Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Papa got a letter from the Lightw eight s M.C ., who put on AMA 0 -3 7 sho rt t rack an d TT scram ble s, sayi ng the c lub "is about ready to thro w in t he t ow el due to lack of ri der pa rtic ipat ion. " Part of the pro blem, the Lig ht w eig hts say , is due t o scheduling conflicts wit h non-A M A- sanctio ned promote rs, si nce sanctioned dates must be applied for a yea r in advance, and they are difficult to change. In concl ud ing , the Lightweights said , " We need your support to cont in ue to g ive you (the riders) D istrict points and to provide a place t o ri de. Please don 't let C lass C die her e. Please turn out for our short t rack and TT on Sunday, April 24, at Indian Dunes. " ..... ..... ~ 0- < T he fo lks a t AFM Pro say tha t a mateur troph y winner s fro m th e R iverside Pro -Am wh o did n ' t p ick u p their brass a t the tra ck , keep an eye on the mai lbox. T he tro ph ies will be go ing ou t thi s week. Motorcycle Wor'd w,th Lar" Huffman has gone over so well in Orange County t h at . beginning April 30. each Sunday's show will be rerun on Saturday at 6 p.m. That's KDOG. channel 56 . ,. Mike Kidd p ut in h is first Ca me l Pro Series appearance o f th e year a t th e Sacra mento Mile. Still h a m pe red by hi s inj ured wrist, Kidd placed hi s much -modified NS 750 in th e 10th fastes t tim e tri al s spot a nd took third in hi s heat on ly to be sideli n ed by mech an ical problem s in th e ma in event. H e gave a lo t o f credi t for h is good showi ng ts> Dean Mill er , wh o runs a sports cl inic a nd is Brad La ckey's pe rso na l trai n er. " Dea n had 18 h o ur s to get m e into shape a nd h e did a good job," sai d Kidd, wh o p lans to spen d m ost o f this wee k .with Miller in prepa rati on for th e Sa n j ose Na tiona ls. If his wrist is still bothering him. at least Kidd is pleased with the progress that the Honda team is making with the mile bikes. "I believe that our Hondas were the fastest bikes here tonight," he said. " On t op end they were definitely the f ast est; they mig ht be a little down on acceleration." Kidd implied that because of the NS750'simproved showing. the debut of the rumorsh ro uded, Shad ow-based m ilers m ight be a ways off. " Ho nd a wants t o win races," the former National Champ said. "If we have to run these (t he old bikes) to win. then w e'll run them for a while. Hos PITa l STO P: Prior to delvin g into the lTC / j apan /tari ff issues wi th reporters in last week's Harley-David son p ress co nference, H -D Chairman Vaugh n Beal s bro u gh t th e press up to date on th e co ndition of H-D President Charles Thom pson, who is cu rr ent ly a t the Medi cal College of Virgi n ia a wa iting a donor for a h eart transp lan t. " Cha rlie's been feeling pr euy good th e p ast few days," sai d Beal s, " And a lthough he's restricted to his £I oor, h e's been mo ving a bo ut. T hey've found lot s o f h earts, but they 're looking for an ex tra -large." As of Frida y, April IS, Thompso n was still a wai ting a donor. The February and March issues of Motocross Action, Three Whee'Ing and Dirt Whee's published an incorrect phone number in Roost Factory advertising. So to save the poor folks whose number was printed. please use this number when calling Roost Factory: 213/ 530-8401 , • An interuieui with Bob Hannah. By L4RI?YHUFF.IIA" : Is thaty o u r Ferrari 308youjUSlpulled up i n > BOB HA.'JNAH : 1 picked it up toda y from Edd ie Co le at Answer ProduCtS, .it's really ho t. LH : Li e m u st be tough. Hou: old arey ou l IOU '? f BH: 26 LH: Do y ou f eel you 're a cco mplished a lo t i n tbose 26yea rs. > BII : Let's just say rye had my share of the g lory hut 1 want . more. LH; Call you he mo re specific? BU: I want 10 \\;11 the cham p ionship again th is year and with the: streng th of Team Ho nd a ~1t1<.1 Bria n Lunis s , there 's no stopping me . I.H Bria n isvour mechanic, I7Mbl.' 11 011" does be j Vllr long be fore ' hey sta rted sponsorin g me and I believe in it. +. Il'1.>at about it? BH: It's the best . There isn 't o ne top ride r wh o isn 't running MC.! + - Lackey. LaPone, Chand ler, Hansen, Bailey, O 'Mara, ause Be l-Ray sponso rs the list goes on forever, and it isn't bec them. All the w inn ing factories have determined it the best. They keep " inning, so they keep us ing it. Simple as that. U/: t noticed a /I be/all' tbe Hu rrican e o nyo u r leatbers a t Davtona. 1X1Jat"s Hurricane /I mean? BH: It's sim p le. The Hu rr icane is hack. lJf : u isl quesriou . Are you ~()ill~ /0 u in tbisyear? BIl : Is ~ I C. I + bl ue ? LH: l bu mentioned M e - ] , race-prep Rc.!5 Q.> 'BI1: Brian co u ld be tte r answert har. Hut 1 know it's with alor of ten der loving ca re and Bel-Rav produ cts . E._pecially .\l C:! +. UI:Are .1'0 11jus: _"'~rillg tbat because tbev 're p a yingfor Ibis tid' BII: )\" and no . be cause I'd like Bel-Rav to sell aim o f product, and no . because 1\ .., been us ing B~I .R:IY for years, "'S. , /C .... I .' Uf'/ ·"",,\ '\ Ilt'1I ' 1.- an:liltIM('tlin'("I h r mai/l/inimwIl (m./e" -I. I.!..) uz . { OO.".J,ppill~ (Inti bmlltllUJ.: / 0 Jh'I.Ht~r i.()fII{J¥"~I ·. s. La")' Huffma n. • The Luh rica tio n Leade r Bel -Ray Co mpa ny . Inc .. Inte rn a tion al Co rporate Headquarters. Box 526, Far nungdale, :'\cwjer:,,<::'y 0772 7. Western He ad q uarters , 100 15 Muirlundx Blvd. "G" . lrvine, Californ ia 9TI4 . (7 J4)!l59-0933 IHJ/ Ill":_ @S.L!il'tu:b. .It'lul QI('\;I.' t il" ' .1101/er Ortler' no COl ):..plt'iL"t'J/{)I' SI.{ ()(J p Ir Lo; 4 /10/83 Saddleback, CA AMA 250cc NATIONAL BOB HANNAH Honda on DUNLOP It ' s becoming a (good) habit - HANNAH WIN NING ON DUNLOPI Thanks again, Bob, for fitting DUNLOP to your BRIAN LUNNISS tu ned Honda and w inn ing both motos here. More cycles ride on Dunlop than any other tireintheworlcl~ ~ DUN.LOP The Logical Choice 3.

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