Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

era l positions as h e d u g himself o u t. O 'M ara p a ssed Myer scou g h for secon d an d tried to close th e ga p o n lead er Ward, but tim e ra n out and th e top three positions were set. Lechien mounted a stro ng drive to mo ve bac k up to fourth at th e checkers. Wa rd re pea ted h is technique at th e start o f ro u n d two a n d Jed seco nd p lace O 'Ma ra th roughout th e m ot o . In th e fin al lap s O 'Ma ra cha lIen ged Ward for th e lead , but the fin ishi ng order stayed th e same. 'T h e Ward/ O 'Mara battle carri ed th e leaders far afield from th e th ird place battle between Yamaha rid er A.J . Whiting a nd Lechien. Whi ti ng h eld on to tak e th ird for th e moto, bu t Lech ien p icked up th ird overalI behind Ward an d • O 'Mara, 500 Pro Breker thundered his H onda 480 into th e early lead o f th e 500cc Pro first m o to , wi th Ca ntaloupi running a close seco n d . A la st minute co u rse cha nge co n fused Breker an d Can taloupi, with Breker riding th rough the trech erous horse-sh oe sect ion a s Carualoupi went straigh t. Breker and Ca nta lo up i pulIed side- bv-side a t th e exi t to th e section a nd both looked to a flagman , w ho in dica ted th at th e sectio n ha d been delea ted. Ca ntalo u p i waved Breker o n a nd th e battle con tinued. A la p later Cantaloupi powered past Breker on th e long uphilI, and wh en Breker tri ed to regain the lead on th e downhill. he felIlosing several positions. Yamaha ri der J im H olIey due led with Suzu ki rid er Ped ersen for most o f th e m ota, fin a ll y tak ing second ahead o f Pedersen and a charg in g Breker , who passed Ma ico p ilot Gary Semics for fou rt h. Bre ke r and Ca nta lou pi agai n charg ed to th e lead as th e second rnot o got underw ay, but this time Honda rider P h il La rso n was on th e gas an d moved into th e lead, wh ich he would hold to the ch eckers. Cari talou p i h eld o ff Breker to ea rn th e overall win with Breker p icking up second overa ll a hea d o f Holley and Semics. Mini Expert Ya mah a rider Bobby Moore swept the 80cc Expert class with pre-ra ce favori te L a rry Bro oks s truggling throughout theda y. Moore won bo th motos with Bro oks taking a close seco nd in moto one. Brooks co u ld n ' t keep hi s Su zuki up in th e seco nd race a nd dropped to I I th to ea rn fourth o verall for th e day. Kaw a saki rid ers Bad er Ma nneh and William Surratt earned th e second and third o vera lI finishi ng posi tions. WEA ES II I. C ABS We at Koni know our shock a b s orb er s are the world's best. Our leadership in quality. performance and reliability is fo u n de d on the principle that it is our people that make Koni the best-not the other way around. We prefer to talk about our people. but our customers continue to ask about Koni shock absorbers. We can list but a few of Koni's accomplishments which were made possible by the shock absorber people. Konl's leadersh ip in shock a bs o rb er tech nology is based on 35 years of development. prod u ction a n d ra cing through ou t th e world. Koni, once a s malI precision craftsmanship shop, now em ploy s over 1000 people. We have developed the most a dvanced com puter co n tro lIed des ign and prod uction equ ipm en t in the in dustry. Kon i produces over 2500 different shock a bso rber models whi ch a re d istributed in 90 co u ntries a rou n d th e globe. No challenge is too big for Ko n i. New-era "bullet trains' with s peed des igns exceedi ng 200 mph h a ve created eno rmous dema nds o n s hock abso rbers. Koni developed the "yaw" da mper to co rrec t problems with shtftlng ro ta tio nal mas s at these supers peeds. With Kon i's ya w dampers Installed . the French bulIet trai n established a n ew 236 mph world s peed record. This bullet trai n travels a t high er s peeds with mo re co n trol. co m fori a nd safety th an at s u bsta ntialIy , s lowe r speeds with ou t Kon i s hock a bsorbers. • Mult i-mill ion dollar, 225 mph In dy-cla ss .a nd Formula I Grand Prix race cars re ly o n Koni s hock a bsorbe rs. Gordon .Johncock's India napolis 500, a n In dy-class Wildcat built by Patrick Racing. uses Kon l shocks exclusively. In Grand Prix a uto racing each Formula I. 11 a n d III championship title racers used Kon i to win. In fact , 186 cumulative Formula I Grand Prix races h ave been won by Kon i equi p pe d race cars . Ke nt 's technological leaders hi p in th e des ign of m otorcycle s hock a bsorbers co ve rs th e last 16 yea rs. Kon i pioneered the valving des igns used by most all oth er shock absorbers . . .' ma kers. But only Koni mainta in s co nsis te n t quali ty co ntrol to h old manufa cturing tolerances / within .000 1". Only Kon l uses Its chrome Ind uction hardened piston rod and double-wall da m per body . All the ma teri al s and fluids u sed in Koni s hock absorbers a re tim e-p ro ven as th e best available. Konl pion eered a dj ustable s hock damper des ign . Ou r new 7610 series motorcycle s hocks a re the finest we h ave ever pro d u ced . We have incorporated finger tip externa l da mping co n tro l in th e 7610 series. We have a lso developed th e first prod ucti on single -u nit triple-ra te spring for the 7 6 10 series s hocks. This s pring design is so versatile that it soaks up th e s mallest bu mps wh ile preventing s hock bottoming from h ea vy loadi ng. Koni ha s main ta in ed a ll the perfo rm a nce, quali ty a n d reliability s ta n dards in ou r new 7610 series s hock a bsorbers. We kn ow th e new .76 10 series a re the bes t a n d offer the o nly lifetime warranty in the industry to prove it. You will see co ntin ued co m m itme n t to excelIence fro m Koni -the s hock a bs o rbe r people. ~ .~ KONI A m erica In c. KO III West Lovers La ne Culpeper. VA 22701 (703 1 825 ·4543 A Subsidl.a ry of IT T Vet Master T he Vets o n ly rod e o ne moto beca use o f th e ra pi d ly deteriorating tra ck co n di tions. Yamah a r ider Cha rl ie Smart conti n ued to be th e rider to be-at as he ha nd led th e co u rse and the competition en ro ute to reach ing the checkers first. H onda pilot Ken Ra tzlo ff rode a strong race to fin ish seco nd a head of Ma ico ride r BUll Presser. _ Results 125 PRO: 1. J. H Ward (Kaw) 1-1: 2. Jo hnny O'Mara (Hon) 2·2 ; 3. Ron l.echien (Yam) 4·4: 4 .A.J . Wh it ing (Yam) 9·3: 5. Rodn.y Sm ith (Yam) 5-5 : 6. Brian My.rscough (Han) 3-10: 7. Louie Franco (Han) 6-6: S. M ike Beier (YamI 7-S: 9. M icha.1Lar.on (Han) S·I I : 10 . Mar k Nelsen (YamI 14 -7. 500 PRO: 1. Don nie Cant alou pi (Yam) 1-2: 2. Jim HolI.y (Yam) 2-4; 3. Goat Br.k.r (Han) 4·3: 4. Ross Pedersen (Suz) 3·7: 5. Pete Snorreland (Yam) 7-6: 6. Gary Sem ics (Mai) 5·9; 7. Jerome Heiberger (Han) 6·10: S. Don Gr iew. (HanI 14· 5: 9. Joey Schlag (Han) 10-11: 10 . Warr.n R.id (Vam) 11·12 . 60 EX: 1. Bobby Moo re (Yam): 2. Bader Manneh (Kaw): 3. Wi lliam Surra n (Kaw): 4. Lar ry Brook. (Suz): 5. Eddi. Hick. (Yam). VET MASTER: 1. Charli. Smarr (Vam): 2. K.n Raul oH (Han): 3. Buzz Pr• ••• r (Mai): 4. All en Stid ham (Mail: 5. Mik. Colli n. (Han). VET INT: 1. Kack Mc Korm ick (Han): 2. Ron Col. (Mai): 3. J ohn Cook IMa i): 4 . D.nn i. Davi. (Han): 5. Ru• • Fay IVam). VET JR: 1. K.n Fueln.r (Ma il: 2. Gary Trow . r (Ma i). OT INT: 1. Willi. Pric1hen IVan,): 2. Steve Bu. ..11 (Yam). tfteDJ!E OF WI C ,. . ,.<{.;;~~!tl!2:'~(1!\'c'n?;,,:rf;;r(' ' i ; ~~[ AMA/WRANGLER SUPER SERIES MILLER HIGH LIFE SUPERCROSS KICKOFF DAVID BAILEY Honda on DUNLOP Congratulations. David. on winning your first major AMA event, Thank 'lou for choosing DUNLOP. especially the new DUNLOP K690A for t hose LOOSE GROUND CONDITIONS. All 18 Riders in the Main Event chose DUNLOP. ~ DUN.£OP -, The Logica l Choice 11

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