Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Wind (Con tin ued from page 2) ATV riders, wea ri ng AXO boots, pants, jersey and g loves will receive AXO g ift certificates. Eac h gi ft certificate wi nner wi ll then q ualify for a drawing a t the end of the series where a 1988 Cagiva motorcycle, Scott mountain bicycle, two Shoei helmets, FMF engine kit , Pro Circuit engine kit, Metzler tires, RK chain, Oakley products, Ma xim a lu bricants and PJ I lubricants will be. given away to 10 lu cky riders. Willow Springs Motorcycle Assoc iat ion (W S MA) will be offering fr ee tra c k time at the Rosamond, Califo rnia's Willow Springs International Raceway on December 26-27 t o riders hold ing a current com petiti o n lic e nse from any road ra cin g organization or a 1987 certificate of completion f ro m the Califo rnia Superbike School. Ride rs must also purchase a 1988WSMA /WERA competition lic e nse before going out on the t rack, and have all the necessary s afety equipment. . 1988 VFR 750R / RC·30 BOL D'OR Endurance Racer Replica VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES - TAKING DEPOSITS NOW Thi s W ill Be A One S hot Dea l Don't Be Left O ut ! . S tage I or Stage II Pe rformance Kits Available Call For Comp lete Deta ils NOW. 472 Tecumseh Road East Windsor, Ontario, CANADA N8X ZR8 (519) 254-2565 Weekly news, not monthly history FREE PICK UP / DEUVERY AT DAYTONA Sa ve Freight ! Orde r Now And Pick Up Your New Chariot Trailer During Motorcycle Week 1988 In Daytona! CARRY YOURS IN A CHARIOT! DEALER INQUIRIES ALWAYS WELCOMED Ughtweight. aerodynamic Chariot Tra ilers are easy to pull . offer many options and are ava ilable in a range from our 10'6" Sh uttle t o our big 16' tandem axle workhorse. Perfed For Motorqdes, 'ATV or Watercraft s ario! • I Send For Free 4 -Color Bruchure MICHELIN ROAD RACE TIRES ' S liCkS, Ra rns & Inte r m edi a t e s 1 2 Scc to 1000cc. Many Co m po u n dS Wa lt Sc h••far Cy c le Supply R•. 3 . Bo. 2 3 1 Altoo na, At 35952 205 /53B · 5 9 0 6 82 Mich.lin StrHt TIre Oistriblrto, ------------ Walt Schaefer Says ... THANKS TO AU MY CUSTOMERS OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS OF RACING! Best Wishes For A Happy & Prosperous New Year! . 209 Pickney Street Oldsmar, FL 33557 (813 ) 855-5801 With this issue we wrap up the year. Issu e II I . o f 1988 , o u r Si l ver An niversary year, will go to press January 4 and be mailed J anuary 5. Ride safe! MERGED: Dallas Baker Products and Pro-Tee Mfg. ; both companies will be working together to de ve lop. manufacture. and market performance parts for motorcycles. ATVs and watercraft; Pro-Tec/DBP is located at 282 Gem ini. Brea. CA 92621, 714 /738-0631 or 213 /6976759 . Oklahoma's G uy Cooper (Hon ) wo n the December I I Gen eva (Switzerla nd ) Su percross. H oll an d 's J ohn Van denBerk (Yam ) finish ed seco nd and Aus tra lia's J eff Leisk (Hon ) was th ird. Co n tin u ing hi s co me back followi ng a broken leg, former U. S. Nationa l Champi on 'Br oc G lover (Yam ) fin ished fifth, behind Engla nd 's Rob H err ing (Yarn) who wa s fourt h . It's moving time for Russ Darnell Motocross Schools. According to Darnell. he's relocating his training fac ility to Hemet. California. and hopes to have the training camp operating early in 1988. " W e're naming it Knob Hill Estate," said Darnell. For more info rm a t io n. call 714 /244-1213. MOV IN G : White Bros., excl usive U.S. distribu to r for White Po wer shocks and o ther two and four-strok e performan ce accesso ries, to ,larger facilities at I4241 Commerce Drive. Garden Grove, CA 92643, effective J anuary II , 1988; th e new p hone number is iI 4/775-0411. . The mile oval at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California. may be paved, "in 1989. perhaps sooner." to accomodate NASCAR automobile racing. according to Rick Farren of Bob Barkhimer Assoelates (BBA), the company which promotes the San Jose Mile . If the action is approved, the addition of asp halt obviously will eliminate the possiblity of National dirt track ra ci ng at the facility . Farren said. how e ve r, that if the oval is pa ve d , BBA 's twice-a nn ual Grand Na t io na l S a n Jose Mile w ill be moved t o a not her northern Califo rnia race t ra ck, Ecotage: A declaration of war l It 's gue rr i l la wa rfa re . I t 's deadl y serious business. You ' a n d me a nd all recreationists a re th e targets. An yone who steps foo t on " their" ecological turf fo r a ny reason - personal . com mercia l, government, et al - are tar gets fo r p ropert y damage, eq ui p ment dest ruc tio n, i n j u ry or dea th. Th e environ me nta l ex trem ists ca ll their guerrilla warfar e " eco tage." T hi s is a new word to mos t ears. Eco tage is a n acrony m for " ecologi c a l s ab ot a ~ e . " Th e n a il -sp ik ed ra ilroad ties In a darken ed tunnel on the Bar stow-to-Vegas race tra il is bu t on sma ll exa m ple. And eco tage is no t j ust so me Ca li fo rnia desert problem . It is nation wide and mor e promin ent i n forest a n d w ood regions than an ywh ere. T he public propone nts o f eco tage are the wild. bu g-eyed member 's of a n i nsa ne env iro n me n ta l group ca lled " Earth First !" (the exclamatio n point is part o f th eir signa tu re). P ictu res of th e m look like wall posters of sixties-era protesters beards, unwash ed long hair. Salvatio n Arm y clothes . fli p flop brogans, p lacards p rotesting a ll th e human race. But th ey ac t more like mentally deranged jungl e mercen aries of a Communist ban a na rep ub lic. Eart h First! a nd its non-member zeal ots have th eir o wn ecotage manual : Monkey Wrench in g: A Guide to Environmen tal Warfare. This is the gu idebook for a ll and a ny enviro nmental terrorist. Monkey Wrenc hing has explicit descript ions on how to destro y veh icles (ca rs. tr ucks, constructio n, mo torcycles, etc.) by filling cran kcases wi th iron fil in gs, cu tt ing fan belt s a nd mor e. Or how a bo u t " clo thes li ning" str inging p ian o wire across a roa d or tra il at neck height. H anging a dead a n imal or distractin g sign on a road or trail wi th a camo uflaged, a x le-deep tre nc h cut ri ght af terwa rds. P la nting "pongee" stic ks (sharpe ned wood o r bamboo , metal spikes, etc. ) at a 45 deg ree angle o n roads a nd tra ils used by hor sem an , hikers. bikers. trucks and th e like. One o f the favorites o f Ea rth First! and its clones is "s pi king" of trees. In th is fashi on one or more metal sp ikes are hammered into trees. If a logger, forest or woodsman str ikes these sp ikes with their cha in saw , the chain will typically exp lode. When pl aced higher the huge high speed saw mill blades hi t the spikes and exp lode with ferocity. T here are num erous recorded deaths fro m sp iking and recently a yo u ng logger had hi s face blown o ff wh en hi s saw hi t a spike. ' Ecorage weirdos are ex tremely p ro ud of their work, destruction and so metimes fatalit ies. Real Earth Firs ters! a nd cou nterfei ters love to sabotage construction a nd logging com pa nies. A favorite is to kill and ski n a small a nimal, ha ng its pelt over a bulldozer 's exhaus t pipe, nail the ca rcass to a building a nd smear "Earth First! " in blood on a wa ll or door. Ni ce little bo ys and girls, huh?

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