Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

with. He's real cons istent, and you kn ow wha t he's goin g to do. H e doesn't mak e an y blat ant moves th at mig ht effect you , p u t you in tro u ble. Fredd ie Spencer and Mich ael Baldwin ride the same wa y as Ken n y Roberts, th ey ride reall y hard. I ri de that way too if it's a sho rt race, say, 75 mi les. I th ink Daytona is the exception, being 200 mil es. Bu t I th in k that Michael and Fredd ie on the Hondas will ride hard, ri ght o ff th e bat. Freddie will be o n a NS500, bu t ma ybe it will be bigger th an that, like 65Occ, a nd ma ybe th e Yama has of Kenny and Eddie will be bigger than 500, too . I know Suzuki made some 680s o u t of 500s and th ey had a lot of problems because th e low er ends just couldn' t tak e the horsepower from the .ex tra displacem ent. I think it tak es th e longevit y out of th e motorcycle if th ey put 650cc top ends on 500cc-based low er ends, but with Yamaha and Honda th e on ly wa y 3._FIJIR "To prepare the airfilter, p our foam filter oil on the elem en t and satu rate co mplete - then wring out completely. lin e the co ntact edge ofthefilter with clean grease to ensure a perf sea l andp revent ect dirtfrom slipp ing arou nd the edge." Paul Turner - Team Honda R&D mechanic. we'll ever know how big the bike really are is if th ey just come ou t a nd tell us or tear th em do wn a nd ho w us. Mich ael, I g uess, will be on an FWS V-4, a nd th at motorcycle has all the capa bilities needed to wi n. I thi n k th is year th ey will have thei r act together o n the tire problem. They had basicall y very few fla ws with th e mo to rcycle last year, I th ink o n ly o ne DNF, maybe two , half a race a t Laguna and then Elkhart Lak e. No doubt abo ut it. the FWS a nd Mich ael wi ll be a rea l co ntender. In fact I thi n k I would pu t Mich ael as the nu m ber o ne co ntender as far as the machin ery he's riding. th e ca pa bil ity of th e rider, and what th eir past record has been , the ir track record. H onda will a lso ha ve Ron Haslam and Mar co Lucchinelli but it 's th eir first race a t Daytona , and it's different. I heard that Mr. Haslam had gone very well th ere in tests last year Eric Crip p a - Multi-tim e Na tional & De Na tio ns MX Champion m echanic, n ow Stet'e Martin 's m echanic. a nd I would give Ron a real good chance . H e's a real hard go-gett er. He likes to ride mo tor cycles. Roberto P ietri will be riding H ondas ag a in th is yea r a nd he had a very good show last year. He's a good exam p le of m y theory a bo u t longevity a nd not havin g to do 2:04s to win the race or do wel l. H e fini shed thi rd in 1982 and did some good tim es. H e'll ha ve a good cha nce if his ride . works out a ll right. Nick Richi ch i will be rig h t there. riding a Yamaha. Yamaha has won th e la st nine or 10 years now. so th ey definitely have a go od track record a t Daytona. I thin k that th e eq uip me nt the factories are putting together is sta rt ing to overco me th e Yam aha do mina nce, but Nick was 10th last year without any front brakes, so he'll be there. It will be tougher th an ever for Yam ah a TZ750 riders this year, but p riva teers ca n still do well with th e y ou 're got tbe a m , use so m e on tbe kick sta rt p irot to make sure it doesn 't lock up with dirt andgrit. [ insert) Also after washing, see sp ray the en tire bike with 6 in I, then wip e dry . This keeps the ma chine looking new a ndpret tents corrosion. "J i m FeltMu lti-time National Champion mechanic, nowJohnny O'Mara 's m echanic. , 5. _ _ 4.0IAII "Keep the chain adjusted, make su re the head of the master link is pointed in the direction of travel so that rocks can 't knock it off, and lub e the chain to protect it. Sp ray chain lube o n the sprocket contact side of the chain f or one comp lete reuolution on inner and outer sides of the ro llers. [s insert) Do ee not oterlu he - this could cause dirt to collect or lube to fling 0.fJ." "The Honda Facto",has tested 2 -Cycle Oils and determined Me-l + is the hest - so I don't choose brands, I follow their reco m mendation andj ust determine my own mixing ratios. Generally, I ru n 3 2-40:1 in 125 's, 40-50:1 in 250~<; and 5 0-70:1in open bikes. Average riders shou ld run at leaner ratios, m ore experienced riders, richer. You can check your ratio ~l' reading tbe plug. Since MC-l + is clean burning, the plug sbould be light gray. Last and 1'l!1)' importa ntly, be su re to mix the gas and oil tborougbty." Chris Haynes - m echanic f or Darrel Sbu ltz - 1982 5 00 Na tio nal MX Champion & 2 tim e De Na tions Champion mechan ic. "Before you reassemble tbe top end, lu be the rings,p iston skirt. cy linder, urist p in an d top end bearing tritb a tbin coat ofJIC·l +. This trill betp prerent scoring on initial start up." Chris Haynes "A little contact cleaner on tbe carburetor and ignition rem ot - s e the dirt andg rime to belp assure y ou of troublefree performance." J i m Felt. "Facto ry Honda is in the p osition to choose a ny oil ill the world. We use Bel-Ray p roducts exclusit e lv because tbev'te prot- tbel~o;ell'es en best - both in ou r co ntrolled testing a nd co mpetition." Dave Arnold - Motocross Team Manager. The Lubrication Leader. 6-BRAKES Bel-Ray Company. Inc. International and Corporate Headquarters 8 0.\"526 Farmingdale, Neufersey 07727 "Prep tbe brakes ~)' clean ing the .w oes tritb con tact cleaner. Next grease tbe ca ms an d p irot points u ntb a ssemb ly lu be. T7Jen lu be tbe cables u ntb 6 in I .. .a nd ubilc Western Headquarters 100 15 Mu irlan ds Blt 'd "G" Inine, Calijo l7lia'92714 (714) 859 -0933 Cmtervon r nef. R(~l ' ka ce Pn.p J,d l. II ( omt'S comptotv with.2 hcml,-s ofIk /-RtI.1' I.T !la ci ll).!. Suspensio n Flu id amt / sta n da rd co n tainer engtb Oxe n ('lid, of.l1C-l +. .l1fL\7ntWU ,"'{,I.uhe, "C('t lr SUl'e,." Gea r Oi l, /-, 1/,.,. roam Oil, J't''t'IJlh /)' /.u he, C0 1Jl CI Cleaner, O tr'tI/('11 ) Cre(L'" and (j ill J. S(w (/ Jl'(x / (' C,·t1ifl('Ci Check or '\1 011(,:\' Ord er ( 110 COIX.. pteasetf o« S.iCJ 50 ptu s S.i.50 .,bippiIlR and hi ml lJ;lI).!, iI/OII.r.: with hiJ..>e specifics to Uel-R(~l'. co nsistency pl an. Ri chard Schlachter, for example. Ri chie is a lways going to be a front runner as long as he get s everyth ing pr epared well , he's another of those co ns isten t riders. He h as to get his ride togethe r first, a nd at this particular time it 's up in th e air o n what he's go ing to do. Joh n Bett en court, if he has a 200 ride. Johnny's been to Daytona quite a few times, he kn ow s th e place. H e's comi ng off a n accident, and I kno w wha t th at ca n do to yo u. It has an effect on yo u for th e first race and the n aft er that you forget a bou t it. So I think we'll just have to see how he does, or if he rides at all. H e may only ride his Honda Su perbike and not en ter th e 200. I heard tha t Thad Wol ff is supposed to ride the works Suzuki I rode at Suzuka la st year, and I think th at Thad has the possibilities of doing good. It will be a new motorcycle for him, but Matsu Matsuzawa, who set up the deal through friends in Japan. has been working on those motorcycle s for a long time. I think they'll have the longevity, but it 's hard to say. Thad sometimes is up and sometimes he 's down. H e's done very well a t some rac e tra cks and then the year before last he fell off in the first couple o£ laps at Daytona. I'm up in the a ir about how Thad will do . Harry Klinzmann's th e same wa y. Sometimes Harry's really together and sometimes he's not. It depends a lot on what he rides. I hear he ma y ride his Raceerafters Kawasaki in the 200 or ma ybe a TZ750 built by Carter Fisher. but Harry had trouble with th e Yam aha in an AFM race a t Wil· low Springs a couple o £weeks ago. I think H arry can fin ish up h igh if every thing works well for him. If Bru ce Hammer was still riding, he'd be one position a hea d o£H arry , going by their races last year. Dan Chivington needs to get a good ride. If Danny had a good ride . Danny could be really good. H e just needs the opportunity to get on a good motorcycle , a nd I don 't even know i£ he has a bik e at a ll for Daytona. There are a lot of other guys who could do well : Steve Ba ron, Norm Smyser. Doug Brauneck, Uri Berg' baum, Steve Gervais. Mark Homchick (If he 's riding for Paul Dahmen again. I think he could be really good i£ he co uld concentrate on racing. But he's got his other job working for Cycle and I think that takes away from hi s racing effort. ), and Rich Chambers. All on Yamaha TZ750s. Jimmy Fil ice, i£ he has his Yamaha TZSoo engine. Steve Wise on an FWS or even an air-cooled Honda. Dav id Aldana could win it, and was racing Singleton for the lead one year when his bike broke, ·but I'm not sure David has a ride. Everybody in the top 20 qualifiers at Da ytona has a very good chance to win, because the race is so long. I' ve seen Geoff Perry throw a chain when leading two laps from the end. I' ve seen Ni xo n out in the . lead and fall off , sa me wi th Lansavouri and McLaughlin one year. As long as you 'rg in th e hunt, as long as you' re doing 2:l0s and below you've go t a good cha nce of winning the race. T he Superbik e race is a different matter. It's a sp rin t race even th ough it's 100 m iles long. T here's a new Iactor this year in that th e bik es are limited to 750cc wi th less fram e modification allowed. My Kawasaki is on Iy.26 pounds ligh terthan the 1025cc Superbikes we rode last year , but it reels a lot lighter. It 's much easier for me to maneuver and I' m sure that all th e factory riders will rind that same th ing true. I think that the people who are coming into Superbikes from 250s will have a little easier time making the transition than if they. J 17.

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