Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ru n on September 26-27, no t Sep- . tember 19-20 as was listed in their ' ad in issue #35. Jack Love. formerly of Carlisle Tires. has been named National Sales Manager of WetJet. the personal watercraft manufac- ' • Wre~ America's motorcycle newspaper Classes continue Volume XXIV Sharon Clayto n, Publisher Mike Klinger,Comptroll er Skip J ohnson , Associ ate Publisher ! National Sal es Managt'f' Ja ck Mangus . A ssociate Publisher! Ed itor Rh eba Smith . Circulat ion. Mana gnCaroline Gendry , Executive Secretary to th e Pu bl isher Editorial Kit Palmer. A ssociate Ed itor Paul Carruthe rs. Associate Ed itor Farren Will iam s. Associate Editor Na te Ra uba , A ssociate Ed itor Edw ina Man gu s. Calen dar Editor Advertising Te rry Prall Salt'S ManagnMark T ho me, SaL Managn t's Mike C~ u rch. Eastern Sa les 'Managn Mark Mitchell , Eastern Sales Mana gn Thom as R. Go mer. Eastern Sales Man aK" Cathy Corra o Western Ad Coo rdina to r Ca rla Borden. Eastern Ad Coordinat or Toni Doneske, Advn-tising Assisstant Graphics and Prod uc t ion Ma lcolm W ilson ,Production Ma nage-r Dian a Hi lgenberg, G rap hic A rtist Peggy Smit h. G rap hic A rtist «y Ouest , Gra p hi c Artist S13 Marion Hatash ita, T yp esdtet Carolyn Bra nh am , Typ~s~tt~ Den nis GrttnC'. IAb. T ech... Accounting /Data Processing Do n na Bryan. /f eets R eceivable Coo rdinator Geneva Repa ss, Assistant Fran Ha mwey, Credi t Circulatio n Sa ra h T aylor . A ssista nt Alma An guiano . A ssistant Cheri Chapman. A ssistant Marha Adams. Assistant , Want Ads Debbi e Win kler . Wan t Ad Sa les Service and S up port Ch ris Aitcheson . He adquart ers R ecept ion ist Leonard Herr in g. S~I U and Sup pon National Headquarters 220 1 Cherry Ave., Lo ng Beach, CA 90806. P.O . Box 498, Lon g Beach. CA 90801·(H98 (213) 427-7433; 213/636- 8844. FAX (213) 427-6685 FAX (404) 934-3 112 On Wednesday, September 16, we will begin a new class in Power Prod ucts and Motorcycle Repair a t Los Angeles Trade-Tech. If yo u are over 18 yo u are qualified to enro ll. The class will run from 7 a.m. to II a.m. daily. For California residents the tuitio n is $50 per semester. New student s a nd those wishing to co m p le te th e o r iginal tw o -year motorccyle program sh ould report to Lab F l24 in the " F" Bui lding. T hi s buildi ng is located on the corner of Washi ngton Bou leva rd and Flower Street. En tering do or n umber 4 off of Flower Street in to the Automotive Dep artment works best. In the even t you need more informa tio n or don't read this letter before September 16th, pl ease call 213/746-0800 Ext . 212 (after 5 p.m., call 8 18/443-9630). I would like to th ank th e count less number of people who got in volved in our' political stru gg le by writing letters and ' attending m eetings. While we are not totall y ou t of th e woods, if 30 students show up 10 lake th e program, it ca n be saved. T o dale, 89 prospecti ve s t ude n ts h a ve inquired abo u t th e fall semes ter. Without your su pport and th e co ns ta nt up-to-date reporting of Cycle N ews, Los Angeles TradeT ech cou ld easily ha ve becom e just another com m un ity co llege. Many o lder graduates sti ll relate to us as th e Frank Wiggins T rad e Sch ool which started in 1925. The legend lives a nd our new program will co ver the power products now so ld at mo st mo torcycle dea lerships, providing o ur studen ts with a wid er range of job opportunities. P AT OWENS Instr uctor, Mo tor cycle Repair L.A. Trade-Technical College Los Angeles, CA Eastern Office 1190 First Ave.• T uc ker. GA , ~0084 : mailing address P.O. Box 805. Tucker, G A 30085· 0805. (404) 934-7850. Cycle News (USPS 141-340) is published week ly excep t the £irsl a nd last week or th e ca lenda r year Ior $52.00 per year by Cycl e News. Inc. • 2201 Cherry Avenue. Long Beach . CA 90806. Second class pos tage ~ i d a t Lo ng Beach. CA. and addi tio na l mai lin g offices. POS T MASTER : Sen d f o r m 3579 t o Cy cle News. P,O. Box 498. Long Beach. CA 90801 ·0498. . Subscrip tio n rates: O ne yea r, seco nd c1aS5 mail . $52.00. Cycle News welco mes unsolici ted edi to rial ma teria l in cludi ng stories, cartoons. photos. etc. Such material . if p u blis hed. beco mes the exclusive pro~rt )' o f Cycle News. Such accep ted mat erial . is subject 10 revision as is neces sary in the sole discreti on o£ Cycle News. Unsol icited materia l which is n OI used will be retur ned if acco mpa n ied by a self add ressed sta mped en velo pe. Al l u nsol icited materi a l wi ll be handled with reaso nable ca re. h ow ever . Cvcte News assumes n o respo nsib il ity £or the sa fety, loss or damage to such ma ter ial. Rep ri nt ing in whole or pa rt , o n ly b y pe rmission o f th e p u bl isher. Adver tis-iog rat es an d cir cula tion informati on will be sent up on request See S.R. D,S. Copyrigh t 8 Cycle News. Inc. 1987. Trade -m ark Cycle News registered U.S. Pat ent Off ice . All rights re s e rved . SPA Consumer Audit Di;ision Membersh ip Applied For Decembe r 19 86 . 4 ON THE FR ONT PAGE : Am er ican s Riek Joh nso n . Bo b Hanna h and J eff Wa rd le d the U.S. t o its se venth consecutive M ot o cros s d e s Na t ion s c ro w n at Unad illa Valley Sports Ce nt e r. S e e pag e 6 , Photos by Kinney J ones. Catch 22 Re Dave H oleman 's H ow You Can Win column in th e Augu st 16 issu e: The reason many bikers in Hawaii don't have licenses is because yo u need in surance on your bik e to take the MSF co urse and licen se rid in g lest. But you can 't get insurance until you . pass an MSF co urse a nd have a licen se. Ca tch 221 They say. " Borrow a friend's bike." Yeah, right. BILL FRESN AK - H onolulu, HI Ya-hoo scale I wou ld like to express th anks' to Will y Armard io of Yamaha a nd T erry Wh vtal of SMX for th e grea t j ob th ey d id hosting th e rece n t Yamaha YSRSO World Ch ampionshiP . Race a t Willow Sp rings, Cal iforma o n August 30. Our group of .road racers from the U tah Sport Bike Associa tio n was very impressed with the hospitality provided by not on ly Yamaha and SMX, but also all th e o ther racers fro m Californ ia. T exas , etc., as well as Bellfl ower Yam ah a a n~ T&O Ya maha. Our o n ly disappo m trneru was the absence of the J apa nese a nd Canadia n learn s (and the absence of a good fifth gear sweeper on the track). YSR50 fever is growin g strong here in Utah , a nd th e " T rack Chal- lenge" series has been imme nsely successfu l in bringing the thrill of road racing to people who wouldn't o the rw ise risk a $5000 bik e or injury. As a racer of " big" bikes as well as my YSR , I think a good wh eel-towh eel dice o n th e YSR is righ t up th ere o n th e " Ya-Hoo sca le" with m y FZ600; the cos ts and risks are the only things tha t a re diminished . Wit h eager race faces, we loo k forward to future YSR50 compe tition. The US BA has excelle nt YSR ra~e. tra cks and hopes to host a YSR National next year. Before closing; allow me to tha nk the following Uta h Yamaha dealers for sponsor ing the USBA Seri es: Carey's Cycle Cent er, Craig's, Cycle Inn. Plaza Cycle, and Vesco's. And a specia l th ank yo u to Craig 's Yamaha for providing th e USBA team with a motorhome for th e World Championship. J IM BILLINGSLEY USBA President Salt Lake City, UT Off the back burner Aft er readi ng Doug Dubach 's letter concern ing J erry Campbell , I a m reminded of a letter I sho uld have writte n months ago, but so mehow these things get pu t o n th e back burner a nd a re often forgotten . I'd lik e to lake thi s o p port un ity to say, "Thank you , J err y Campbell " · fro m all of us a t th e races. For th e past few years yo u have kept so many of us racing. Your help a nd knowledge and professio nal service as a . Kawasaki T eam Green tech rep went far beyond th e call of duty. It never seemed to matter how fas t th e rider ~as, only who needed you a t th e urne, I know of no West Coast rider o n a green bi ke who d idn 't feel relief at the sight of you a nd your box va n in the pits. T hanks again, J erry . . Back to Mr. Dubach : You refer to Jerry Campbell's views on th e fin e points of th e rules. Doug, ru les are rul es, just as parts are parts. As to yo u r sugges tio n tha t J erry feel s you're too o ld to ra ce a t Ponca Ci ty, after read ing your lett er you cleared up a ny questi on in my mind, and proba bly change d his. DARYL NABER Red lands, CA Wind Cont in ued from page 2) Ri ck Ryan, J eff Mat iasevich and Mike La rson were winners in the 125, 250 a nd 500cc Pro classes , respectively, at ro u nd two of th e Dodge T ruckl CM C T ra ns -Ca l Mot ocr oss Series held at Sandhill Ranch in Brentwood , Ca lifornia. Complete coverage next week. Casey Wada of Kayo Corporation was seen at the September 1113 Las Vegas International Motorcycle Aftermarket Expo with his new wife Miki. The couple t ied the knot in Tokyo. Japan. on September 9 . . CO R RECTION: Road race rs sho uld not e th ai th e AMA CCS event a t Summit Point , West Virginia, will THE NATIONAL -P PERS A A - few weeks ago , Dou g Ch andl er was q uo ted as saying that the AMA Grand National Cham pio ns hip title chase was abou t all over after Bubba Shobert won his fourth dirt trac k Na tio nal of th e year. Not true. T he fin al three d irt tr ac k Natio nals lake p lace in Californ ia the last two weeks in September a nd the first week in October, and I can coun t a t least four riders who have a shot a t th e Nu mb er One plate. San Jose is th e first of the three races and it will run on Sunday, September 20, Ch andler has been the winner there th e last two times out. Shobert is a four-time winner at San Jose and Ricky Graham has been hom e first o n one occas ion . Scouy Parker is also still in the hunt a nd even .though he has never wo n San J ose, he has recorded a record five second pl ace fini sh es. Le t's not give the titl e a way before we a t least run the San Jose Mile for th e second a nd fin al tim e this year. For those of you wh o mi ssed the fin al th ere last May, th ere was never a fin er mile tra ck finish. Three rid ers hit the fini sh line side-by-side and as th e announcer I could not ca ll th e winner until I went tra ckside to th e winner 's circle a nd got th e results from th e officials. It was the clo sest fini sh I've ever seen. Two riders? Yes, ma ny times over th e years, but never th ree that close. San 'Jose breeds close fin ishes in mile finals. I can rea lly thi n k of only one that was not decided on the la st lap , last turn , or at th e finis h line. And that was way back in 19751 I recall one meeting a t San J ose whe n every race - hea ts, semis, tro phy race a nd fin al - was decided a t th e line, every o ne of th em ! No o the r tra ck can mak e an identical claim a nd .i t doesn 't happen very often . The next weekend finds the Camel . P ro circuit riders a t Ascot Park in Gardena for th e closing half m ile of th e year on Saturday, September 26. Yes, it's back to to night racing under th e lights and a fast, wide-open track, unlike the da ytime venture of last spring wh en th ey ran in the day for the ben efit of TV cameras . Asco t was built for n ight motorcycle ra cing and is th e longest runnin g National on the schedule. Like San Jose, Chandler is the winner here th e last two tim es o u t. Parker is a form er two-time winner a t Ascot and Graham has chalked up one win on th e fastest half mi le oval of the m all. Shober t comes up sho rt o n th is one as Asco t is one of the few d irt tra cks . he has never wo n o n, Bubba has some hi gh fini sh es there but has never been breathin g do wn the winner's neck wh en th e chec kered flag ca me out. Asco t will boast a recor d eigh t form er wi n ners of th e event when practice sta rts Sa tur day evening. (Continued to page 27)

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