Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Th e last Bultaco P ursan g w as m anufactured in / 979. Nixo n says th ere's " no w ay " you r B u l w ould be com pe titive. For more informa tio n on Bultacos and racillg pa rts fo r th em , give Nixon a call at Gary Nixo n Enterprises, 30/ / 666-1098... Editor. Magoo benefit NATIONAL America's weekly m ot o rcyc le newspaper ' Sh aro n Cl ayton , Publ isher Mik t> Klin ger , Co m pt roller Sk ip j ohnson . Associate Pu b lishrrt N otio nal Sa lt's Ma nag er J ack Mangu s.1A.uot'iat t' Pub lish er / Senior Ed itor Rb eba Smith. Circula tion M a n a1{t' t Ca ro line Oe nd rv. Exe cuti ve St'crt'lIl ry to thr fublisht!t Editorial • john U lric h . Editor Kit Pa lmer. Associat e Ed itor Mall l-{ilJ.{t'nht·r~. A ssociate Ed itor Paul Ca rr u thers. A ssociate Ed it or Farren Will ia ms. Asso ciate Ed it o r Advertising T erry Pra tt. W l's!t'Tn Salt's Ma naR' t , Tim Ryan. Wt'stt'rn Salt's M a na g t" M ark T home, U',.. l n n Sal t's M anagt'r t Mi L..e: Ch u rch . Eastern S al,..! M Oll ag n H ilar y Brown . Eas ter n Salt's M ana.':,., Thomas R. Gen ter. Eastern Sa lt's lUa na, {t'r t Linda Brown . Wt'stn n Ad. Coordinator Carla Borden, Eastern Ad. Coordina tor l':ancr Waliou:lI . Ad~rt;S;"K /£d;'or;al .'hs'. Graphics and Production GinK"" Machad o . Production MQ"Q.E:tT Malc o lm \\, i"'ol1. (;rdph ;c Artist Diana U i l ~(~II ~r K, Graphic Artist Mari on H ata h ila , T YfNs, tt" Carolyn Bra nha m . Tvpe seuer Dennis Greene, Lab . T echnician Accounting /Data Processing Don na Bevan . A ccts. R u~ivab lr Coord in ator nu G("nt"Va R~ pa s.., Assisu fra n Uam ""t'1 Cud;, ·, Circ ulation :·....10111 T allO! A .u;.\t (m / ,\ 11n. 1 .\ II/.t i,n u l A\.\ ls/n u/ u Li nda / ';Iln" rr ip_l Assistant C lu-r i C;h'IIJ"'(' 'ot"nt upon request. See S.R.D.S. Copyright (!) Cycle News. Inc. '986 . Trademark Cycle News registered U.S. Patent Office. Allrights reserved . 4 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Team Yamaha's Broc Glover styles at Yamaha 's private practice suo percross track in Sunnymead. California . Glover interview begins on page 6 . Photo by Kit Palmer. DAMON BR ADSHAW C harlone. NC NAMX Chandler benefit N o rth American Motocross Ra cing Enterprises (N AMX) will stage a benefit motocro ss fo r Danny " Magoo" Ch andl er a t H oll ist er H ills S tate Veh icular Recrea tional Area , Su nday, Feb ruary 9. The Chandl er benefit a sks a ll Pro riders to forego th e us ua l P ro pa yback. Instead , th e fun ds will be pa id to th e Danny Chand ler Dona tion Fund in Wa lnut Creek , w ith NAMX ma tchi ng th e P ro m o ni es do llar fo r do llar, g ivi ng Dan n y a 200% P ro p urse. T he P ro s wo u ld , however still have th eir poi n ts sco red a nd reporte d. The February 9 H o ll ister Hill s event is idea l for th e Chandler benefit because o f a n a lll ici pa tcd large P ro rider turn out to pra ct ice for th e G olden Sta te Mot ocross sch cd u led fo r the following weekend a t th e H oilister H ill s track . We haven't set any goa ls beyond the 200% purse to Dann y, but we are ho p in g th at , in addi tio n to th e hi gh num ber of Sportsman ent ries we have had , we w ill have a big response fro m Da n ny's fell ow P ro rid ers. CARL W. HAALAND NAMX Ala meda, CA Ch ip in for Chandler I a m like anyo ne w ho reads Cycle N ews, I wo r k, pay payments a nd never seem to ge t a hea d. When o ne o f us need s h elp like Dann y " Magoo " Cha n d ler , a g uy I never h ave met a nd o n ly sa w race o nce (a t th e Superbi kers ), we need to ba nd together. I don ' t rea lly ca re for m o tocross, bUI if yo u' ve ever ridde n a motorcycle, do like I did: C hi p in a t lea st five bu cks. Imag in e if a ll o f us wh o rea d this did. D.R. WANN P ico R ivera , CA Bul hunt I' m th inking of res toring a 1969 Bulta co Pu rsang. Any idea whe re I might find parts? I co u ld n ' t ge t pa rts wh en it was new, bUI by n o w th ere must be thousa nds of blown up o nes gatheri ng dust in garages a nd sheds. I th o ugh t Bul s were extinct unt il I noted in yo ur new spape r that Rodney Farris had won so me short track races in Ma ry land o n h is. I' m su re tha t his Bul is p robabl y much new er th an m in e. Are th ey sti ll being man ufactured ? Also, where ca n I ge t a si lencer to fit th e expa nsion cha m ber? I would g rea tly a p p recia te it if yo u co u ld send me any addresses o f possible pa rts suppliers . STEVE ROBERT S New Castle, W Y Th e bi ke Farris rode in th e races yo u men tione d is ow ned by tw o-time G ran d Nat iona l Champ ion Ga ry Nix011. N ix on 's Bu l is a 1977 Astro . As t h e result of a cras h i n a December '85 Europea n Supercross Race, Dan ny " Magoo " C ha ndler (th e one w ho bro ugh t the world double a nd tr ip le jumps ), is p ermanent ly para lyzed a nd witho u t insurance. In th is writ er's opi nion , M ago o was th e bes t ent ertai ner in the sport. The mem bers of Ven tura Coun ty Moto rcycle C lu b (VCM C) want to h el p . And, there arc a lot o f o th ers th at a lso wa nt 10 donate time or money (hopefu lly a ll of you , too). T he response from ou r ca lls has been in credible. Everyone we've ta lked to wa nts 10 dona Ie! As a resu lt so far, we n ow ha ve a new 1986 Suzuki LT 230SG Q u ad Sport, a new '84 Yamaha YZ490. a nd top- line accessories and goodies p ouring in . All donat ed! Now it 's yo ur tu rn . Bu y ticketsl ! Two sepa ra te drawings wi ll be held in th e afternoon a t the lSI Chance Enduro, February 2 at R ed Mo u nta in , California . P lentv o f room th ere for every body, a nd we;d love to hav e yo u all show up a nd ride th e event or j us t be th ere for th e draw in g . Bu t, in case yo u ca n ' t mak e it, sen d yo u r checks to VC MC MAGOO , 420 1 Angela s.; Si mi V all ey, CA 93063. For eac h 2.00 dona ted , a raffl e ticket w ill be fill ed o u t for yo u and p laced in th e drawing bo x. The wi n ne r of th e Quad Sport will n ot h ave to be p resent. Allproceeds will go d ir ectl y to Magoo. We wou ld li ke to thank , amo ng ot hers, U .S. Suzuki Mo tor Corporation , T housand Oaks Yarnaha-Kawasa ki and Yamaha In rerna rio nal for ' th eir gen erousity as donors. Th e fast a nd generous response by th ese huge co rpo ra tio ns as we ll as all the individua ls in vol ved has shown that th e big co m pa nies even care. H o w a bo ut all o f yo u o ut th ere? We especia lly want tot h a n k Cy cle News fo r helpin g 10 ge l th e wo rd o ut. And , Da n ny, if you ' re readi ng thi s, help is on rhe wa y fro m the read ers o f Cycle News!! R ight , reade rs? BR U CE BO R ING Ventura Co u n ty Motorcycle C lu b Ventura , CA Setting record straight I' ve just received my first iss ue of Cycle Ne ws National and I'm happy to say everything seems up to sn u ff, H o wever, I would j ust like to set th e record straight: We sti ll don't ca re h o w the h ell they do it in California . BARR Y H . HELLMAN, J R. Seve rna Park , MD Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters for publication must be typed and double-spaced; letters must include the author's correct name and address; unsigned or anonymous letters cannot be used: due to the volume of mail no letters can be returned or ac· knowledged. Send letters to Voices, P.O . Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801.

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