Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

• ~ ~~l:~1 ~ I Most of all he was a real great person wh o we are all going to miss very much . SCO'IT ST UMP KRIS KISER WILLIE McCAY DAN NY McDONN EL SAMMY SW EET BRIAN AT H ERT O N KEVIN ATHERTON Westerville, OH J ~" I~~ America's motorcycle newspaper Miss-Shifted Volume XXIV Sharon Clayt on, Publisher Mik e KJinga.ComplrolIn Skip Johnson, Associa te Publisher ! Nationa l Salt's ManagM' _ Jack. Mang us, Associate Publishetl Editot Rh eba Smith, Circulation Mana gnCa roline Ge ndry, E.xt"cu ei~ Secretary to th e Pu blish er Editoriel Kit Palm er. Associate Editor Paul Carnnhers. Associat e Edi tor Far ren Williams. Associat e Ed itor Nat e Rauba, A ssocia te Ed itor Ed wina Mangus. Calendar Edi tor Advertising T erry Pr att Sales Manag" Mar k Thome. Sales Manag" Mike Ch urc h, Eastern S ales Ma nager Ma rk Mitchell , Easton Sales M an4 ge-T Thomas R. Center. Eastern Sales Managn Calhy Corrao Westtrn Ad Coordin ator Car la Borden. Eastt'TtI Ad Cocrrdin ator Toni Don eske. Advertising Assisstan t Graphics end Production Ma lcol m Wilson .Production ManagtT Diana Hil~en berg. Graphic A rtist p~ Smith, Gr aphic A rtist Seacev Guest. G rap hic A rtist Mario n Ha tash ita , T ypesettn Carolyn Bran ham. T ypesetta Dennis Greene, Lab . T ech : Accounting/Dete Processing Donna Bryan . Aeels R eceioe ble Coordinator Geneva Repass. Assi stant From H a mwey, Credit Circuletion Sara h Taylor. A ssista nt Al ma An guiano, A ssist ant a leri Chapman . Assistant Mari 13 Adam s, Assistant Went Ads Debb ie Winkl er. Wan t Ad Sales D88ler Seles end Service Reu ben Casarez, Dealer Cus tomer R ep . Service end Support Ch ri s An ch esc n. H eadq uarters Recept ion ist Leonard Herr in g. Senna and S up po rt Netionel Heedquerters , 2201 Cherry Ave.. Lo ng Beach , CA 90806, . P.O . Box 498. Lo ng Beach. CA 90801-(}l98 (213) 427-7433; 2 13/636-8844. FAX (213) 427-6685 FAX (104) 934-3112 Eestem Office 1 190 Firs t Ave.. Tucker. GA . 30084; mailinK address P.O . Box 805. Tucker. GA 300850805. (404) 934-7850. Cycle News (U SPS 141-340) is p ublis hed weekly except th e firs t a nd last week of th e ca lendar year {or $52.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc., 220 1 Ch erry Avenue. Lo ng Beach, CA 90806. Seco nd ciass pos tage P.;'id 03.1 Lo ng Beach. CA. and addi tio na l mailing o ffices. POSTMASTER ; Send form 3579 to Cycle News. P.O. Box 498. long Beach. CA 90801 -0498. Subscription rates: O ne year. second class mail. $52.00. Cycle News welcomes unsol icit ed edi torial ma terial incl udi ng sto ries. cartoons . phot os. etc. Such material. if published. becomes th e excl us ive properly of Cycle News. Such accepted ma teria l is su bject (0 revision as is nt'Ct."SS3Iy in the sole discre tio n of Cycle News. Unsolici ted ma terial whi ch is no t used will be retume.. if accompanied by a self d addressed stamped envelo pe. All unsolicited material will lx· hand led with reasonabl e care. ho wever, Cycle News a ssu me s no responsibihry for th e saf et y, loss o r da mage 10 such materia l. Repr inti ng in who le o r pa rt only by permissio n of the pu bl isher. Advertisin", rates and circu lat io n inf orma tion will be sen t upon req uest. See S.R.D.S. Copyright 8 Cycle News . Inc. 1987. Trade-mark Cycle News registered U.S . Patent Office. AU rights reHrved . BPA Consumer Audit Division Member· ship Applied For December 1986. 4 ON THE FRONT PAGE; Brian Myerscough (46) roosts peat Don Griewe (491 en route to the SCORE Off-Road World C'ship GP win at Riverside Intem_tion.' Raceway in Riverside. California. See page 14. Photo by Kinney Jones. - In response to Do ug Dubach 's lett er in your Sep tember 2 issue: I ho pe Doug understands th at to rul e agai nst someone is a difficu lt task, however rules are ru les and th ey must be obs erved. NM A ru les sta te it is th e rid er 's resp onsibility to enter th e proper cla ss a nd to know his bike is legal for that class. T hroug ho u t Doug's letter he uses th e term shift lever which is th e sa me language his mechanic used with me. At no time did anyone ever mention the shifting linkage or mechanism was to be cha nged on his bike - only the words shift lever. His mechanic wa s told he co uld chan ge th e sh ift lever. He did not ask if he could a pply a brand new mechanism that cou ld en hance th e p erformance of the motorcycle. He never suggested that NMA inspect the modified produc t as it appeared on th e bike. The Ra ce T ech shift lever linkage mechanism a p p a ra tu s appears to be a fin e product as are many o ther prod ucts which are applicable to th e Modified · class. NMA encourages innovative " and new ideas. In th e Stock cla ss cham pions hi p run-off, Doug's bike was ro u tinely impounded by NMA o fficia ls a nd a t that time the shift ing mech anism ap para tus was observed. I quickl y brough t the problem to th e a ttentio n of th e Yamaha team. La rry Griffis, who heads up th e Yamah a su pport program (Do ug 's spo nso r) responded that he was una ware of a n y special sh i fti ng linkage o r a p p a ra t us on Doug ' s bike. Mr. Griffis and I in spected th e bike a nd at that time it was stat ed by M r., Griffis th at th e bike was not stock producti on. In regard to J erry Campbell , or anyone affilia ted with him or Ka wasa ki Motor Corp., there was never a t a ny time a protest lodged wi th NMA aga ins t Doug's bike. In a nswer to Doug's P.S., that hi s grips wer e n ot stock ei ther , we suggest th at you once and for all read the rules of NMA that we mai l to all mem bers a nd you will find th a t no where in o ur rules does it sta te tha t you can not change grips in the Stock class . I'd also like to rem ind you that our Pro classes are open to all ag es. TED MO O REWOO D Vice President Na tional Mo tospon Association Norwalk, CA Boo th a t the Orange County Fair. Inform ation regarding our efforts to defea t 57 was well received. Through th e co nt in u ing effort of Cycle News, On-Dirt Magazine, HiTorque Publishing a nd Petersen Publish ing we are becoming better informed a nd more resp onsive. As rep orted in Cycle News, th e recen t Ga llo co m m e rci a l de picti n g irresponsible off-readers was quickl y pulled because of th e immedi a te and very vocal protest fro m th e off-road community. N one of the a bo ve " j u s t happened." It was a united effort by many. If you do not belong to an organiza tion or club, give it some .though t. Sure, joining a group will in volv e a little work, but you 'll meet some gre at people, have a fun ti m e, a n d get to sh a re in th e sa tisfaction of advancing our sport. DANA BELL Legislative Officer Sports Committee District 37 AMA, Inc. Long Beach , CA Kayo on Kerker In reference to yo ur coverage of round eigh t of the AMA U.S. Endura nce Road Ra ce Series in issu e #32, we wo uld like to clari fy the comme nts mad e on our relationsh ip with Kerker Exhaus t Systems. . The re port said th at we had problems wi th system breakage a nd had changed ' sponsor compan ies as a result. On two occasions we did have problem s with break age due to unnecessary stre ss ca us ed by the rubber engine mounting system used on Suzuki GSXRs. This problem was on ly found under ex treme racing conditio ns. The representatives at . Kerker were n otified a nd immed ia tely solved th e problem. Unfor tunat ely, we were not able to receive shi pment of a new modified system in ti me for o ur next raci ng event, so we mad e the decisio n to use another brand ex ha ust system . We have since received the new Kerker systems and a re co mp letely sat isfied with perfor ma nce and results. Kerker has been a long-time sponsor of the Kayo Racing effo rt and we are committed to bein g a vital pan of their winning team. DEANO SWI MS DAVID GRAH AM Kayo Racing H ill sborough, NJ United effort Godspeed, Darell AMA D i s t r i c t 3 7 l eg i sl at iv e folders a re no w a va il abl e. The fo lders (10,000 of th em were mad e pos sib le by gen ero us donations from Jeff H ill of Ventura, Ca lifornia, and Malcolm Sm i th ) provide genera l informa tion about the Califo rnia Deser t Pl an vers us 57 , wh o a nd wh ere to write, and sample letters. For individua l or multiple cop ies to distri bute, call 213/438-6527. T we n ty -o ne e n thusi a st s fro m Distr ict 37, California 4-Wheel Drive Cl u b, West ern Min in g Cou nci l , Wo rld R o ckhound Association , Ca liforn ia O ff-Roa d Ve hicl e Associatio n and the Ph anto m Duck Club volunteered 11 3 ho ur s to staff th e California Desert Coal i tion We just wanted everyone to know what a great person Darell Davis was - not just on th e tra ck. H e certain ly did hi s share of wi nni ng. but was just an all-aro und great guy. All of us had a lot of fun this sum mer, pi cking on each o ther a nd having wa ter fights ,?oing down th e h ighwa y, but when II came ti me to be serious, we were. If- you wa nted to go fast, you jus t wa tched Darell and he wo uld sha re with you all he co uld to help you do your best. H e was a wi nner on and off the tra ck - a real gen tleman who never said a mean th ing abou t a nyone. At the age of 16, he affected a lot of lives a nd had th e respect of the fans as well as the riders. Junior class dirt tracker Datell Davis suffered fatal injuries in a heat race acciden t at th e Ha mburg (N ew Y ork ) Nation al Ha lf Mi le on Frida y, A ugust 21. Funeral services were conducted on T hursday, August 27, in Belfa ir, Wash ington . . . Ed itor. M otul, not Klotz Are some synthe tic oils slip perie r than o the rs? Klotz seems to have slipped with th e release of th eir ad in issue #33, page 37. Kurt H all , a Human Race T eam rider, is pictured in the ad aboa rd one of his 'sprint bikes with th e underlying caption (readi n g ), " H u ma n Race Team's Kurt Hall, Ist place - 19th Annual 24 Hours of Nel son Ledges Endurance Road Race, set a new co urse record." . The Human Rac e T eam is upset! We set a new record th is year at Nel son Ledges with a fir st place in the H eavyweight Production clas s a nd a first overa ll , coveri ng 2036 miles aboard our Yamaha FZRlOOO, sp o nsored by Marushin H elmets, Metzeler T ires, Fox Racing USA, EBC Brakes, and Motul Oil . DAVID 1- ZUPAN T eam Captain The Human Race T eam Waukegan,lL Salty air memories I must say th at I enjoyed immensely th e Norton Manx review by Alan Cathcart in your August 5 issu e. It did, indeed, bring ·back a few salty air memories! True, Alan was revisiting Bill y Mathews' Daytona Manx, but some mention of Bobb y Hill a nd Bill Tuman, al ong with Dick Klarnfoth, would have been in order, their being part of th e. Norton wrecking crew, too . Alan (bei ng th e you nger lad that he is) glossed over a few points worth co m men ti ng on . For exa m ple, th e ru bber-covered foot pegs were an AMA safety req uirement, not a Beart " touch ." Alan 's com me nts regard in g th e 8: I co mp ression ra ti o n eed airi ng, too. Back " then" the AMA specified the com pression ratio an ohv (ohc) engine was allowed to run to keep th eir power o ut put in line wi th th e side valve engines of th e da y (the old 30 cubici nch over head valve versus the 45 cubic inch argument ). Ori ginall y, the AMA's allowab le co m p ressio n ratio was 7.5:1 and Francis had to tu ne carefu lly to ins ure proper running temperature for th e No rto ns o n th e o ld beach / ro a d co u rse. Da yton a Bea ch in February isn 't always the warmest pl ace in the world. A (very) few o ther bikes were fas ter, bu t th e reliabili ty for 200 mil es worth of two-m ile drag races j ust didn 't q ui te mat ch th e Bracebridge Street thumpers! H av in g ow n ed a '49 Norto n " Int er" with a few Manx bits mad e Ala n 's articl e quite m emo r abl e. Tha nk s. JOHN EL LI OT JR. Huntington Beach , CA Published letters do no necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News. Inc . Send letters to Voices. P.O. Box 4 98. Long Beech. CA 90801 .

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