange. CA Astrodome amateur correction Your April 7, 1982 edition con tained err ors in reporting th e Over 30 class a t th e Astrodome (a m a te u r su percross, on page 18). It was myself . Kenny Butler (Yam ), who got the hol eshot and led for a lap a nd a half. not John Couvillion. The finish wa s as yo ur reported exce p t third pl ace fini sh er Phil Hess was riding a Suzuki. If yo u print a co rrectio n. pl ease n ot e m y sponsor is D & B Yam aha. a nd it is partly for th em th at I wrote yo u, Regehr/Chapparrals story OK I am writing in response to th e letter written by Mike Adams co ncern ing th e reporting o f th e Chapparrals Nati on al Enduro. Mr. Adams apparent purpose for writing hi s lett er was to clarify th e issu e o f " Check 0 ." which was reported as being 50 feet in side th e allowable one-tenth of a mil e, Mr. Adams reports that Cycle N ews reporter Ed Regehr " a p parently" gOI h is in forma tion by mea suring th e section with his own motorcycle. This. Mr. Adams. is absolutely fal se! Mr. Regehr received his information first hand from the protesting rider, The information he printed wa s exac tly what the protesting rider stated after mileaging the section. It seems a sh ame th at your letter, which was written to correct th e facts, instead provided misl eading information due to yo ur misreporting of what yo u thought was factual. I a lso find the statement concern ing Mr. Regehr's con flict of interest due to friendship with the protesting rid er irrelevant a nd a ch ea p shot to destroy Mr. Re gehr's credibility. I suggest that in th e future. you check out th e fact s before making allegations co ncern in g Mr . Regehr's credibility. GARNER PALENSKE Fullerton. CA KENNY BUTLER . Oklahoma Cit y. OK Classy Jackrabbits Tom Sauter remembered I'm no longer a m ember of th e J ackrabbits M,C. because o th er co m mitments take too much of my time to a llow me to be a good active m ember. But I do keep in touch with severa l club members. I j us t heard a bo u t so me th in /7 they did which reaffirms my co n viction tha t g uys who "do it in the dirt" a lso have a lot of heart. It seems th at th e day a fter th eir recent har e and hound race. severa l cl u b members were cleaning up th e co urse wh en th ey ca me across severa l ride rs who were trying to find a motorcycle which was los t during th e race . T he rid ers were bro th ers and were tryin g to find th e bike belo nging to th eir father. who is 50 plus years of age a nd wh o was tryin g h is seco nd or th ird desert race, It seems th at wh en father ca me over th e ridge and sta rted down th e killer downh ill to th e finish line. the throttle stuck open and pop bailed out. leaving th e bike headed down th e hill on its own, destined for the bowels of hell! Long Beach. CA . residents will be sadden ed by the death of Tom Sauter. Tom died Saturda y night, Apr. 3. 1982. in hi s sleep a t a ge 27. He wa s a well known a nd loved District 37 racer and Bonneville record holder. H e is survived by his parents T om. Sr. and Ruth - h is wife. Penny, an d two ch ildren , Janie. eight. and T imo thy. three months. T om wa s th e kind of guy wh o befrien ded everyo ne he met. We'll a ll m iss you. T om! Cards ca n be sen t to Penn y a t 3736 E, 15th St., Long Beach , CA 90804, LON G BEACH YAMAHA STAFF Lo ng Beach . CA Published lettel'll do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle NeW8. Inc. Send lettel'll 10 Voices, Box 49B. long Beech. CA90801.

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