m iles with no tra ns miss io n maintenance or flui d chan ges!
I feel the new 430 Automatic is very
reliable and possib ly th e greates t enduro bike ever built.
DAVID BERTRAM
Rod eo , CA
IS DE coverage
I wa nt yo u to know what a nice
art icle Kit Pal mer did in Cycle News
(Octo ber 23) a bo u t th e ISDE. It was
good to see all of the rid ers at lea st
mentioned . . . yo u know , this hasn ' t
always happened , a nd I feel it is sad ,
wh en they put so much into it.
It was good having Kit on the trip
with us. Congratu lations on the article! H ope to see him in Italy !
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ON THE FRONT PAGE: K it
Palmer riding Steve Ek lund 's
ATK on the pavement. (i n se rt)
and on the dirt. For riding i m pression of the Superbiker to
motocrosser ATK. see page 6 .
Photos by Kim W. Palmer.
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B-to-V for asthma
My six- year-old so n. Kevin, ha s
been a n acu te as th matic since he was
six months old. Little Kevin has
probably consumed more medi ca tion
a t this point th an the average adu lt
cons u mes in several lifetim es. My
ho pe is that some day, somebody will
find a cu re for thi s so me times-fa ta l
di sea se.
As a member o f the 100s M.C.. I am
riding in the AMA District 37 Barstow to -Vega s race on November 30 to
raise money fo r the Natio nal Asthma
Center loca ted in Den ver. Co lo rado.
T he Na tion al Jewish Center for
Immunolog y and Resp irato ry Med icine (for merly the Na tion al Asth ma
Center ) is th e onl y h osp ital of it s kind
in th e Un ited Stat es. In addition to
doing research in respira tor y di seases.
th ey p ro vid e ca re for acu te as th ma
patients and o the r vic tims o f respira tory ailments. The center accep ts patients o f a n v den omina tion and
cha rges ar e based so lely o n their a bilit y to pa y. Nobod y is ever turned
a wav.
The center dep ends o n privat e donations for approx im at ely 40% of
their operating costs. Rem ember, an ything yo u can pl edge will help. If 500
o f us pledged just Ie per mile, we
co u ld raise 850; if 500 o f us pledged
5e: a mile. we could rai se 4250. .
Thecross-country course from Barstow, California to Las Vegas, Nevada is approximately 170mil es. Pledges
will be accepted in an y form . The
following are some id eas for making
pledges:
I. So much per mile completed
( Ie, 5C:, 10c, etc.). If all 170 miles are
completed, the to tal a mo u n t would
be: l c per mi le = $1.70; 5e: per mile =
$8.50; 10e: per mile = $17;
2. So m uch per mile with a lim it
on miles pledged.
3. A fixed am ount (regard less of
.
miles completed).
P led g es and /or co n tr i b u t io ns
sh o u ld be sent to Tricia Artz, 721-B
Atkins St., Ridgecrest, CA 92555 or
contact a member of th e 100s M.C.
before the race . Checks should be
ma de payable to "National Asthma
Center or National Jewish Center."
All contributions are completely tax
dedu ctible.
As yo u probabl y already know,
every yea r, th e Sierra Club tries to
stop th e B-to- V race. Since I plan to
make th is a n annual ca m paign, this
co u ld possibly have so me effect on
the AMA's battle with th e Sierra Club.
MIKE MYE RS
B-to-V #21
Ridgecrest . CA
Wa rren W ilson benef it
We just read th e noti ce in Th e
La test Poop (Cycle New s, November
27) rega rdi ng th e loss of Warren Wilson an d th e benefit dinner to raise
money for hi s wife, Lori, a nd son .
Because we do not kn ow how to
reach his famil y a nd yo u have th e
resources to do so, pl ease forward our
donation of 400 to th em.
We donat e these funds from the
Kyle Fleming Memorial Mot ocross
Race in the memory of Kyle Flem in g,
Bruce Bunch and Rick H em me, in
th e hopes that it wi ll bring some
sma ll comfort to his fami ly during
this time.
GA YE WINELAND
·The KFM Committee
Ph oen ix, AZ
Kyle Flem ing, Bru ce Bunch and R ick
He mme were min icycle motocross
stars killed in a tragic, post-race carl train collision in 1982. . . Editor
Auto Husky
As a rider for Husqvarna and havin g some input in th e testing and
development of the 1986430 Husq varna Automa tic, I feel obliga ted to
the poten tial cus to mer cons idering
this model to inform hi m th a t he does
not have to change the transmission
fluid at every checkpoint as reported
in the Cycle News coverage of the
1985 ISDE in Spai n.
My motorcycle worked flawless ly
and I changed transmission flu id a t
the end of each da y. T he real test,
h ow ever , was no t my bi ke but the 430
Automatic Chase Bike ridden by Ma tt
Culli ns that logged in excess of 1200
Racing facts
H a vin g just read th e report of the
October 22 road ra ce at Seattle In ternationa l Racewa y in Kent , Was h ington in Cycle Ne ws, November 13, I
must set the record straight:
I did not fall down in the " rain-'
sli ck turn two, " or any other tum for
tha t matter , during any of the three
classes I entered that da y. I, for o ne ,
would greatl y a p p recia te it if Bruce
Sch olten would get h is facts straight.
BR IAN H LAVKA
WM R RA #271
Alderwood Manor, WA
Tra ns-American Rally
I ha ve follow ed yo u r covera ge o f
th e T ran s-Americas Ra ll y with much
intere st a nd agree th e magn itude of
th e Ra ll y is gi ga ntic. How ever, I feel
"Noth in g ven tured, nothing ga in ed. "
In your October 30 Cycle N ews, the
U.S. Executive for th e Ra lly, Lynn
Winel and, sta ted. "All is going well
fro m o u r sta nd point a n d mu ch is
bein g do ne in other parts of the
world. "
I a p p la ud Lynn 's guts and dedica ti on . In th e past I have tal ked with
h im a nd have told him that whe n the
racers get to th e U.S. Border here at
Imperia l Co unty, I will do what I can
to mak e th eir ex periences good ones.
If everyo ne pitches in, th e TransAm er icas Ra ll y ca n be a feather in
every off-re ad er 's hat. God knows we
get bad -m outhed eno ug h. I a m sick
and tired of being told that a ll offroad ers a re losers, low-life, dege nera tes or do-n othings that just guzzle
beer, destroy th e en viro n ment and
everyth ing th ey use or tou ch.
If thi s Ra ll y doesn 't happen , it
sh ould not be sa id, " We didn 't try!"
DON H . BRO WN
Treasurer or Im peria l County
Chairman of Imperial Co u nty
Pl a n n in g Co m mission
EICen tro, CA
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