Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

L!":l 00 0") ...... GPz 550-750-1100 Trail Riding nps by "Professor" Bailey With David Bailey & Johnny O'Mara Thi s ta pe is f or anyone w h o wants to know more about riding , w heelies. u phills. d ownh i ll s . ruts, g o in g ove r log s. d i t c h e s . d rop-offs . off cambers. proper r id ing position and mu ch. m uch more. W e also have a short p i ec e o n David and J ohnny j u mpin g uphill that you're n o t going to believe l $49~95 p lu s $ 3 .0 0 per ta pe shipping .. handling. Videos b y " Pr ofesso r" Bailey P .O. Box 130 CNW A xton. V A 24054-0130 = Call For Fast C.O.D . S e rvicel C.O .D . o rd e rs s u bject t o UPS charges. Spec i f y VH S o r B et a . .. ·34 I I I • I . 1. J. " , 111 ..-1 '. when the two tangled o ff a jump an d went down . Berry a ttem p ted to jump around the crash, but was taken out in mid-air by th e flyin g H on da s, an d both Stork an d Fr iend ro lled by into first and seco nd. Berr y remo unted a nd cha rged aft er th e leaders, bu t time ran o u t befor e he co ul d regain th e lead. Stork took hi s Budw eiser / Rice Cycles H onda across for th e win while Fri end put hi s Spea rfish Yam aha into seco nd ahead of Berr y. Behind, Todd Willis an d Mark Mu ell er had a terrific battle for fo urth , wi th Willis grabbing th e posit ion after Mu ell er cra shed. Ro u nd two saw Berry aga in tak e the holesh ot with Friend seco nd, but in the second corner Frie nd motored around Berry and into th e lead. Berry stayed right with th e Yamaha pilot for the first half of th e moto, th en went by on a large set o f doubles o n the backstraight that he but n ot Friend was clearing. Berr y went fro m th ere to tak e th e win a head o f Fr ien d , and th e duo finished o ne -two in the overall s as well. Stor k, with a tender knee from a n earli er fall, trailed in third ahead of Mu eller a n d Willis, and that trio rounded o u t th e top five overall in that sa me order. In the first 250cc Pro mot a , Berr y and Stork continued th eir battle, heading Greg H yde, T on y Ulrich and Ra n da ll a ro u n d for the ope n in g laps. The battle was short-lived, however , as on th e seco nd lap Stork popped his right kn ee ou t o f its socket landing off th e long do u blej u m p o n th e backstra ight. T his a llo wed Berr ry to molar off wit h the win, wh ile H yde tu rn ed in his best ride as a Pro wi th a so lid seco nd. Molder sta rted off the mot a in the back of the pack, wo rked his way to th e fro nt only to crash and have to do it a ll over agai n, and finall y set tled into thi rd la te in th e mota after slippin g past Ulrich and Ra ndal l. Round twoof the 250s found Molder gett ing a much better start and head ing o ut to do ba ili e wi th Berr y rig ht from th e begi n ni ng. Mo lder worked himself into the lead, bu t Berr y stayed right with him a n d the two swapped th e spot a few times before the checkered flew . In th e en d Molder slip ped back underneath Berry to tak e th e lead fo r good with on ly a few laps remai ning, and went in for th e mota , win as Berry took seco nd, Hyde third, Dave Zurh fourth a nd Kevin Forrester fifth . Overall , however, th e order was Berr y, Molder , Hyde, Zuhr and Randall making up the top five spots. O pe n Pro action saw Molder come back to his usual form and lea d the first mota through the corner as Lynn Hyde, Keith Eh nes, T im Cleveringa and Stork followed. Stork worked hi s way up to third q u ickly, but with the tender knee was not up to clearing the doubles, and H yde used th em to fend off Stork each lap. Out front, Mo lder motored off to a co mforta ble lead and went untouched, while H yde found Stork relentless despite th e bad leg. On the fina l lap Molder came in for the win, and H yde had secon d j ust about wrapped up wh en he blew th e comer after th e doubles, and Stork dove underneath a nd into seco nd. Hyde had to sett le for a dejected th ird ahead of Eh nes an d Cleveringa, Ro u nd two saw Stork tak e the h olesho t with Molder an d Hyde righ t behi nd and Stork managed to h o ld Molder off th e opening lap , but kn ew the do ub les would tell the story. O n the next lap, Molder cl eared the jumps, sailed into the lead as Stork went o ver them o ne at a time. H yde then pulled up to cha llenge Stork, and Stork began to fear losing seco nd overa ll, and, bad leg and a ll, went after the doubles once more. Ginger ly, he cleared th em , and n ot on ly shook off H yde but reeled in Molder to make a ra ce out of th e fin a l moto. Stork tried to get by Molder right down to th e wire, but Molder was too tough a nd wen t in with a no the r mot a win , wh ich ga ve h im th e overa ll vict ory. Stork's second ga ve hi m second overa ll to H yde's third place ride, wh ile Cleveringa bested Ehnes in th is ro u nd fo r fourth in both th e mot a a n d overa lls. Results OPEN A : 1. Dave Mo lder (Yam ~ 2. Billy Sto rk (Ho n); 3 . Lynn Hyde (Hen). 250 A : 1. Lee Vern Berry (Yam): 2. Oae M olde r (Ho n); 3. Greg Hyde (Hon). 125 A; 1. LeeVern Berry IKawl; 2 . M ike Frie nd (Yam ); 3. Billy Stork (Hon) MINI A : 1. James Fuller (Ka w); 2. Bradley W agn er (Kaw); 3 . Davey Ritter (Yam). MI NI B: 1. Mi ke Ladner(Yam); 2. TerryVogel(Hon) . Mt NI C; 1. Ricky Ja cobs (Yam); 2. Bradley Georg e (Kaw) ; 3. Craig Goode ll (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Craig Davis (Han); 2. Brent Sharkey (Han ); 3. Todd Schoen be rn er (Han). 125 C: 1. Scott M ann (yam); 2. St ev e Schacher (Yam); 3. Kim Ehn es (Varni. 250 B: 1. Mark Nau gl e (Kaw); 2 . Cha d Lu ndstrom (Kaw); 3. Blaine Myer (Han). ENDURO: 1. St eve Pet er so n (Hus); 2. Pat Mailm an (Yam) ; 3 . M ik e Peter son (Kaw) . OLD IRON: 1. Mar k Isaac (Hon); 2. Ph il Reil (C·AI; 3. Curtis Kredit (Yam ). Flores, Moffat best at P.A.L.. MX By Mike Vancil SANTA CLARA, CA, J ULY 5 Tony Flores rode 125 and 250cc Pro a t P _ A.L. night motocross a board his rocket-fast Suzuki RMs a n d won them both after long-and -h ard battl es with det er mi ned a dve rsa ries . Alan Moffat had a n a ll-ou t, 250cc Jun io r war o n h is KTM with Bill Arnold o n a YZ Yamaha ; in th eir first mota th e lead changed as man y as six times in o ne la p ! Mo ffat rides for KTM o f Sa n J ose and surely solid ified h is relati onshi p with h is sponsor, for h is performance was spectacu lar. T he norma l battle to the first corner wa s heighten ed by the la yout of th e track . This tim e th e field h ad to mak e a 1800 turn in th e firs t co rner a n d man v a moto had its share of first-turn mi stak es. Moffat gu n ned hi s a ll- w h ite KTM into the corner firs t, a nd exce p t for a heartstopp i n g bobbl e co rn in g o u t, h e would have been free o f the sna rling pack behind h im. C hief a mong th e opponents was vetera n mo tocrosser Bill Arnold on hi s YZ Yamaha. Arnold doesn 't seem to get a n o p po rt u n ity to ride every week for a n en tire seaso n, so he hasn 't moved u p in class as rapidly as some of th e other younger competitors. Tonigh t Arno ld' s ridi ng d idn ' t exh ibi t any rust ; in fact , he rode as if there was a S1000 prize for th e victor. They battled so hard tha t they cleared a co ns idera ble distance from the other riders in their class. Arnold never had th e lead for more than 15 seconds ,bui he gra bbed it away from Moffat often as they slammed aro un d the wellprepared racing surface side-by-side. The moto en ded with Moffat the winner; Arnold h ad fa llen off on the la st lap , attempting o ne fin al pass. Replacing Arnold in second was Hank Lenshoek on a RM Suzuki. Arnold did get up qui ckly and fini sh ed third ahead o f Dave Math eson on a CR Honda. In th eir second moto the two com bat ants resumed from the very first co rn er th e battle th ey had begun in moto one. Agai n it was th e fresher, more powerf u l KTM that go t the poi nt. Arnolds ' daring riding wasn 't eno ugh to eq ua lize th e differen ce in ma chines and he settled for seco nd behind Moffat. The overa ll went to Moffat , secod n to ARn old a nd th ird to ..Mr. Clean " Gar y J ae h ne o n a San J o se-based Kaw asaki . The fir st Pro mota brough t out a com bined class of l25cc a nd Open bikes, two o f eac h . Flores, th e overall winner was o n a 125cc RM Suzuki a nd he di d it with a seco nd in the first mot a an d a first in th e second moto. Fo ur la ps into the mo ta , a track o fficia l was runnin g towa rd th e finish line with a red £lag in h is rear pocket. H ow ever, the £lag was not fu rreled a n d [lapped suf ficien rly fo r both Flo res a nd Nelson to think th e race had been stop ped. Track side fans con vinced th e pa ir o the rw ise and th ey co m me nc ed racing a ga in but Nel son had gai ned th e advantage a nd went o n to win . Mota two was a different sto ry a nd with no unofficial red flags to hamper him, Flor es went to a no-n onsen se victory over th e field . In th e 250cc Pro mot os, th e raci ng again heat ed up. First rider to th e 1800 co rner in th e first mota was Danny Bol es o n his T eam U.S./Mo toX Fox/Pa lo Alto Yamaha and Pa u l Turner Racing-sponsored YZ. Im medi at ely behind was J on Nelson and his CR Honda sponsored by Duralube an d Moto-X Fox. At the mid point of moto one Flores began h is move from th ird position. First he ro cketed by Nelson a n d in less than a nother 100 yards he was able to get past Bol es as well. It seemed to break Bol es rh ythm a n d he cras hed end over-en d. Nelson co uld n ' t a void th e Yamaha o f Boles, hit it a nd th en landed o n Bol es' ches t. Immedi at e track act io n saved the situatio n from becoming even worse and th e o nco min g riders were a ble to mi ss the inj u red Bol es. Ne lso n wa s a ble to recover h is H onda CR a nd set o u t again a fter Flor es. Flor es ca rr ied hi s lead to th e £la g a nd wo n a no ther overa ll for hi s sponsors Cycle Im po rts/Mo to-X Fox a nd Team U .S. Boles got up a nd was a ble to wa lk to h is p it a nd will be back in actio n, hal a nd heavy as us ua l, nex t week. Results 60 PEE WEE: 1. Elt on Steyd ing (Yam l. 60 MI NI NOV t2-1 6 : 1. Kevin Donahoo (Yaml; 2 . M ike Hayde l (Ha n); 3. V in ce Caramella (Kaw). 80 MIN IJR 12 · 16 : 1. M att Furman (Kaw) . BO MIN IINT 12 ·16; 1. Steve Hunter (Kaw) . BO MI NI EX: 1. Chr i s Neet Ivem ). 125 NOV ; 1. M on ty Ownbey (SUl ); 2 . Brett Mit· ch eIlIKaw); 3. J im Ricce ISUl). 125 J R: 1. Tom Kiuler (Yam ); 2. Paul M idson (Hon); 3 . Steve Cano IHo n}. '25 INT: 1. Mark Drebert (Yam). 12 5 PRO: 1. Tony Flore s (Suzl. 250 NOV; 1. Tom Adler (Yam); 2. M ike Tosc hi (Vam); 3 . Jeff Rapett i (Hc nl . 250 J R; 1. A lan Molfat (KTM I; 2. Bill Arnold (Vam); 3. Gary Jaehne (Kaw) . 250 INT: 1. Al a n Carlso n (Yaml . 250 PRO: 1. Tony Flore s (SUl) ; 2. Jo n Nelson IHon ). OPEN NOV: 1. Robert Davis (Vam). OPEN JR ; 1. Chris Haal and IHon). OPEN PRO: 1. J on Nelson (Yam). VET SPTSMN ; 1. J oe W yl man (Kaw) . VET INT; 1. Harry Bell icitt i (Vam). VET MSTR ; 1. M ichael Alarcon (Hon ). P.A.L.. GPto Alarcon By Mike Vancil SANTA CLARA , CA, J U NE 30 Michael Alarcon started out the day with dismal luck at the Police Athletic League track, bu t it a ll changed as h e was able to win bot h hi s 30-m in u te motos for th e Veteran Master class win. It looked bad for Alarco n wh en hi s bike's fro nt brake seized in practice and threw hi m o n th e ground. But after repai rs a nd a n ice pack on a swollen left hand, Alarcon was a ble to grid the machine fo r h is co m bined class mota. Th e Pro class riders were gate started and when clea r of the firs t corner, the Intermediate class was £lag started; when th at grou p cleared th e Veteran class was a lso £lag sta rted. Four-mi nute laps over the serpen tine co urse stretched th e groups so that seldo m wa s th ere much interaction. First mach in e failure occ urred to Veteran M~ st er Larry Baker 's . (:~

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