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That motorcycles were given lives of their ow n, and becam e a legacy of the W ild. We were 'at th e Zoo, all of man ' w ith m y family and offspring , all in th e su n eating popcorn and ice cream . A dmiring th e an imals from over the world. And dog -tired tha t night, sleeping li ke lambs in soft-s heeted beds, and dream ing - I dreamed herds of fier ce motorcycles running free in a uiildemess. Th rough th e temperate and rain forests, into th e grasslands, across sands and mount ains. In this log-sawing fan tasy, Zool ogical becam e Motol ogical. A corn ucopia of creatures with - w hat's th is? - LA T· IN A T E NA MES ! Yeah! Th ere was that big elep han t bike - Loxodonta cagivana. Thunderin g out of the bush! And! Faster than a chee tah, fastest of th em all , th is ,{cin onyx ju batus zee ex tenus! And w hat's that th ere? Macrop us gigan teus arem toojijteeu m , th ose hot kangaroo jumpers. And, qu ick as the black cobra, a N aja naja ninja. Were these motorcycles alive? Did th ey cry out th eir Call of th e Wild? Was th e scientific Panthera leo persica really some lion in an FZR su it? Or GS X R ? Was this Equus zebra a striped Intercep tor? Thalarctos m aritimus som e kind of polar Hurrican e? Wh at about Gorilla gorill a? Harl ey harley?! Huh? A nd Camelus dromedarius! A deserttoned Go ld Wi ng? He ll, th ere were tuiow heeled leopards and raccoons and even T asman ian dev il s. Felis marmorat a, Pongo pygrnaeus, La ma glam a glama. An d how about Bison bison bison? Which motor was that? Was the biggest cat of all, Pan thera tigris alta ica, really a reborn V-Max in disguise? Or w hat? They were all revving and charging and kick ing up a storm. Gy m nogyps calijorn ianus? - was th is a new Ultra Classic w ith w ings spread, soarin g above terrain lik e a condor?Panthera oncal - was tha t th e young jaguar fresh ou t of Ducati, their new 750S? Ha d my Beem er becom e an Elep has maximus? or Geo chelon e elep han top usl My v isio n reeled with radiance and enigma an d w ith utter awe. Wh at of Anti locapra am ericana, our prong ho rn an telo pe - was this America's Sportstert or an import bike put together in 0 hio? H ow about th is vicious Crocod ylus palustris, that slin ky Vara· nus uarius, th is fl eet Felis pa rdalis? If all th e motorcycles were animals; was I th en th eir Tam er, or H u n ter? W ere they themselves alive, or on ly giving life? These Beauties, and th e Beasts, of our dreams. William Edgar 00 00 O'l ..... WIND: All the latest gossip and race results 2 6 TT: Carr sails away with Peoria win MOTOCROSS: Johnson, Schmit on top at Millville 10 Carlqvist wins, Geboers sews up title at Belgian GP , . .18 Antunez, Kiedrowski big winners at Ponca City 20 ROAD RACING: Rainey wins first GP in England 14 Human Race Team locks up Pocono win 23 ROAD RACING: Hyper-Cycle tops Mid-Ohio Endurance RR 26 Roper rounds up Mid-Ohio historic RR victory .. .. .. 27 ENDURO: Bennett blasts Foggy Mountain National 24 HALF MILE: Carr cruises . at Ohio 600cc National 28 LOCAL RACING: Who won and how they did it :..: 29 RESULTS: After the checkered flag 39 CALENDAR: Upcoming events 40 WANT ADS: Stuff for sale 46 ON THE FRONT PAGE: (Top) Chris Carr passed Bubba Shobert early ,in the race and won the Peoria TT. See page 6 for coverage. Photo by Bert Shepard. (Bottom) George Holland wrapped up the 125cc National MX Championship in the first moto at the ' Millville. Minnesota. National. Coverage begins on page 10. Photo by Kit Palmer. s r---------------------------------------------~------- ---- -- ---- --~ I . , SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM , I I (PLE A S E P RINT CLE A RLV , Address --'- _ City Order Date: State, Zip _ o Th is is a renewal o Please b ill me o Enclosed is check o r money order Charge m y 0 V isa 0 Mastercard I.l~ ~--~~~ _ OK, please start my subscription to Cycle News and send me the newspaper Sig nature' o every week for one year (50 issues) for $32.50 o every week for two yea rs ( 10 0 issuesj .I o r $60.00 M C /V isa # :;- --; --:_~ _ _ O' six months second cl a ss (2 5 iss ues) for $17.00 One ye., (5 0 issues). 2 nd c l... Cona d. or Mexico an d all ot he r foreign co unt ries $63 .0 0 (U.S. fu ndsl . Ex pi rat ion Date ---,- _ First class and airmail rates available upon request. Se n d to: CYCLE NEWS, I nc., P.O . Box 498 , Lo n g Beach , CA 90 801 -0.498 / (213) 427-7433 __________________________________ _____________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~3