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Cycle News 1986 01 29

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Husky Product clothing. Acerbis plastic components and Axo Super Belt lis in the National Enduros. National Hare and Hounds. National Hare Scrambles and other ma jor off-road events. For more inf ormation contact 619 /565-1414. Barry Bran d of Ba ytown . Texas. will ha ve h is short track avai lable for p ractice th e week prior 10 the H ouston Astrodome National. The tr ac k is located in Ba yto wn , about 15 miles from Houston. Fo r more informa tion ca ll Brand a t 713/4 22-4063. According to figures just compiled by Husqvarna Motorcycle Co .• Malcolm Smith Motorcycles of Riverside. California was the top Husqvarna dealer in country in 1985. followed by Sportsman Cycle in Las Vegas. Nevada and B&B Sales in Carlisle. Pennsylvania. T he Devils Bow l Speedwa y in Dal las, T ex as . will again h ost severa l AMA-sanctioned fla t tra ck ra ces in 1986 accord ing to prom ot er Bob Bagwel l. Th e season will o pen a t Devils Bowl o n February 23. Cycle World magazine will sponsor the first three events in a new series of displays and meetings for owners of o lder and unique motorcycles. The first event will take place on January 31 and February 1 -2 in Houston. Texas. and will be followed by events i n Boston . Massachusetts on February 28 and March 1 -2 and in Daytona Beach. Florida on March 6-8 . In addition to the usual American and European classes. two additional classes have been added . One for Japanese bikes and another for cycles of special interest. newer than 1966; there will be no chopper or custom machines. For more inf o rm at io n contact Group One Promotions at 714 /855 -9200 . " Desp ite reports 10 the contrary, I will spo nso r j ohn Ash m ea d in 1986," Peu-r Brad y told Cycle N ew s in a recent phon e ca ll. " wi t h help from Bales . Bell , Castrol. Fox. M ichelin . ND a nd Ontario ;\1 0 10 T ech . Ash mead will ri de hi s L aguna SI'e~l winni ng superbik e in the Da yrona 200 a nd mechan ic C ary Med lev asSInes m rthat a 1 986 11ll~'rCepl ()I:l\' ill be rea d y for th e I est of lht, ra n 's." Ashm ea d ' s prvvi o u st y a n nouu r-ed co n m-rt ion wi th a tea m orga n ized by Ron H o wa rd is o rr. Trick racing gasoline an d high· performance leaded premium gas oline are now available in the San Francisco. California, area . Vern 's Service of San Lorenzo. Ca lifornia is the 16th in the company's chain of stations throughout the West. For more information call 619 / 281 -9133. The West Vall ey O ccupat iona l Center in Woodland Hills. Ca lifornia has a nothe r m o to rcycl e mecha n ics class start ing o n Februa ry 3. En ro llm en t starts fo r the 40' \\'ee k semester o n janua ry 22; fo r more in format io n ca ll 8 18/ 346- 3540. The BMW K1 OORS has been voted Motorcycle of the Year for the third consecutive year by the readers of Motorrad. a German magazine. It is the first time one bike has been selected for the honor more than once. Motorrad is the largest motorcycle magazine in Europe. fit injured motocrosser Danny Chand ler. The raffle. organized by the Ventura County Motorcycle C lub of Ventura, Ca lifornia , w ill be held at the A MA 0 -37 First Chance Enduro at Red Mountai n, Ca liforn ia o n Fe b ru ary 2 . T ickets a re $ 2 .00 and winners need not be p resent to win, People can en ter t he draw ing by send ing money t o t he V .C .M. C ., 4 201 Angela St., Simi Va lley , CA 93063; the club will f ill out and enter a ticket for each $2 .00 received . More inf o rma t io n i s ava ilable from 805 / 656-312 1 . T h e II th Annua l H o u ston to ur will agai n be held out o f th e San Fra ncisco Ba y area . The tou r wi ll head to th e H o uston Astrodome fo r th e o pe n in g rou nd o f th e AMA /Ca mel P ro Series on j an ua ry 3 1 and the H o uston Su percross o n Fe brua ry I. Fo r more in formatio n co ntact Bill Spencer a t i\1I. _View Distribut in g , 408/ 2805688. been added and more information is available from Dick Mann at 415 /234-6556. Th e C o ld en Stat e Speedway Icc Cham p ionship will get underw a y o n Sunda y, February 2 a t th e Selland Ar ena in Fr esn o, Ca liforn ia . Th is is the first AMA -sancti oned speedwa y event o f th e 1986 seas o n o n the west coas t and man y big-name speedway r iders a rc e x pected to partic ipate incl uding the n um ber three r ider in the world. Sam Erm o lenko . Oth ers ex p ected 10 race incl ude Rod nev S u llivan . Gene Woexl s, Keith La rson , Mike Fa r ia , Da ve Fa ri a , Mike Delacy a nd man y more. For more in for ma'tion cal l 2091784-2674 . For those planning ahead. Daytona Cycle Week '86 takes place March 2-9 . ( Co ntin ued 10 page 26 ) March 3 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach. Florida will feature AMA-sanctioned vintage motorcycle road racing and concours; several new classes have H a rl ey-D a vidson Mo to r Co. Racing Man ager C lyde De nzer was le t go o n january 15, a fte r n earl y 25 yea rs w ith th e co m pa ny. Accord ing 10 H a rl eyDa vidson spokesma n Bu zz Buzzell i. the decision was made by eng ine ering ch ief Mark T u nic, wh o o versees bo th th e racing and marketing departm ents a t th e com pa ny. Walt Faulk, in charge of dyn o development wo rk o n th e X R7 50 engi ne, a nd Brent T hom p so n, in c ha rge o f tech n ica l informa tion for privateers, remain with th e co m pan y. a nd, accord ing to Buzzell i, "v. . we. th e H arley-D a vid son MOlOr Co ., are n ot red ucing o ur co m m itme n t to racin g a t al l." U .S . Suzuki Motor Corp . has donated a 1986 LT230SG Quad Sport and Thousand Oaks YamahaKawasaki has donated a new. 1984 Yamaha YZ490 for a raffle to bene- 3

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