Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

sign-up getting underway at 6 a .m. For more information. call 702/ 457-0343. The Bureau of Land Management has announced th at it ha s completed th e approval of routes of travel in southwestern Imperial County, Lucerne Valley and th e EI Paso Mounrain s/jawbone Ca nyon areas of th e California desert . The BLM says that ma ps sho wing th e open rou tes will soo n be available. Co nta ct them at 1695Spruce St. , R iverside, CA 92507, 714/351-6394. HosPITal STOP: 0 -38 enduro rider Kim Gifford was hospitalized and has undergone major surgery following a very serious street aeeident on May 17. We're sure that Kim would appreciate a card or letter. and they should be sant to him at the Palomar Memorial Hospital, 550 East Grand Ave.• Escondido. CA 92025. The heavy snow fall in th e Sierra Nevada mountains has delayed th e opening of motorcycle tra ils in th e Sequoia Nat iona l Forest .. a t least through June 8. We'll have more as we get word. pared by Rennsp ort Cycle Works of Sa nta Bar bara , Cal if. Long-time Baja competitor Ron Bishop tells us that his shop, Ron Bishop Motorcycles. now handles Husqvarnas. The shop. which also services most other street and dirt bikes. is located at 802 C West Washington Ave.. in Escondido. Calif. Desert racers R O W have a magazine directed solely a t th eir spon. H are and Hound magazine is published a nd edited by Rich ie King, and covers the goings-on of D-37 and D-38 desert racers. It 's pu blished quarterl y, and th e third issue should be available in June. Contact Geared-Up P ublish ing Co.. P .O. Box 26, Pine Vall ey, CA 92062. June 8 will be Student Discount Night at the speedway raees at Inland Motorcycle Speedway in San Bemardino. Calif. Students showing a valid 1982-83 student 1.0. will save a buck on admission. The racing at IMS begins at 7:30 p .m. every Wednesday night. Former factory Kawasaki road racer Gregg Hansford is now racing cars in his native Australia. Hansford. who had earlier contemplated a return to motorcycle racing according to the Australian press. now has a ride with the factory Mazda team. Dave Bush , formerly assista nt to the president at Kerker, has opened up h is own p hoto studio. Bush , wh o wi ll still do engineeri ng consulting for Kerker , is the sh u tterbug who did all th e spi ffy stuff on Kerk er ads , catalogs a nd posters of lat e. H is new business is loca ted at 6901 O wensmouth , Chatsworth , CA 91311. and th e phone number is 213/709-2900. American Federation of Motorcyclists number one pla te holder Frank Mazur will be riding 1983 Battle of the Twins races on a Moto-Guzzi pre- Supercross promoter Mike Goodwin has sent out a letter to most of the motorcycle factories and publicat ions deal ing w ith what Here's an offer'""IJ1I'~ through in an instant. Free Scotttear-offs. Ten ofthem. For anyone who buysa pairof Scott goggles between May 15 and July 31. Or, ifyou like, you can have oneofour new peach gradientlenses instead. It's simple. After purchasing any pairof Scott Goodwin terms. "A major problem due to the lack of secondary riders." Perhaps what inspired Goodwin to do this letter-writing was only getting 44 entries for the Washington. D.C .• Supercross. but in the letter Goodwin states. "Stad iu m Motorsports Corporation plans plans to increase its prize money substantially in 1984, with the stipulation thatthe majority of the inc re as e goes to mid-pack. positions 19-40, the riders who are necessary for the show. We expect that the AMA will require other promoters to do the same, and we expect certain reasonable considerations from the AMA to help the promoters generate/retain more revenue, " Goodwin also said. that beginning with the Miller High Life Superbowl of Motocross at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on Aug; 6. SMC would give riders finishing 19-40th a free rear tire and a gift certificate for at least $50 in riding gear. Sharp-eyed . tria ls-oriented rea ders will notice that Scott Head , the former Italj et factory rider, was m ounted on a Montesa . H e will be rid in g for the Span ish firm for the remainder of the year. We have word from normally reliable sources that the new Husqvarna four-stroke 500s are in the country. We understand that they are not here in numbers. but a couple were rushed to California forthe Continental Motosports Club four-stroke extrevaganza held at Saddleback Park May 29. They did not make the race. however. The new thumper will be available in three flavors. roughly equivalent to the WR. XC and CR designations used by Husky. Dealers will see the bikes within the month and quantities should be available as a mid-1983 model. much like the CR500 was last year. Though word is hushed abou t the Husq varna thumpers, the word on the ava ila bility of th eir wa ter-cooled 'crossers is reall y hush ed. We ha ve heard. however, that if theydo become ava ila ble a t a ll. it will not be before th e fall Husky new model show. That show is tradi tiona lly in October. ~ ~ eo 00 m ..... ~ 00 il.) Pro-Vent. the folks who make the little pop- in airbox vents, have changed their phone number to 206 /435-9733. Full results hadn 't hit th e famed desk of Pa pa Wealey a t presstim e, David Gerig took th e win in th e Continen ta l Mo tosports C lu b' s Fou r-stroke Nationals' Open class a boa rd a Wh ite Brot hers Yamaha 600. Ga ry Jones , the form er three-time national cha mp. wo n th e 500cc class a boa rd a modified XR500 H onda . Mo to-Meister Ca n-Am ride r Bill Jewell was second 500cc on a stock Sonic. - David Gerig. as one of the editors of Arotocross Acti.....pzl.... was assigned to cover the CMC fourstroke race. which he subsequently won. Gerig's comment? "I can see the headlines nowl" We were saddened to hear of the death of 14-year-old Eric Cardwell. Eric died of head injuries he recieved in a Memorial Day three-w heeler accident. Services wi ll be held Sa tu rday , June 4 at Kern Memoria l in Victorville at I p .m . T here will be a fund there for hi s mother, Sha ron Cardwell. • goggles (except model 73) cut out the model number on the box and mail it,alongwith your sales receipt, to Scott USA, Box 2030, SunValley, Idaho 83353. We'llsend your tear-offs or newlens immediately. Just let us know which you prefer. We don't think you'll find a better product on the market. But,as they say, seeing is believing. S C:O T T U 5 .A: C :s ~

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