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That grow ing up was so fu ll of pa in, andnoui I was hearing that Old Song agam. I was trying to remember what it was like, rid in g aw ay on a 500 T riu m ph: Lea ving the wild life and going for th e hard stuff - swapping independence for that stony oath of college. Giv ing up bik e wrenc hing for text books. Trad ing th e wind for wee kends of L iterature. A n d fo r H istory and Science and the way th e world runs. Ex changing my favorite back roads for th ose dreaded semester exams. Motorcycle R 's for gradepoint A 's. (Or, more often, those traumatic C's .) I was trying to remember what it was like because - because now it was happening all over AGAIN! Not to me , No! I'm still out there each ride day, in helmet and leathers, from dawn to as long as I can . And writing the rest of the time. No, this roun d it's happening to our son! Un believably! .To the litt le guy uiho just last Sunday (so it seemsl} sat so small . and snug behind me, hugging my waist! And already! Go ing off to the Big University! Goi ng to 'Cal at Berkeley! And I'm re-liv ing every bittersweet m ile of it, from our own front door to his h igh- rise do rm. My budd y was tradin g old times for new, jus t like I .did, w ith m y own dad. No more week end runs toge ther to the races and back. N o m ore rides over sh ivering mountain passes or chas in g fog-laced coastlines. No m ore bacon iT-eggs and biscuits-ir-grairy, those breakfasts at counters in towns with no stoplights. No more, no, not for a while. But Bryan w ill be back. Sam e as I - coming home to the ride 'cause it flows in th e veins. But, hey! Doesn 't : colleg e S cien ce h elp to explain it? H istory to put it in our time f rame? Philosophy and Art to make it m ore than before? It's that motorcycling rides a m ystery road th rou gh our psyche - and -t h e emotion it creates is [oreoer on th e move. For m y dad, and for m e, and for those who come after . Just what's it all about, do you suppose? Maybe someday we m ig ht know - but only if we stay sharp and ride safe" and hang in th ere as long as we're abl e. And what we ever do in sc hool Yeah! - is a lunch stop along the way. William Edgar Copyright Page 3 Productions. From an idea by Carol Sims HALF MILE: Carr comes up with another win at Hamburg 6 ROAD RACING : Lawson lands Swedish G P victory 8 Japanese riders fly at Ponca City YSR50 mini RR .. ... 26 Bray beats Polen in Road Atlanta Supersport 32 Dutchman Racing goes the distance at Road Atlanta 33 MOTOCROSS : Amateurs invade . Loretta Lynn 's .Dude Ranch 12 Lough, Morris rake in the dough at Suzuki RM Finals 18 . MOTOCROSS: Nicoll nails win at . final GP in Luxembourg 22 . OFF ROAD : Fowler f lies at . SCORE Riverside GP 16 SPEEDWAY: Danes dominate, Ermolenko qualifies in Sweden .. . . 17 . HILLCLlMB: Bronk blasts-Sparland hillclimb in Amateur Nationa l. . ... .2 0 INT ERVI EW: Ttle new 500cc World MX Champion Eric Geboers 24 PREVIEW: USA's top enduro riders seek gold in French IS D E 28 SHORT TRACK: Aseltine slides to Sturgis 600cc National w in 3 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Eric Geboers became the first rider to ever win crowns i n t he 1 2 5 . 250 an d 500cc World MX Championships. Int erview begins o n page 24. Photo by Kinney J o n es. r-----~---~------------------------------------------- --- - --- - , -- -I• SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM I ' ·f I Name_-;:;-;-;-;:===--;-;;-;;;-;;; _ ( PL EA S E PAI NT CLE A R LY l Address ~ City Order Date: State -LZip _ I I o This is a renewal o Please bi ll m e o Enclosed is check or money order I I Charge my 0 V isa 0 Mastercard I I :.... .-=.. '---_. . l~ - ~. I I I .I I _ OK, please start my subscription to Cycle News . and send me the newspaper o every week for one year (50 is sues) for $32.50 o every week for two years (100 is su es) f or $60.00 o six months second c lass (2 5 issues) for $17.00 One year (5 0 issue s). 2nd class Can ada or Mexico an d 'a ll ot her fo reig n countries $63.00 tU .S. fu nds). First dass a nd airmail ra tes availab le upon request. Sig na t ure MC /V isa # Ex piration Date --'--':-- _ _ _ Se nd t o: CYCLE NEWS, Inc., P .O . B o x _________________________ _ _ _____________________________498. l on g B e a c h . CA 908 0 1 - 0498 / (2 13) 427-7433_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I I I I I : ~ 3