Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Wind (Con tin ued from pa ge 2) sponso r the legislation . Bo th Danforth and Wilson are members . of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee where the measure will be heard. Hearin g s are expected in the co mmittee's Subcommittee on t he Con sumer sometime in September. . BORN: A bab y bo y, Daniel Allen, to dirt tracker Scott P earson and hi s wife Mar garet on Au gust 21 at 3:30 a.m. Pear son later finish ed 10th in AMA Grand Nati ona l dirt track event in H amburg, New York. HosPITal STOP: Road racer Gary noodfellow suffered a broken temur, damaged vertebrae and a punctured lung in a Canadian road race on August 16. Reportedly, Goodfellow, a New Zealander living in Canada, was run over on the start line when his Suzuki stalled prior to the green flag . Cards and letters can be sent to Goodfellow at the Royal Colum bian Hospital, 330 East Columbia, New Westm inister, British Co lumbia . Road racer Torn Walther will replace Gary Goodfellow o n th e Yoshimura Suzuki in the Sugo, J apan, 200Kilometer road race on Augus t 30. Most of the details for American Hond a's professional racing program in 1988 "haven't been decided yet, " according to Honda 's Gary Mathers, but a few t hings are certain. Honda will field two superb ike r iders during AMA /Came l Pro Series road races, the Japanese company will back two factory MX riders in the U.S., and Honda will drop out of dirt track racing : . We have con" tracts w ith (Wayne) Rai ney and (Bubba) Shobert for next year, so we'll run superbike w ith t hose guys, " said Mathers. " We'll have two MX riders: one w ill be Ricky Johnson and the other hasn't bee n decided. And t he re will be no dirt track program because of the rest rict or rule and an impending claiming r ul e. There w ill probably be an engine claiming rule next yea r and we wou ld become t he supplier for everybody's ' eng ines. Also, most of our AMA contingency programs will go away next year." • While H onda's Gar y Mathers will retain h is race team ma nageme n t du ties in 1988, his responsibili ties will be expanded to incl ude the ma nageme nt of H onda 's mo to rcycle com m u nicatio ns departme nt, which supplies prod uct in forma tion to the motorcycle press. George Grauwels remai ns assista nt manager fo r motorcycl e co m m u n ica tio n s and Gary LaP la nte remains the department's lone engi neer. Former engineer Torn H icks recently resigned a nd former comm unica tions department head J on Row wi ll become the ma nager o f H o nda 's new dealer adm inis tra tio n departmen t. Road race team ma nager Udo G ietl reportedy has been tra ns ferre d o ut of the raci ng department arid into H ond a 's a utomo tive di visio n. American Honda's scooter advertising account w ill be moved from Wi eden &. Kennedy in Portland, Oregon, to Dai ley &. Associates in 'Los Angeles, Cal ifornia, according to Honda 's John Petas. Honda made the move to "increase ' efficiency," in the face of the "depreciation of the dollar. ''c • So me back cou ntry roads in th e Santa Ba rbara Ranger Distri ct o f the Los P adres National Forest in Californ ia will be closed immedi ately to offroad vehi cles, according to For est Supervisor Art Carroll. The Forest Service reportedl y will not close any exis ting ORV ro ut es, bu t will close the portions of East Cami no Cie lo a nd Camuesa roads th a t extend from Romero Sa dd le to Mono Campgrou nd, as well as th e big Ca liente H ot Srpings Road. " Illegal ORV use o n the roads within the Upper Santa Yn ez Recreation a rea is a concern due to the p ot ential safety hazard of mixing ORVs with standa rd dr ive vehicl es," said Ca rroll. The restricted roads will be posted and a 30-day warning period will be in effec t begin ni ng Sa turday, August 22. The Bu reau of Land Management (BLM ) recently approved the final Imperia l Sand Dunes Recreation Area Management Plan, w hich outli nes BLM's management program t hrough the yea r 2000 for the 184,OOO-acre recreation area in Cal ifornia's Imperial County. The plan ma kes no changes to ORV access at the popular Glamis and Buttercup Valley off- highway ve hicle areas, nor does it restrict access to ' the South Algodones Dunes, where riding is permitted but not encouraged. The pla n calls for i m p r o v e d sanitation and camping facilities at Glamis and Buttercup (both designated intensive use areas) but allows for no development in South Algodones Dunes (a wilderness study area). A copy of the pl an is available by writing to the BLM's EI Centro Resource Area, 333 South Waterman Ave. , EI Centro, CA 92243. MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION FOR THE RIDER COURSE NEAREST YOU ..•CALL rou, FREE: 800-447-4700 ~1JatIetf ~ HONDA KAWASAKI 958 Nort h Ma clay . San Ferna ndo. CA (81 8) 365-6827 Cen tral Road Racing Club's Howard Davies has signed contracts with the Federacion Mex icana de Motocicli sm o to coo rd inate two upcoming. road races in Mexico. One rac e will take place in Monterr ey and the ot her in conjunction with the Formula O ne car race in Mexico City. According to Davies, cash p ur ses wi ll .be offered for bo th races and there wi ll be . no entry fees. Entry is by invitation only, so if you think you 're qua lified, contact Davies at 21417330261. The American Motorcycl ist Association (AMA) is now of f er ing renewing members the cha nce t o purchase $10 ,000 acc identa l death and dismemberment in su. ra nce i n add iti o n to t he f ree insu rance they r ec ei v e as members. 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Distrib utor For OM C & Su spension Co ncep ts Pert. - UP S De ily 68 M ill Plain Rd . c J Danbu ry : CT 0681 1 Brian Manley (Yarn), Bri an Myerscough (Ho n) a nd Eric H all ga th (Yarn) were th e big winners a t th e 15th a n n ua l SCO RE O ff-R o ad World Ch ampionships hel d at Ri verside International R acewa y in Ri verside, California, Au gust 22. Manley to p ped Class 2 1 (250cc), Myerscough was th e winner in Class 22 (500cc) a nd H a llga th scored the Class 20 (I 25cc) victory. Joanna Brownell , 27, of Newhall, Cal ifornia,' w ill soon become the Los Angeles Police Department's first f em al e motorcycle pa trol officer. Brownell, who is an AMA Distric t 37 desert racer, com pleted a three-week cou rse i n J une and is awaiting t he arrival of her assigned motorcycle. Accord ing to the LAPD, approximately a quarter of those who enter t he motorcycle school fa il t he course. . RICK'S MOTORCYCLE SALVAGE, INC. 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