Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

in the October 20 International beach race i n Scheveningen. Holland . Four-t im e Formula Two TT World Road Racin g Ch am p ion To ny Ru tter o f Engla nd ha s a wa kened from th e co m a h e was in since cras hi ng hi s Du ca ti o n the da ngerous Ba rcelona street circu it a month ago. R u tter. 42, suffered h ead inj u ries, a bro ken wr ist, a bro ken leg a nd a broken verteb rae in a si x-rider p ile-up. R utter IS now recoverin g in a ho sp ital in Engla nd . Illeg al p ipes: British Standard 193 m akes it illeg al to sell iouder-thanstock rep lacement ex haust sy stems for machines f irst registered after January 1. 1 9 8 5. British po lice now support a change in t he law to cover all machines regardless of date of fi rst regist ration. as part of an anti -noise crackdo w n in England . England's Speedw ay Control Board is co nsidering m andatory drug tests for riders fo llowing drug ch arges filed against Au stra li ans Gar y G ugli elmi and Steve Pa yn e, Am erica ns Bob b y Sc hwartz and Kell y Moran , a nd Bri tish er Mi chael Lee. T he cha rges in vol ved possession o f marijua na , Over 400 rock-throwing f ans at the recent British Grand Prix were involved in a riot that saw f irebombs thrown at police the ni ght before the race. Appa rent ly t he tro ubl e started late Saturday afternoon w hen a ca mpground filled to capacity and f ans trying to f orc e their way into the campground blocked a m ai n hi gh w ay nea r by . Police arrested 33 f ans and brought t he situation under co nt ro l in about one hour. Race t eam s camped at t he track were not affected by t he riot. Moto Guzz i wi ll enter a special 750cc version of their four-va lves-per-cylinder V65TT model in the upcoming 7000-mile Par is-t o-Da ka r rally. The o ff-ro a d vers ion has a 16-ga llon tank and is ca lled the Baja. M ike Krauser has debuted a road- . going replica of former Sidecar Road Racing World Champion Ro lf Biland 's outfit in ·W est Germany. The street m achine. called Domani, i s powered by a BMW K100 flat four but may be sold w ith a Yamaha V -Max engine when it reaches the market in Europe next y ear. The expected retail price of t he monocoque -framed mac h ine will be about $ 13.000 in Europe. The USA-B RD Mot orcycle Performance School will hold a European racing schoo l at th e Nurburgring track in West German y. September 22-23. Topics covered will include license information , bike prep, track information, riding skills and safety . T he cou rse cos ts $100 and information is ava ilabl e from Cortez Lawre nce at P.O . Bo x 1581, APO NY 09130, phone 01 1/6303-4943. Bike Tours Un limited leaves Los Angeles. California September 9 for a guided 15-day tour of Italy. ferrying riders and thei r motorcycles to Italy aboard an Alitalia Airlines 747, Several similar tours are planned for 1986; more informat ion is available from 2 13/8332671 . BMW o f North Am erica pr esented the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) with $25,000 to fund a safety video for touring and experie nce d motorcycle riders. The video will co ver proper ma chi ne loa ding , group riding techn iques, ca rrying a passenge r and deal ing with traff ic situations and will be ava ilable to motorcycle clubs an d dealerships in 1986. Informatio n is avai lable from th e MSE at 714/241-9922. The sev ent h-annual AM A Superbikers made-for-telev isi on pavement / dirt race has been sc heduled for Carlsbad Raceway on October 27. Tickets are $ 12 fo r adults. $ 6 f or children under 12 and are available at Tic ke t ro n o r by mail from Grand Prix Motocross. Box 1256. San Juan Ca pistrano. CA 92693 , Racing will start at 12:00 noon. Finland's Pekka Veh ko nen (Cag) won the August 25 fi na l round o f th e 125cc Wo rld Cha m pions h ip Mo tocro ss G P Series in Brazil a nd clinched th e wo rld ti tle by 10 p oi nts over Ho Iland 's Da vey Stri j bos (Hon ). Carrado Mad d i (Cag) fini sh ed th ird in the sta ndings. Co nt inenta l A irlines ha s special fares ava i lab le be t we e n Los A ngeles and Sa n Jose. California; t h ro ugh September 1 5. a ro und trip costs $58. Reservat ions are ava ilable fro m 800/CAL-WEST , Am ericans J eff Ward, Bill y Liles, Ri ck J oh nson and Mark Murph y will ride in a su pe rcro ss in Nijrnegan, H olland on September 14. H eadin g th e Euro pea n contingent at th e race will be Erik C eb oers, Davey Strijbos and Anders Weriksson. T he race, origi na lly a p art o f th e Rodil Troph y S upercross Series, has been dro p ped fro m the series. The Belg ia n team f or th e Se pt em be r 8 Motocross des Nation s w ill include Andre Malherbe. Georges J obe and Erik Geboers. Kees Van d er Ven . Ge rt-Jan van D o o rn an d Da vey St rijbos w ill form the Dutch team. T he AMA Dirt Tmck Advisory Rules Board meeting sch edu led for Au gust 26 in In di anapo lis aft er th e Indy Mi le National s was rescheduled for Sep tember 16 in San Jose, California. U,S . Suzuki MotorCorp, w ill award eigh t 1986 m ac hi n es to h ighp oint s ri d ers i n the sp ortsma n classes of the upcom in g C M C / LadyLiberty Tra ns -Ca l motocross series run in Ca liforia . Machi nes t o be gi v en away inclu de two RM80s. two RM125s. two RM 250s and two Quad Racers . The series inc lud es events at Q ua il Canyon September 7 -8 . Huron Park September 14- 1 5 . Laguna S ec a September 2 1 -22. S an d Hill Ra nch September 28-29. M adera Fairgro unds October 1 2-13. Ascot Park O ctobe r 1 9 - 2 0 and Q ua il Ca nyon October 26-27 . Eac h rider can cou nt points f rom his best fiv e-of -seven overall fini shes. M ore info rm ation is ava ilable from C M C at 714/261-61 16. T he T exas Mot orcycle Deal ers Associa tio n has sch edu led its 1985 co n vention for December 7-9 at th e Linco ln Ho tel in Da llas. In fo rm a tion is av ailable from TMDA a t 512/ 4790425. Under supervis ion o f t he U .S . Consumer Product Safety Comm ission's ATV Task Force. t h e Specialty Vehicle Institute of America (SVI A) has developed a d raft v oluntary standa rd fo r ATV control c onfig u ration. age and safety label in g and dy na m ic pe rf ormance and is seek ing accredita t ion of t he sta ndard t hrou gh the A merican N ational Standard Instit u t e (A N S I) . T he sta ndard w ill influence what future ATVs are like and how they work. and ATV m anufacturers. manuf act ure rs of ATV products and A TV c lu bs an d user o rga nizat io ns are all el ig ible to review the draft v ol u nt ary standard and make comment s and ra ise objections before it becomes f inal. As long as the v olu nt ary standard i s being worked on. the C PSC cannot enact mandatory re gulation. To participate in t he standard review p rocess. companies and o rga niz at io ns should c o ntact Pau l Golde at SVIA. 31 51 A irway A ve .• B l dg . K107. Costa Mesa . CA 9 2 6 2 6. 71 4 /24 1-9 2 5 6 or D ia ne St ern at AN S I. 212 / 3 54-3 300. • MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRYS CffANGE Scheduled A reunion o f Kosm an Specialties em p lo yees, past a nd p resent , a t Golden Gate Park in San Francisco , California , September I; more informat ion a vaila ble from 4151 86 1-4267, N amed Spokesperson for a nat ional ATV safety ca m pa ign o rga n ized by Am er ican H onda Mot or Co., In c., Ga le " Motocro ss Mom " Webb: Webb 's Sa fety in Sports show, a imed a t ch ildren a nd parents , h as rea ch ed an es ti ma ted two m ill ion people in th e last five vea rs: Webb is current ly to ur in g 25 dt ies th roug hout th e lJ .S. p romoting ATV safet y. A ppointed By Interior Secretarv Donald H od el to fill an unexpi red term on th e 15-mem ber Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Desert District Advisory Council , Morris Worley , 49. manager for soda products operations at th e Kerr- Magee Corp. faci lity in Trona , Cali fornia; Worley 's term will ex p ire December 31, 1986. Repaved T he fro n t straightaway a t Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosa m ond , California , o n August 20: the ·n ew pavem ent mak es th e straightaway 50 feet wide a nd en la rges th e en tra nce to turn o ne; new sea ler on tu rn s seven . eigh t a n d nine improv es tract ion in tha t a rea . N amed Directo r , Safety Sta n dards a nd Tech n ica l Programs for the Specia lty Veh icl e In stitute o f Ame rica . Paul G ol de, for merly Dir ector , Ed uca tio n Programs for th e SVIA. N amed Director. Education Programs forthe SVIA, Nancy Huddl eston, a Chief In structor for Motorcycle Safety Founda tion an d SVIA rider ed uca tio n co urses; Huddl eston will s u pervise SVIA ATV Rider 's Course In struction programs and be responsible for increasing th e staff of Chief Instructors and Instructo rs. Sought Di recto r of Safety Pro grams for th e SVIA; a ppl icants must have experience in media contact, development of dea ler sa fety programs and supervision of media a nd publication production; information is avail able from SVIA a t 714/241-9256. M arried T h ree -ti me World Champion Kenny Rob erts to Pam Silva o n Thursday. Au gus t 22 in Modesto , Cal ifornia. • RISK ,~ E By Joh n Ulrich A l m o st a yea r ago Ke vin Sch wantz was ca ta p u lte d from ri ding a stoc k FJ 600 in WERA National Endura nce races into th e lim eli gh t o f piloting the Yosh im ura Suzu ki Su pe rbik e. Since then , he's won three A:\IA Superbi ke ra ces, beaten reigning Superbike Cha mpion Fred Merk el and two -time Superbike Champion Wes Cooley, and signed a two-y ear contract with U.S. Suzuk i Motor Corp ., becoming. wi th Merkel, o ne o f the only two me n in Arner ica with a facto ry road racin g ride. Kevin Sch wan tz is 20 years o ld. Sch wan tz got whe re he is today a n d will ge t wh erever it is tha t he' s goi ng - o n th e basi s o f na tural tal cnt, hard riding a nd a learning cu rve tha t looks like.a space sh u tt le takeoff trajectory. H e lac ks experience ~ut is wi ll ing to experiment. to try th in gs, to find ways to go faster and work a motorcycle harder. I co uldn ' t believ e it wh en I saw Schwantz ride tha t FJ600 a t tra cks across the country last year. T he image o f Kevin Schwantz I' ll alwa ys hold in mv mind is from the 1984 24-Hours

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