Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Figures Dust, mud , heavy boo ts, bu lky lea thers and un isex jackets do no th ing for a fema le figure. And, unlike the la dy in a particu lar beer co m m ercia l severa l yea rs ago. I' ve never had my h a ir cascade do wn shi ni ng clean and p erf ectl y cu rle d a t th e end o f a da y's ride o r a t th e end o f a race. So, I thank handsome Mr. Dert J erke for hi s a ueruion to th e fact that th e racer s o n th e line were ladies a nd th a t th ey looked sharp! WEST DANA BELL D-37/ CRC lad y end u ro rider Lo n g Bea ch . CA America 's weekly motorcycle newspaper Sharon Clay ton , P ublisher Caroline Gendrv, Executive Secretary to the Pu bl isher Na ncy Dan ger. Advert ising /Editoria l Assista nt. Correction This letter is in regards 1 yo ur 0 co verage of th e May 22 CMC motocross a t Carlsbad, w h ere Bryan Mal o ney lopped Brad Lackey. There is o n ly o ne problem . Wh ile I'm glad to see th a t Bryan d id so well a nd that he got the p ublicity h e deserv ed, I th in k yo u shou ld let th e world a n d h is spo n sors know tha i h e wa s ridi ng a H onda a nd n ot a Yamaha . H e is sponsored by Escondido H o nda . a nd I think they would like to kn ow that h e is still ridin g H onda s, Editorial Dal e Brow n. Senior Edito r. La nce Bryson, Edit or. Karel Kramer, Editor. Da vid Ed war ds, Ed itor. Advertising Skip J ohnson. Nati on a l Sal es Man ager. Terry Pr all , Sa les Man ager . Steve Wil · so n, Sa les Mana ger . Linda Bro wn . Ad vert isin g: Coordi na to r. Hill oah Corry. Ad \'('rrisinR Assista nt. Graphics and Production Ron a Kra mer . G raph ic Anise Gene Benn e tt . Grap hic Artist. ~la ri o n Ha tashita . Typography . Den n is G ree ne. JOHN DEL FANT E Escond ido, CA Laboratory . Accounting/Data Processing Mike Klin ger. Controller. Donna Bryan. Accounts Recei va b le Coordinator . Gen eva Repass, Assistant. Terry Dailey, Credit Manager , Circulation R h e ba Smith . Manager. :\I i c h ell ~ H a nna , Sarah Taylor, Deb bie Wa lker, Lyna Hood, Assistants. Want Ads Lynda Milligan, Want Ad Sa les. Dealer Sales and Service Tim Rya n. Dealer Sales Manager. Service and Support Chris Aitcheson , Recep tion ist. Gregory Ha nson , 5&5 . West 220 1 Cherry Ave.. Lo ng Beach , CA P.O . Bo x ,198, Lo ng Beach. CA 9080 1().I98 (2 13) 427 -7433 ; L.A. Line 636 -8814 . East 4 190 Firs t Ave., Tucker. GA . P.O . Box 805 , Tucker, GA 30085 -0805 . ('104) 934·7850. Cyc le News / W,·Sl (US PS 14 1-340 ) is publis hed week ly except th e fir st and last week of the ca len da r year fo r S25 per year by Cycle News. Inc.. 220 1 Cherry Aven ue. Lo ng Beach , CA 90806. Second class postage pa id at Lo ng Beach , CA. POSTMASTER : Send form 3579 to Cycle News. P.O. Box 498. Long Beech. CA 90801 -0498. Subscrip tio n rates: One year. second class mail. S25; IW years . second class O mail. S45 ; three years. second class mail, S68; 25 weeks , S 14. Fo reign rates availab le on req uest, Cycle News welcomes unso licited edi- rorial material incl udi ng stories, cartoons, ph ot os, etc, Such ma terial , if published. becomes the exclusive propertr of Cycle News. Suc h accepted materia is su bject to revision as is necessary in the sole di scretion of Cycle News. Unso licited material whi ch is nOI u sed will be returned if acc ompa nied by a self add ressed sta mped en velope. All unsol iciied mat eria! will be ha nd led with reasona b le ca re. how ever, Cycle News assu mes no respo ns ibi li ty for the sa fety, loss o r damage to suc h ma terial . Reprin ting in whole or pan on ly by pe rmissio n o f th e pu bl ish er . Adventsm g rat es a nd circula tio n informati on will be sent u pon request. See S.R.D.S. Copyright(!) Cycle News. Inc. 1983. Tredemert< Cycle News registered U.S . Petent Office. All rights reserved. 4 ~ ON THE FRONT PAGE : Ace Tester at work again. This t ime t he Suzuki GS750ES gets the whip. Our Impression begins on page 22 . Photo by Karel - KnlmeI'.· •• . . Class and sportsmanship I've heard p ri va teers over the last few yea rs sayi ng th e factories don' t care a bo u t us. Well , let me tell yo u. the fa ctories a nd a 10 1 o f ot hers do care. During th e J une 4-5 Elk hart La ke , Wisconsin, Nationa l wee kend I was h a ving a few di fficulties w ith my Form u la Two bi ke. One o f my exha ust p ipes h ad broken a nd I was a lso having front brake p roblems. Both problems were so lved by none o the r th an m embers of the H onda road race team - and I was ridi ng a Yamaha. A 101o f peo ple think th ese g uys are stuck up. They're no t. Th ey're j us t like th e rest o f u s. As a mailer o f fact, m ost o f th em were ei th er p rivat eer m ech anics o r riders before th ey hit th e big lime. T h ey just h appen to be wh ere m ost of u s wou ld like to be - o n a factory learn. The H onda road race tea m wasn ' t a lo ne when il ca me 10 g ivi ng m e a hand . I a lso received h el p from Hugh Humbl e a n d h is crew, Dan n y Coe, R ich a rd L o vell , Bob Pepper . Wayn e Ra in ey, a n d Bob Wa rdlo , n ot to mentio n rnv sponsors Shoei, L iqu id H orsepower a nd Roberto P ietri Racing. My m om a nd dad a re a lso beh ind me a ll th e way . Th e o ne co ncl us io n I ca m e up with from a ll o f this is th at. for th e most p art, th e fac to ries a n d th e p riva teers in road racing show a 10 1 o f cla ss a n d sports m a ns h p . I feel as though I took a part o f each of th em w ith me to victory circle a t E lkhart Lake. DAVE BUSB Y San ta Monica . CA Bus by topped th e Formula Tw o final at Elkhart Lake...Ed itor. Lone star thanks After a disappoi n ting weekend as far as weat h er a nd eq u ip me nt failure, we'd like to p ublicl y tha n k a number of p eopl e in Lubbock , T exas, w h o hel pe d to mak e for a very en joyable Memo rial Day weekend. We d rove 325 miles o n Su nday. o n ly to find the race rai ned o u t a nd resch edul ed to Monda y af ternoon . David Fi sher in vited a ll o f us to h is home (o r a' pa rt y"a "rid lot o f a benm • racing . Rand y Wh isenant a nd Bill y Sto va'1I 100k us 10 th eir h omes for the n igh t. (T en o f us wo ul d h ave been 100 man y 10 invade o ne h orne.) Charlie Orr 's H onda broke d uring Su nday's p ractice, so Stovall o pe ned his Ya maha shop for a p lace to work. and ca lle d two H onda deal er s who o pene d th eir shops (a ll closed fo r th e holi day) so we cou ld get parts. During th e races Monday we broke four bikes. but still got a seco nd- a nd two third- pla ce awards . Wh en we h eaded for h ome, we felt like we'd made some good fri ends a nd had bee n treated lik e roya hy . We rea ll y app recia ted a ll th ose peop le who helped us! LOW BUCKS RACI N G TEA M Irvin g . TX Long distance We would like 10 th ank Cl aude Hammond a nd th e Wa sh ingto n Moto rcycle Road Ra cin g Association fo r thei r hosp itality when we co mpeted in a road race a t Seat tle International Raceway o n May 22. The track is in teresti ng a nd th e people made us feel very much a t home. We h o pe to return soon a nd look fo rw ard to a time when inter-cl ub competitio n becomes more co m mon in th e west ern states. WAYNE MONTOYA J OE MONTOYA O akla nd , CA Shocking thanks I would like to th ank Senior rider Wayn e Goodman for th e use of hi s shock, m a ki ng it possi ble for me to race the Desert Vipers O pen ra ce. Wa yn e took th e shock fro m his new KT M a n d wa ited fo r th e en d of m y race Su nda y, whi ch was th e last race o f th e da y. T h is o nce again proved to me of ho w specia l desert ra cing pe op le ca n be, a lways th ere to h el p . Thanks Wayn e, I reall y a p precia ted th e h elp . A lso tha n ks to a ll th e In vaders an d everyone th at cheered m e o n an d h elped . You 're a ll specia l peo ple. KEN U P P • z:.....::r. :.. .: r::· Pa l mda.fe~·~A Randy is dandy, but Kenny is quicker, and John's nice too... A few seasons back I wanted to show so me racing p hotos 10 Ra nd y Mam o la . H e was n ot int erest ed . (" Na h , I gOI 100sa pichers, by P ros." ) H e m ay be a co n tender. but h e's not a p re tender to the th rone. King Kenn y is a lways wi ll ing to humor a fa n by prais ing a n ama teur p hoto. a n d th en sign it too. Last season J ohn Bett en court lik ed so me shots I had made. a nd p romised to send a T-s h in in exc ha n~e. Well , h e even sen t two . so m y Wife and I will be wea ring number 50 shi rts a nd rooting for Big J ohn a t Lagu na this yea r. T O M BJO RNDAL L af ay et te, CA Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News. Inc. Send letters to Voices, Box 498. Long Beach. CA 90801 . 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