Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- H u ron . CA . J anuary 16-17; Carlsbad R aceway. Carlsba d. CA. J anuary 2324. a nd Sunrise Va lley Cycle Par k . Adelanto. CA, J an ua ry 30-3 1. The fin al three even ts of the series will be for Sportsman only: Marysville " E" Street Track . Marysville. CA. February 7; Spinners Airport 'Raceway , Porterv ille. CA. February 14. and Glen Helen Park. February 21. - f ' , ~~ I 1 \ - ! America's motorcycle newspaper Volume XXIV Sha ron Cayton. Publisher Mike Kli ngn.Comp tTOlln Skip Joh nson. Associate Pubiishrr t National Sales Managn J ack Mangu s. ASJociak Publishrr t Editor Rh eba Smith. Circulati o n Managn Ca rolin e Oe ndry. Ex ecutive Se culIJry to tht: Publish" Editorial Kit Palmer, A ssociat e Ed itor Pa ul Ca rru ther s. Ass ociate Editor Fa rren Will ia ms, Associa te Editor Na te Rauba , Associau Editor Ed wi na Ma ngus. Calenda r Ed itor Advertising Terry Pratt Salt'J M anager Mar k T home. Sa les M anager Do n Stoeb er , So les Alan agtT Mik e Ch u rch. Ea stern Sai l's Manag er Mark Mi tch ell , East ern Salt' s M a,., a~t"I' Tho mas R. Comer. Eas tern Sa les Man4Kt"r CI thy Corrao Western Ad Coo rdi nator Carla Bo rden. Eastern Ad Coordinato r T o n i Do nesk e. Advntui,lf.{ Assistant Graphics and Production Mal co lm W il son .Pm d uetion ,~Ia nag" Diana Hilgenberg, G rap hic A rtist P egg y Smit h. Gmp h ic Ar ti.ft Slacey Guest. Grap hic A rtist J immir O' Ddt. Grap hic Ar tist Marion H a ta sh ita , TYPt'UtI" Ca rol yn Branham. T vpeseu rr Den nis Gr eene . Lab . T ech ; Accounting /Data Processing Do n na Bryan. AuLs R eceiva ble Coordi na tor Geneva Repass, A ssistant Fra n H amwev, C red i·t Circulation J im Kosta. Retail Sal t's Ma ' J4 gt"f' Sa ra h T aylor , A ssistan t Alma Angu iano, Assistan t Che ri Cha p ma n . A sSistant l\ola rita Adams. A ssiftanl Want Ads lXbbie Wi nkl r r, n 'anl Ad Sa lt's Service and Support · Ch r is Aitch eson . 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Cycle News w elcomes uusol u-ued eduo ria ! mat erial includi n g aeries. ca rtoons. pho tos, c Sue-h ma terial. il p ubl ished . becomes the :le. exclusive p rop~'n y o r Cycle" • 'cows. Su ch ac cepted mat eri a l is su bject 10 revi sion as is necessary in th e so le d iscretion o r Cycle S l"W!'i, U n so licited mat eri al which is n ol uwd will be returned ir acco m pa n ied b y a Sf- If add ressed stamped envelope. All unsolici ted ma teria l wi ll be handled w it h reaso na ble UlTIl'!i n o ca re, how ever , C ycle N ew s aSS responsib ilit y fo r the sa fety, loss or damage' to suc h mat er ial. Rl'p ri ni in Kin who le Of pa ri on ly b y pe rmis.sio n o r u le pub lisher, Ad\'t"rti si n ~ ra tes a n d ci rcu la lio n in fo rma tion wi ll · be M:'111 u po n req u es l. See S.R.D.S. Copy rig ht " Cyc le News. In c . 1987. Tr.de·mark Cyc le News registered U.S. · Patent Off ice . All rights reserved ,~ BPA Consumer Audit Div is ion Member· ship Applied For December 1986, -; ON THE FRO NT PAGE: Bruce Og ilv ie (show n, top ) tea me d w ith Dan A shcraft to w in the Bej a 1000. See page 10 . Photo by Kinney Jones. The FZR400 (bel o w ) highl ights Yam aha 's new fleet 4 of 1988 stree t bike s . S ee page 6 . You 're invited to. .. I've been around the mo to rcvcle indus tr y (o ver 20 vears ) lon~ en o u g h 10 know rh at it d oe sn ' t ta ke m uch to perpetuat e an erro ne o us rum o r. I'd like to set th e reco rd stra ig h t regardin g a n ir respo nsib le co rn m ent in a lett e r pri nted in th e No vember 4 issu e ("'P ho to Fin ish " by Mr. Don Ku bl of Ci nci n na ti, O h io ). . The noti on th at Mr. W illi e G . Da vidson o f H a rley-Da vidson , In c. is person all y paint ing a motorcycle for Senator .lack Danfo rth is ridi ru lou s a nd ab surd , eSIll"ciall y co nsideri ng th at H arl ey-D uvid son is o n record fOl oppos ing th e Danforth Bill. I ca n und erst an d un t i- H ar le v sen time n ts. hut t h eres n -a ll y n;, > excu se 10 ma ke a fictitious rema rk th a i co n fuses peo p le a bo ui th e 1'.10101 Company's positi on o n an issue. It 's especia ll y a n uoy ing \\:I1('n the sta te ment is based o n Ia b riru rio n . Just 10 show 1\1 r. Kuh l th ai we' re good sports hen ' at H arley-Davidson. I' d lik e 10 send hi m an airp la ne rirke t 10 Mil waukee - a o ne-wa y ticket. B 72 BUZZELLI Publ ic Relations Manager H ar ley-Da vid son , In c. M il wau kee , WI Feet up in Texas As th e p roud new o wner o f a new trial s bike I would lik e to kn ow wh ere in th e heck a pe rson ca n co m pe te in T exas. An y information yo u ca n provide would be most welcome. DAVID KHOU RY Wa co ,TX Any T exans w ho can help Dav id find som e trials euen ts should drop us a lin e and we 'll point him in th e right di rection . . . Edi tor. Check your power va lve ! My so n , Flo yd " G oo ber' Carter was so impressed by the recent rav es a nd tou tin g o f the 1988 Ya ma h a YZ250 in th e MX maga zin es th a t he so ld hi s pe tted , po rte d . po lish ed a nd pa m pered 1986 T hu nderbo lt 250 a nd bought a bra nd new 1988 YZ. H e took t.h e cra te home. assemb led th e beas t a nd fired it up. In the limited area arou nd lii s shop he co u ld n 't be s ure but re m arked t ha t h e wa s di sappointed in th e powerband co rnpared 10 h is persona lized previo us mo u n t. T he rest o f u s inform ed him that h is im agination wa s the problem. T he next Su nd ay a t th e Flo rida Gol d Cup Ser ies race in Ta lla hassee it was apparem that " G oob" was right. Although he got th e jump a t th e gate, th e maj ori ty of th e pack b ~at him into th e firs t left- ha n d sweeper. This bu gged hi m so much th at he co u ld not sleep th a i ni ght a nd kept reviewing th e si tua tio n . Suddenly he got a flash ! ' 'I' ll bet those lurkeys put th e p o wer va lve in wrong! " U p a t 3:00 a.m . a nd illl o th e sho p where he pulled th e engine a n d found tha t he wa s ri gh t. T he power valve, wh ich shou ld ra ise the u p pe r edge of th e exhaus t port as th e revs m oulII. wa s i ns ta lled w ron g ! R einstallin g it co rrectly. he was gratified to hear th e beast howl its so ng of power as a ll th e magazines had described ! If a ny o f yo u ha ve a sluggish 1988 YZ250. check yo ur power valve! ROBERT C. CA RTER Tallahassee. FL Six Days/Qualifiers Alan Randr's letter in th e October 28 issu e has got . me upset. I a m a p pa lled th at Mr. Randt thinks th at hi s che a tin g wou ld h ave been o verloo ked if the USA had won th e World Trophy (at th e ISDE). Th is is not th e way to go a bo u t ge tt in g th e much need ed backing of Am eri can people. We, who a tte n d the Qualifiers, spen d small fortun es pursuing th e ri ght to represent o u r co u n try in a sport we love. The maj ority of th e people in vo lved are the most fan ta stic a nd h onest people I' ve ever m et , bu t I was upset to find th at che a tin g a lso goes on here in th e U. S. In a n unpublished incident at thi s year's Mi ch igan Qu al if ier. Mark H yd e sw itche d clothes with a rider who was sic k and tri ed to ride in hi s place. Luckil y. he wa s di scovered because a nother rider noticed his gl asses. Is thi s what we want to teach our yo u nger riders? Finally, I feel th at th e rider s who ride th e Qualifier s and m ak e th e (ISD E) team are th e best overall riders in th e States and th ey do no t receive th e recognition th ey deserve. NANCY BAXTER Meridian. I D Mean Green triple fan Does anybody still ca re about th e Kawasa ki 750 H 2? I am cra z? about this bike but no one seems to know or want to be both er ed with . j t anvrn ore. Know of a ny body who ca ;es? Clubs? Coll ectors? Vintage racers? Pl ease help me. I a m beginning to think th at th e world h as becom e afraid o f th e crotch rocket. TIMOTHY A. O 'CONNER J ersey City, NJ Can any body help T im? If so, drop us a line and we'll relay the informa tion .. . Ed itor. Wind (Continued from page 2) and D uke Dowell (Han) fin ished t hird. Wayne Ca rlton (M -S) t opped t he Veteran class to claim the Vet div ision t itle. the on ly class champ ionship still up for grabs go i ng in t o the round . Lance McPhee (Yam ) topped the 250cc Expert class. and Edd Price (Han) took the win in the 125cc Expert division. An updated sched u le for the 1987 Golden State MX Nationals ha s been released by COlllinental MOiosport C lu b (C MC) , th e sa nc tio n ing body of th e eig h t race seri es. The firs t five eve n ts will be Profession al and Sports ma n events: Gl en H elen Park. Sa n Bernardino. CA . J anuary 2:3; Sandhill R a n ch . Brentwood , CA . J anuary 9-10; Huron Cycle Park, Cosmopolitan Motors will host it s 2nd Annual Cosmo Open House for trials riders and dealers o n Saturday. December 5 . at the Cosmopolitan warehouse i n Hatboro. Pennsylvania. Test rides on the 1 9 8 8 Beta TR34 Rep lica will be available. Also on display will be Montesa trials bikes. trials bicycles and accessories. For more information. call 215 /672 9100. Th e California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recrea tio n Commission will hold tw o m eetings in Glendale, California. November 12 and 13. On Thursda y th e Grants and Coopera tive Agreem ent and Trails Commi ttee will meet at 3550 Foothill Boulevard in Gl endal e to discuss th e An geles a nd Los Padres Nationa l Forests' gram sta tus and Los Angel es County OHV sites. The time for this m eetin~ is 7:30 p.m. The Commissio n w ill meet a t th e H oliday Inn . 450 West Pi oneer Drive in Gl endal e a t 8:30 a.rn. Frida y to di scu ss nomina tion o f o ffice rs. noise en forcement, a us er su rve y and o the r issues. A new menace threatens the youth of America - bunk beds. Accord ing to a recent news report. more and more American children are be ing injured and killed in bunk bed -related accidents. According to the Consu mer Product Safety Commission. at least 23 deaths due to bunk beds occurred in 1985 and emegency room treatment of bunk bed-related injuries rose 75 per-cent to 31 .727 in the same year. Will there be a threat to ban and recall all bunk beds? Stay tuned. Although th e Endurothon which was to have taken place at th e Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, Cal ifornia . o n November 15 wa s ca nceled due to d ry conditions. th e facility's regular scrambles will be held November 22 a nd 29. A belated t ip of the Cycle News duckbill to the Los Angeles Times for positive articles on motor cycling in t he October 31 issue . One artic le. written by Go rd on Black. previewed the 8th A nnual All British Road Ride and t he 2 nd A nn ua l Dual Sport Ride whic h· took plac e the following day in t he Los A ngeles area . T h e Mickey T ho mpson Ent erta in m ent G rou p has a n no unced th a t Ca liforn ia's Los An geles Co liseu m has gra nt ed MTEG excl usive rights to p rodu ce m ot o rsp o rt even ts in 1988. T ha t co upled wi th Ana heim Stad i u m g ra n ti ng T ho mpso n a si m ilar deal virtuall y sh u ts Mi ke G oodwin OUI of th e Lo s An geles area mark et. G o odw in h a s prom oted Su pe rcross events a t both ven ues in the pa st. Thompson says he'll p ay a purse of$50,OOOat hi s J anuary 1988 An aheim m otorcycl e race. Wh ether or not th at race wi ll be an AMAsa nc tio ned Su percross remains to be seen. Thom p son sa ys he met with superstars in cl ud ing Ri ck j ohnson recentl y and sa ys th ey expressed positi ve imerest in his Ultracross program which sees th e fast est riders starting at th e rear of t.he field.

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