Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

c~ That I was away for a Weekend, but cou ld swe ar it was Years. If not best fo r bones, T housandMiters put you in touch with you r sou l. And, w hen they're really good" th ey'll blister and numb your throttle han d too. J cou ld N O T write my name orl the motel reg istration. , Sh owered, fed , I drifted away in fron t of my room 's T V, a curiosity again after so much road. Th e story was ordere d, choreograp hed, nothing li ke chance. So me 70's rerun! Bu t' I was too tired to tum it off. My m ind 'just tuned ~ u t - and I saw again th at T ime R ider come from th e reartneur. First as a jiggly amber glow , th en his motorcycle fill ing my mirrors. It was packed high with bed roll lind bags, high as his head. A nd on it he wore an old green tam and vintage glass goggles. W hen we stopped togeth er for a soda, his voice had a tone in it like a v in tage race engi ne. A twin. H e had come up from Mexico, down around Y ucatan, and was on his way to Oregon. A nd he told me about him self, how he worked with k ids go ne bad, coming back to goo d; w hatever helpspeople w ho need help . A paladin, he. With a plastic hi p from racing years. We talked about bikes we'd both owned and ridden, bik es long gone now , but thei r names still po etry. And the places! My God! H ow the world has changed, and changed us! I woke in a swe at. T he screen dan ced w ith black-e-ui hite fl ea fights - but in that jitterin g jum ble I saw w hat I thought was th e T im e R ider's face again, etched in the airwaves always there, fo rever rid ing. Before sunup, I was out on m y m otor again , more m iles to go. Ben eath a full moon still sailing high. Th e road in m y light looked timeless, lik e th at good rider on his way going north. Ground fog m elted m y ow n present in to someth ing infinite. And w hen the hills and ridges took featu res again from th e dawn, I felt th e deep shiver of eternity. Like that one in m y . dream , I was as lon e and free as the day's first hawk. For an instan t I even imagin ed a steam train whistle, eerie and distan t. It was the' solitary whisp er of ot her times. William Edgar Copyright Page 3 Productions. From an idea by Carol Sims . WIND : All the latest gossip and race results 2 MOTOCROSS: Ward wins, Johnson sews up title at Washouga l 6 Andreani, Vehkonen, Strijbos take GP rounds 26 MILE: Parker wins National, Shobert takes series at Indy Mile 10 SPEEDWAY: Ermolenko leads Americans to victory at Ascot . . .. . 14 ROAD RACING : Moineau and Crine conquer Spa endurance : 18 . ROAD RACING : An examination of t he GP silly season 22 DRAG RACING: Vance blows 'em away at Brainerd 20 ENDURO: Hawkins flies at Jack Pine National 24 LOCAL RACING: Find out who t he hero was in your region 27 CALENDAR: All the info on where and when to race 40 WANT ADS : Things to spend your paycheck on 46 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Bubba Shobert set a record by locking up his fourth consecutive Camel Pro title at t he Indianapolis Mile . Coverage begins on page 10. File photo by Paul Carruthers. -----------------------------------------------------------------, SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM Name_--::::;-:-;:-;-:::::::;;-;::;-;-::-;;-;c:;:- _ I PLE A S E PR IN T CLE A RLY ) Address _ City Order Date : ' State . . ip Z A _ _ OK, please start my subscription to Cycle News and send me the newspaper D eve ry week for one year (50 is sues) f o r $32.50 D every week for two years (100 issue s) for $60.00 D six months sec o nd class (25 issues) for $17.00 One yeer (50 illuel). 2nd clell Cenede or Mex ico en d ell other foreign eeuntrles $63.00 (U.S . fund l l. First cl... an d ai rmail rates availa ble upon req ue st. D This i s a renew al D Please b ill me D Enclosed is check o r money order Charge my D Visa D Mastercard : 11_1 Signature MC /Visa#:.. I Exp iration Date _ -t-r- .,,-_ _ _ Send to : CYCLE NEWS, Inc., P .O . Box 498 . Lo ng Beach . CA 90801 -0498 / (213) 427-7433 ______________________________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~3

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