Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

bent Arthur Bronson has refused to debate Mr. Ferraro. A story in the Los Angeles Times (May 21) addressed this issue. but there is still no response from the incumbent. Your vote on June 4 could certainly make the difference. as the projected voter turnout may drop as low as 8%. PAT OWENS Los Angeles. CA WEST Team Tamm America's weekly motorcycle ·new spaper Sharon Claylon. Pu blish... Mi k. Klingn.Comp.,olln Skip Johnson. ,hsO('jtJ~ Pu blish" ! National StJ~s M 07l4gtf' Carnlint' Gmdry , Exe cutive Secut4ry to th~ Pub lish" Edltorilll John Ulrich. Ed itor k it Palmer. Ass«iak E.ditur Man Hilgenberg, Associak Editor Jim Wolrou. "ssoci4t~ Editor Rrx Reese, F~u ,~ Editor Adwt1Ieing T trTY Prau Salts MOMgn T im Ryan. Soko MOMg" s Linda Brown AdvntisinJ Coo rdiruuor Nancy Waste-II, Advntism g l Ed itor ial Assistan t . Graphics and Production Larry Gill . G,. phi, A rtis. Gi nger Devaul, Grap hic Art isl Malcolm Wilson. Graph ic A rtist Mari on Ha lashitil . T yfNuttnCarolyn Branham, T yp.srtter Dennis CrrrnC'. LJb. T ech: Accounting/DaU. ProceaIng Donna Bryan. Acrounls R «riv4blt CoordirudoT • Gnlna Repass, tlssiJUnl Fra n Hamwry. Credit Clrcu18tlon Rhc:ba Sm ith. M anIJgn Sarah Taylor, AssisuJnt Lyna Hood. Assiston . Rebecca Braa k, "wiant Alma Anguiano. ASSist4nt o.le, S.....nd Sarvica Bob Ellion.lk.'" Sales M OPllJg n Want Adl Steve Gruner, W ant Ad Sales S.rvlc:a and Support Chri s Aitch eson. R ecept ion ist Grr'KOry Hanson. SO'S Wa8t 2201 C herry Ave.• Lo ng Beach. CA 90806. P .O . Box 498. Lo ng Beach . CA 9Ol101 ·(H98 (2 13) 427· 7433: LA. Line 636·884-1 . Eut . 4190 Firs. Ave.. Tuck et, GA. 30084. P .O . Box 805. T uc ket, GA 30085-0805. (404) 934-7850. . Cyc le Ncw , /W est (US PS 141·340) Is pubhshed weeklyexcep r rhe first and last week of th e cal endar year for S25 per year by Cycle Ncw•• lnc.. 2201 O1crry Aven ue.LonK Beach. a 90806. Seco nd cla ss postage paid 411 Long Beac h . CA. 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Copyrig~ Cycle New1I. Inc . 1985. 'rradam.rt< Cycle New_ raglaUlrad U.S. PatlIntOffice. All rightI _ _. ON THE FRONT PAGE: For a clole' look at the eight-valve pe, cylinder. V-four. oval piston NR500 Honda. lee page 20. Photol courtelY Motorrad Magazine. 4 Coron.a Raceway T he re a re so me th ings tha t are very hard to say in a very emotiona l m oment a nd th e last £Ia nrack race a t Corona Raceway was o ne o f those m oments. T here are a 101 o f peop le who were involved with th e show tha t need to ' be th anked, starting wi th David an d Gu y th e £Iagmen ; Theresa for results and trophies; Christi, scori ng: Richard S. a nd Rich ard J. for th eir various duti es from'sign-up to staging; David th e sp o tter, sco rer, sta rte r, sign-u p and wh at ever; Ron for h is grea t announcing and m y righ t ha nd man , Denny Agu irre, who kept things mo vin g and mad e things a lot eas ier for a ll of us. Aunt Bea wh o kept th e co ffee h ot and th e beer co ld a nd th e a m bu la nce crew wh o cared a bo u t . yo u if yo u went do wn. There are tw o peopl e who a re spe cia l a nd th ank yo u wi ll never be adequat e enough to convey t~ e 5~cia ~ feel ings I have for th em . Fel ice Lipan wh o is no longer with us, gave me a chance to run th e flattrack show a nd no matter how li ght th e turnout happenedto be. never o nce lost co n fid en ce in th e sh o w o r gave up on i t, Thomas L ipari, h is so n, wh o h as been my boss a nd friend for many years. H is IruSI in m y abilit y an d h is support made working for him an ex pe ri en ce that few people will ever be lu cky enough to ha ve. Last but cer tain ly not least a re th e riders. many of wh om grew u p a t Corona and have gone on to bigger and better things in th e racing world. They know who th ey a re an d how much pride we h ave had watching their successes. The riders known as th e regulars who have su p p orted th e £Iat track from day one and of which many ha ve become special fri ends. We thank you and we will m iss you . U n fo rtu na tely. there will never be another Corona Ra ceway. But hopefully there will be a noth er R.A.C.E. . Ilattrack in the not too di stant future . Un til th en keep yo ur bikes ready and you r leathers clean. ELAINE JONES. Director R.A.C.E. Flatttack Corona, CA Desert news JUSI want to say thanks very much for th e expa nded District-S? desert coverage. Larry Langley is do ing a tr u ly o u tsta nd ing job. H e has me looking foward now to every Wednesda y aftern oo n. Pl ea se keep up th e good work. CRAIG RIMLINGER V.P . Viewfinders M,C. Thousand Oaks. CA Politics .,. Resid ents of th e grea ter Los An gel es a rea will have a n o p portu ni ty to vo te in th e June 4th runoff elec tion. Ri cha rd Ferraro is seeking a sea t on th e Los Angeles Community CoII~ge Board o f Trustees, H e IS running agains t in cumbent Arthur Bronson. Mr. Ferraro is a former in structor at Los Angeles T rade-T echnical Col lege a nd ha s visit ed th e ca m p us as well as th e other eigh t ca m p uses in th e Los Angeles Community Co llege District . H e strongly su p ports voca tional education. A recent su rvey p roved th at 56 % of a ll full-tim e Com m u ni ty Co llege stu de nts, stat e wide, are i n th e system to obtain .a ha nds-o n- skill a t th e en d of th ei r tw o-year tra ining . . At Los Angeles Trade-Tech nical College th at figure is 87%. We are a performance-proven college and have been turning students into taxpayers since' 1925. Pl ea se conside r Mr . Ferraro as a new voi ce on the Board of Trustees. Bu t above all . pl ea se vot e if you are eligibl e i n this elec tio n as the voter tu rno u t is projected to be only I !%of th e total eligible vo ters. If you prefer yo u ca n vote by absentee ballot e~en if you a re still in town on election day. An absentee ballot can be obtained by written requ~st. Print .your name. address, and sign yo ur signature the same as you are registered to VOle. Send it to the Los Angeles City Cl erk, Election Division, P.O. Box 54377 Terminal Annex. Los Angeles. California 90054 . More information can be obtained by calling 213/2557702. Remember that the deadline May 30. This election has received virtually no media coverage because incu m- This is to in form everyone not to purchase any Tamm Racing Products d irect from T amm in Nevada. In February I ordered a pair of Team Tamm race pants with a money order. I waited six week s a nd when I hadn 't received them I ca lled to inquire 01:1 the order. I was told to ca ll back. Then . I was told they would call back. Now their phone is di~onnected and: I find out from th eir East Coast distributor th ey have filed for bankruptcy. I am not saying not to buy any reinaining stock of Tamm products from your local dealer or reputable .distributor, though. They are vicums just lik e the rest of us . . My main concern is not the busi ness dealings of Bob and JulieTamm or the fact that a lot of people. who thought they wer e su p portin g the sport of motocross. lost money; but the effect th is will have on any future non-factory race teams. They will nOI only hav e an uphill battle trying to co m pe te· in a factory enviro n ment but a lso iri obtaining an y support from th e fans. who over th e yea rs have witnessed one privateer team after anothe r fold. Race fans will find it difficult to lend th eir sup port when th ey kn ow it will o n ly be a short time before th ey go th e way o f Team T amm. EDWIN SIMS Anchorage. AK Against ATV ban Mr . Stuart Statler 's proposed ban and recall o f a ll form s o f ATVs is a very drastic me asure, and it is one th at definitely needs reconsideration. Wh y is it th at if C?re activity has a cert a in amount o f risk to It. It IS considered to be th e fault o f th e ignorant user . I'm referring to boating accidents a nd th e use of boats by uned uca ted people? Yet . a t lh e. ~a~e time, a nothe r form of n sk y ac ti vity IS co ns idered to be in herently dangero us, a nd a tot al recall is th e only solution to the problem of injuries. The problem here is knowledge of a p articular activity, a nd t~ e. fact th~ f a great majority of th e mjunes In ATV rei a led accidents ca n be avoided if th e " ignora nt" were educated. Would yo u a llow just any person to drive an automobile on th e streets without the proper ed uca tion . o r not being of a certain age? Of course notl Would yo u allow a person 10drive a ca r if they were only 10 yea rs of age. or if a person were so intoxicated that they couldn't th ink clearly? Nol Yet these same th ings occur all the time w ith ATVs because people are not educated in th e proper use of offroad vehicles. An honest con sidera tion of the problem is all th at we ask. Don't let the few ding-a-lings that have no regard for life destroy it for the rest of us. 'If an action is to be taken . then find a way to weed out those who are abusers. and let th e rest of us be conscientious users. ROBERT EVANS Salt Lake City. UT (Continued to page 38 )

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