Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

America 's motorcycle newspaper Volume XXIV S ha ron Clay ton, Publisher Mile Klin Rt'J.Co mp tro lin S kip J oh nso n . Associate Publish er] Na t ional Sa lt's Man ager J ack Man gu s, Associate Pu biish ert Ed itor Rh cha Smith. Circulation Managn Caroli ne Gendry , Execu tive Secretary to t he Pu blish er Ed itorial Kit Pal mer, Associa u Edit or Paul Carru lht'ls .Associau Edito r Fa rren Will ia m!i, A ssociate Ed itor Na te Rauba . A.u ociate'Edito r "Ed win a Man g:us. 'Calendar Editor Advertising Terry Pr att Sales Manager M ark T home. Sole s Manager Don S ( (X' bt'T, Sal t's AIanager Mik e C h urc h . Eas tern Sa les M an agt'T Mar k Mitchell , Eastern Sales M anager T homas R. Collier. Eastern Sales M a" l ger Ya Cathv Corrao W e- iN n Ad Coo rdina tor S (".aria Borden. Eastern Ad Coordinator T oni Doueske, Advertising Assista nt Graphic s and Production Ma lcolm Wilson. Pm i uct ion Managn Diana Hil gen berg , Graphic .'fTt i.~ t Pf:ggy Smi th. G raph Ic Artist Sta cey G UOI.• G rap hi c Artist jimmie O'Dell. G rap hic -Artist M;Jrio n Ha tash ua . T vpeseu er Carolyn Branha m . T ypeseu er Denn is G reen e, Lab. T ech . Accounting /Data Processing Donna Bryan . Accts R rceioable Coo rdinator Geneva Repa ss. Assistant Fran Harnwey, Credi t Circ ulatio n Ji m Kosta. R d ail Sales Mana gn Sa rah T aylor . A ssistant Alma An gui a no. A ssistant Olt"ri Cha p ma n. Assis tasu ~1ar i ta Ada ms. A ssista nt Want A ds Debbi e Win k ler. U/a Pi t Ad Sa les Serv ice and Support Ch ris Aitch eso n, H~a d9 uart"s R eceptio nist Leo na rd Herrrn g , Service and Support N at ional Headquarters 220 1 Cherr y Ave" l.on g Beach. CA 9O~06 , P.O . Box 198, Long Be ch. CA 90801·0198 a (213 ) 427·7133, 213/63 6·8811. FA X (213)127·6685 Eastern Offjce 4190 First Ave.• T uc ker. GA. 30081:; mail in g address P.O . Box 805. T ucker , GA 30085· 0805. (101) 931· 7850. FA X ('10 934·3 112 1) Cycle New, (US PS 111·340) is pub lished weekly excep t th e fir st and last week of the ca lenda r year fo r $52.00 per year by Cycle New s. I nc.. 220 1 Ch erry Aven ue. Lu n g Beach . CA 90806. Second class postage paid at Lo ng Beach . CA. a nd ad ditiona l mai lin g ,, (( iet'S. . POSTM ASTER: . Send f orm 3 57 9 10 Cy cle News. P.O. Bo x 498. Lon9 Beech, CA 90 80 1-04 98 . How's yo u r f o o t taste ? For th e past few m onths we've heard a ll of the expe rt s cr iticize Bo b " H u rrican e" H an na h . T hey sai d " H u rr ica ne" should' not represent th e U n ited Sta tes in the Mo tocro ss des Natio ns, Sta teme nts were made suc h as he's n ot fast eno ug h , he ha sn 't wo n a cha m pions hi p th is yea r, a nd he's tOO ol d. T hese expert s forgo t o ne impo rrani p oint: Bob H ann a h h as a n in cr edibl e desi re to wi n . Fortu nat el y fo r a ll th e o ther p ro rid ers in Am eri ca , track co nd itio ns ha ve 10 be ri ght. U n fo rt u na te ly for t h e specta to rs, th ere arc o n ly a handful o f th ese tracks left, You're a rid er, yo u haven't ridden a 125 in six yea rs, haven ' t ra ced co m pe titively in 10 weeks, a nd yo u go to the roughest track with th e wo rst possibl e co nd i tio ns , and yo u still co me o u t o n to p, If that was n' t eno ug h to ga in respect fro m th e di sb eli ever o f H annah being th e best choice fo r th e team . th en th cv don 't kn o w the typ e of man it takesto win a t motoc ross. So , no w th at yo u ' ve tak en yo ur foot o ut of yo u r mou th . I believe an a pology is in o rder. MA R K t\ SH WO RT H Anderso n , C Just proud T h is letter 'is to Todd Steel e and a n y o thers who were "c he a ted" or let down by Ala n Randr 's rid in g a t th e ISD E. I was o ne o f th e indi vidua ls " invo lved" with th e decision to have Alan ride in Mark's pla ce, a nd I'll sta nd behind th at decision , a lways! If Mr. Steele 01· a ny o th ers feel tha t thi s actio n makes us (the U ,5. tea m ). loo k bad in oth er s' eyes then th ey ar e mor e naiv e abo u t internati on al team co m pe ti tio n th en they sho u ld be. Think back to th e Czechcs lavakian ISDE in 1982 when the U.S. team was bumped from first pl ace in th e Worl d Trop h y sta nd i ngs because a Czech rid er wasn 't disqual ified (Czec hoslo vakia wo n that yea r), o r la st year in Ital y when th e Ita lia ns had a World Troph y rider lose a 10 1 of tra il points o n day tw o because o f bad wea the r. Wh a t d id they do ? T hev th rew o u t the who le sectio n 10 the decision to keep th e Am er ican tea m goi ng a nd cont in ued to ride as Mark. Wh en th e word got back 10 me as to wha t wa s ha p pen ing I sta ted a t that point to keep " Mark" rid ing. T he or igi na l idea wa s to p u t Ma rk back o n th e bike lat er if the in j ury wa s not serio us. T he reas o n we a nd a ll the o ther co u nt ries have chase rid er s is because o f th e p ossibil it y o f bi ke or rider fa il ure, I, a mo ng ot he rs, was a cha se rider in th e pas t and o n severa l occasio ns wa s a ble 10 help riders " fin d " ba d ly needed pa rts o r g ive th em a temporary break because they were sick a nd throwin g up a ll o ver th e place - a ny th ing to keep the team goi ng. Was it chea ti ng in 1979 wh en Don C h iho ci (cl ub rider ) gave Da ve Hulse (Silver Vase team ) hi s rear back in g pl at e o n th e trail to keep th e Vase tea m intact (tech n ica lly it was )? Or in 198·l when Cha rl ie H olcomb ga ve u p h is sil ver m ed al a n d a l mos t houred o u t to help Kevin Brown o n da y six by to wing h im in ? No !. It was team sp ir i t th at d id it. Mr. St eele, I cha lle nge yo u a nd a n y ot her s who have doub ts, to qu it wh inin g a nd get o ff yo u r bu tts a n d go 10 th e ISD E nex t year in France. ,I' ll be th ere agai n doin g everyth i ng I can to keep th e A m er i can T eam run ni ng to win! Alan , wha t yo u d id wa s righ t a nd you know tha t mys elf a nd a ll the o the r Am erica ns th at were in Pol and were no t " chea ted " - j us t proud. RI CK C LAYPOO LE U.S. ISD E T ea m Manager Twent yn ine Palms, CA ISDE cheating I d is a gree w i th Alan Randr 's co m me n ts on chea tin g in the ISD E. Wh at kind o f sa tisfactio n ca n yo u get o u t of winning wh en you 've chea ted to get in the win ne r's circle? T h ere is no such thing as a n " u nwritte n r u le" regardless o f wh at other tea m s a re doing. You wer e represen ti ng th e U. S. That 's u s. Cheati ng, whether it's [in th e] ISDE, Baj a or a ny o the r race, gives m o torcycli ng a negative im ag e. Ask the riders a nd H onda wh a t " the a tt itu de " was wh en chea ting worked for th em a nd th ev wo n th e Baj a 500. an d th en tl.ley gill ca u g~ l. Amateur class. Nowhere in th e AMA rul e bo ok is th e w ord " sn ive l" i nclu d ed in th e def initi on . of a protest. T he re was a sco ring error, afte r .' got a Din Diggers o fficia l to loo k a t th e sta n sheet. I poi nt ed o ut . L in da Sma rt's na me was no t chec ked o ff. The resu lts a re as fo llo ws - I. Do nel l Aure: 2. Li sa Latham ; 3. L i n d a Smart ( w h o se n am e was crossed o ff). I do not fee l m o torcycli n g i ~ excl usively a " ma n's " sport. H er co m me nt, if revered by o the rs, would put women ba ck 200 years. I ha ve co m pe ted i n the men 's classes in motocross a nd ha ve w itnessed many protests. It is unfai r to a ttack th Wom en 's class. I do not believe Cycle N ews sho u ld be a pl ace for na me ca ll ing a nd m uds linging. DO N EL L AURE r R iverside, CA Godspeed, John On O ctober 25, Serg ea n t Joh n Stetso n was kill ed in a ca r crash. ,) J ohn wa s a n a vid m otorcycli st, q owni ng a Venture, a RZ3S0, a nd ;. ') Big Wh eel. With john 's.passin g, a ll.rr o f us here at th e sho p lost a dear friend, th e US MC lost o ne o f th e best } o f th eir few goo d men , a nd our ind us tr y lost a sup porte r th at th ere il aren ' t man y lik e, It isn't a ll bad . At lea st no w I kn o w I there a re mo torcycles in heaven , or J ohn wo u ld n't stay. '1 ~ ... We'll mi ss yo u , J ohn. C RAIG CR UMPLER & C REW . Yamaha of J acksonville ~ J acksonvill e, NC ' ? Wind ( (;IJ/l l i ll ur d from p ag e 2 ) - by Congressman James Florio (D New Jersey), wh ich calls for the reorganization of the Consurner . Product Safety Commission to ' increase it s effectiveness; the bill 1 also contains several ATV provisions. including a section that would require A TV manufacturers to offer refunds to buyers of three-' wheeled ATVs and adult-sized four-wheelers originally pur- ; chased for use by children under age 16. The hearing was held in..... the House Subcomm ittee on 1 q Commerce. Consumer Protectio ri and Competitiveness, which is chaired by Florio. "At this partic- ::> ular hearing. ATVs. per se, were not an agenda it em subject for f witness testimony," said Mel Stahl. vice president of govern - ~ ment relations for the Specialty Vehicle Institute of America . "However, as has been the case S i n previous hearings. the ATV issue was prominently mentioned i n the context of the CPSC's ,

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