the m . Along wit h my deal er (Pa ltrin eri s' Repair in Pennsylvania ), the y
mak e me very satisfi ed to hav e purchased a KT M. What ot he r manu facturer would give this trea rrneru to u s
" lill ie" guys?
Tha n ks again, guys, Keep up the
good work ,
scorr WO LFERS BERGER
Mo rga nvill e, NJ
Super dea ler
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Woody's Cycle in Mikado . Mich iga n is a dealershi p that really sta nds
o ut. It seems th ey kn o w the true
mea n in g o f sta ndi ng behi n d what
they sell. In m y 15 years o f racing a nd
having m y problem s ign ored or ge tti ng n o resul ts at a ll, I sta rted dealing
with Yamaha a t Woody's Cycle and
since th at tim e I have had hel p from
th e s ta ff and d eal er ship th a t C
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exceeds wh at wo u ld be requi red , a nd
I feel this type o f ser vice sho u ld be
recognized ,
GENO BR USH
Dra yton P lains, MI
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Radial motorcycle tires
I would like 10 dra w vour auen rio n
P eter Clifford's art icle (Cycle News.
Februar y 12 ) " O W8 1 Ya maha Test."
In th e art icle, Mr. Cl ifford has noticed
th e tre me n do us ease w ith wh ich Sarro n 's 1985 Yamaha ha ndl es. As the
article sta tes, th e tires used o n the
bik e were Mich el in rad ial s.
Rega rd ing benefits o f o ur radia l
moto rcycle tire, ha ndl in g is certa in ly
o ne of the major benefits , And. th e
Mich el in radi al s u sed on the O W81
Ya maha cont rib u te, in no sma ll way,
10 its h an dling cha racter istics, In
fa c t, o ur radia ls a llow th e same
motorcycle 10 be ridden in to curves
deep er, C
aster, a nd wi th grea ter ease
th an wi th n on -rad ial ti res. I thi n k
this is evide n t by the success of riders
usin g Mich elin radial s duri ng th e
1985 raci ng seaso n,
MATH EW AARON
Manager, Cycle Ti res
Mich el in Ti re Corpora tio n
Greenville, SC
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Right on time
You guys are right .. . a ny thi ng
else is hi sto ry. In th e case of th ree of
you r co m pe tito rs (I won 't mention
a ny names, but Hi-T orque Publ ica tions know who I'm referring to), we
a re ta lki ng ancient h istory.
In December '85. , o rde red four d ifferent magazines as Christmas gi fts.
but Cycl e New s was th e onl y one to
realize' meant Christmas '85, not '86,
My dad go t a great ca lendar and a gift
card on Decem ber 24th (Wha t timing!( and the very n ext iss ue of Cycle
News, The other guys? Well . we have
very hi gh hopes for ma ybe ge uing
th e June issues.
An yway, ' just wanted to say thanks
a n d keep up th e grea t work.
KELLY MOAKLEY
Chi co , CA
ON TH E FRONT PAGE : (To p)
J immy Filic e lead. the start of a
Superbike heet race. (Below) S uperbike 200 w inner Edd ie law son .
Daytona coverage begins on page
6 . Photo . by Henny Ray Abram• .
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Atlanta supercross
The m otocro ss at Atl anta Fulton
County Stadium was o kay, but th e
mud bog reall y suc ked . In th e co m -
ing year. if yo u a re going to run
motorcycles. run th e bik es, please do
no t m ix th e tw o . , kn o w th e wea ther
was a n ex treme factor, bu t th at is n o
excuse for th e wa y th at the m o tocross
was run. Some o f th e rid ers sho u ld
wri te in a nd co m p la in too . and maybe
nex t year's mot oc ro ss will be even
be tter !
TER R Y C SMITH
Un io n City, G A
Advancing motorsports
In response to th e letter fro m th e
Mo torsp orts Advancement Crusade ,
I understand wha t Bill Wildt is p u tti ng across. It 's no t just abou t o ur
great sport of m o torcycle raci ng, but
abou t th e p ress a n d th e m edi a realizing th e inherent right of all motorsports whethe r i t be the sa nc tio n i ng
bod ies or th e airing jou rnals to rightfully an d eq ua lly be represented. It
seems to me, th e gen eral pu bl ic ha s
been denied th e en ligh ten me n t o f
what 's reall y hap pening in sports
tod a y.
Wh ich includes not o n ly th e acrivi ties o f people. but th e scie nce, technol ogy . a nd d ynamics of h ighly structured sports ac tivity o n bo th a ma teu r
an d professional level s. I want m otorsports enthusiasts nationwide to step
forward now a nd co m m u nica te with
th eir governing sports bodies this
need to be recognized by th e national
medi a,
MARC LaFOND
Kankakee, IL
KTM
I would lik e to th ank Rod Bush,
Wilford and Kevin Hines o f
KTM for their help a t th e National
H are Scra m bles in Florida.
T hey seeme d o n ly too ~ Ia d to ta ke
tim e o u t o f th eir bu sy schedu les to
co rrect so me bu ~s in m y new KTM,
even th ou gh th ey had th eir own bik es
a nd bi kes o f more ta lented rider s th an
m yself to tak e Glre oc.
I feel thi s is a grea t service to th e
people wh o purch ast'd bik es from
Dou~
Congra tul a tions to th e Ventu ra
County M,C. on th eir first event; the
First Chance Enduro was excell ent! ,
-as well as m an y o the r riders were
im p ressed. Th e three-loop course
m ade exce llent use of th e terrain ;
p lenty of checks keep every body time
keepin g and the co urse was well
marked . T he Sa tu rday pok er a nd
specia l drawi ngs ( i .e .• Dann y
" Magoo" Chand ler Ben efit) helped
ro und ou t the weekend ,Special th anks
to G ranada Yamaha for thei r cont inui n g su pport of moto rcycle events.
Looki ng forwa rd to ridi ng their next
event.
ED BUTLER
Fami ly Raci ng Assoc .
U nited End uro Assoc. '-Long B each , CA
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