Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

WEST America 's weekly motorcycle newspaper Sha ro n C lay Io n . P u blisher Mike Klin ge r. Comptroller Skip Jo h nson . A ssociate P ublish er ! National S oles Man ag rr Ca rol in e.' G c.·nd ry, Ex eculitle Suutary 10 l il t" Pu bl isher Ed itorial John U lr ich. Ed it or Kit Palmer. Associate Edit or M .111 Hjl gen berg , As.iOciatt' Editor ' Jim Wolc ot t. A ssocia te Editor Rex Rees e. Feature Edi to r Advertising T err y Prall, Sales Managn M.ik(· Spencer. Sales M ano /{t"T T im R yan. Sa les M anager Linda Bro wn . A duenisin g Coordinator N a l ~ CY Wasld l, Aduert isin g t Ed ito rial AssIstant Graphics and Production Lo ri Tyson, Gra p hi c A rtist LIITYG ill . Gra phic A r' ist G in ger Deva u l. Associate Gra p hic Artist ~I a r ion Hata sb ita, T ypest"ttn Shei la La rsen . T ypest'tln Dennis Greene. La b, T ech, Acco u nti ng /Da~~~ng Donna Brva n . A ccounts R eceiva ble Coo rdi nato r Geneva Rt"pa s"" Assistant Fran Ham wey. Credu Circ u latio n RIIt' b;1S mith, M anngn Sara h Taylor, Assistant Lyn a Hood. A ssistant De a ler S a le s and Service Bob Ellio u. Draier Sates Manager Want Ad s J ud y Hil ge berg, Wan t A d Sal t's -n S e rvic e a nd S uppo rt Chris Aitcheson, Reception ist G rt'gory H an so n , SbS West 2" 0 1 Cherry Avt'.. 1.o ng Beach , CA 2 .. 9OROfi . P .O . Box -1 9M Long: Bea ch. CA , 90801·0-198_ (213) 127·7- 33: L.A. Lin e (213)636-IllH1. t Ea st -1 190 First Ave., T ucker. G A. 3008-1, P. O. Box 80!), Tucker. GA 3 008_~· 08 05 _ (-I I}!) 931·78.'\0. C ~' de NeW'!ri / \\'t'Sl (USPS 141-': O) is pu bH lishcd week lv excep t the first a nd last week o f th e c alenda r )'t'.u fo r $25 IX'r yea r by Cvc lc New s. ln c.. 220 1 C ht'IT} Avenue. ' ach , C.. 90806. Seco nd class IX A ""Lo ng Be tage- pa it! ;11 Lon~ Beach, CA. POS TMASTER: Send for m 3579 to Cycle News, P.O . Box498, Long Beac h, CA 90801 -0498 . 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Copyright\!> Cycle News. Inc . 1985. Trademark Cycle News reg istered U.S . Patent Office. All rights reserved. Mammoth schedule J ust a sh ort note in rega rds to th e ten tati ve schedu ling of th~ 1985 Ma rn m oth Mo u n lai n Mo tocross R ace, I sched u led o ver th e weeken d of J une 2 1-22-23. \ \' e hav e, as well as m an y ot her fa mi lies I know o f. o ver th e last severa l yea rs made a two-week vaca tio n o u t of th e C las sic Mammo th Mo u n tain motocross. Th e reason lor th is is to g ive us th e time need ed to enj oy th e O ld Timers race. jet race bikes, p ractice a n d ride th e ama te ur rare th e Iol lo wing weekend. T h is yea r how ever. due to th e AMA N ationa l Mo to cro ss sched ule th ere w ill be a race in th e L.A. area th e sa m e weekend as. Ih e proposed Mam m ot h Moun ta in race. I ca n no t h el p b u t Ieel th at thi s wi ll rea ll y hinder th e ra cer a nd specta to r turno ut. In ~Hld i t i on to the co n flic ting Nati ona l I S a no ther problem : J une 20 th is th e da te set lor ma ny H ig h Sch oo l a nd J u n io r Hi g h Sch o ol Grad uat ion 'Cerem o n ies, a nd this wi ll crea te a p robl em lor the m a ny g ra d ua ting stude n ts wh o look fo rw ard to the classic ra ce. If th e eve III wa s m ov ed back o ne wee k (J une 28-29-30 ). yo u shou ld pu ll most o f th e fact orv riders beca use there wo ul d n ot be 'a Nati o na l o r Supe rcross even t th at weekend. W ith th e possibil ity o f th e factory r iders a ttend ing . spectator turnout sh ou ld be m uch be tter, incr ea sin g food . shirt a nd beer sales a t th e track a s well as in creasin g sa les for a ll th e bus iness o w ners in to w n th a t look fo rw ard to this o ff-season revenue. In add ition to a ll o f th e a bo ve th e stude n t racers wi ll be a ble to a tte nd wir hout the worry o f co n fl ic ting with gnld ua tion cere m o n ies. T ED STU D L EY An a heim. CA They need money ON THE FRONT PAGE: John Ulrich on a GPz900 Ninja Kawasaki. See page 26 for Ninja modifications, Photo by Mush Emmons . • I just no ticed the u su a l di sgracefully pa ltry p urses for th is year's Da ytona ra ces. I wou ld be as hamed to a n no u nce th ese if I were in a posilion to do so . W hy is it that th e " worl d's bi ggest ro ad race" GlII' t co m e up w ith a payoff to a t leasI co ver th e w in ner 's expens es?The g a le for S u nday a lo ne must be somet hi ng a pp ro achi n g I mill ion , if th e ex pected a uen de ncc m a teri a lizes, Why GIII' t " so m eo ne" squeeze m ore th an 15.000 o u t o f it fo r th e 200 winner , j ust i n G1Se it's a privateer (if Fredd ie break s)? I' ve never understood w h y a ll o th er sports ca n pa y th eir wi n ners a nd su pers ta rs th e wa y th ey do (especia lly golf). a nd m o torcycl e road raci ng , th e m o st d a n gero us of a ll . p a ys NOTH ING in this co u ntryl ;\lIKE La VALL EE Anchorage, AK Honda's Dunes? S i n ce A mer ica n H o n d a a l read y leases land nca r Sim i Vall ey, Cali Io rni a. for p racti ce Supe rcross sessro ns , w hy d on 't th ey lease th e land a t Ind ian Dunes in stead? H onda co u ld th en rent th e track o u t to vario us clu bs fo r week end events , a nd co u ld hav e th e tr ack to th em selv es o n week days fo r ream practi ce. H onda cou ld a lso wo rk o u t a rra ngemen ts for mo vie co m pa n ies to use th e Iacili tv o n weekd a ys. . If the sta te leases rhe land . th ere's a good cha nce th at th e pl ans for a n o ff- roa d p ar k i n n earby Ve n tu ra Co u nty would be scrapped. If H o nda wer e to ass u m e co ntro l o f Indian D unes. bot h fa ci liti es co u ld exist. W it h more rid ing Iaci liri es ava ila ble, there wou ld be less cro wd ing a nd few er acci dents - resulting in lo wer insura n ce costs to o pera te th e parks. If th ere isn 't a legal p lace to r ide, wh y would people buy ATVs o r m Olorcycl es fo r the dirt? Ho w ca n dC'dlers sell mach in es th a t people Gin ' t use? I hope H o n da or some g ro u p steps in - we a ll lo ve and need Ih e Dunes! G .K.SCOTT Newb ury P ark, CA Keep Randsburg open Noisy, rude a nd tOl~lIy inco nsid era te off-roade rs are bo lstering the effo ns of th e Kern Cou mv Sheriff CH I' and residen ts of th e Randsbu rg i J ohannesburg /Red Mountain townshi ps to shut ou t motorcycles, ATVs a nd fo ur w heel er s. BOIh th e sheri ff's department and CH I' have been monit oring th e week end " mobs " o f noisy din hi kes a nd ATVs, in pa rti cu lar by co u n ting hea ds a n d takin g p ictures for ev idence. Of lat e, th ese d epartments have inten rion all y not bee n issu in g ti ck ets for riding i n town , loud ex ha u st, parking o n th e st reets a nd private p ro pert y o r eq u ip men t viola tions. Meanti m e ig no ra n t dirt bik ers a nd ATVers ha ve been flaunting th e situa tion by rid ing in a nd th rough Ra ndsb urg wit h thei r o bnoxio us ly -lo ud tw o-strok es a nd m egapho ne-filled four-st rokes. And th e evide nce keeps addi ng up - close d own th e town 10 off-roaders! Ra ndsb u rg ha s been a fr iend lv h av en 10 dirt biker s si nce th e '50s, hi years past th ere was respect a nd co u rtesy for th e town a nd its residents. We wa lk ed our dirt bi kes in and o u t o f to wn . We did n ' t ride on people's access roads. We par ked our bik es in t he sm a ll par k nex t to th e m u seum -not on resid en t's lot s, not o n the street , not ag ai n s t bu il d i n gs. No w heelies. No bu rnouts . No ea r sha tteri ng n oi se. Those co u rtesies are co m p letely ignored now. Ther e's onl y a sm a ll n u m ber o f sto re o w ners in Randsburg w ho a re fightin g to keep th e town o pen . T hey a re rather li ke a finge r in a dike aga ins t th e p ressures fro m a ngered residents, th e sheri ff, CHI', BLM a nd co nserva tio n ists that a re p us h ing harder a nd harder to close o ff th e Ra ndsbu rg a rea to o ffroaders. Op ti o n s bei ng co ns ide red by th e law a re: Im poun d in g veh icl es (in Ba ker sfield), issui ng tick ets (u p 10 325 each), in ca rcera ting violato rs, su spending drivers licenses a nd more. A single cita tio n co u ld COSI a biker u p to S500 in fi nes a nd im po u nd fees, some tim e in th e slammer a nd a los t d r ivin g / rid in g license. And it co u ld be a lo t m ore if h is o r her kids 'g et nabbed 10 0. Keep Randsburg o pe n! G et smart. Be co u rteous . Push yo u r bi kes a nd ATVs in a nd o u t o f town . Park o ff pri va te property a nd th e stree t. Do n ' t r ide o n resid ent 's roads a nd p roper tie s. Pi ck up yo u r em p ty bott les, ca ns a nd trash . Do yo ur wh eeli es a n d burn -outs in the d esert, n ot in to wn. T h e hall 's in yo u r co u rt no w. T ell yo u r fri ends . Or wri te-o ff Ran dshu rg for bikers . DAVE H O L EMAN AN D BOB JON ES Randsburg , CA Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc, Letters for publication must be typed and double-spaced; short. concise letters stand a better chance of be ing published; due to the volume of mail no letters can be returned or acknowledqed. Send letters to Voices. P.O. Box 498 . Long Beach. CA 90801,

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