Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ , ~ Minnesota champ . ! r- oo ~ ....-. America's . motorcycle newspaper ~ c-r Volume XXIV - ~ Q.) ..0 a Sh aron C lay ton, Publish er Mik e Klin ger,ComptTOllt'T Q.) Skip Johnson . Associat e P ublish er/ Nat ion al Sales Mana gn Q.) jark Mangus. A ssociate Publish ed Ed itor Rh eba Smith. Ci rcu lation Manager Caro line Gendry. Exe cutive Secretary to .th e Publish er u Q -s: Edito rial Kit Palmer. A ssociate Editor : Pau l Carru thers. A ssociat e Edit or Farren W illi am s, Associat e Ed itor Nat e Rauba, Associate Editor Edwina Mangu s, Calendar Ed itor Advertising T err y Pr att Sales Managn Mark Thom e, Sal es Mana ger Don Stoe be r. Sa les Manaf{t'r Mike Ch urch . Eastern Sales Manager Mark Mitchell. Eastern Sales Manager Thomas R. Comer , Eastern Sales Mana ger Cathy Corrao Western Ad Coordinator , Ca rla Borden. Eastern Ad Coo rdinator T oni Doneske, Ad vertisin g A ssistant Graphics and Production ~ Malcolm Wi lson .Prod uct ion Ma na~n Dian a H ilgenberg, G raph ic A rtist ~ Peg gy Smith, Grap hic Artist Stacey Guest. G rap hic Ar tist Jimm ie O 'Dell, G rap hic Artist Mar ion H ata shita, T ypt:seUer Ca ro lyn Branham. T yp esetter Denni s G ree ne, La b. T ech . Accounting /Data Processing Donna Brya n. Accts R eceivable Coo rdin ato r · Geneva Repass, Assista nt .... Fran H amwey, Credit Circulation Jim K OMa, R etail Sa les Ma nti/{eT Sar ah Taylor , A s.~ ista nt Alm a Anguiano, A ssistant C heri Chap ma n, A ssistant Marita Adams. As sistan t Want Ads Debbi e Wink ler. Want Ad Sa les Service and Support Chris Ait che son, H eadquart ers R ecept ion ist L.c~m a rd H erring , Service and S up po rt National Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach , CA 90806, ch, CA 9080 1·049 8 P.O . Box 498. Long Bea (2 13) 427·7433; 2 13/636·88 44. FAX (2 13) 427·6685 Eastern Office 4 190 First Ave., T ucker, G A. 30084: mail in g address P.O . Box 805, Tucker, GA 30085, 0805. (404) 934· 7850. FAX (404) 934·3 112 Cycle News (US PS -l1 l -: O) is pub lish ed H week ly excep t the first and last week of the ca lenda r year for $32.50 per yea r by Cycle New s. In c.• 220 1 C herry Avenu e. L.o n g Beach . CA 90806. Second clas s po sta ge paid .1( Long Reach . CA, a nd additiona l maifiug of fices. POSTMASTER: Send f or m 3579 to Cyc le News. P.O. Box 498. Long Beech . CA 90B01 -0498. Sub scr iption ra tes: O ne veur , seco nd cl ass mail. $32.50. " I Cvcle News welcomes unsol icited ed itorial ffi'3terial including s tori es. ca rtoo ns, photos , · etc. Su ch.materia l. if pub lished. becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News. Su ch accep ted mater ial is subjec t to revision as is necessary in the so le dis cretion of Cycle News . Un solicited ma terial wh ich is no t used will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed sta m ped envelope. All u nsol icit ed material will he handled with reasonabl e care , how ever, Cycl e New s assum es no responsibility for th e safety , loss or damage to suc h material. Reprinting in wh o le or part on ly by permi ssion o f th e publish er. Adve rt isi ng rat es and ci rcul ation information will · be sent upon req uest. See S.R.D .S. Copyright" Cycle News. Inc. 1987, Trede -mark Cycle News reg istered U.S . Pate nt Office. All rights reserved. SPA Conlume, Audit Division Member- Daytona tech Observ ing t he .tec h n ica l procedures-tteardown) of the Super Sports en try of C ycl e R iders o f Orlando, Florida (a t Daytona ) on Oc to ber 25, I witnessed a complete lack of technica l know ledge on the part of AMA/CCS. A protest was filed to chec k all "Intemal engine parts" and a lo usy $50 was a ll that was requ ired to expose th e motor to their (Cycle R iders) co m petitio n. As 1 understand the rule book, a protest is for one item to be checked a t $50 per . item, i.e. check the bore and stroke - $50, check the head - $50, etc. T he rule book a lso states that on ly the tech inspector, and rider and mechanic of th e protested bike 'will be ab le to observe the teardown . This was not · done! After all was said and done, the motor was sent to a third party because AMA/CCS off icia ls cou ld not determine if the motor was lega l or not. In my opinion there is so me thing lacking in th e way a protested entry is inspected. T here is a lot o f ha rd work, time in R&D. a nd money spent on the motorcycles th at com pe te in the AMA series and to hav e what happened occur is not good for th e sport or th e good name o f th e AMA . GREG KV1TKAUSKAS K&P Raci ng Corp, Orlando, FL Time warp Wo uld yo u Iike to race at Dayto na. Ro ad Ameri ca, Ro ad Atlanta, Lou don . Mid -Ohio and Brainerd and wat ch the to p professional ride rs in th e nation race as we ll? I: d id and it was o n a 1967 Triumph Bonneville. No , th is leit er had not been lost for 20 years. I'm talkin!{ 'about vintage racing with th e American Histori c Motorcycl e Ra cin g Association. . I won th e Sportsma n 650cc class championship, a ni ce reward for just a ho bby. Now you ar e probabl y thin king that this )"as a ll done on a su pe r-tr ick Triumph. Wrong! It does have Norris cams and 1 did wiggl e a burr down the inl et ports, but everything else is stock - ch ro me rims and everyth ing. It is beginning to sin k in that there is a cheap way to go racing? Your fun meter wi ll be pegg ed a ll weekend 'a nd 'the memories o f mixing wi th pa st and present legends ar e yours for ever. Mak e th at first mov e and.. contact GaryWinn at AHRMA, Rt, 2, P.O. Box 2 14, Marengo, OH 43334. I wo uld like 10 thank the following fo r th e ir su p po rt this pa st race season: Larry Klein of GT Motors in Lansing, Michigan; Ken Grezesiak of British Only in Detroit, M ic higan; Cycl e N ew s; Castro l; AMA; AHRMA; and Fred Kling for . th e overnight reb or e wh en the Triumph broke a t Loudon. ship Applied For December 1986, 4 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Dan Smith (top) w ins the Nevada Hare & Hound, Sea page 12. Photo' by , Tom Van Beveren. Kevin Bennett (below) tops the New Jersey, National enduro fina le, See page B. Photo by Paul Clipper. DICK GREENWAY J ackson, MI The blame lies with I ha ve read with interest the letters in Cycle News over the last severa l weeks regardi ng the ISDE cheating incident. I will admit that at first I too was shocked and o utraged that our team had tried to pull such a deception, However, after reading Mr. Claypoole's letter I now believe tha t the blame lies not with the riders , b ut with -the AMA and 'the FIM . Mr. Claypoole's philosophy of "do anythi ng necessary to win " must be wh o leheartedly 'end o rsed by th e AMA. If it were not, then the AMA would choose a team ma nager who , believed in p lay ing by the written rul es. The FIM a lso - by not pena lizi ng th e U.S. team - has sent a clear signal to all countries that they too find no fau lt with ch eating in international competition. Ins tead o f venting o ur dissatisfa ction wi th the Six Days system and Alan Ra nd t, we should ins tead wr ite . the AMA a nd let them know tha t we disagree wi th their endorsement of cheating by our Six Day team . If the AMA trul y represents motorcyclists as they claim and if they bel ieve the majority of us disapprove of cheating, th en they should take steps to i ns u re tha i o ur team competes within the ru les. . " The FIM, however, is a different problem . To deal wi th them we must rel y on the AMA to endorse a strong no chea ting ideal and then lob b y the . FIM for their support. I feel that if th e FIM was forced to dea l o ut stiff penalties for cheating then eventu a lly the problem would tak e care of itself. For example: A ru le viola tion to th e extent of which the U.S . team got ca ugh t at this year should result in excl usio n of th e entire team fro m th e next vera's competition . H arsh ? You bet, b u t if this were done uniform ly and consistently then the cheating problem wou ld most li kely not be a 'p ro blem anymore. Mayb e I am a dreamer, but wri te I h ~ AMA anyway. It is worth a try. P ET ER REYN O L DS Wi ndsor, CO Those of you who agree with Mr . R eynolds that it's not whether you win or lose bu t how ' you p lay the game that counts, should ex press that opinion to Mr. Ed Youngb lood, AMA, P.O , Box 6114, Westerville, OH 43081-611 4, Send a copy of your letter to Mr. Hugh Fleming, director of amateur 'activities, at the same address . . . Editor. Helping hands My son a nd I wish to thank Steve Medin for helping p ut my son 's motorcycle back together after an accid ent in a practice session at a Trans-Cal MX race. The bike was all but tota lly demolished when a 500 landed o n the middle of it. My son, Ray , got out of the way just in time. If it had not been for Mr. Medin a nd Pat Lutiz, who provided parts off a bike he had, we would no t have raced that day . We a lso wish to thank John Lampson for changing a tire for us. . My hu sband works a . lot o f Su ndays and is not a lways ab le to be at th e races, so it's really nice to kn ow there are such help ful and friendly people at the track. LOU ISE CRUMB Vacaville, CA ; Buzz Arndt celebrated his 39th Min nesota State Championship at 1. I the November 6 Dirt Track Ri ders d , Association (DTRA) Ba nquet. lEr DTRA would like to thank Buzzrr for his support, lead ersh ip , and 5 i exciting ridi ng skill. Buzz won three State Championships flat track ing a this year. H e also rides enduros, har scrambles and ice races an d still wins dv ' at a ll of th em at the young age of 46. He 's the winni ngest rider in Minnesota. fl Co ngratu lations, Buzz. Keep on wi winni ng! II . ns DIRT T RACK RIDERS ASSOC Brooklyn Park, MN L f, Laguna on the tube 0 l:. H as it been announced which 1 I te levisio n network wi ll provid e, 1'" coverage of. th e Grand Prix at Lag- nUl u na Sera, or wi ll we be wat ching . _ a no the r Honda-sponsored golf tou rnament lik e duri ng the Daytona 200 rtf last year? nOl" NBC will cover th e April 10, 1988" no Laguna Seca round. of the World IT Championship Road Rac e Series. A lthoug h th e detai ls have not been gu' ironed out, the GP will probably be ;'(1 tap ed and telecast th e fo llowing ~rI weekend . .' . Edit or. I~S .:r". Wind (Continued from page 2) 1, qsr n 1'" raf f le tickets. Smith says if he ~: wins the Triumph that Pat Owens all:> of L.A. Trade Tech restored. he''' , donate it to the AMA museum~ The drawing will be conducted in t. ) Las Vegas on Saturday night. November 29. :t' Over 350 riders too k .part in th e Novemb er 22 SE&TRA Lo o ko ut Mo untai n Enduro in nort h Georgia. " R an d y Hawkins (H u s ) was th e overall wi nn er, dropping 13 po ints. Brian Adams (Suz) was second with a score of 17. ',8i The largest single contribution rioa ever to the National Motorcycle Safety Fund was recently donated . by Kathy Anderson. w idow of ~i former Motorcycle IndustrY ott Council Land Use Program Manager Mark Anderson. On O' November 2. Ms. Anderson presented a check for almost $10,000 to Alan Isley, president of the NMSF. and its Board of Trustees. "This donation will be used specifically to produce and distribute a new booklet entitled Tips for the '1. Off-Road Rider. The booklet will . be used to enhance safety through the MIC's off-highway vehicle workshops. Mark was instrumental in originating these workshops and would be proud of th is expan- ) slon," said Isley. Racers interested in taking pa rt in an indoor vintage bike short track race in Tulsa, O klahoma, on J an- · ·uary 2, 1988, should contact Johnny. or Issacs at 918/445-0671 or 838-3777, hI )()( The January 24 round of the CMC Dodge Truck Golden State MX Nationals at Carlsbad. California. will be taped for showing on The Nashville Networks' American Sports Calvacade. The 1988 H onda Collector Series Poster Ca lendar is available (or will

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