Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

was mor e tha n five seconds ad rift in founh . Goss, in fif th, wa s begin ni ng to feel th e press ur e of Sp ri ngs teen as J ay began to close in o n lap 17. Grah am had moved to eighth by th is time. For th e 20th lap th e order read: Fay, Eklund, Shobert, Green , Goss by a slim d istan ce over Spri ngs teen, Herndon bare ly holdi ng off G raham , Jorgensen , Cha ndler, Scou, Mor ehead and Da y. One lap lat er, Green went down a nd every body moved up a po sition . It took a full lap for Green to rep lace his chai n wh ich had come off th e sprocket. On the 24th lap , Springsteen moved past Goss o n the fro nt straight with Graham clos ing. Sprin gsteen hel d on to tak e foun h behi nd a jubilant winner Fay, with Eklund a nd Sh oben rounding o u t th e top three in winner' s circle . " It was a n easy rid e," said Fay afterwa rd, " bu t no t as eas y as when I won here in 1981. My stra tegy was to use my head, get o ut fro nt as quick as possible, run my ow n race and let the rest ma ke th e m istak es. It worked perfectly. Dennis J ones, who works on my bike and J erry G riffith deserve a big thanks for p roviding me with a super bike. We've made some cha nges since the Ascot TT National and are now running Mikuni car bs a nd new camshaft s on th e XL600-based bike. " I wo uld also lik e 10 thank my mom a n d dad for their support throu g ho ut the yea r ," concluded Fay. Eklund was disappo inted. " Fay go t a way quickl y, bu t I still think I could hav e caught him," said Eklund. " If I co uld ha ve go tten aro und Shoben sooner, I know I cou ld have pressured Mickey. Shobert 's exha ust pipe was dragging so I didn 't want to chance hav in g him go down a nd me go with hi m. Second isn 't bad, but I was looking for a win ." " Whe n th e exha us t pipe broke," said Shobert, "it actu ally ticked the gear lever out of gea r a co u p le of times. If th e p ipe had contin ued to drag o ne more lap, I wou ld've been black-flagged. Lucki ly, it dropped off. We're still in th e hunt. Don' t count Sh oben o ut of the cham pio nship runn in g yet." Sh obert th an ked sponso r Ken Park er and Esq uire, In c., as well as tu ner Paul Chmiel, for th eir ass istance. " It 's better racin g wi th another Harl ey," sai d G oss of his nearl y racelon g duel wit h Spri ngsteen wh ich event ua lly decided founh. "T he single cylinder riders should have spotted us a lap ha ndicap. T he battle J a y and I had in the closing laps was j ust two riders rea ll y going for it. It was good raci ng, although it wou ld have been ni cer if I was therider in fourth." Results • Boyesen • give you bolt-on IHm;eD4Nl1er,. You can easily re move the reed block, between cylinder and carburetor, and repl ace the original one-sta ge reeds. It's a minor re placement that's guaranteed to mak e a major improvement in your bike's performance. And Boyesen Racing Reeds won't destro y an engine the way br oken metal reeds do. Get Boyesen Rac ing Reeds from your local distributor or dea ler . J ust as k the factories , or any top-name racer. Boyesen's revolutionary dual-stage reed des ign delivers more usa ble power than stock. And it's taking the motocross world by st orm . Your origina l one-sta ge reed operates most effectively only within a narro w RP M range. For good performan ce at low RPM , you need a soft reed that can open easily . But at high RP M, you need a rigid reed that can close quickly", No one-stage reed can do both . That's why your original reed -and all one-sta ge reeds- are merely a comp romise. Boyesen Racing Reeds feat ure dua l actio n. One soft reed on top of one firm, flow-through reed gives you a wide ra nge of effective inta ke control, plus increased inta ke velocity". Your origi nal reeds can't possibly duplicate that perfo rmance .. .and that's the differen ce. We're bu ild ing ou r r e pu tation , race a fter race after race " . Boyesen E ngineering. RD_I . Box 826_ Lenhartsvill e . PA 19534 %15-756-61111 u .s . PIIta 39Q!)34 1. ~1a20 and f~tg" patentt. Fun begins when you let the clutch lever out• 1. M ickey Fay (Han); 2. Steve Eklund ( C -A ~ 3. Bubba Shobe" (C-AI; 4 . J ay Springsteen (H-D); 5. Randy Gass (H-D); 6. Ricky Gra ham ( H- D ~ 7. Bill y Herndon (Hon) ; 8 . Doug Chandler (Hon); 9 . Alex Jorgensen (C-AI; 10. Ste.e Morehead (C-A); 11. Gary Scott (C·AI; 12. Keit h Day (C·AI ; 13. Randy Green (Honl ; 14 . M ike Kidd (Honl; 15. Terry Poovey (Han). Time: 16 min.• 51.9 19 secs. 1t.+--+----+-MElZELER WIN'~--+---1 I I I BLACK ~ATER .J.PO I I :- -+-- + ' nfa mous-i.OO-M'1e Gross-Country-Race . Davis, WV, June J.9th Next Week: Indy Mile! I 1st Overall I KEVIN HINES Husqvarna on METZELERS I I ~----+--IMEIZELER ~J 4101 Westerly Plac e., Suite 101, Newport Beach, CA 92660 I I I I I I I

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