Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

e TBIS WEEKEND BEAD FOR YOUR COUNTRY-BOME. ~ ~ 00 0') ...... ~ .; , - C(') For those who like their sporls actioD fast aDd furious holdoDJor "American Sporls Cavalcade" for everylbiag from auto racing to rodeos. Saturdays. . ...... ~ 0.. ~ Sundays, witness the spectacle of exciting Superbike racing OD "The Peter Starr Motorcycle Show." Chandler wheelies his 1985 KTM , MagoG (Continued from page 9) Roger DeCo ster's five tim e World Ch am pi onship record a nd that 's wha t I think I'm going to try to do l " I feel g rea t again! I feel stro nger than I ever ha ve beca use I hav e been hun a nd I wan t to co me back , so I'm reall y trying, As before I never reall y thought I would have thi s kind of trouble or accid ent, so every thi n g I did I never trained th at hard, I trained but not hard enough. I rod e but never rod e hard. Now I'm rea lly . . . th e Honda thing mad e it hard to co me back because they were CUll ing back and I just want to rub so me din in some people' s laces because th ey've screwed Up as far as I'm co nce rned , lettin g me go, so I'm go ing to win the Wor ld Championship this year!" That 's a mighty tall order in a nyone's book, p articu larl y for someone in Magoo's shoes. But he's u p and read y for it, almost bubblin g o ver as he speak s about it. It 's a lso a long way from th e da ys when he was considered th e ep itome of the term " crash and burn ," a su bject he a nd hi s fam il y ar e very sens iti ve a bo u t since they feel h e didn't cras h a nv more than any othe r rider. . " I don 't rem ember o ne time th at I'v e cra sh ed showing off. I've crashed wh en th ere wa s so me body push ing m e o r so me body I wanted to win , trying real hard. I've never crashed doing big crossu ps," he sa id with pl enty o f bod y moti on to emphas ize h is po in t. " If yo u don ' t crash once in a wh ile you're not going fast enough . I still believe th at. I'll go o u t a nd try hard . a nd if you crash, you crash , a nd if yo u don 't yo u do n 't , yo u had a go od da y. I mean , I still, you go to th e poi nt o f main tainin g a nd winning ra ces, yea h . It 's ha rd to do when you 'r e runn in g fourth or fifth pl ace a nd trying to' get to the top. You're back o n points , yo u wa nt to win a series a nd yo u 're 50 p oints behind, well mo st g u ys just a in 't go ing to brea k. Every body says well th ird' s good enoug h. Well , th ird ain 't good eno ugh, yo u want to win. You're ou t th ere to win, so yo u go out there and do it. Sure if yo u' re leading (Con tinued - page 27) to "AmerieaDSports Cavalcade" Salanlays, 12:30 PM, 6 :00 PM (PST) "The Peler Starr Molorc:yde Sbow" Saadays, 12:30 PM, 5:30 PM (PST) () 1HE NASt-MU£ NETWORK... AMERICAS COUNTRY HOME C GROUPW SATELliTECOMMUNICATIO 1 NS 985 . TOURING ' I . ' ACCESSORIES BEllfLOWERYAMAHA r-------------------------------------------~ I I ;ALE~' SER~CE I I I .=' PARTS PRICE i USTiSAiE HEREI&9\R ' OF~RO~ E EET 'iltI - I II I I I~ . . I I . ; ~ ~O .~ ~d' · . , I I I ' S2 XV 7 5 0J I I I I I I 1 .1 I .YT M 2 2 5 D X N . I ' S5 V-Max • Price S uste r Ttl-B uste r I $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $ $ ~~,$ ~ $ $ $ I I BELlfLOWER YAMAHA 10401 E. AJondra SAVE 1'"- All Parts & Accessories VIsIt Our New ~: I Bust Them Before They Get Away $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ -} comp~~:~~:~:~~eX~li~~~:I~?:;:~I.able I llelmo-t, CA (213) 925-5097 WIlh !his Ad OlIe

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