Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

White Mounqin 1 00 .v.il.ble for purch••e; the t.p•••re .v.il.ble in VHS for 822 .nd Seq for 827. ~ BY 1>411>41 Wf~LfY An swer Prod ucts has opened a European offi ce in It a ly that w ill be re s p o n si b le fo r all European sal es , marketing a nd warehousing. Entries for the 1985 Barstow to Vegas race are now available and D istrict 37 has also announced that the Street and Dual Purpose Ride and De.ert Race will be held on November 30. For more information call 213 /438-4435. 0') ...... Frenchman Jacky Vimond . the points leader in the 250cc World Championship MX Series. has an obvious infatuation with the color p ink. Vimond. who went 7 -DNF on the day at Unadilla. not o nly wears pink rid ing pants and boots. he also wears pink socks. Off the track. Vimond could be seen wearing a pink sh irt or wrapped in a pink towel. Reignin g Worl d Cha m pion Andre Malherbe (Han) swa pped mot a wins wit h Dave T horpe (Han) a t th e Ju ly 14 British 500cc MX G P, wi th th e o vera ll win goi ng to Ma lh erb e via h is second mo to win . Mi chele Maga rai to ( Ka w) fin ish ed third in mo to o ne behi nd winner T horpe and Malherbe, w hi le G eo rges Jobe (Kaw) took th ird beh ind Malh er be a nd T horpe in th e fina l mot a . T horpe sti ll leads Malh er be in th e point standi ngs , 28'1-269. Honda' David Bailey. who inj ure d his left wrist at the July 7 Bucha na n (Michi gan ) National MX. had the wrist x -rayed three days after the race . While no broken bones were found. Bailey may be forced to sit outthe upcoming New York Nationals. " King Kenny" Robens o n a H arleyDavid son XR 750 din tra cker ? T ha t's rig h t. Ro berts has con firmed a n entry in th e September I Camel Pro Series Sp ringfield (Ill inois) Mile Nat ional. Roberts will ride a Men Laww illtuned and prepped XR7 50. Roberts, with 33 National wins to hi s cred it. won h is last mi le N ation al in 1975 w ith a wild la st lap ride a t th e Indiana Stat e Fairgrou nd s aboard a watercooled Yamah a T Z750 dirt tracker . Terry Vance (Suz) won the Pro Stock round held in conjunction with the National Hot Rod Association's July 13-14 drag meet at Raceway Park i n Englishtown. New Jersey. Vance ran an 8 .49 second pass in his victory over John Mafaro (Suz). Mafaro hit a slick spot on the track just off the start. veered across the center line and was disqualified. Da ve Strij bos (H a n) won both rnot os o f the J u ly 14 Fi n nish I 25cc l\IX G P . Pek ka Va h ko n en (Ca g) wa s second wit h a 4-2 tall y, whi le th ird o vera ll fell to Kees van der Ven (KT M) an d h is 3-4 performan ce, Strijbos tops th e poi nt sta ndi n gs with 254 points, with Vehkon en seco nd with 238, and Corrado Mad d ii third with 225. Cycle Tech . w ith Da v id A ldana. John Kocinski and J oey Osowsk i doing the riding. won the J uly 1 3 sixth round of the WERA Natio na l Championship Endurance Road Race Series at Loudon. New Hampshire's Bryar Motorsport Park . Cycle Tech (Suz) covered 281 laps on the 1 .6 mile track during the six-hour race to top defending series champion Team Hammer (Suz). who were leading the race until they encountered mechanical problems. 6 Ni ce g uys: Th e ent ire staff o f Cycle G u ide magazin e dona ted blood en Nancy Cooley and son Wester attended a benefit auction for inj ured racer Wes Cooley at Lag una Seca. masse wh en road racer Wes Coo ley need ed blood foll ow in g hi s crash a t Sea rs Po int Ra ceway in Ma y. T he good wo rk was o rga niz ed by C ycle G uide's Ma rcel Fo rt ney, a long-tim e fri end o f Cooley. The 49th an nua l M ilan (Italy) Motorcycle Exhibitio n is scheduled for November 20-27. w ith t he first three days reserved for motorcycle ind ust ry members. Firms from at least 20 European and non-European countries. including the People 's Republic of China. are expected to participate . Approxima tel y $ 15,000 was raised to help Wes Cooley in an a uct io n fol low ing th e C ha m pion Spa rk Plug 200 a t Laguna Seca o n Sunda y. The hi ghest priced item that so ld was a H onda bough t by Sa mmy Tan ner for $2.850; N D Spark Plu gs mat ched Tanner a nd threw in a no ther $2,850. Team Green has announced it will attend both the NMA Grand Nationals in Ponca City. Oklahoma on August 4 and the AMA National in Hurricane Mills. Tennessee on August 13. Kawasaki w ill debut the 1986 KX models in addition to helping with technical problems and providing emergency race parts. The USA ca ble neww ork 's Ci rcle of Sports show wi ll fea ture th e June 29 CMC H awai i Alohacross supercross. T h e race will be shown o n August 25 a s pa n o f th e two -h o ur sho w ai red every Sunday a t 6:00 p .m. Paci fic time. Mo re in fo rma tion is av a ila ble from 7 14/ 26 1-2311. Film of the 1984 Superbowl of Motocross and t he 1984 Rosebowl Supercross w ill be aired in the Los Angeles area on KNBC Channel 4 on Saturday. July 27 at 10:30 a.m. More informatio n is ava ilable f rom 7 14/760-0169 . A specia l versi on o f Gar y Ba il ey's Mot ocross School wi ll be held a t th e Hun gry Vall ey o ff- roa d a rea n ea r Gorma n, Cal ifo rni a o n Jul y 17-20 a nd wi ll be spo n so red by Am er ican H onda 's Safet y a n d R ecreati on Dep anment. T he sch oo l is o pen to a ny 16 year old or yo u nger th at o wns a H onda CR m ot o cro ss bik e th at is 125cc or less. T he fee for th e school is $ 100 o r $ 15 fo r th e " f u n d a y" arra nged by H onda , The Arizona Desert Racing Asso ciation now has videos from the HBJ Expo sition s &: C onferen ces ' Gen eral Manager Carla Parlee-Rose recentl y presented Keith VanHaneof Mo torcycle Ind u str y Council with a check re presenting HBrs contribution o f $ 100, 000 to the MIC. Th e ch ec k- com es in recognition to th e en do rsement of th e su ccessful 1985 series o f motorcycl e and ATV sho ws, A call to Santa Clara Medical Center found Jay Parnell in good spirits after his high speed crash in turn three at Laguna Seca. Parnell has a vertical and horizontal crack in his neck's sixth vertebrae. but has good mobility on his left side an d right arm. H is ri g ht leg and foot are the only problem as he is experiencing slowness in those areas. A full recov ery is expected fo r Parnell who says "I feel fine and I ' m ready to get out of here." Parnell said he should be re leased sometime in September and is hopin g to race at the Dayton. Pro-Am in October. Cards and letters can be sent to Parnell at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. 751 South Bascom. San Jose. California 95128. Abaddon Products Co. and NJL Distributing Co. of Montpelier. Idaho recentl y broke ground on a new 50.000-sq ua re-foot building to replace th e fa ctory. warehouse and office facility which burned to th e ground o n Apri l 25. That fire was the second for the com pa n y, whi ch had just returned to fiberglass hel m et p roduction fo llo w in g a fire in February. A n ew lin e of helmets from the com pany is expected to reach the market la ter this month, according to a co m pany sp o kesman . Shawn Moran won the Speedway Over.ea. Fin.1 July 14 in Odsal. Bradford. England. beating Engtishman Kenny C.rter in a run-off. Lance King was third. Four of f ive Americans in the Fin.1 qualified for the International Fin.1 scheduled for August 3 in Sw.den. including Moran. King. S.m Ermolenko and John Cook. Look f or complete coverage in an upcoming i ssue. Litt le kn o wn fact: Ameri ca n H onda sold 101,983.38 worth o f roa d racer, d irt tracker a nd motocros ser parts to riders a t Da ytona during Speed Week 1985. T h e maj orit y o f pa rts so ld carne o u t o f the road raci ng suppo rt track . with the bal ance bei ng made up by engin e pa rts sa les to di rt trackers a nd a sma ll q ua nti ty o f mot oc ros ser parts. Inju ries at the California State Vehicular Recreation Area at Pismo Beach have declined radically in recent years despite I.vel or increased use . Figure. recently rel eased by the state ind icat e that 1 4 people were injured at Pismo over the Fourth of July weekend. vs . 60 injured o v er the 1984 Fo u rth of July weekend and 125 inj u red over the 1 9 8 3 Fourth of July weekend. According to Mike Bi.hop. Ch.irm.n of the C.liforniB Dep.rtment of P.rk••nd R.cre.tion. Off-Highway MotorV.hicle Recre.tion Commi••ion. the reduction in injuri•• can be traced to m.ndatory flag-whip. (which decr•••• dune-crest colli.ion.) .nd the effort. of the volunteer Pismo Duna P.trol. which encourage•••fe riding practice•. The Bureau of Land Management 's El Centro (Ca lifo rn ia) Resource Area has gon e a hea d with Yuha Desert trail closures and camping limitatio ns proposed in February. BLM sta ffers reviewed public co m ments to the proposed closures before making th e preliminary decision; th e closure deci sion becomes fina l a fte r th e public co m me nt pe riod ends August 9. The BLM received 18 letters regarding th e closures; th e most detailed co m me n ts ca me from anti-O R V J a mes E. Harmon an d Edith Bragg Harmon of O cotillo, Californi a . who advocated 25 specifi c trail an d area closures and who protested that th e BLM's mailing list is bi ased i n favor of the "Motor-Driven Recrea tionist Industrial Complex ." Fred A. Worthley, J r. , Regional Manager in th e Ca lifo rn ia Department of Fish and Game's Long Beach o ffice, su p p orted II speci fic cl o sures . with Nan cy Kaufman o f th e U.S . Fish a nd Wildlife Service's Laguna Niguel Field Office su p po rt ing an othe r specifi c closure. Groups writ ing in fav or o f continued OR V u se in th e area were th e California Associ ation of 4W D Clubs a n d the U n i ted Four Wheel Drive Assn. of Tucson . Arizona. To obtain information or to co m m en t on the closures . contact Steve Nelson. BLM, 333 South Waterman Ave .• EI Centro. CA 92243. • 6 19/352-5842. MQ'!0RCYCT P INDUSTRYI..J UANGES Formed By Answer P rod uct s a nd former Team Yamaha me chanic Dave Osterman . Answer Action O z. specia lizi n g in motocross en g ine a nd su spe ns ion modifications and co m ponents, located at 9748 Cozycraft Ave. #D. Chat sworth. CA 91311. 818 / 341- 1797. Wadded A 1985 BMW KIOORS. by Ri der magazine Feature Editor Da vid Mallett, a t a riding sch ool at the N urburgring in West G ermany. Ju ne 18. Named Acco u nt Exec u ti ve for H onda ATV a nd m o to rcvcle a dvertis ing at Dailey &: Associa tes, Sco tt Goodwi n , for merly Senior Ad vertising Ass ista nt / Na tiona l ATV Advertising a t Ameri ca n H onda Motor Co., Inc. Moved ssw Engineered Producrs.ro 73 1 Monroe Way. Pl acentia , CA 92670 , 714/996-9400; th e com pany is n ow headed by Wa yn e Green. Bom Crystal L ee Winston . to fo rmer Winston Pro Seri es dirt tra cker Joe Win ston a n d wife Diana , July 8; Winston o wns Motorcycl e C it y. a n accesso ri es store in Mission Viejo. California . •

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