Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

D-37 h as kept a fairly low profile during th e litigation. However, it 's time 10 thank some pe ople wh o donat ed so much time a nd ene rgy 10 th ese ca uses: jim Well s. Bob T errazzis, Rob Rasor a nd th e D-37 Le gal Defen se T ask Fo rce. Because o f th ese dedica ted people, we can say we defea red th e Sie rra Cl ub 's goal; elimi na te all ORVs from th e desert. JO E BILOTrA Pr esiden t, AMA D-37 Norco, CA WEST A m ~ rica' s weekly motorcycle newspaper Sharon Clay ton. Publisher MiL:t' Kl in ger. Compcrollrr Skip j oh n son . Associate Publisher/ National Soles Manager Caroli ne Cendrv . Exe cutive Snulary to th r Pub lisher Editorial John U lrich . Ed itor Kit Pal mer, Assoc£ate Edito r Mai l IIiI Kt'nl x'r g-, A ssoci ate Edit or jim WoIcOIl, A ssociate Ed ito r Rex Reese. Featu re Edi to r Advertising Terry P nut . Salt's M anogrr Mike Spencer. Salt's ManagrT T iin R yan . Salt's M arwgn Linda 8 70\\'1\. Advertising Coordinator Nan cy Wa sld l. Advertising ! Edi tori al As sistan t . Graph ics and Production Larry Gi ll. Graphic Art ist Ginger Deva ul. Graph ic A rtist ~I.a lco lm Wilson . Grap hic A rtist M, rio n Harashita. Tvpeseuer a Carolyn Bra nha m. Tvpesettrr Dt'nni!> Greene. Lab . Tech: Accoun ting /Data Processing Donna Bryan. A aoutJts Rrcrn -obir Coo rdinator Geneva R epass. Assistant From Hamwey. Credit Circulation Rhcba Smith. M anage'r Sarah Taylor. A .u i.d anl Lynn Hood, A ssistan t Dealer Sale. e nd Service Bu b Elliott, Dealer Sales Manager Want Ads Ste-ve- Gru ner. l1'alll Ad Salt'.' Service a nd Support C h ris Ai tcheson . Reception ist G rq.:-ol)' Hanson, S&S West 2201 Che rry Ave., Lon g" Beach , CA 90806. P.O. Box 198. Lo ng Beach. CA . 9080 1·0 ·198. (2 13) 12 7·7 133: L.A . L ine (2 13) 636·88+1. Ealt 4 190 First Ave., T ucker . GA, 3008·1. P .O . Bo x 805. T ucke r. GA 30085·0805 . (1tH) 93·1·78 50 . Cycle New, /W,'S! 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Cyc le Ne ws as su mes n o respons ibilit y Ior the sa fetv. loss o r da mage 10 suc h ma teri al . Reprint in g in wh o le o r pan o n ly by pt"fm ission o f th e publisher. Ad\"l'rlis in l'; ra tes . a n d ci rcu lation in fo rma tion will be Sl'OI UJXHl req ues t. See S.R.D.S. Copyright'!> Cycle News. Inc . 19 8 5 . Trademark Cycle News regi stered U.S . Patent Office. All rig hts reserved. ON THE FRONT PAGE: The new KX500 from Kawasaki isn't just another Open-class motocrosser. See pege 30 for complete test . Photo by Kit Palmer. 2 Motocross people Easter Su n day we raced th e P ro race a t Su nrise Va lley in Ad elanto. I lost a wad o fm oney o u t of m y pocket and figured it was go ne for ever. Abou t 15 m inutes a fter I d iscov ered it missing, the an nou ncer sai d th at so meone found it and turned it in . A yo ung m an by th e name o f Ivan Vesely from Chandler, Ari zon a turned it in to th e tower . I would lik e to thank Ivan again, an d let everyo ne kn ow that th is is typical o f th e type of people who ride. mot ocross, CINDY R UT H ER FO RD San Pedro. CA Great .Mojave 250 I just wanted to drop you a qui ck note 10 th ank you for th e write-up yo u gave u s o n th e Great Moj ave.250 in last week 's issue (Cycle News. April 10). It 's a personal pl ea sure 10 fin ally see more th an a one-liner featuring o ur team . a nd a lso a very good article a bo u t th e ra ce. The p ublicit y we recei ve a lso h elps us a greatdeal in a tta in ing th e support that ena bles u s to keep ra cing SCORE events. ST EV E BUCKLEY Cl ass 20 L os Alami to s. CA More dirt tracks To Kevin Todd of Phoenix, (Cycle News, March 27): If yo u ca n drive from Phoenix to Corona in six hours. then the answer 10 your question (" W ha t' s a two-hour drive vs. six one way" ) is . .. If th ere were 10 races a yea r, yo u would ne ed a rich daddy or a n ex tra $600 a seaso n for bu ying o u t of -sta te gas. No sport wi ll grow o r even stay at its present level when it tak es nine yea rs and $5400.for bu yin g o u t-o fsta te gas for a n a ma teu r to tu rn Pro Novice. For $5400 , any o ne ca n bu y a Ro tax or a Honda RSC an d spares. Reaso ns for more SoCaI din tracks? I. When th ere are mo re tracks, there are more races. 2. When th ere a re m o re races, th ere are more racers. .3 . W hen th ere are mo re racers, th ere is growth a nd a ll 'racers ben efit . . . Beginn ers 10 Pro : • Expert . 4. To give Ar izon a racers so me where 10 drive 101 G . SWAN Pacoima , ~ No o ne is arguing again st m ore tracks . . . Edit or. Honda . It looks as if Honda ha s done a wa y with an o ld saying, " Mo ne y ca n' t bu y every th ing ." They bought Daytona , a n d Spencer raced against himself for th e Tripl e Crown! Wail 'til next yea r. Honda , an d follow th e leader. H e'll be o n a Yam ah a. MAR K BODKE McCook , NB Land use battles AMA District-S? would like 10 clear up so me co n fusion o n th e land use law suits. Wh il e COR VA a n d the Phan tom Duck ha ve served us a ll exce p tio na lly well , 'il has been AMA and District-S? wh o have h ad th e reso urces to ca rry these lawsuit s 10 conclusion. National Ou tdoor Coalition was in th e fra y unti l judge Tash i rna issued the prelim inary injunction on the Desert Plan in December, 1980. From that point on, it ha s been D-37 a nd AMA fight ing th e Dove Springs a nd California Native P lants cases . The cost o f these cases was over $ 120.000, of which AMA and D-37 spli t. T he Barstow-to- Vega s la wsu it is a total D-37 effort. It has bee n the riders of th e district wh o have mad e th is p ossible. The Sierra Club has forced this su it 10 go th e fu ll di stance an d cos t as mucb as p os sible. There have been two ap pe a ls 10 Appeals Court so fa r an d one more 10 go. The cos t to D-37 has been over $80,0 00. Motocross racers This le tter is 10 a ll the peop le wh o will be affected a nd o r sa dde ne d by th e closi ng of Indian Dunes ra ce track . Your chi ldre n o r yo u will n o lon ger h ave a loc al track to rac e o r practi ce. So m ost of yo u will be getling tres passi ng tickets for riding in area s you 're not all ow ed in. Some o f · yo u will q ui t ridi ng, a nd th at will hurt th e loca l motorcycl e shop s and othe r people wh o o ffer services for m o tocros s racers. Indian Dunes very qui et ly closed their race track s. They had a n o ffer to sell to th e.sta le for a SR VA area , but th ey tu rned it down. They will not hurt fina nciall y because th e studios will co nti n ue 10 rent th e prope r ty, I don 't blam e th e o wners for being upset by being sue d by th e clubs they rent th e track to suc h as AME (Arner· ican Mot ocross Erue r p rises.) The ot he r han dful o f peop le who sue are n ot even racers. They are the folks who a re learning 10 ride, no h elmet . had a few beers, etc.. ge l hurt, sue. Real ra cers. rig h t? Any o ne who kn o ws th e sport of motocross know yo u will at o ne li me get hurt . BUI yo u don 't go arou nd sui ng everyone in sig h t for yo ur i nj uries . Your inj uries a re th e ha zard o f th is sport . Maybe yo u folks wh o are self ga i ni ng by sui ng ca n see th e damage yo u ca use 10 th ousands of people who are hurt by yo ur. ign oran ce o f the sport o f m o toc ross. . All th e good tracks are closing because o f th is sma ll handfu l of peopi e. Soon yo u r loca l m ot ocross racers wi II be hi story. This br ings me 10 an id ea . I have spoken 10 severa l peopl e involved in raci ng. a n d we wou ld be wi lli ng 10 ma ke a cas h donati on to h elp Indian Dunes pa y for the o u trageo us in su rance fees. If yo u su p port this idea , or h av e a better idea. o r just want th e · trac k o pe ne d, pl ease wri te o r d rop a p ostcard, to N ancy Theys, ~.O . Bo x 672, Frazier Park , CA 93225. .DOn'l · send 'cas h n o w - let 's j us t present th ese ideas 10 th e o wners of Indian Dunes. With yo ur ·Iellers and su p port, ma ybe wit h str icter rules o n o pen rid in g an d raci n g, and financial su pport from us racers . we ca n cha nge th eir m inds and maybe th ey will vot e to re-o pen th e doors to India n Dunes motocross races. Or possibl y sell o u t to th e sta te and mak e th e Du nes a motocr oss park. Guys like j ohnny O 'Mara go t their start a t this tra ck . It s closing is a total sh a m e, th anks 10 a few p eople who shou ld hav e entered a noth er sport. NA NCYTHEYS Frazier Park, CA Pub lished letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. 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