Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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TErt IT'S ONDA'S BIGG o E OUSE, SO ' GMNGAW SONY'S LI EST TV' YEARS AGO Whitney Blakesl ee look th e checkered fla~ in the 250cc G P class in AFl\1 road racing held at Ontari o Ra ceway in Ca lifornia. "Good times. that's th e mos t im p or ta nt th in g ," observed Blak eslee with a giam ear-to-ear grin after the finish, " ... it wasn 't a starstudded field." Bob Endicott bro ke his chai n o n th e warm-up la p, and AFI\I n u m ber o ne Rudy Galindo seized his engine in turn o ne of rh e first lap. leavin g Blak eslee with no seri ous co m pet i I io n. Wes Coo ley finish ed in seco nd p lace . From March 29th throughApril 6th, your neighborhood Honda motorcycle dealer wants to put a TV in your pocket. THE HONDA $2,000,000 SONY WATCHMAN'· TV GIVEAWAY! As part of the national Honda Open House $2.000,000 giveaway, each participating dealer is holding drawings to give away nine Sony WatchmanTV sets, the ultra-small TV that fits in your pocket. SEE THE NEW BIKES-AND GET A FREE KEY FOB! It's the biggest Open House in Honda history, and your chance to see the exciting new '85Honda motorcycles and three and fourwheel A TVs. You can view action racingfilms of Team Hondariders and get a close-uplookat Honda's advanced machinery. And licensed drivers can get free Team Honda keyfobs while supplies last. Bring the whole family to the Honda Open House-from Friday, March 29th through Saturday, April 6th. Come see the new Hondas and enter the contest, You could go home with a TV in your pocket. Th e cover da te for Volume XII Num ber 12 of Cycle News was April 1.1 975. a nd th e ed itors in dulged in so me m in or luna cy for April Fool's Day. A full -col or centerfo ld (o f a very n ak ed Harl ey-Davidson 250SX ) was [m lured. along with a very peculi ar illus tra ted hi storv o f mot orcvc le h elmets. The leu ers co lu m n a nd severa l o ther Ieatu res were si mi larly affected. Pa pa Wea ly poi nt ed OUI tha t such industry n ot abl es as David Shaw. Dal e Boller. Gil Brown, Tom Culp, Ed Youngblood. Don Woods, Dave Swift. Dave Schoonmaker, Terrv Prall. John Huerter and a bunch d f o thers a ll served time as Cycle N ews tra in ees . Cycle N ews East predicted tha t Dick Mann would w in th e 1975 Davton a 200, an d p u blishe d a -preview ' issu e wi th a full -col or p ict ure o f Man n in Daytona 's w inner's circl(' o n th e front cover. Of co urse, t hr issu e went on sale moments after th e co ncl usion o f th e race - an d ca u sed mort' th an a bit o f co n fusion. S2.OOQOOG.OO CDVEAWaY No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited . Complete detail s at participating Honda motorcycle dealers. Ohio residents may enter by mail ing name and addre ss to a participating dea ler. Must be licensed driver 16 years or over. T he Bri tish papers rep on ed th a t H a rley-Davidso n spe nt ove r $250 ,000 d ur ing a 12-monl h period to deve lop a new 750cc road racer .u th eir Varese. Ital y facili ty. A few in teres ting' bikes turn ed up for sa le in th e classified : '53 and '56 Ma trhl ess 500cc singl es, 5200 for th e pair. a '55 BSA Goldsiar Ca talina Scrambler wi th spares for 5375, a " perfect" '36 Manx Norton for 5900 , and a '56 Norton 99 Domiracer for 5600 . 0 1985 American Honda Motor Ca .Inc, (3/85) Sony is a registered trademark of Sony Corporat ion. Watchman is a trademark of Sony Corporation of America. The Pak is Back WITH TWO NATIO NAL T ITL ES & A FU N N Y BIK E R ECOR D Eddie Lawson finish ed second beh ind Mike Tidwell in the 100-125ccAm/Ex class in TT racing at Corona Racew ay in Coron a , California. Lawson ca me back 10 beat T idw ell in I he sam e class on th e half-mile. T erry Tiernan. vice-p re-sident and genera l-manager o f Ya maha Int ern a tional Corpora tion , resigned hi s position a lo ng with ot her Ya maha exe cs Jerry Bartlett and Bill Mason. T he trio was reported to be jo in ing the Norton Triu mp h Corpora rio n . to serve in ro p managem en t posi tions. Tiernan to ld Cycle N ews tha t " I' ve been at Yamaha for a long lim e, and No rton / T ri u m p h h as p ro m ised me a free hand at the fa cto ry. I happen 10 bel ieve tha t th e day of th e four-stro ke • sin gle is return ing." _AMERICAN " ITu.bo-Pali W OR ~D 'S ,., 9.24 I el FASTEST, AN D Q UI CKEST STREET BIK ES (Rea l S treet Bik es ) 1'5 4 . 77 m ph Feb. 1985 Motorcycl ist Magazi ne ~ ..... ..... ... 0.. -<