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ON THE FRO NT PAG E: A drawing
of t he GSXR750 Su zuki engi ne .
For an inside l oo k at the f our c yl -
inder. o il-coo le d m otor. see pag e
2
10. (Balow ) Hollister Go lden St at e
125cc Pro w inner . Ri c k Ry an .
Photo by Kit Palm er.
Ugly supercross
SUpC.'HTO~S
is "I an i ll ~ In turn \ 'l'I Y
1I).:l y. At Ana lu-im I rounu-d six fi~ llIs
- a m-ar riol viu uui ou . T beI im- fOI
wi ll-ca ll tickets was OI l<.' hou r long.
T hai 's will-call. I pa id in .u lvnnrr- so
I wouldn ' r han ' 10 wa il.
I can 't takr m v kid becaus(' drunken
IX'lOS ale sta lii n ).: fi).:llI s. a nd th "
Ana lu-i III co ps wen-lu-lpit'" 01 act in).:
lu -lpk-ss,
Bill, wors: o f a ll. th e I~l c in g was
boring . Th e p ro racing. thai is. J im
)I oll ey a nd m lu-r pl i"a H'('rs ).:a n · us
OUI mon ey's wort h. BIll Ihe pros
li ned up like du cks in a ro w a nd
ped al led a ro und t lu - uuck .
Cin' 111(' back III V mrnorross. Cin'
111(' hack Saddkha·ck. I wan t h ills,
h(·IIIIS. wh oops. and rac in l-:.
I dnu 't w.uu a pa r.uh- o n a go lf
«o u rst'.
i\IIK E SA I.IS Bl JRY
Lom ira . C.-\
Motocross and journalism
H o w ahoul dt'n'nl journa lism?
Every l\Io lOCross, Dirt Bikt'. t'tc. ma~
:ll illt' I pick up is It'nihlt'! (With lilt'
t'xct'plion of C ydr .vrw.~ , of co u rse).
T he fir st Ihing is the cover - you
kn o w, lh e shots Ihat all kids are try ing
to emu late at the local race tracks; most
of th e lime the bi ke is tota lly ou t o f
comro l. These aren 't real ;\IX pict ures.
And Ihen IIwrt''s Iht, leSi on Iht'
KT:\I in o nt' of tht' lIla~alilH's thai
sa id il had a " rt'a l kick· hu ll 1Il0lOr."
Wdl. I ~I I('SS Ihal Idl s lilt· a ll I wal1l
to kno w a lxlul tht' KTM 's pow t'rhan d.
Or, how ahoul doi n~ I h i n ~ s 10 your
hik e just for Iht, sake o f l ook in ~
" tt'ch no."
Lt'l nH'colll p la in a hil furtht'r. En'rv
ridt'r (no n-p ro o r sponsol'l'd) I ( xlk ~
li k(' a bi ll boa rd - en'ry squa rt' inch
is p laslt'I'l'd wilh cor por al t' 1.0. It 's
frt't' adn ·rt isllw n l for a numbt' r of
('O llIpa llit's, a nd Iht' rid t'rs pa y for il.
Also. sladiulll racin ~ is ruinill ~
nH)lo!ToSS; not fo r Iht' big hovs, bUl
for Ih t' anTagt' ridt'r. Siadi uin and
~ ·n· lI n a t u l~ d . t Ylx' tracks, han'sl adiulll
Jumps Iha l han' St'11l half Iht' Novict'
class 10 the hospital . or 10 rhe 1
0c.l1
welder for Irame wo rk . BIll the rea l
kill er is the stad ium tracks in Europe,
w here the tra ck ru ns th rough th e
sta nds a nd o n pavement .
Ca ll me a wimp. or ca ll me a sour
grape. hu t I'm sic k of a ll the h ype and
ge nera l B.S. in 1Il01 0!TOSS. T he tra ck
a l l nadil la, NY and 'II Car lsbad , CA.
a re m y idea o f ~real trark s - thi s is
rea I motocross.
Do vou reme m ber wh at Bren t Mu sh"l~el: did 10 C BS Sports? H(' star ted
ni ckuam ing nll rlu-big sra rs li ke Pa ul
Silas " Ch a irm an o f t he Board." Now
rhev'redo ing it in moIO