Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ing at the Town Square (complete with 1890's style bandstand) in the small village between San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles. Already savory smells of open-pit "Santa Maria Style" barbeque beef were wafting up from coals tended by hard-working CCMA mpmbers. After coffee, donuts and a bit of "bull-shooting" the riders slowly departed via Vineyard Avenue to Checkpoint I at the Pesenti WInery. Elevel) . or so miles of tight curves, tiny glens, fall colors, overhanging oaks ana immpnse Spanish mosses later, the participants stopped at picturesque Ramage Farm and the remote Adelaida Ranch Antique Store, Check 2, From there the route continued to Chimney Rock and then through two "15-mph" dips at dry creekcrossings. Here, riders who hadn't adopted the leisurely pace were surprised by the feeling of air under the tires of their Goldwing Interstates! At Checkpoint 3, the "Los Padres" lived up to its name by visiting historic Mission San Miguel. Somewhat straighter roads and rolling ranch lands then led back to the Start/Finish. At the Finish, the riders were served a delicious beef, chili beans, salad and garlic bread barbeque, with suitable thirst quenchers available. Sorely missed this year was the traditional country-and-western band to round out the comfortable, down-home atmosphere, although this omission was partly made up for by the addition of a Vintage Bike Display ranging from Joe c. Brown's 1912 Indian single in "super-original" rust to Steve Smith's concourse, newly-restored '64 Honda CB160. Central coast motorcycling fixture Craig Vetter was represented by his impressive 1940s vintag-e Indian Chief Sidear Rig-. The star of the Vintage Show had to be the "brand-new" '62 BSA 500 Goldstar Catalina Scrambler single just rebuilt by owner Howard Grisham. Howard gave the crowd a nostalgic (and technically ilJegal) "demonstration lap" around the park, shorty megaphone and all! Webb, Norton top state trials round By Tim Walker WATSONVILLE, CA, OCT. 16 Round four of the California State Trials Championship was held at the Ridgerunners Motorcycle Club property, located in the Santa Cruz hills. The Ridgerunners did an excellent job of setting up a tough and challenging loop. Kipp Webb did most of the work cutting in new trails and sections, and the extra work must have helped because he'won the Expert class. Mon tesa-sponsored Webb dropped 41 points on his way to the Expert class win. He now leads in points with two rounds left. John Robertson, from Dana Point, travelled the farthest to card a second place. A close battle for third had Dan Dixon taking it with 69 points. Two points back were Neal Belvoir and Mike Reed, with Neal taking fourth due to one more clean than Mike. Kevin Norton on a SWM Jumbo scored another win with 77 points in the Amateur class and leads the series with four wins. Norton looks ready to move up to the Expert class. Scott Annand was second with 92 points. Finishing third was John Tucker with a 100 poims, Another rider who looks ready to move up a class is Matt Bishop in the Noviceclass. Droppingonly 36 points, Bishop was smooth and consistent on his way to his second win of the ser-' ies. Mark Ferguson was second with 50 points. Finishing third with 52 points after dropping 29 points on the first loop was Tim Walker. Two of the more interesting machines on display at the Los Padres Run vintage show were a 1912 Indian (top) and an immaculate '62 BSA Goldster (above). Coupe cruises to Sacto w'in 32 . \ By Nuclear Neukam SACRAMENTO, CA, OCT, 14 It was the second race of the final high-point series of the season and High-Point Roost Factory-supported Dave "2 Door" Coupe cruised his Petaluma Honda to an easy win in the combined Pro class at the Friday night stadium motocross races in the Motobowl at Sacramento Raceway Park. In the first Pro moto, Mike's Cycle of Placerville-supported Jon "Duke It Out" Yourd pulled the holeshot and led for a couple of laps until Coupe put his Honda in front of the Kawasaki rider and pulled a huge lead by the checkered flag. Bill Jamerson crossed the finish line ahead of Sean Conley, while Yourdcouldonly manage a fourth after a few close calls with the turf. The second mota was all Coupe's from the beginning to the end. Jamerson came out of turn one ahead of Conley and Yourd, but Conley passed later in the mota and finished second. Jamerson took third, and Yourd. with even less luck this time out, recorded another fourth. Jeff Baldwin finished the night with one big smile on his face as the Yamaha rider topped both divisions of 125cc Novice competition. Baldwin won both motos in Division I as he led Suzuki-mounted Tim Valdez to the finish line each time. In the first Division II moto, Valdez and Baldwin diced the entire moto, with Valdez edging Baldwin at the checkered. Valdez suffered mechanical woes in the second moto and Baldwin wheelied toan easy win as he even did a one-hander in the air off the "Hump-Jump" before the checkered. Results PRO: 1. Sean Conley (Kawl. 250: 1. Dave Coupe (Han); 2. Jon Yourd (Kawl. OPEN: 1. Bill Jamerson (Suz). 125 NOV: 1. Jeff Baldwin (Yam); 2. Tim Valdez (Suzl. DIV II: 1. Baldwin (Yam); 2. Valdez (Suzl. 80 INT: 1. Franf Bogan (Kaw); 2. Wynn Gonsalves (Suzl. 80 EX: 1. J.J. Taylor (Kawl. 80 NOV: 1. Scott Bushing (Kaw); 2. Marty Johnson (Yam). 1251NT: 1. Kevin McMahon (Suz); 2. Dick Warner (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Mart< Plenis (Suz). 80 INT 2: 1. Mike D'Agostini (Yam); 2. Bogan (Kaw). 80 EX 2: 1. J.J. Taylor (Kaw). 80 NOV 2: 1. Scott Bushing (Kaw); 2. John Ship· man (Kaw). OT NOV: 1. Bill Housh (Yam); 2. Ron Pescio (Yaml. OT INT: 1. Ralph Thomure (KLX). OT EX: 1. Jess Gallo (Han); 2. Jack Columbe (Mai). FOUR·STROKE; 1. Terry Pogue (Han); 2. Eric Swager (Han). . OPEN NOV: 1. Mark Hector (Mai); 2. Dave Gentry (Han). VET NOV: 1. Tony Gonzalez(Yam); 2. LesOutman (Yaml. VET INT: 1. Keith Vaughn (Han); 2. Dudley Lenhan (Han). . OPEN INT: 1. Scott Hasselbrock. 250 NOV 2: 1. Chaidez (Suzl; 2. Alan Rogers (Suzl. 60: 1. Steven Housh (Yam). PP: 1. Caron Thompson (Han); 2. Paula Wood (Yam). PP. PRO: 1. Jeanie Morgan (Han); 2. Debbie Jamerson (Suz~. . 250 NOV 3: 1. Randy Musladin (Han); 2. Debbie Jameson (Suz). OPEN NOV 2: 1. Brett Eckert (Yam); 2. Mark Heclor (Mai). Results EX: 1. K[pp Webb (Man); 2. John Roberison (B~II; 3. Dan Dixon (Fan). AM: 1. Kevin Nonan (SWM); 2. Scan Annand (Han); 3. John Tucker. NOV: 1. Man Bishop (Fan); 2. Mark Ferguson; 3. Tim Walker (SWM). SR AM: 1. Ken Marecak (SWM); 2. An Webster (SWM); 3. Jack Heminway (SWMI. SR NOV: 1. John Moore; 2. Steve Muscatel; 3. Bob Miller. Bertram flawless o at Diamondback n. 'v enduro Kelsoz Smith 'handle' Los Padres run. Photos by Laurie Piccolotti By Jim Maloney TEMPLETON, CA, OCT. 9 Jim Kelso and Coni Smith left their race faces at home and . out-pok er- f aced t h e competltion in this year's annual AMA district S7 Central Coast Motorcycle Association Los Padres Poker Run 'held at Templeton Park. The short, often twisty 62.7-mile course and the Santa Lucia Range scenery combined to cause even hardened cafe raGers to slow down and savor one of the best Sunday rides and social gatherings on the west-coast calendar. Kelso and Smith took High-Hand and Lo-Ball Honors respectively, but had to share the limelight with AI Kling and his immaculate 1968 BSA Lightning, the Oldest Bike to Finish. Konrad Szelak "oriented-thro.ugh" on his 1971 Honda 750 to take the "Oldest Japanese Bike" award. The Los Padres isa true "country" poker run, so let's begin with this scene: The riders arrived in the morn- I I By Jim Bowman SUSANVILLE, CA, OCT. 9 Cycle Gear/Hi-Point/Nelson Bros. Husqvarna-sponsored Dave Bertram rode 99.9 miles without losing a single penalty point today and won the overall at the District 36 Diamondback enduro. Despite the fact that the enduro was basically a :'timekeeper" for the A class riders, northern California's only desert enduro caught more than a few riders rusty after the summer break, and a few others quite ready for action. Apart from Bertram, who is now ranked seventh on the National enduro circuit, thesecond-best-prepared rider was 200cc B class winner Brian Summers, who won second overall witha score of just one point. Open A' class winner Iver Rudi also lost one penalty point, but Summers was a few seconds faster at the tie-breaker checks. Behind the leaders, most of the other A class winners dropped two or three points. Just seconds ahead, Dale Warmuth led the twopoint scores for the 250cc A class win, Mark Lucas was fourth overall, second 250cc A, and Jeff Irwin was firth /1"r"""I't"-~.'''~_\.)''''''. tl~J~'~ to.' I

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