Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Georg ia 's Road Atlanta . Cycle Tech, with David Aldana , John Kocinski and Joey Osowski doing the rid ing, tu rned in 1 99 la ps in the s ix-hour race on t he 2 .5-mile road course to top ru nner-up Bridgeport Kawasaki (Suz) by two laps. Speed Boys (Ya m), Mac h One Racin g (Ya m) a n d So lm a x Rac ing (Ya m) ro u n d e d out th e t op fi v e. The fina l poin t stand ings, wh ic h count a team 's best n ine f in ishes, show Cycle Tec h w ith 942.75 points to 922 points for Speed Boys. Two-time \VERA National Endura nce Road Raci n g Champions Tea m Ham m er will compete in th e 1986 WERA Nat ional Endurance Series o n Su zuki GSXRIIOO-based Su perbikes, accord ing to. Tea m Hammer Presid ent an d Founder Bruce Hamm er. H ammer recently a n no u nced that he has signed a 1986 co nt ract with U .S. Suzuki Motor Corp . to persona ll y manage th e team , which will auempt to regai n th e cha m pion shi p title it lost during th e 1985 raci ng seaso n . Th e team will be based in California : California 's Doug Toland h as already signed a co n tract to ride in 1986, but G eorgi a's R uss Pa u lk has decided to co ncentra te o n Fo rm u la One in 1986, in stead o f riding en d uran ce events; other 1986 riders will be a n nou nce d later, H ammer said . Ridgecrest Off-R oad Park in Californ ia: a pproval o f th e Bureau o f Land Ma nagement's decision to lea se the 640 ac res o f th e O HV park by th e government will mean co nstructio n ca n begin in Nov ember or Decem ber. THE WIII'-"', HOU S E ....!I ," N O T O "" october 10 . 1985 Lo n g Be ach Honda in Long Beach, California will host a C h ris t m a s Party / Open Hou s e on Dec e m be r 1 4 fe aturing ra ci n g m ovies, prod uct sem inars , a service clinic and celebrity guests; for more information c a ll 213/423-1433 . • MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRYS ClfANGE Wadded A 19 86 Suzuki GSX RIIOO at Laguna Seca Raceway during the worldwide press in troductio n November 6, by Motorcyclist magazin e Senior Feature Editor Dexter " Dou ble Dexter " Ford; motorcycl e received superficial damage in the turn nine incident; rider essentiall y unhurt. Wadded A 198 6 Su zuki GSXRIIOO at La guna Seca Racewa y during th e wo rld wide press introduction Novem ber 6, by Northeast Rid er 's AI Fritz: motorcycle received serious damage in the cor kscrew incident: rider essen tia ll y unhurt. loIr. FTeddlo spencor 201 l4lIam Street Shreveport· t.ou\alan& 1110 1 While President Ronald Reagan erred in saying Freddie Spencer is the first man to ever win two World C hampionships in a single season, Spencer is the first man to win the 250 and 500cc titles in one year. Spencer hosted a river-boat party and a la n d- ba s e d reception in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana October 23; Congressman Buddy Roemer read t he lette r t o t h e crowd d uring t h e festivities. o a ~ Wadded A 1986 Suzuki GSX R 750 a t Lag una Seca Raceway during th e worldwide press introduction Nov ember 6, by (Frenc h) Mot o Journal 's J . L. Colin ; motorcycle destroye d in th e turn seven cra sh: rid er su ffered minor injuries. >a:: a:: w ... >llJ en ~ a :I: 0.. Wadded A 1986 H onda G o ld Win g test bik e, by Rid er magazine Feature Editor David Mal let , in T exas ; bik e suffered extens ivedamag e, Mall et esca ped essentia lly uninju red. W added Freddie S pencer (shown), Bubba S hobe rt a nd C h ris Ca rr took turns rid ing a re pli c a of the 1 8 8 5 Da im ler/ Ma y b a ch motorcycle to reen act the first motorcycle rid e; the trio rode fro m Buena Park to Anaheim, Californ ia o n November 10, the 100th a nn iversary of the fi rst ride. Bill Bagnall wa s p resent ed wi th th e Dud Perkins Award , th e Am erican Motorcycl ist Associa tio n 's h ighest honor. a t a November 10 banq uet celebrati ng th e 100th a n n iversary o f th e m otorcycle, Bagnall was responsib le for th e 1969 linku p between th e internat ional sa nctioni ng body th e FIM - a nd th e AMA. wh ich led to th e current America n dom in ation of 500cc World Cha m pions hi p Road Raci n g a n d team -ch a mpi onsh i p Motoc ro ss des Na tions. Although only e ight years old, Cagiva is the world 's fifth largest manufacturer of motorcycles, and the only maker outside Japan t ha t bu ilds a complete lin e of street, dual-purpose, motocross, e nduro a nd trials b ikes. Over 500 lett ers o f su p port were sent to th e Secre tary o f th e Int erio r in Was hi ngton D.C ' in' regard 't6' the A 1985 y a'maha FZ750 lo ng -term test bike, by Motorcycli st m aga zin e As so cia te Editor N ick Ien atsch , at Wi llow Sprin gs Racewa y in Rosa m o nd , Californ ia o n November 3: lena tsch was a t th e tra ck with 1984 500cc R o a d R a c i n g \\' orld Champion Eddi e Law son a t th e time o f th e inci dent, a n d was unhurt. Moved Mik e Kidd Promotions t0951 Pipel in e Roa d , Suite 100, Hurst, T exa s 76053. 817/ 284- 1766. (A bo ve) Freddie Spencer w ith h is grandmother, Mrs. H,E. Spencer, and h is father, Fred, during Freddie's victory party. (Be lo w ) Freddie with Honda Racing Corporation's Mr. Oguma a nd Mr. Yoshizawa; crew chief Erv Kanemoto is at right. Formed AdVice Marketin g Concepts by J erry Bronstrup, Sarah Horsley, Patricia Bronstrupand Kevin Lombardi; th e adverti sing agency will be loca ted at 27739 Ca raway Lane, Saugus, CA 91350. 805/254-4242. Closed Cal afi a , th e sea t a n d fa ir in g co m pany: o pe ra tio ns have been ass u med by Bear Stat e Industri es a nd o n go ing busin ess will be at 13027 Te leg ra p h Road , Santa Fe Sp rings, CA 90670, 213/ 944-1045. Joined Bru ce Si lverna il's ATV o f La s Vegas and J ohn Va n H oore to form Ba nd it' s ATV an d Mo torcycle Accesso ries: th e new busin ess will be at4 050 Schiff Dr .. La s Vegas , Nevada 89103, 70213 62~ 75 1 1. . •. " . 7

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