Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

America's motorcycle newspaper Volume XXIV Sharon Clayton , Pub lis her Mike Klin ger,Ca mp'Toli n Skip J oh nson. A ssociate Publishrr t N at ional Sak .s Managt'T Jac k Ma ngus, Associate Pu blish rr t Edito r Rh eb~ Smith, Circula tion .U anagtT Caroline Cendry, Ex ecutive S«utary to 'h i' Pu b/ish" Editorial Kit Palmer. Associate Editor Pau l Ca rru thers. A ssociatt' Ed itor Farren Will iams,' A ssociate Ed itor Mik e Larson . A ssistan t Edit or Edw ina Man gu s, Calendar Edi tor Advertising T t"rTY P ra ll Salt's Manag" M ~tr~ T horn e. Salt'. Managn ' D a vid Metz.• Sal t'.' Manager Mike Church . Eas tern Salt'S Af aTlag t'T Ma rk Mitchel l. Eastern Sa lt's Ma na 1{t"t Thoma s R. GOlllt"T. Eastern Salt' s Man a ger Ulh)' Co rrao West"" Ad Coor dina tor . Ca rla Borden . Eastern A d Coo rdinator Li nda Vo n de Veld. Advntisin g ASSI. Graph ics and Production M.al co lm. Wilson .P70d uetio n Mana ger Dia na Hilgen ber g, G Tap hic A rtist Peggy Smi th, GTap h ic ATtist Stac ey G uest. G Tap hi c A Tlist Mari on Ha tash ita . TYP ~St:ttt'T Ca rol yn Branham. Typ~s~tter Dennis Greene. LAb. T ech : Account in g /Data Processing Donna Bryan. A ccLJ R eceiva ble Coor dina tor Geneva Repass, A ssista n t Fran Ham wey, C Tt'd it Circu lat io n Sa rah Taylor. A ssistant Alma Anguia no. A ssistan t Ch eri Chapman , Assista nt Marita Adam s, Assistant W ant Ads Debbi e Wi nkl er , W ant Ad Salt's Dealer Sal es and Service Reu ben Ca sarez . D~a ln Cus tomer R ep . Service and Support Ch ris Aitcheson -.H~adq uart ns R ecept io nist Leonard Herrin g. St'TV'Ct'an d S UPPOTt National Headquarters 2201 .Cherry "Ave.. Long Beach . CA 90806. P.O. Box 498. Lo ng Beach. CA 9OlWI -0498 (213) 427-7433: 213/ 636-8841. Eastern Office 4190 First Ave.• T ucker, GA, 300M: mailin g address P.O. Box 805, T ucker, GA 30085O8OS. (404) 93-1·7850 . Cycl e News (USPS 141-340) is publish ed weekl y except the- firs t a nd last week o r th e ca lendar year Ior $52.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc., 2201 Cht'ffY Avenue. Lon g Beach. CA 90806. Seco nd class postage P.:'id a t Long Beach , CA. an d additional ma iling o ffices. POSTMASTER : Send form 3579 t o Cycle Ne_ . P.O. Box 49B. long Beec h . CA 90B01 -0498. Subscr iption rat es: One year , seco nd class mail. $52.00. Cycl e News welcom es unsolicit ed edi toria l materia l in cluding sto ries, cartoo ns. ph otos. etc. S uch materi al , ir publish ed , beco mes th e exclusive PtO~Y o f Cycle News. S uch accepted mat erial is subject ( 0 revision as is necessary in th e so le d iscret ion o r Cycle New s. U nso l icited ma terial which is no t used will be retu rned ir acc o mpa ni ed by a ~ I£ ad dr essed stamped en vel ope. AI) un solici ted ma teri ... will be- ha ndl ed wi th rea sona ble l ca re. h ow ever, Cycle News ass u mes n o responsi bility (or the safet y. 10M o r damage . to such ma ter ial . Rep ri nt in g in whol e or pan ~n.l y b y per m ission or the pu blisher. Adverusin g rat es a nd ci rcu la tion in forma tion wi ll be sen t upon request. See S.R. D.S. Copy ri ght. Cycl e N ews. In c . 1 9 8 7 . Tr.de-ma rk Cycle News reg ist ered U.S. Patent Office . All rights re served. 8PA Consumer Aud it Divis ion M em ber ship Applied Fo r December 19B6. ONTHE FRONT PAGE: High in the mou n ta ins on a du st - p u r p ose adventure. See page 34. Photo by Kinney Jones. Honda 's hot new 32·va l ve , o v al - p i sto n NR750 eng ine. See page 20. Letter drive Th e Sh amrock s M.C. recentl y hosted an anti -Desert Pr ot ecti on Act lett er drive in conj u nctio n with o ur G ran Pr ix a t Gl en Helen Racewa y o n Ma y 2-3. We co llec ted and relayed 75 letters vo ici ng o p pos itio n to Sena te Bill 7 and House Bill s 36 1 371 and 729. Although we felt (ha; man y m ore people sho u ld hav e parti cipat ed , we sti ll feel successfu l in havin g a t least done ou r sha re in th e fight to keep o ur public lands o pen. W~ would like to publicly th ank th e fin e people who participated and o u r gen erous sponsors who donat ed the prizes received by many of our parti cipants. Thanks to Dirt Rider magazine, Kat-Card. O 'N eal USA a n d White Bros. We ur g e th e motorcycle com m u ni ty 10 su pport th ese cornpa n iesj beca use th ey care enough to su p port yo u r rig h t to rid e. In add itio n, th e Sha mrocks M.e. w?u l~ like to cha lleng e a ll ot her ,?lst.rtCt 37 cl u bs to try so meth ing si m ilar, GEORGE PENNINGTON Sunland Sha m rocks M.e. La Crescenta, CA MX training I a m a 10th grade stu dent a t N orcr o ss Hi gh Sch o ol a n d I'm cu rre ntly doing a report o n mo tocross . In m y paper I plan to show wh y m o tocross is ph ys icall y dem anding. Could you suppl y me with infor mation o n what type o f exercises a re done, wh y is physical fitn ess im po rtant, o r a ny type o f poste rs or information that would help me out? BILLY SAWYER Norcross, GA W~ suggest you get your han ds on on e or m ore of th e follow in g books: Motocross T echniques, Tra in ing & T actics by Brad L ackey and L en Weed; C~amp ionsh ip . Tr ain in g by Dean M Iller; Total Train in g for Mot ocross by J~ff Spencer. Th e f irst two can be purchas ed from Fox Ra cing, U.S.A. , 4081371-1221, and the third can be purchased directl y from Sp encer, 818 /244-2758. Both Fox Ra cing and Spencer are located in Cal ifo!nilf so keep in mind they 're on PaCifIC time which is three hours "behind" your tim e, Billy . . . Editor. Cranston finally answers Look wha t showed up in m y mailbox after over three months. Get;, .I . feel so reassured. I th ought politicians got til trouble for lying. TERESA TETREAULT Legislati ve Officer Sp ok ebenders M.e. Cypress, CA Th e letter reprinted below w as sent to Ms. T etreault by Senator A L an Cran ston w ho in trodu ced th e Desert Protection A ct . . . Ed itor. Man y th anks for sha ring with me yo ur co m me n ts on th e Ca lifo rn ia Desert Protection Act, S. 7. As you ma y know, S. 7 designates Bur eau of Land Management WIldern ess areas, adds adjacent la nds to !?eath Vall ey and Joshua Tree National Monument a nd red esignat es th em as National Parks, a nd crea tes Mojave Na tio na l Park. These l an~s a re ecolog ica lly fragil e and ~ u bJ ect ~o Aestructi on by in cornpa tible acuv rues. Protection of these vulnerable a reas will allow future genera tio ns to experience vas t a reas of th e Old West essentia lly unaltered by man 's ac tivities. .In. all , S. 7 would protect 9.4 million acres o f the California desert either as Nationa l Pa rks or wilder: n ess a reas administered by th e Bur eau of Land Managem ent. However , s?me 1.6 million acres o f public lands til th e California desert would rem ain a vailable for o ther multiple uses - gra~i ng. mining, hunting . a nd m or or ized recr eat ion - a s determined by th e BLM . In drawin g the boundaries o f wild erness a nd park lands, I carefu lly excl uded major a reas for OR V use. All ex i~ ti ng ~LM designated open area s in cluding Dumont dun es, Johnson Valley, Spangler Hills Imperia l Sand Hills, Raso r Ranch' El Mirage. Buttercup , J awbon~ Canyon-Dove Springs a nd Glamis Dunes as well as popular riding areas suc h as Fremont Valley and Rand Mountains would remain available. Also, the existin g road network in the Saline Vall ey would rem ain open to vehicles, a nd use of the Moj ave Road wou ld not be a ffected . I .a p p recia te your co nce rn, and ~ea hze that feelings are strong o n th is Issu e. Pl ease be assu red that you r com me n ts will be tak en into co nsid e~a ti0 !l ' It is my ho pe thai th e fin al bil l WIll protect the unique resources of the Ca lifornia desert for the diver se gr o u ps who enjoy the a rea. 8~ ALAN CRANSTON United State Senate Washington. DC Good Samaritans I would like to thank the men a nd women. of th e Rov ers M.C. They were n~ce enough to help my wife , two children and me at the Viki ng's Ha re 8c Ho un d o n April 26. One of our bikes broke down and th e Rovers gave my wife and children a ride back to the pits, a llowing me to ride back a nd get my truck and go get the broken bik e. Thanks a ga in, Rovers. for all th e help l JOHN KOKSHA Apple Vall ey, CA Truth in advertising Wh ile thumbing through a n eas t coa st trade newspaper I came upon a n advert isemen t for the Tony D. MX Schoo!. Having been a fan of the sp ort for nearly 20 years, I read with interest a section of ihe a d which sta te's Tony 's credentials. The adv ertisem ent li st ed Ton y's man y a.cco m p l is h men t~ including a few I Iind hard to believe, Don't get me wro ng. I th in k m o st m otocross schoo ls a re val id institutions of learning th e co rrect techniques to ride safer a nd smoo th er, but wh en som eon e fabricates or enhances their pri~r successes to drum up bu siness, I thin k they sho u ld be questioned. Mr. DiStefan o claims to be a seven tiTm ~ Mot oc ross a nd T ro p hee des anons team member. I was under th e impression that David Bail ey has com pe ted in the most World Ch ampi onsh ip tea m even ts a nd he ha s o nly been in five! Mr. DiStefan o al so claims to have won Grand Prix titles. I'm sure Brad La ckey and Da nny La Porte would lik e to know abou t those. I invite Mr. DiStefano 's response. MARK EDWAR DS Ormond Beach , FL Published letters do not necessar ily reflect the position of Cycle News. Inc. Send letters to Vo ices, P.O . Box 49B. Long Beach, CA·90801. Wind Con tinued from page 2) of the series. For more information call 213/255-5815. • The FI M has withdrawn the 1988 International Six Day Enduro from Australia , The '88 IS DE w ill now take place in France. The FIM has a wa rded worldwide co m merci a l marketing rights for the 1~88 World Championship Superhike Road Ra ce Seri es to a California public relations firm opera ted by Steve Mcl.aughlin, a former top I?nked Superbike competitor. contm ge ~ll on working out an agreeable co nt ract. !he organizer of the April 5 SpanIsh 500cc MX Grand Prix has been fined 100,000 Swiss francs (approximately $60,000) for refusing to allow Camel personnel on the track's premises the weekend of the event. Camelis the sponsor of the World Championship MX Series . I n add ition , the FIM announced that the c ircu it in Yunguera. Spa in , and the organizer will not be allowed to host a GP for five years. The Spanish e~ent was sponsored by a Spanish cigarette manufacturer. Finally, the FIM has ruled that the organizer w ill be liable for any future losses related to the event. such as the possible w ithdrawal of Camel from ser ies sponsorship. The Am erican Histori c Racing Motorcycle Association (AH R MA) has announced that they'll run a full schedule, II classes . at Monterey ~alifor~ia's ~gun~ Seca Raceway m conjunction with the track's an nual AMA Grand Na tio nal Champ ionship road race meet. T h e AHRMA races will take place on Saturday, July II , with sign-up at the track on Friday. May 10. For more information, call 419/253-1442 . The Laguna Seca meet will be the sixth ro!--,nd . of th e l O-round AHRMA Historic Cup Series. The May 18 meeting of the AMA Motocross Advisory Board which was to be held in Southwick Massachusetts, was canceled: The meeting has been rescheduled and will now take place on Monday, June 8 , at 10 a.m . at the Meadowlands Sheraton in East Rutherford, New Jersey. A Du car i Paso poster is now availabl e a t a ll Cagiva North America deal ers. (Contin ued to page 62)

• Cover