Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

., in desert ra ci ng, end uros, an d o n the hare scrambles circ ui t, it ap pears th e hired ta lent is leavi ng H usky. What's ca us ing Husk y a n d i ts rid ers to part co m pany? GEO RGE LA P LA N T E H olland, MI 00 00 0') ,....; America 's motorcycle newspaper Volume XXV Sharon Cla yton. Publish" Mike Klinger .Com pt rollt'f Skip J ohnson . Associate Publisher! National Sales Manag" J ack Mangu s, Associau Pub lisher! Editor Rh eba Sm ith . Circulation ManagtT Caroline Gendry, Ex ecut ive Seculary to th ~ Publis her Editorial Kit Palm er, Associate Edi tor Pa ul C rru thers. Associate Edi~ OT a Farren williams. A ssociate Ed itor Na te Ra uba. Associate Editor Brian Ca tterso n. Associate Ed itor Ed wina Ma ngus. Calmdar Ed,itor Advertising Mike Ch urc h . Senior Sales Mana ga T erry Pratt Sen ior Sales Manager Mark Thome. Westt'rl'I Sales Managn Don Stoeber. Westnn Sales Manager Mar k Mit ch el l. Eastern Sa les Manag" T homas R. Go me r, Eastern Sales Manager Ca thy Corrao Westim Ad Coo rdinato r Carla Borden . Eastern Ad Coordinat or T on i Doneske, Advertisin g Assistan t Graphics and Production Ma lcol m W ilson .Produ ction ManagnDian a H ilgenber g . Graphi c A rtist Stac ey O ues t. Graphic Artis t . Jimm ie O ' Dell. Graphi c Artu t Ma rio n Ha tash ita . Ty pf!.u tlnCarnlyn Bran ha m. TYP~sdtrf Denn is Gr eene, Lab . Y uh. Accounting /Data Processing . Donna Brya n , Auu R eceiva ble Coordinator Gem"va Repa ss, Assistant Fran H am wey, Credit Circul ation Sara h Taylor. Assistant Al ma Angu tano . Assistant C heri C hapma n. Assistant Mar ita Ada ms. Assistant Circulat ion Develop ment Ro n Davidso n. Manager Want Ads Debbie Wink ler, Want Ad Sales Service and Support Chris Ahch esou. H eadq uarters Receptioni st Leonard He-rring , Service and Su ppo rt Nation al Hea dquarters 220 1 Cherry Ave., Long Beach , C.A 90806 , P.O. Box 198. Lo ng Beach . CA 90801·0198 (213) 127·7133; 2 13/ 636·8841 . 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I pe rsonally th ink he is o ne of th e a ll-ti me greats, but it lessens th e image I have o f him !o read the ego tis tica l things h e sa id ab out handling the track th e best and hi s number o ne p late. I wou ld rather read wh y Mick y Dymond wa s ',lo t racing th an read h o w great R ick johnson thin ks he is. . . MICHAEL R IG DO N H er m osa Beach, CA We suggest you review what Rick Johnson said. H e won both m otos at : H an gt own desp ite very tryin g con ditio ns and said, " It makes m e feel lik e I deserve to have th at number one plat e on m y bik e w ~ en y?u win lik e th at." We agree WIth him and we agree with you when you say he's on e of th e " all-time greats." As was reported in our l n Th e W ind sectio n of th e issue th at con tained H angtown coverage, M ick y Dym ond is sid elined w it h a broken hand ... Editor. Not so cool cola Oh no , no t again! It was bad enou g h when a certa in cred it ca rd co m pa ny depicted o ne of its nonmem bers, a thief, rid ing o ff o n a motorcycl e in a . T V co m me rcia l. Wh ile I was g lan ng at prune u rne tel evision I ca me upon a n ot h er advertisi ng a trocit y non-depi ctive o f th e posi tive position of mo torcycles a nd we so u ls who ride th em. Before m y very eyes t h ~ o per.aw l" of a hi-tech (G SXR) machine, minus a fem ale passen ger w ho has just galie n off th e b ike , daunts a h ead ges tu re ind ica tive o f th e "wanna race me" mode towards Mr . Cool Du de in hi s o bvio us Cobra replica ca r. Mr. Cool obliges. At th e toss of a bandana th e bike rips a way in a dirt laden rooster ta il. As th e dust settles, lef t beh ind are the girl , Mr. Cool Dude (he hasn 't even sta rted th e ca r) a nd th e inst igative ca n of 7UP. O ur ho pe ful h ero is o nce again tra.ns formed into a speed demon maniac, uncontrollable a nd with a n overzea lo us righ t wrist. Now I think it 's wo nderfu l 10 see mo torcycles in co m me rcials a nd. ~V program mi ng, bu t o n ly In a posiu ve or a mbient way , o ne th at wou ld be hel p fu l 10 th e in d ustry. I feel th at th e U n -co la is givi ng a n " U ndesirable" im age to o ur m o torcycl ing wo rld. If th is co ncerns yo u th e wa y it did me, put yo ur pe n t.o pap~r or become a n u n -Un-col a dnn ker In protes t. It ' s o b vio u s t h a t ~ ~ 'v e sho wn th e nega tive as pects o f ridi n g, I t h i n k i t ' s ti m e w e sho w th e positives. Un ited States. Canad ians can voice their disp leasure with th e commercial by writing Pep si-Cola Inc., Con sumer R elations, 1255 Bay St., T oronto, O nto Canada M5R 2H3 . PepsiCo is now. directly inuo lued with m ot orcycling th rough th eir spo nso rship of t he T eam Pep si Suzuki GP road race team. Th ey describe thei r involvement as being a " m u lti-m illion dollar advertising and sponsorsh ip agreem ent. " T eam members Kevin Schwan tz and Rob McElnea took part in the filming of a Pepsi com me rcial at Daytona in March. In addition , England's Donn ie Mcl.eod, a 250cc GP com petitor aboard Dr: Joe Ehrlich's EMC, is sp o ns ored by 7UP . In l igh t of Pep siCo's p osit ive in vol v em en t, m otorcycl ists ev eryw here shou ld dro p a lin e to Mr. Roger A. Enrico, President , PepsiCo World wide Beverages, Pur chase, N Y /0 577. T han k Mr. Enrico fo r his com pany 's su pport of motorcycl e .racing, and tell him in lig ht of th at m vo lvem en t you feel he shou ld review the commercial Mr. Adamick ref ers t o abo v e . .. Editor. . Not a race The Iron Butt Associati o n would l ik e to cl ear u p . so m e co m m o n mi sc o ncepti o n s th a t seem to be circu la ting th e mo torcycle industry regardi ng the Iron Butt Rall y. Con tra ry to pop u lar bel ief, th e Iron Butt Rally is not a sp eed co ntest. As the na m e sta tes, it's a ra ll y - not a ra ce. As a matter o f fact. timed checkpo i nts keep riders o n a set sched u le (we ll wi th in loca l spe ed lim its) during the II -da y co m pe tition arou nd th e perime ter of th e U .S. T here's no do ubt th e Iron Butt is a tough ch all en ge - it's su pposed to be. Iro n Butt ca ndida tes must possess a su bstantia l riding h isto ry to qual ify for a sta rtin g p osition. Before a rider 's a p p lica tion is acc ep ted , h e or she must pass a physica l, provide proof of ~ .va lid il.1Su!~nce . policy wi th .a minimum liab ili ty lim it o f $100,000, an d th e en tran t' s ~otorcy c1e must pass a Pennsylva ni a sa fety - inspection . T he Ir on Butt's sa fety record is o u tstandi ng: in th e past four yea rs co m pe tito rs ha ve ridden o ver o ne million m il es wi thout a serio us accide nt, H owever, pu tti n g sa fety ahead of a ll else , ra ll y master Geo rge Eg loff h as decided to red uce the total mileage of this presti gious end u ra nee ra lly for 1988. Addi tiona lly , the manda tory rest stop at th e halfway p oi nt i n Ca liforn ia . h a s b een expa nded from six to eig h t hours. M IC HAE L KN EEBO N E Ch icago, IL Ed L ojak , th e N ational Cha mpion Har e Scram bles rider, is still aboard a H usk y, as is f ormer N ati onal Ch ampion Mark H yde. T erry .Cun n i ngh am, th e f orme! 'N ot ional Champion enduro ace, IS alsorid ing a H usqvarna in '88. Brand suiit ching is part of the racing scene and uihile t"ere are many reasons riders switch brands, different race program ph ilosop hies can be pointed at as th e number one reason several riders sw itched from H usqvarnas to other brands of bik es . . . Ed itor. vrN» .fiY p~p~ Wf~LfY (Con tinued from page 3) sta mped enve lo pe to MR RI Stickie, Cycle N ews Inc., P.O. Box 498, L ong Beach, CA 90801-0498. France's Jean-Michel Bayle (Hon) was the overall winner at round two of the World Championship 125cc MX Series in Genk, Belgium. April 10. Bayle went 2-1 wh ile Ho lland's Davey Strijbos (Cag) went 1-2 for second overall. Third overall with a 3-4 tally went to Dutchman Pedro Tragter (Hon). Rounding out the top five were 1987 500cc World Champion Georges Jobe (Hon) and American Bobby Moore (KTM), who went 4-6 . Bayle leads the series points chase over Strijbos ,77-67. Third in points is Moore With 53. The a u tu m n AMA Grand National Championsh ip/Camel Pro Seri es Sa cramento (Ca lifornia) Mile will be held a t Ca l-Expo Sta te Fa irgrounds o n October 8, no t o n October I as previ o u sly listed in th e Cycle N ews ca len da r. Robert Presley (D-Riverside), chairman of the California Senate Appropriations Committee, is studying AB36', a mandatory helmet bill introduced last year by Assemblyman Richard Floyd (0Gardena). to determinewhether it should be heard by his committee or go straight to the senate floor for a vote. The committee does 'not hold hearings on proposed leg islation unless Presley decides the proposals m ight have a fiscal impact on the state budget. As Cycle News went to press, April 11. Presley still was studying the measure. AB36 was approved by the state legislature in 1987. AN D RE W AD AM ICK Toro nto, Ont. , Ca nada Iron Butt R ally en try form s and fur ther inform ation are availab le from th e Iron Butt Asso catio n, 6326 HI. Grace s i ; Chicago, IL 60634, 312 / 744-4170 . . . Editor. Pepsi-Cola l nt ernational is th e soft drink division of PepSI Co, In c., a Fortune 500 com pany tha t posted .$l 1.3 bi llio n in sa les in 1987. PepsiCo pu rchased Seven-Up Internationa l for $246 million in 1986, obtaining exclusive righ ts to the 7UP brand in all markets ou tside th e Scott T yler (Ya m) won th e Ultracross m ain event at th e th ird round of the Mick ey Thompson Off-R oad Championship G ran P rix Ser ies in Sea ttle, Wa shington , April 9. Tony Graves (H o n ) was second an d jim Holley (Ya m ) third. Husqvarna exodus It seems th at eac h tim e I p ick up th e la test Cycle N ews I learn o f yet a n o ther Cag iva /Hu sq varna -spo n so red rider wh o is n ow a boa rd anoth er brand o f mach in e. After a ll th e years of dominance Motorcycle safety programs have been reestablished as a "national priority" by the National Highway Traffic Safety Adm inistraton (NHTSA) and are now eligible for (Con tin ued to page 46)

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