Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

still got numbness in m y' th u m b a nd fingers and I'm a bit co ncerned," sa id Melt on. "The bones a re apparently heal in g fin e and they shou ld be a lright in six weeks . However, I had a visi t with m y doctor tod ay (Ma rch 4) a nd I'm d ue to go back o n March I I for a nother visit. If th e numbness doesn' t get better then I may have to have a nother opera tio n." • MQ'!:0RCYCLE INDUSTRYS C"ANGE Quit After 4 ~ years a nd two WE RA Nat iona l Endurance Road R a c i n g Champi o ns hip s, T eam Ham mer co-fo under a nd lead rid er joh n U lrich. 30, du e 10 " increasing prof essional a nd persona l responsi bil iti es;" h is duties with the team will be joi n rly assumed by fo under a nd p resident Bru ce l Ia m rner, crew ch id Ken Hoog la nd , a nd new lead rid er Russ Pa u lk. Signed As a rid er for T eam Hammer, Doug To land, 22, of Buen a Park , Ca lifornia. 10 replace j o hn Ulrich. Settled By mutua l agreement, legal action between Bell H elm ets, Inc., a nd Griffi n P roducts ( 1982), In c. of Q uebec, Ca na da , regard in g a lleged vio lation o f Bell 's Mot o 4 helmet tradem ar ks by G riff in . In a prepared joint sta teme nt by bo th co m pa nies, all clai ms a nd co u nter-clai ms have been dropped; Griffin ad m its to no wrongd oing co m m itted, bu t " in th e spirit of co m prom ise" wi ll mak e "evo lu tiona ry cha nges" to its P ro Li ne helmet lat er this year "or sooner." The sta teme nt adds that both co m panies " respec t eac h o the r as ethica l com pe titors in th e sa le o f sa fe, qua lity helm ets... each with its own ap proach 10 the mark etplace." Scheduled For broadcas t o n NBC' s Sportsworld Ma rch 10, th e Sa n Diego Supercross he ld j a nuary 26; telecast is slo tted for showing 2:00 p .m. Paci fic Time, 3:00 p .m . R ocky Mo u nta in Time. 4:00 p .m . Central a nd 5:00 p .rn , Eastern Time. Check local listings for furth er d etai ls. Selected By th e Nat iona l Endowment for th e Arts to participate in a sturdy o f the role of industrial design in American bu sin ess, Ecl ips e. Inc., of An n Arb or . Michigan. manu factu rers o f mot or cycle tank bags, soft luggage a nd other accessories; study will exa mine how th e effecti ve use o f design is used in bu siness strategy in terms of product q uality and market in g. Changed T he na me o f Mik e Kid d 's Hillside Raceway, to Mike Kidd 's Bo yd Raceway. . Hired Ca rroll Chandler, form erl y Manager of Pro fessiona l Motocross a nd H ill cl imbin g for th e Am eri can Mo to rcycl ist Associa tio n for eig h t years; to be race coord ina to r fo r Mik e Kidd 's Boyd Racewa y; th ere are currerul y n o pla ns to fill Chand ler' s position a t th e AMA . Moved Headquarters for Mik e Kidd 's Boyd Raceway. to 95 1 W. P ipelin e Rd. Suite 333. Hurs t, T X 76053,817/ 284· 1766. over 2 billion for 1984, by Bridgestone Corporat io n; figures include sal es of tires a nd non-tire p ro d ucts. whi ch produced co m bi ned ea rn in gs o f $70 mill ion fo r the sa me period; tire sa les in clude those for moto rcycles, passenger cars, trucks and bu sses; nontire sa les in clude bu ild in g an d co ns truc tio n material s, hoses, rubber b ush ings, industrial foam products and marine fenders. Signed What is d escribed as a long-term , major design contract with America n H onda Motor Compan y, by Design Forum, Inc., o f Dayton , O h io . Design Fo rum P resident L ee Carpent er sta ted th at he wa s " not a t li bertv" to discuss contract deta ils " for com pe ti tive reasons," bu t noted tha t the agr eem ent was with Hond a 's mo torcycle divi sio n . Design Forum designs retail sell ing spaces, package a nd product designs, co rporate l.D. progr.Jms. com m u n ica tions graphi cs a nd retail d ispla y mat er ia ls. T o rco Oil, by H o ward Smith a nd Bob Hollma n ; former sa les rep Keith Dysert has been n amed directo r of the co mpa ny ; more information is avai la ble by ca lling 213/ 944-6361. Born Eri c Bran dt Wall en berg , to H i-T o rq ue Nationa l Adv ertisi ng Director SCOIl Wall en berg a nd wife Kath y, Februa ry 26 in Ca noga Pa rk , Ca liforn ia. Scheduled Coverage of th e 1984 Superbik ers hea t races, on ABC Wid e Worl d of Sports, Saturday, Mar ch 9; chec k loca l directory for tim e an d ch an nel. Form ed T o contest the WE RA a nd CCS en d u ra nce road racing series, T eam Spirit. by Woody Wille, with rid ers Bruce Sass . Ru sty Sh arp an d Tom Marquard t, running o u t o f Aurora , Col orado . By Keilh Code's Ca li~ forn ia Superbike Sch oo l as a maj or program spo nso r, Kerker, In c., 10 Signed su p ply pipes for th e sch oo l's fleet o f GPz550 Kaw asak is. Scheduled For long -li me Cycle Canada magazine cont ri bu ti ng editor Mi ke Duff, a sex-c han ge in T oronto; a form er Grand Prix road racer for Team Yama ha , Duff has written for Cycle Canad a for 14 years a nd has th ree ch ildren . Changing T he na me o f Bu rroughs Adverti sing, 10 Bu rro ug hs a nd Associates Advertising. to reflect the agen cy's recent growth a nd addition of several key people. Quit Motorcycl e Dea lern ew s Publ ish er Di ck H amer, 36. a fter I I ~ years, to become Vice P resident for Bu rr o ughs and Associat es Advertisin g , effective March I. R eschedu led The NMA World Min i GP , orig in all y sched u led for Indian Dunes o n Ap ril 12-13-14, now to be held Ap ril 26-27-28 a t the new motocross track in Las Vegas, Nevad a ; mor e information ava ila ble by callin g 213/ 868-8112. • Hired Geo rge Egloff as nationa l sales man ager for Mo to Morini , th e Ita lian bik e lin e imported by H erdan Corporatio n o f Port Cl inton , Pennsylva n ia (20 1/ 859-3788 ). Egloff wi ll be in ch arge o f p u blicity and esta blish in g new dea lers. 1985 Grand National Championship/Camel Pro Series Numbers Healing C an -Am product manager J effSmi th in Du lu th, Minnesota, a fter sustai ni ng a brok en leg in a rid ing accident. Seen On sa le a t World Boo k a nd News Co. in Ho ll ywood , Ca liforn ia , th e November 1984 Bu yer 's G u id e issue o f Motorcycle Dea lern ews, to the gene ra l public a t $9.95 a co py; th e co ntro lled circu la tion publication is su p posed ly sent to legitima te reta ilers a nd wh o lesal ers in the mot or cycle ind ustry on ly. Buried Un der entries in the Cycle N ews Design A Subscriptio n Ad Co nte st, which ended Mar ch I. th e enti re Cycle N ews staff ; winners will be selected soo n, with deta ils in upco m ing issues . Signed A nnounced Recor d sa les o f Purchased As a major sponsor o f th e eig h t-event Kerker Wesl Coast Superbike Seri es schedu led for W illow Springs Ra cewa y in Rosa mond , California, ND spark plugs; th e first event will be event Ma rch 24. Other ser ies sponsors include Lockhart. Budweiser. Shoei H elmets and H on da L ine Accesso ries. Named Husqvarna deal ers, Cvcle Service, an M-Star deal er with I~,ltions in La wndale a nd Sa n Ped ro, Ca lifornia; more in forma tion ava ila ble by ca lli ng2 13/548-6874, Hired As Feature Editor o f Rider magazine, David Ma llet; mo st recently a freela n cer , befor e that Feature Ed itor for Cycle Guid e magazin e. Formed To se ll p ipes fo r RZ350s, j ohn Lassa k Racing , ope ra ted by not ed Form u la T wo tu ner Joh n Lassak ; in for ma tio n from 7141 867-7298. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Ricky Graham Kenny Roberts Vacant Bart Markel Gary Scott Randy Goss Mike Kidd Steve Eklund Jay Springsteen Doug Chandler Scott Parker Ted Boody Mickey Fay Hank Scott Garth Brow Ronnie Jones J im Filice Terry Poovey Bill Herndon Brad Hurst W illia m Dav is Keith Da y Brya n Hardin Randy Green Jon Cornwell Kenny To lbert Rich Arnaiz Dan Bennett Scott Adams Tom Maitland Dan Ingram Pete Hames Dave Hebb Tom McCullough Chuck Springsteen Barry Pelkey Jeff Johnson Robert Crabbe Rod Sullivan Matt Rozowicz Doug Davis Steve Morehead Mike Gilkey Alex Jorgensen Mark Hartley Kris Armentrout Eric Rausch Don Howard H. S . Taylor Fran Brown . 51 Mike Garrison 52 Chris Evans 53 Tim Mertens 54 Steve Monger 55 John Wincewicz 56 Larry Legarra 57 Tammy Kirk 58 David Durelle 59 Steve Kasten 60 Sammy Sweet 61 Charlie Orr 62 Steve Burkholder 63 Curtis Rehmert 64 Kelly Larkin 65 Randy Texter 66 Gary Conklin 67 Bubba Shobert 68 Da rrin Erichsen 69 Lance Jones 70 Jeff Campbell 71 Rusy M iskovsky 72 Rick We ir 73 Del Schnitzer 74 M ike Su lliva n 75 Brett Barkman 76 Dennis Wi lliams 7 7 Peter Hook 7B Don Wi lson 79 Randy Wa ldrop 80 Rich King 81 Duane Gerrard 82 Johnny Cooper 83 William McDonnell 84 Jay Beach 85 Frank Word 86 Mike Ashton 87 Jeff McDaniel 88 Roger Durkee 89 Mike Farley 90 Mike Hilley 91 Scott Drake 92 Rodney Farris 93 Gregory Wagenknecht 94 Travis Babcock 95 Scott Pearso n 96 Martin Bushman 97 De lbert Beck 98 Thoams Bries 99 Daune Veeder - • I. _ - 3

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