Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- ..... ~ 0. < How do t he champions really train ., Here's a pic of National Championship Enduro Series t itle holder Terry Cunningham in t he m idst of a grue ling workout. Photo by Dan McCauley. Aspencade XII h as been ex tended to April 30. For registra tio n in fo , ca ll 518/656-9207. While no offic ial word is available as to the members of the Ameri can team which will compete in the annual Trans-Atlantic Match Race road races next month in England, it's said Team Yamaha's Kenny Roberts and Eddie Lawson, Suzuki's Randy Mamola, Honda's M ike Baldwin, Kawasaki's Wes Cooley, and David Aldana on a Yamaha TZ750 will represent the U.S . Honda's Freddie Spencer wanted to compete but Honda has reportedly refused permission . Wh ile the British team has not been named either, Barry Sheene has said he 'll compete. Camel cigarettes ' European a rm wi ll supply major support to the O ctober 3-8 Internat iona l Six Da ys Enduro in Wa les. Ca me l has long been in vo lved in sponsorship/promotion p ro grams o f m otorcycl e ra cin g i n Euro pe. Acco rd ing to th e Bri tish pr ess, th e '83 ISDE ro u te len gth will n ear th e 1.200 m ile mark a nd is being la id o ut to be fast -paced . Takazumi Katayama wa s flown to his native Japan following the South African GP road race for t reatment of a rib cage injury he suffered i n a crash at Kya lami. Katayama fell while lapping Jon Ekerold three laps from the end of the race. Katayama and his works Honda were in fifth place at the time of the crash. He 's expected to be out of action for a month. California Sena te Bills 156 and 158. dealing with the rei nsta tement of OHV funds and the elimination of proposed converter requ irem en ts Cor motorcycles . were . ch edu led for hears ings by th eir respective committees by this tim e. Du e to various reasons, SB 158 wa s postponed until April 14 a nd SB 156 will be heard on April II. Bob H ayes, com m itt ee consultant to Sen ator Ro bbins, who sponsored the bill s. wanted to remind a ll interested parties th at it 's not too late to let yo ur elected represen tat ives kn ow ho w yo u feel on the su bject a n d tha t th e two bills still n eed a ll th e support th ey ca n ge t, Ji m Gi bso n is o n th e en try list forthe .Mo lso n Supercross wh ichrak es p lace in Toronto. Ca na da. o n J une 3. G ib son is cu rre nt ly co m pe ting in the Wor ld Champions hip 125cc MX Series. a boa rd a works Yama ha . . Yamaha's Mike Bell crashed on the uphill section at Saddleback during practice for the National motocross, While sliding down the hill, Bell suffered a cut in h is side and one in his elbow as well as abrasions and a sprained wrist. Bell jumped in a hospital-bound truck with one of his brothers and went to the hospital for a little bodywork. The motocross and boat races down the road a ways let him get to the hospital. but not back. He was parked in a traffic jam when his other brother came on a moped and rushed him to the races in the bicycle lane. Bell took' a pair of fifth place finishes f or the day despite the distractions, - Former' 350cc ' World Champion We ta lked to Yamaha 's Larry G riffis Mark Barnett will " reportedly be aboard a revised works Suzuki at th e Dallas, Texas , Supercross round of the Wrangler Super Series on April 16. The bike will be more conventional , with the gas tank mounted normally instead of under the seat, as they have been in the previous rounds. ~ ~ . on th e phone about the Dan n y Chandler protest at Saddleback. Griffis sai d. " Cha nd ler rode backwards o n th e co u rse. It forbids that in th e rule book. Mark Barnett was disqualified Cor the same' reason at Unadilla. He rode along the fence slowly whi le watchi ng traffic. The hill Chandler rode down had two holes at th e bottom that riders sigh ted on before loo kin g up at the hill. It wa s a potentia lly da ngerous sit uation. If h e had gone outsi de of th e ban ners he would not have been in breach o f th e rule." Maico's Chuck Sun showed up on a very t rick Maico that sported a trick, aluminum fuel tank and swingarm. Most notable was the front Kawasaki disc grafted to the Maico front fork. The bike featured a deeply dished seating positio n with a low seat height - too low is how it looked to us. The bike is rumored to be an '84 prototype developed in the USA. The seat dish will not be as radical as t he prototype, Sun did not make the t op 10 in either moto. H us ky's Mike Melton won th e Ap ril 10 AMA Na tional Enduro held in Bucksnort, Ten n . Melt on was Collo wed by Can-Am 's J ohn Martin, a n d T erry Cunn ingham sco red third o vera ll on a Husq varna , Honda star Mike Kidd was at the Ascot TT , but on ly as a spectator. Still bothered by an injured wrist, Kidd decided to sit out the stren ous race and get ready for next week's Sacramento Mile National. " I j ust got the cast off a week ago Firday, " said t he former Nationa l Champ. " I rode Wednesday and Thursday at San Jose, doing some development work. I really couldn't push it hard, I think I' ll be about 80%for Sacramento. I wantto put it in the main event·thera.and just work my way to the front. I really should sit it out, but I ca n 't afford to as far as points go, If I miss one more race there 's no way I can get the championship," Progr ess on the new Honda NV750 dirt tracker continues. but the team will be usin g the CX500-based NS750s C th e April 17 AMAICamel P ro Seror ies m ile a t Sacramento . Calif. The n ew m achi ne. based on H on da 's new 52-degree 750cc V-twin, is expected to de bu t a t the Sa n J ose mile on May I. Latest word on Scott Pearson was that his knee surgery went well, but it will be some time before the four-time National w inner can return to competition. To help offset Pearson 's medical bills, Circle Bell Enterprises' Bob Belli no announced that Circle Bell will be selling Scott Pearson Tshirts at both Sacramento and San Jose, with the proceeds going to Pearson, We hoped to ha ve coverage o f Freddi e Spencer 's French R RGP win in this isssue , but the European m ail system le t us down an d the report was not h ere by presstime, Tune in next week C th e Cull report an d photos. or Greatly Exaggerated Rumors Dept. California motocrosser David Lynch took a nasty fall while trying to negot iate the in famous "Magoo" double-jump at Saddleback Park during the last round of the Golden State Series. Seems some people got the idea Lynch was paralyzed, We're happy to report that David phoend to say that he 'sfineand that " all" hehas wrong w ith him are some pulled ba ck and leg muscles, various , , ~r~.l!~!I.'-l,l4,lI Pr9~'!I!,':I~.eli .j.... 3

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