Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

motorcycle world, alt ho ugh we keep in touch through friends a nd your wonderful newspaper. . If there are still those out there who remember and would like to update th e Jordans on th eir lives, we would love to hear from th em. DAVE &SANDRA JORDAN 1108 Wynford Commons Mari etta , GA 30064 00 00 O"l ...... America's motorcycle newspaper Volume XXV ha ron Clay ton. Publisher Mike Klinger .Comptrolter Skip J ohnson. A ssociate Pu blishert Na tio nal So les M anager Ja ck Man J1us. Associate Pu blish ert Ed ito r R heba Smi th . Ci rculation M anager Caroline Oendry. Executive Y CTf!'Wry to th r Pub lis her Editorial Kit Pal m er, Associate Editor Paul Carru thers. A ssocia te Edito r Na te Rauba . A ssociate Editor Brian Catterso n , Associate Ed itor Tyrone Van Hooydonk , Assistan t Edi to r Ed wina Man gu s, Cnlen dor Edi to r Advertising Mik e Ch urch, Senior Salt'S M anagn T erry Prom Senior Sa les M anaKM' e. Wt'stt'Tn Salt' S Manag tT MarL: Th Don Stoe . We-sinn Sal es MaTJa,l{t'r Mark Mitchel l. Eastern Sal t's ,\JanagrT Thomas R. Comer. Eastern Sal t's Mana gt'T Debbie Win kler. WCSltTn Ad Coo rdinato r Q u ia Borden. Eastern A d Coordinator Graphics and Production .\1a lcu lm Wibon.Pn>duct ion MarnJg~ Denn is Gr t't'ne.l.l1b. T ech. Diana Hil gen ber g, G rap hic Artist Sta cey Ouest . Graph ic Artist J immie O 'Dell . G rap hic A rtist Ma ud )' Lo u . GraphIC Artist Marion Hatashita . T 'YIXsettn Car o lyn Branham. TYP~$~u~ Arienne Telias, T ype settn A ccount ing/ Data Processing Do n na Bryan. ,,"eeLs R ecriva b l~ Coord in ator Ge neva Repass. A ssistant han H a m wey . Credit Circulation Sarah Tay lor . A ssistant Al ma Anguia no. As-futanl Cheri Chapman. Assistant Ma ril a Ada ms. Assistant Herlane Richmond. Assistant Carol Sca n nel l , A ssistant Circulation Development Ron Davidson. ,Wanagn - Want Ads Joan Ru ssian. Want Ad Sales Service and Support Chris Aitch eson . Headqu aner s R ecepti on ist Leonard H erring. Service and SUPPOf't National Headquarters 2201 Ch erry Avo., Long Beach . CA 90806, P.O. Box 198, Long Beach , CA 90801·0i98 (213) 127·7133 ; 2 13/636-8814 . FA ~ (213) 127·66115 Eastern Office 4190 First Ave., Tucker. GA . 50084: mailing addres, P .O . Box 805. Tucker, GA 30085· 0805. (10i) 931·71150. FAX (10i) 931·3 112 Cycle Now, (US PS 141·340) is published weekly except th e first a nd last week of th e calendar year (or $32.50 per year by Cycle News. ln c.. 2201 Cherry Avenue. Long Beach . CA 90806. Second class postage ~id at Long Beach. CA. and addi tio na l mailing offices. POSTMASTER : Send form 3579 to Cycle Ne.... P.O. Box 498. Long Beech. CA 90801 -0498. To determine the expiration date of your su bscripti o n. check the four numbers on t he first line of your add ress label. The fi rst two digits ind icate the last iuue num ber you 'll receive a nd the last two c ha racte rs indicate t he year of the last issue. Su bscr ip tio n rat es: O ne yea r. seco nd class mail. $32.50. Cycle News welcomes u nso licited editorial material incl ud ing sto nes. ca rtoons, p ho tos. etc. Such material. i f r u b l i ~hed. becomes the exclusi ve propeny u Cycl e New s. Su ch acr epted material is subject 10 revisio n as is nec essa ry in th e sol e discreti on o f Cycle x ews . Un sol icited ma terial which is nut used will be retur ned if accompanied by a self addresse stamped envel ope. All un solicited d material wi ll be ha ndled with rea sonable ca re , h o wever, C ycle News assumes no responsi lnli tv for lht· ~ rt'ty , loss o r damage to sue-h ma teria l. Reprin ting in whole or pan o n ly hy perm ission o f the publisher. Adverli sing ra tes a nd cire-ula uon inf o rm at ion will "C he !'O r' B I upon req uest . SL S.R.D .S. WBPA AUDITED CI R CU LATI ON Co pyright 8 Cycle Ne w s . Inc . 1 9 8 8. Tr8de·m8rk Cycle News registered U.S. P8tent'Office. All rights reserved . 4 Diamonds and gold? I need to buy one-dozen motorcycles that can be taken to Zaire-Angola to be used for diamonds and gold in Africa. They must be a ble to go over uncharted areas , through mud, hard terrain, rivers a nd in general take a lot of hard use. T hey must also be as Iowan investment as pos sible as Zaire is a poor co untry. Can you help me to locate som e good values? I am here (the U.S.) learn ing how to order supplies for the Zaire 'm ilitary and will be here for six months mo re. CAPT. JEAN PIERRE KAMBA Allied Forces Rm . 31, Bldg. 2505 Frankfo rt St. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Diamon ds and gold? Sounds like the Zaire m ilitary does- m ore than prov ide natio na l defense. We're sure some en terprising dealer itl Maryland will be con tacting you in the near future . . . Editor. Speedway questions I enjoy your newspaper, especia lly th e action phot os. The coverage of th e Peoria 'IT was especiall y good. I also enjoy th e co verage of th e speedway racing in California. It is well known th at the secret to oval racing is "to go fast and turn left," but I am curious about some of the differences between flat tracking and speedway racing. Why do the speedway bikes have discs in the rear wheel? Why do the speedway riders lean th e bi kes to the right and let the rear whee l sp in when th ey are wa iti ng to get to the sta rt ing line? Why do the speedway bi kes run only four lap s o n the o ne-eigh th m il e ovals a nd on ly three- laps on half mi le ovals like Ascot? T here seems to be a lo t of mec hanic activity around the lo wer.left side of the engines just befo re and just af ter a race. H ow come? What's a scratch main and a' handicap main? .Ho w do the speeds of the speedway bikes compare with the Rolling Thunder of the 750s on a half mile , track such as Ascot? The new 600 class? Where does Agajanian get those trophy girls? BOB KIMM Phoenix, AZ And th e enve lopes, please. For tw o reasons : th e discs serve as minibillboards on 'w hich to pa int th e name of a rider's sponsor; th ey also serve as a form of ai r brak e w hen. th e machine is pitch ed sideways int o a corner. It 's leaned over on th e [ootpeg to free th e rear w heel and let it spin free so th ey don't burn ou t the sensi tive clutc hes. To keep th e racing close. In a scratch ma in all the riders lin e up on the same line; in a handicap main th ey us e a staggered start with the riders no rmally 10 yards apart . Th e speedway bikes turned in laps in th e low 23second bracket on th e Ascot half m ile oval in th e recent U.S.A . vs. Th e World competition.. i 50cc dirt track m achinery, as well as on e rider on a 600, turned laps in th e low 22second range at last September's Ascot H alf Mile (Ricky Graham holds th e Ascot record at 21.419 seconds, set on a Harley-Davidson XR 750 in 1983); speedway bikes in th e U.S.A . us. The World meet ran one-speed gearbo xes; th ey do run long tracks in Europe w ith twospeed gearboxes wh ich would no doubt provide for quick er lap times at Ascot. In Pho enix ... Editor. Invasion of privacy I wonder if mo tocross will ever wake up to the rea l wor ld of professional spo rts. I'm referring to the pi cture of Donny Schmit with hi s leathers unzipped bein g interview ed by (Larry) Huffman. Real pro move . It 's no wo nder it pa ys $480 to wi n a 125cc MX Na tional. What major spo nsor wants it s spo ke s ma n s ta n d i ng around in h is underwear ? . It ' was plenty hot in Peoria too. but (Chris) Carr wasn 't sta nding on the victory sta nd with hi s pants unzipped. Bu t th en ma ybe tha t's o ne reason they have th e Camel Ch al len ge. That's 10-grand, bo ys. A long way from $480. . JIM DEANE Sandpoint, ID Larry Maiers, not Larry Huffman, was the public address announcer at Millville and he was interviewing Schmidt in the pit area, not on a vi ctory rostrum in front of the crowd. Turn on' your local newscast and on just about any given even ing you'll see at hletes being interviewed in locker rooms, m any times shirtless. On e of th e most poignant photo s I've ever seen was featured in a p hotograp hy exhibit, Man In Sport, th at appeared in ma jor m useu m s across the country in th e sixties, It showed an obviously tired and dejected War ren Sp ahn, a g reat baseball pitcher of that era who if memory serves me correctly had just lost a World Series game, sitting in front of his locker in nothing bu t :his underpants. His very young son is standing in front of him looking at his father with a p riceless expression of love. The photo is a work of art, and the fact that the pitcher is clothed only i n his underpants doesn 't detract from it at all. Finally, th e' majority of motocrossers wear some form of "s wim trunks" or similar undergarment under their rid in g pants so they can tak e off th eir pants and cool off in th eir pit area after racing . . . Editor. Word from Mr. & Mrs. Team Green ' If you can sq ueeze it in at some point, I'd like th e " kids" to know th at this former T eam Green "Mom " practices wha t she preach ed to all of th em. I received my Master 's Degr ee in Library Media in Augu st and am happi ly worki ng at McEachern H igh Schoo l ill Co bb Cou nty of G eorgia - a sc h oo l with 2 100 stude n ts! Dave is a divisiona l sales manager for Reese Finer Foods, Inc., th e largest importer of gourmet foods in the U.S.A. (Q uite a switch from th e Dave Jordan is th e man who formu lat ed Kawasak i's racing support program, T eam Gr een. H e and Sandra were Mr. and Mrs. Team Green to hundreds of you ng motocrossers during th e y ears th ey attended co u n tless races for Kawasaki . . . Editor. Repair course return to L.A, Trade-Tech Thanks to a team effort by th e motorcycl e industry, gradua tes, co ncerned taxpayers and voters, and the many mentions in Cycle News , I am happy to a nno unce tha t the Mo tor cycle Repair class will reopen on Tuesday evening, September 13, in room Fl24 in th e Aut omotive Departmen t a t L.A . Trade-Tech . The class will meet Tuesda ys and Thursdays from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m . for the ent ire semester. The plan is to have a four-semester curricu lum th at will cover the wh ol e mo tor cycle and the ind ustry. At th e present tim e there are no p lans to reo pen th e day mo tor cycle classes. The course name is Motorcycle Rep air 2 10 and the sectio n number is 4375. Students will not need to take th e assessment test for thi s three-unit class th at has a tuition of $ 15. The Admissions Offi ce is located in th e " R OO Building a t th e corner of Grand and Washington a nd is open from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m . Monday through Thursday, and on Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On Saturday it is open from 8:30 a.m . to 3:30 p.m. During the week ask for Thelma Driver and o n Saturday as k for Ethyl - Pro sser if you need assistance. The class will be li m ited to 35 studen ts. It is very important for you to a ttend th e first class sessio n on September 15, even if your enrollm ent has not been totally processed. You can enter on Flo wer Street, one block sout h of Wash ingt on Boul evard, th ro ugh door #4. I am looking forward to a very prod uc tive semester as your ins tructor. If you need assistance, call 213/ 746-0800, ex tension 424, and ask for Edna Weatherly between 7:30 a.m . and 3:30 p.m. , PAT O WE NS Instructor, Motorcycle Repair L.A. Trade-Technical College Los Angeles, CA B-to-V Dual Sport I am desperate to ride the Barsto wto-Vegas Dual Sport ride. How can I sign up? The 1988 B-To-V Dual Sport event will take par t icipants from L os Angeles to Barstow on Frida y, N ovem ber 25, and from Barsto w to Las Vegas th e following day. For more info rm ation and an en try blank, send a self-addressed, legalsize envelope w ith 45 cen ts postage to: B-to-V Dual Sport, 3550 Foothill Bl v d., ' G len dale, CA 91214-1828 .. . Editor. ' Published lett ers do not necessar ily reflect th e posit ion of Cycle News. Inc. Send letters to Voices, P.O. Box 49B . long Beach,.cA 9080 1.

• Cover