Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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' na tio na l weeklies and failed. Because desert riders didn't care what the woods riders were doing arid so on. There wasn 't as much national exchan ge of riders on th e racing scene as now, and th e only world co m pe titio n Americans played any part in was the International Six Da ys Trial (now I.S.D .Enduro). Competition riders can rightfully expect to see their Sunday deeds recorded in the[ollouringThursday's paper." Editorial in our first issue. By publishing as many as 150 issues a year, Cycle N ews was abl e to extend that expectation to riders in th e northeast, Dixie and the great midwest as well a s the west ern natives. For th e first time, talented local heroes didn 't have to move west for th e conven ience of th e Ca liforn iabased medi a , to be di scovered . Promoters were soo n able to advert ise a national tra veling show a nd draw large cro wds to the new spo rt of I the motocross as well as the old standbys, dirt track, TT and road racing. Tne"natiOil .star ted reading about loca l heroes like Kent Howerton (T exas) and Barry H iggins (Ne w York), Dick Burleson (O hio) and Mike G era ld (L o u is ia n a ) for a change instead o f just th e famil iar ones who went west. The championca liber riders from Europe visi ted and spanked our smug American butts in motocross, road racing and trials. Suddenly Am erican motorcyclists were a nation, united to beat the world in our da ring sport. . But a ll that is yesterday's newspaper. What's new at Cycle N ews? Lots of stuff. It doesn't take so many newspapers to reach the motorcycle community a ny more - o ne big edition of Cycle Ne ws Nat ional does it , plus o u r you ng offspring ATV N ews. So we a re putting the com pan y resources in to writer s a n d read ers, th e best in the bu siness. this, you understand. so no more Some la men t that the motorcycle spirit has seen its best days past; but _ _ freebies for 1988. And we are branching out into bi-monthly magazines. I think the best is coming soon. All We have a lways advertised Cycle the pieces and policies are in place News as " News, not history ," and like never before. The newspaper so it ever sha ll be. But we never said now has many tal ented writers wh o there is anything wrong with history. are pa id regularly, and a new list of We believe that our m agazines, crusades to work with. For exa mp le: ' com i n ~ out every two months, can You can earn a handsome reward be twice as good as a monthl y today in Am erican m otorcycle ra cmagazine. They will be " Modern ing, but to get the big money, you history, not necessarily news," and have to race in Europe. We hope that we will make th e most o f it. You may will start changi ng for the better. If have a lrea dy seen Personal Wat erwe want to keep Kenn y, Eddi e, craft Illustrated magazine which we 'Ra ndy et al here at home wh ere we have published for nearl y a year. ca n yell for the m in person, it means Look for Motorcycle R oad Racer we will have to raise th e consciousIllustrated magaz in e soo n o n 'a ness of more fans a nd sponsors in newsstand nea r you. this co u ntry, as to our home-gr own Well , I mayor may not be aro u nd heroes, in stead o f just being a farm to cac kle over ou r 50th anniversary for talent that has to go to Euro pe issue. but su re as trees grow a nd ink fo r th e fame a nd fortune they deserve. flow s, you will a lways see it first in We a re putt in g o u r co m pa ny Cycle News. resources into wr iters a nd readers, as . I sa id. We hav e to kill trees to do Chuck Clayton LAKE CITY HONDA RT <8 Bo. 3160 . Warsaw, (219)269-4199 Ne w Jerse y THE MOTORCYCLEMALL RAlEE MOTORCYCLE CENTER. INC. 730 Tower HiDRoad. N. Kingstown. 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(817)322-4121 Utah GARRETTHONDASALES 563 North Main Street. Nephi. (801)62J.OIl23 NEWGATEHONDA 3720 South 250 West. Ogden. (BOI) 394-3403 PLAlA CYCLE 1379West 3300 South. Salt Lake City. (801) 972-8725 Vir gina CASEY CYCLECITY CORPORAnON 634J. Clyde Morri. Blvd.• Newport News. (804)595-9721 SCHAFER MOTOR COMPANY INC. 333 Madison RoadSouth. Orange. (703) 672·5555 HONDA WORLD 11301 Midlothian Turnpi ke. Richmond. (804)379-2555 Vermont NEW ENGLAND MOTORSPORT CENTER INC. RT 14 W. Hartford Roa Wh ite River Junction. d, (802) 295-7533 Washington EVERETI HONDA 716 S.E. Everett Mall W., Everett , (206) 3474545 WESTSIDE HONDA 5. 4201GrovelPOBI9267, Spokane. (509)747·1862 West Virgina CYCLECENTER 44431 U.S. RL 60 East. Huntington. (304) 736-8911 Wisconsin COUNTRYROADS HONDA 7400 Quai1 Ct.. Cedarburg (414)377·5700 37