Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

. Any person w ho rides a tri al s bike wi ll learn ba lancing, centering, th ro ttle control, concentration, picki ng lin es, clutch and brake techniques. Control is of the u tmost importance on any motorcycl e but is highly am p lified at slo w speed. If you master th ese ba sics o n a tri al s bike, it will en ha nce a ll types of mot orcycle riding . Roger D a nd Ga ry Ba iley sta rted in tri al s. Many 1\I X a nd roa d racing sta rs rid e trial s durin g th eir o ff-se aso ns to sha rpen th ei r skills . :\Ian y people in the USA don 't know wha t tr ials is abo ut, bu t are interested in seei ng suc h a n event and ma ybe get involved th emselves. It 's a spo rt wh ere one ca n p ractice a ll da y on a mountain side or in a parking lo t, and conditioning does not matter. You don 't compete against the clock or o th er rac ers to th e finish line but with eac h sectio n as your competition . j ack Stikes, from th e Tryals Shop in Florida, has set up a fantastic stadium trial s for three years wh ich kept growing in spectator's interest. Last year we and ma ny o thers were very disappointed to find th e stad ium tria ls ca nceled. We do hope th ere wi ll be a stadium tria ls for Daytona 1986. NATIONAL America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Sharon Clayto n. Publisher Mike Klin ger, Comptroller Skip j ohnson . Associate Publishert N ational Soles ManlJ gn Jack Mangus .\AsJociat~ Publisher ! Senior Editor Rb eba Smi th . Circulation .\ lana gn Caroli ne Ce ndry, Ex ecu tive Secretary to th" Publisher Editoriel J o hn Ulri ch . Ed itor Kit Palm er , Associate Edit or Matt H ilg enberg. A ssociat e Edit or Pa ul C arru thers, Associate Edit or Farren \\ 'illiam5, Asso ciatt' Ed itor Advertising NED DAILY & MIKE WEZW IC K Long Island Trials Clu b Elmont, Nj Terry Pr all . W~st "" Salt's Ma na!{n Tim R yan. Wt'.ftt'Tn Salt's Man ag"r Mar k T ho me. lVt'st N'n Sa lt's Ma na!{"r Mike" C h u rch. Easte rn Sa lt's Man aKt'r Hil ary Brow n . Easter n Salt's Mana gt'T Thomas R. Comer, EJUum Sale s Managn Li nda Brown" Il't'st~n Ad . Coord inator Ca rla Bu rden . Eastern Ad . Coo rdinator Nan cy ",astell , Advntising fEd itorial Aut. Graphic. end Production G in ger Mach ado. Production Man agt'T Mal colm \\,il spn . G raph ic Artist Diana H ilgenberg. G rap hic Art u t Mari on Ha taebita. Typese tter Ca rol yn Branham . T)'p~yttt'T Denni s Crttne".LAb. Tech nicia n Accounting /Data Processing Donna Bryan. Acels , Hut'ivablt' Comdinatcn Gen eva Repass. Assistant Fran HamwC")'. C, t'dit Circuletiorl Sara h Taylor Ass ista nt Aim .. Anguiano Assis tant Linda 7..;,unarripa Assista nt CJu...i Ch a pma n Assistant La u ra AldridKt'. Assista nt Went Ad. 5 10.0 Bern f"a nt Ad Salt-s Service end Support Chrls Airch escn. H eadquarters R ecept ion ist Leonard Herr ing, Sero ice and S uppo rt Netionel Heedquerter. 220 1 Che rry Ave.• Long Bea ch . CA 90806; mai ling address P.O. Box 498. Lo n g Beach . CA 90801-0498; 213/42 7-7433. 213/636-8 "H . Ee.tern Office 4 190 First Ave., Tucker. GA 30084: mailing address P.O . Box SO Tucker , G A 30085!), O BO,; 404/934 -78,0. Cycle News (U SPS 141·340) is p ub lished weekl y exce pt (he first and last week ol the ca lenda r year lor 525 per year by Cycl e S ews. In c.. 2201 Cherry Aven ue. Lo ng Beach, CA 90806. Seco nd class postage paid al Lo ng lkach.CA. POSTMASTER : Send f orm 3579 to Cycle New• • P.O . Box 49B. Long Beech . CA 90B01-049B. 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All rights reserved . 4 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Kavin Schwentz pilota the Yosh imura GSXR· 750 Suzuki Superbike et l.lIgune SeCII. See pege 1O. Photo courtesy of U .S . SuzukI. l.lIrry Roeseler (In set) et the D ·3B King of the Desert race . Photo by Peul Carruthers. Story on pege 16. Houston I would like to m ak e so m e comm ents on the 1986 Houston AMA Indoor National Short Track. I have attended this event a lm ost yearly sin ce 1968. This year th e crowd wa s smaller than I believe it has ever been. The supercross race on Sunday did nothing to draw a crowd to the short track. Ins tead , they cancelled th e TT event/ and the TT spectators sta yed h o m e altogether. The racers stayed home too l The depth of talented National class riders was shallow a nd it showed as eac h race strung out in th e ea rly laps. Maybe th e cost to set up an indoor bike (and tra vel. . .) was too much to compete in a sin g le race (no TT p o ints) wh ich was un lik e any other race o n th e ca lenda r. The track was sma ller due to p ortions o f th e prebuilt supe rcross tr ack. T here was no rea l program . It was a newspaper quality six-p age affair folded aro un d th e lat est co py o f Cycle N ews. Definitel y not me ant to be kept a s a memento. At lea st a ll of this has p rompted me to try specta tin g o ne o f th e other Camel Pro races next year (ho pe fu lly a mile!). On a n uplifting not e, thanks to a real professional who takes the time for motorcycle race fans - Alex j orgenson.1 have seen him ta ke timeout for fans on ma n y occasions. (Thanks for the p hotol) Good lu ck this season ! STEVE M. LI GON Tyler, TX Fun is beck for 1988 • . After a uendi ng three motorcycle shows in th e la st three 'mo nt hs, th e mo torcycle o utlook is bright and promising. Most encouraging are the severa l new models, both dirt an d street, fo r en try- level riders. T he best pa rt of th ese n ew m od el s is th at yo u don 't n eed legs like j o h n Wayne to climb o n or to kick start them. The first five years of the 1980s were th e pits for th e m otorcycle industry. The introdu ction of ATVs and ATCs kept most dealers a live, but adverse publicity on programs, lik e 20/20, definitely hurt a ll motorcycl ists. Cycle News readers know about the campaigns trying to offset the effects o f this nega tive exposure. just before Ch ristmas 1985, P aul Golde of the Motorcycle Ind ustry Council, was on prime-time televisio n news in the southern California a rea to tell the public about the.posirive side of ATV and ATC use a n d to sh o w the public th e protective gear a nd us e that makes our industry a fu n sport. Another positive move was th e cha nge madeby so u thern California , radio sta tio n KPFK, 90.7 FM, wh en th ey moved th eir radio talk show, Center Stand. from midnight to 2:003:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon . Ma rgaret Fowler is th e host ess of Center Stand. An o ther rad io talk show is Mo torcycle World on 99.9 FM in so u th ern California, 100.9 FM in San Fr anci sco / O a kland , 105.5 FM in Sacramento a nd 690 AM in th e western U.S. T his a irs eve ry Sunday even ing from 10:00 to 11 :00 p .m. with Larry Huffman as host. This is a no the r plus for o ur ind ustry. With all of us working together we ca n promote th e fun a sp ect o f motorcycle riding, especia ll y o n th e g reatest line of entry- level dirt and street bikes I have ever seen . 1£ you are new to motorcycli ng, welcome to the world 's best sport. PAT OWENS Instructo r, Mo torcycle Repair L.A. Trade -Technical College Los An gel es, CA Stadium trials The 1986 Daytona Speedweek is a p proach in g fast. At last year's Speedwee k, a ll the attention was p ut o n th e sw itchover fro m Fo rmula One race bikes to th e Superbikes. Due to th is change. we believe a unique part of mo torcycle competi tion wa s o verlooked a nd eli minated . Trials co m pe tition (s tadi u m tr ia ls) is a new , g rowi ng sport in th e USA a nd well es ta blished in th e European co u ntries. Tria ls, un li ke MX a nd road racing, is q uiet, safe, in ex pe n sive. does no t require m uch room. does not tear u p soil (environmentally sound) p lus littl e gear is needed , (boots a nd helme t), no wear and tea r (tires o nly) . Neither rain, nor. Ca n you please tell me why I do n 't get my Cycl~ News unti l T hursday? When it came from Georg ia I wo ul d get it on the previous Fr ida y. Now i t is a lmost o ne week late. I rea lize th a t it now co mes from California, bu t co me o n . P AUL HAYES O ttawa .Tl, W~'r~ uiell aware of the problem , Paul. and uie're working wi th t he U.S. P ostal Service . .. Editor. Where '5 the desert? I'm a sho rt track and motocross racer from So ut h Dakota who has never run a desert race. T he problem is, I know no th in g at all a bo ut desert racing and would like to kn o w m or e so that I mi ght be able to compete in the Frontier 500 the next time it's held. What I would like to know is when the event is scheduled, how ma ny men you need for a pit crew, how many miles apart should the pit crew be placed, if it is essentia l to pre-run th e course to be competitive and any other essentia l information. DAN FELDHAUS P ierr e. SD For desert-racing info. con tact AMA D-37 at 3550 Footh ill Blud., G lendale, CA 91214; H igh Desert Racing Association (H DR A) at 961 W, Dal~ Ave.•L as V~gas.NV 891 U; or SCORE atJ1J56 Via Col inas,SuilJe 111, W~st .141t~ Vill4g~. ·C.f 9H6fI . EdJtcn. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the poSition of Cycle News. 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