Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/126823
TEri YEA S AGO The story "Building Bikes in the H eartla nd ," featured Kawasaki 's new motorcycle plant in Lincoln, Nebraska . "Current Production " at that time was 25.000 KZ400s that retailed for $995 (sans electri c starter). H onda rider Marla nd Wha ley debuted the new 250 Honda fo u r-stroke factory trials bike in winning the Ninth An nual Big Bear Trials. Whaley bea t Bu tlaco rider Bernie Schrieber by six po int s over the two day event. Yam aha:mo unted G iacomo Agostini won the 500cc West Germa n Road Raci n g Wo rld Championship GP by beating the four-stroke MV Agusta of Phil Read in a tight race in front of a capacity crowd of 135,000 at H ockenheim. He ik k i Mik kola won the raindrenched Italian round of the 500cc Motocross World Championship amid controversey when American Brad La ckey (a nd others) was not a llowed to start due to a qualifying scoring snafu by the o rganizers. R id ers were supposed to complete at least five limed qualifying laps and the event organizers claimed that Lackey only completed four laps when in fact he had ridden seven -to-nine laps. Andy Kirker won the D-37 Stumpjumpers MC Hare and Hound on a 250 Yamaha. Kirker batt led with Husky rider Kim McC lean for most of th e ra ce unti l McClean crashed on loop two . An ad compared a Red Wing KM-X shock to the Kon i shock, feature for fea ture . Cycle News featured " T he Great Japanese Trials Pl on k-O u r" with five bikes hea d-to-head. They were the Yamaha TYI75, Kawasaki KT 250, Suzuki 250 Exacta , Yamaha TY250 a nd the Honda TL250. The Yamahas won, with th e TY250 rated the best . Estancia High took th e tea m honors in th e High School motocross rac e a t Orange County International Raceway with riders taking three firsts, a second and a third overall in six races. C RC held a Grand Prix at Valley Cycle Park in Moorpark. Mike Sixbery (Yam ) won the Open class. Jim O'Neal (C-A) took the 250cc victory while R ick Park (Hon) captured the l25cc class win. Fo urteen-year-old Broc Glover rode h is Husky to the 125cc Expert class win at Carlsbad's High School MX Superbowl Q uali fier. G love r moved u p from a six th-place start in the second rn o to to wi n. Just another day at the races. Kerker Pro Am, Willow Springs, April 14, 1 985 Hondo 500 Interceptor Ist Michelin Hi-Sport 2nd Michelin Hi-Sport .3rd Michelin Hi~5Port 600Stock Production 1st Michelin Hi-Sport 2nd Michelin Hi-SpOrt 3rd Michelin Hi-Spcrt 600Superstreel 1st Michel~ri Hi-Sport 2nd Dunlop 3rd Michelin Hi-Sport Y omoha RZ Cup 1st Michelin Hi-SpOrt 2nd Michelin Hi-Sport 3rd Dunlop 600 ModifiedProduction 1st Mic~elin Hi-Sport 2nd Michelin Hi-Sport 3rd Michelin Hi-Sport First, we'd liketo tip our hotsto the riders, mechanics and machinesthat did so well. Congratulations, you really made us lookgood , But there's a bigger story here than just the race results. You see, we didn't just beat other DOT approved HI-SPOlITTFll(FIIONT)/ TG22(IEAI) productiontires, • We also won against slicks, In fact, the Hi-Sport-a DOTapproved street tiremassacred the wholefield af racing slicks in the two races where both tires competed. . So if you're riding on another tire, you may wantta do what other tire componies are doing. . Test some Hi-Sports. ~. MlCHELKBECAUSE SO MUCH IS RIDING ON rotJRTIRES. . SLIP-ONS for Both the 900 &600 models $199.00 .See vourlocal dealer or call ~'liEilKEil= 1-800-423-5246 (Calif. 1-800-382-3689) 7900 Deering An., Clnoga Plrk, CA 91304 21