Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Drag racing is also included in Suzuki's plans. Close to $32,000 will be available to Suzuki riders in the !D BA and NHRA Pro Stock classes. Suzuki's con tingency plan for 1988 adds u p to 2.147,375. • America's motorcycle newspaper Volume XXIV Sh aron C lay ton, Publisher Mik e K l in ger . Co m p tTOll~ Skip Joh nson . Associate Publisher! N atio na l Sales M an ag M' Jack M an~s. Associa,e- Publish er / Edit or Rheba Sm it h . Circula tio n Man agtJ' Carolin e (;(ondr y. Execut ive Secreta ry to th e Publish er Editorial Kit Palmer. Associate Edi tor Pau l Ca rr u ther s, A ssociate'Ed itor Farren William s, Associate' Ed itor Na te Rauba . A ssociat e' Editor Edwina Mangu s. Cale nda r Ed itor Mike Ch ur ch. Eastern Sale'S Manag M' Mark Mitch ell , Eastern Sales M an ager Thomas R. Com er. Eastern Sales M an agM' Ca thy Corrao W('$ttTn A d Coor dinator Ca rla Borden . Eastern A d Coordinato r Toni Doneske, Advertising A ssistan t Graphics and Pro du ction Ma lco lm Wil son.PTOdu ction M anager Dian a H ilgen berg. Graphic A rtist Pegg y Sm ith . Grap hic A rtist Stacey Guest. G rap hic Artist j im mie O 'Del l. G rap hi c Artist Marion Hatashita. T )'pesettn Carolyn Bra nha m. T voeseuer Dennis G reene. La b. T ech. Accounting /Data Processing Do nna Bryan . Accts R ecriuoble Coordinator Geneva Repa ss. Assistan t Fran Ham wey, Credit Circul ation Jim Kosta , R etail Sales M an agt'T Sara h Taylor. Assistant Alma Anguia n o. A ssistant Che ri Chapma n. Assistant Ma rita Adam s. Assistant Service and Support Ch ris Aitcb eso n. H rad q uar trn R ecep tio n ist Leona rd Herring. Se rvice and S up po rt National Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave.• Lo n g Beach . CA 90806. P.O . Box 498. L on g Beach . CA 9080 1·0198 (213) 127·74 33; 213/636-8814. FAX (213) 427-6685 Eastern Office 4190 First Ave., T ucker. GA. 30084: mailin g addres s P.O . Box 805. 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All un soli cit ed material will be ha nd led with reason abl e ca re. ho wever. Cycl e News assu m es no respons ibili ty for the safety. lo ss or dama ge to suc h ma terial. Rep rint in g in whole or pa rt o nl y by per m ission o f th e publ ish er. Advertising ra tes a nd cir cu latio n infor ma tio n will be sent u Jxm request. See S. R. D.S. Copyr igh t o!l Cycle News. In c . 1987. ' Cycl e News registered U.S . Paten t Off ice . All rig ht s reserved . Trad e ~mark BPA Con sumer Aud it Divis ion Members hip Appl ied For December 1986. ~ [illL1J ~ Y E •• 4 This is one request for Kenny Roberts to enter the April 10, Laguna Seca Grand Prix, Am eri ca 's fir st Wo r ld Champi onship ro ad race since Mike H ailwood won the last GP a t Da ytona Intern a tion al Speedway in 1965. Sin ce Rob erts has done more for Nati onal a nd Intern a tional road racing th an a nyo ne else in the last 15 years, I bel ieve there woul d be severa l th ousand more fans who wo uld tak e specia l joy in seeing Kin g Kenny ride in America one more time. Tha nks to all except , , . Wan t Ads L.on ~ One more time, KR R USS WHITTI NGHILL Lou isville, KY Debbi e Win kler . lVan t Ad Sa les offic('!.. In reply to the letter you ran from Ti mo thy A. O 'Conno r in wh ich he said he was seeking a club for owners of three-cyli nder Ka wasa kis, have h im co nt act the Kawa saki T riples Clu b, 1076 North Garcia, Camarillo , CA 93010. T he manager 's name is Fra n Gold en a nd he ' is a straig h t shooter. Please relay my address a nd phone number to Mr. O'Connor so he can write or call me. I can save him lo ts of tim e and effort and see that he doesn 't get cheated on parts. s -V- Ban tau , r ider # 1480 o n a n '86 Yamaha YZ250. You 'rewha t racing's all abo ut! Dro p me a line so I can send your lever back to you. Fina ll y, I'd like to th an k m y tea mmate, Ernie Waqssersleben , for dropping hi s toolbelt and leaving me wi th a broken shifter in th e middle of the desert, and for wa lki ng ou t half of a mile to meet me as I was pushing in to the finish with half a swa llo w of beer ! MIKE MUE LLE R Pin head Racing 2730 Minert Rd. Concord, CA 94518 DON ROSS Win ch ester, IN Advertising Terry Prau S ales M ana ger Mark Thome. Sa les M an ag er Don Stoe ber . Sales Managn- at Kawasaki Tr iples Club I wo uld like to express m y grat itude to a group of people wh o mad e this Thanksgiving the most mem orable in years. On November 28 I pa rt icipated in my first Barstow-toVegas desert race. Living in Distri ct 36 (nort hern California), and racing on ly locall y, I had no idea what to' expect in a desert race. Wh at I found was a well ordered, frie nd ly, closeknit gro up of dedicated mo torcyclists do in g wh at th ey loved to do a nd doing it very wel l. First I'd lik e to than k District 37 and th e B-to- V committee for p u tting o n suc h a well organized race. A grea t deal of recognition sh ould a lso go to all th e workers wh o dona ted th eir time and sup port for th e event, a nd to the event sponsors wh o mad e it all possible. A special tha nk you to Ron a nd Donna Hall 'a nd th e Pro Pits staff. Next I' d lik e to tha n k my gi rlfrie n d . Megan Mc Do well , w ho helped wi th the dri vin g, mad e sure my gear was clea n and packed, kep t a clea r head when mine was n 't, and just : p lain 'ole p ut up with me. T hank yo u; I love you ! l owe .a big, big th ank you to a fellow racer wh o - 50 miles into the race - seized hi s Yamah a. When I cam e across him o n the side of the road I was in desperat e need of a sh ift lever as I had broken m ine close to the start. Even th ough he knew he'd ,. p rob ab ly never see hi s lever ag ain , he gave it to me. Of co urse I p ro mised to return it to him after th e race if I cou ld, bu t hi s onl y in structi ons were to finish . ' Well , I wa nt hi m to kn ow I fin'ished, but it wasn 't easy as I seized j ust three miles fro m th e fini sh line. Being so close, I pushed m y bike the rest of the wa y. So, thank you, Bill Godspeed, AI The motorcycle community lost a friend this past week with th e death of Al Muth. O wn e r of Al Muth H ar le yDa vidson in Black River Fall s, Wisconsin, since 1965, he had made man y cont ributio ns to th e m ot o rcycle industry and to hi s co m mun ity. Al was a centra l figu re in orga n izing th e Natio na l H arl e y-D a vid son Dealer All ia nce and a stro ng supporter of d irt tra ck raci ng. My asso cia tio n wit h Al came from the la tter. H e was alwa ys behind me in m y racing endeavors; be it parts, ad vice, or just to ta lk and lift my spiri ts, I co uld always co unt o n him to be there. The ' motorcycli sts, who Al befri ended throughout th e U.S. for decades will m i ss thi s sta lwa rt cha mp ion of the sport : ' It was fitt in g th at even in 20-degr ee temperatures. a motor cycle parad e led th e fune ra l procession thi s pa st Saturday. AI's funeral was a ttended by riders, racers and friends througho ut the Midwest. RANDY TRI PLETT Bloomington. MN Suzuki bucks (Contin ued from pag e 2) Suzuki con ti ngenc y program now incl udes five classes: 600cc Production, 750cc Producti on a nd Open P rod uction at clu b-level ra ces a nd 600cc Supersport and 750cc Superspo rt a t the National s. T he Suzuki National Cu p Series Final will be worth $55,000 wi th th e series leadi ng up to th e fina l pa ying o u t a tota l of : 288,750. The site for th e 1988 fina l (the 1986 final was held a t Road Atla nta and the 1987 final at Ri verside Intern at io nal Racewa y) has yet to be decided upon, according to Suzu ki. The payout for the 16 Supersport races held in conju nc tio n with the , AMA Na tio nals is set a t a tota l of $45,450. Winning th e 600cc Supersport class pa ys .$ 1600 whi le win ning th e 750cc Su persport even t ea rns .$800. Suzuki has posted a total o f $ 114,000 in WERA and AMA/CCS Nati ona l Enduran ce ro ad race events, as riders in both th e GTO and GTU catagories will be eligible. A win in H eavyweight Superb ike or GTO co mpe ti tion is worth $1000 and a Mediumweight Superb ike o r GTU win would earn a Suzuki team $800. Mle kicks off "Discover Today's Motorcycling" PRcampaign LONG BEACH, CA, DEC. 9 A $400,000 public rela tions campaign designed to " stimulate greater interest, involvement a nd understanding of motorcycling among th e general public" was launch ed today during a Mo to rcycl e Indu stry Cou nci l (MIC) press co n ference in Lo ng Beach . . The theme for the new m ultimedia campaign is " Disco ver T o day 's Mo torcycl ing," and th e program is intended to "deliver a unified message to the publi c that motorcycli ng toda y is a fun , exci ting sport they should con sider exp loring." T he campaign wi ll be aimed at no nmotorcycle industry consumer media through special promot ions. During th e first year, the campaign w ill foc us o n women in motorcycling. Wom en will be highlighted because they , " have a powerfu l influen ce o ve r w ho does/ doesn 't ride. They're more tha n half th e pop ulation and (ha lf) the wor kfo rce . They h a ve a n increasin g impact on husband purch ase decisio ns. As .mo thers, th ey influence children , a nd as wi ves a nd girlfriends th ey inn uen ce use of social tim e." T he cam pa ign will include several maj or eleme nts : e News bureau - An ongoing source of informati on a bou t women in motorcycling. e Editors seminar - a select gro up of fema le editors from the general consumer media will be briefed on women in mo torcycling and will participate in a hands-on riding expe rience program. • e Advert ising - A print ca mpaign will appea r in both th e motorcycle press and the gen eral media. e Pro mo tional materi al s - a variety of promotional materi al s featuring th e " Discover T oday's Motorcycling" logo will be available to the in dustry for advert ising, promotion a nd re tail ap p licatio ns. e O p inion researc h - A trac king stu dy will measure -the program 's impact. T he. cen terp iece of th e 1988 campaign will be th e Van Buren TransCo n, a tra nscontinen tal chari ty ride across the Un ited Stat es by selected wo men rid ers to raise fu nds for the J uven ile Diabetes Associa tio n. It will be held to co mrhernora te the 1916 effort of the Va n Buren sisters, who were th e first women to rid e solo from coast to coas t. T he TransCo n is schedu led for early spring. The " Discover T oday's Mo tor cycling " p roj ec t, w h ich will be handl ed by the Los Angeles, California, public rel a tions firm of Dorem u s P r oter N o velli , was approved by a special MIC comm ittee which grew out of a n industrywide co nference held last year. .T h e initial funding of $400,000 ca me fro m the four major Japanese m o torcycl e m a n u fa ct u rer s H o n da , Kawasaki , Suzuki a nd Yamaha - and although HarleyDavidso n did not contrib ute fu nds , the Am er ican motorcycl e maker reportedl y is, " very su p portive" of th e program. •

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