Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

" sidecar guru" Mike Part i for believing in the effort, a nd finally my primarysupporter a nd sponsor, wife Linda, for putting up with all the hours of shop time I needed to comp lete the project. . BOB BAKKER P.e. Racing Van Nuys, CA America's motorcycle newspaper Vo lume XXV Sharon Clay ton . Publish er Mike Kli.ngrr,Com ptro lln Skip Johnson , A .uoci4t~ Publishrr l N ational Sales Mana gtT jack Man gu s. Ass ociate' P ublish rr t Editor Rhdla Smith . Ci ,cu14tion Manag" Ca rol ine:' ~ndry . Executive ~vcul.4ry to th e Pu blish er Editorial Kit Pa lmer. Associate Edi tor Pa ul Car ru thers , Associate Editor Nate Rauba , A ssociat e Edito r Brian Cauerso a. Associate Edit or Ty ro ne Van Hoo ydonk , Assistant Editor Edwin a Man gu s. Calen ddr Editor . Advertis ing Mike C h u rc h. SmiOT Sa les MotlogtT T erry Prall Sen io r Sa les ManaKtT Mark Thome. Wesl nn Sales Managn Ron Davidson. Wt'stt'f1'1 Salt's M an ag", Mark Mitch ell , Eas tern Sa lt's ManagM' Thomas R . Comer. Eastern Sa les M an agtT Debbie Winkler. We.s:tt"Tn Ad Coordina tor Carla Borden , Eastern II d CoqrdinalOf Grap hics and Prod uction Ma lcol m Wi lson.Production Manag", Dennis G reene . Lab , T ech, Dia na Hilgenberg, Graph ic Art ut Sta cey GUOI . G raphic A rtut j immie O ·DeIl. G raph ic Art ul Mand y Loo . G rap hic A rtis t Marion H atash ita, Ty~.~un Ca rol yn Branham. TYP~~~lIn Arienn e Telias, T ypndtn Acco unt ing /Data Processing Donna Bryan . Accts R «rivGbl~ Coordinator Geneva Repa ss, Ani.slant Fr H amwey. Crt" t an di Circulation Sar ah Tay lor . Assutant Alma Anguiano. ASSIStant Cheri Chapman . Assutant Manta Adam i . Assistant Her lan e Richmond. Auistanl Carol Sca n nell, Ass istoru Circulat ion Development Ro n Davidson. Managt"f' Wan t Ads Joan Russia n, Want Ad Soles Service and Support Chris Aitch eson . H~ad f{ ua 1tnl R eceptionist Leo nard Herri ng . St'1VKt' and Support Brotherhood After receivi ng th e Steve n L. Sull ivan Brotherhood Award at Road Atlanta (on August 14), I must say I a m deepl y honored. An a ward voted o n by th e racers for a person ex h ib i ti n g sportsmanship a n d brotherhood means more to me than Satur day's win in th e Unl imited GP class. Thanks, guys. I was no t fortunate eno ugh to have ' known Steven , but knowing that he had friends as fin e as those I'v e met . says more tha n words can do justice. Knowing th em as I do , I've lea rn ed th at Steven was not afra id to live life to its fu llest , seeking out its challen ges a nd shedd ing th e protectiv e cocoon so man y o the rs spend th eir lives bu ilding. Th is is th e sp iri t of Steven Sullivan a nd all th ose in th is sport ... and th ro ugh th is award , h is spiri t wi ll live a mo ng us fore ver. MARK CH IN North Mia m i, FL Godspeed, Joel Dave Despain , the best announcer in motorsports, was forced to do th e one side of announcing no one wants to hear. The fans and racers at Springfield were in total shock a t the death of j oel G reen o n the front straight. There was to tal sile nce. The first words u ttered were , " We will no t try to hide this from you . Godspeed, j oel Green." T hank yo u, Dave, for holding us all together at th is tragic time. Tha t's why yo u are the best. Eac h time we return to Springfield to wa tch these brave men we wi ll remember. Godspeed, j oel, we will remember. Nat ional Headquarters 220 1 Cherry Ave.• Long Beach . CA 90806 . . P.O . IIox 498. Long Beach . CA 9Oll01-0498 (213) 427-7433; 213/ 636-8lI44. FAX" (213) 427-6<>85 Eastern Office 01 190 First Ave.• Tucker , G A. 30084; mailing add ress P.O. Box 805. Tucker. GA 30085· 0805. (404) 934·7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Cycle Now, (USPS 141·340) is publ ished week ly exce p t th e fi rst a nd la st week o f the ca len da r year for $32.50 per year by Cycle News. I nc., 220 1 Cherry Avenue . Lon g Stach. CA 90806. Seco nd class postage paid at Long Beach , CA. a nd additional ma iling o ffices. POSTMASTER : S e n d form 3 5 7 9 to Cycle Ne ws. P.O . Box 4 98. lony Beech. CA 90801-0498. To de t e rmine the ex piration date of y o ur subscripti o n. check the four numbers o n the fim line of your address label. The fim two div.its indicate the last issue n umber yo u II receive and the I_at two ch ....eter. ind ica t e t he year of the last iuue. Subscription ra tes : One year , second class mail . $32.50. Cycle News welcom es unso lici ted editorial material in cluding sto ries, cart oons, p hotos. etc. Su ch ma teria l. ifllUhlishnJ. becomes the exclusive pro~rty 0 C ycle New s. Su ch accepted materi al is subject to revi sion as is nece ssary in the so le di scret ion o f Cycle News . Un sol icited ma teri al which is not used will be returned if accompan ied by a self add ressed stamped envelope. All unsolicited mat erial will be handled with ' rea so nable care. ho wever. Cycle New s as su mes n o respo nsib ility for the safety, lo ss or damage to such mater ial . Rep rin t in g in wh o le o r part on ly hy perm iss ion o f the p ub lishc.·r. Adve rs tisi n g rat es a nd circu la tio n informat ion will be se nt upon request . St't' S.R.D.S. WBPA AUD ITED C IRCULATION Copyright e Cycle News. Inc. 1988. Trade-ma rk Cycle N ews registered U.S . Pa t e nt Office. All rights reserved . RON & MARIE CO LLI NS Letts, IA We tra gi call y lost a close friend, j oel G reen, a t the Springfiel d Mil e o n September 3. j oel was just like a brother to us. H e was always a ha ppy go luc ky guy. H e traveled to the Midwest to do wha t he loved race. H e wi ll be m issed by a ll of us. We a ll send o ur since re sympathy to his wife Wendy, bro ther Eric , and parents. Godspeed, joel. THE ISTVAN EK FAMILY Kenosha, WI Delayed t el ecasts For those of you who programmed your VCRs to cap ture the FIM Wor ld Championship Su perbike R oa d Race Series race on Tuesday (September 6) and saw Ascot speedway races instead, don 't despair. A call to ESPN reveal ed that a contract dispute was sett led 10 0 la te to telecas t the road race series in Sep tember. I was assured by ESPN that the series will be telecast on T uesdays in October and No vember at 5:30 p.m. Easte rn time a nd 2:30 p.m . Pacific time. The schedul e for October is as foll ows : October 4, Donington , England; October II, Budapest , Hungary; O ctober 18, Hock enh eim, West G ermany ; October 25, Zeltweg , Aus tria. CARL MUNTER Santa Maria, CA Brake pad woes I wis h to express my disappointmen t with Yamaha a nd th eir soca lled support at th e AMA Am a teu r/ Youth National Championship MX a t Lo retta Lynn 's. I ruined a set of brak e pad s durin g th e second moto and when I asked ab out getting some more, th e guys at Yamaha said th ey had some but I wouldn 't like the pri ce. Wh en I as ked how much , I was . in formed they were $46. I realize they can't give parts away even though I saw Honda and Suzu ki handing o u t a lot of parts. When I as ked Kawasaki, th ey said a set of rear pads for a KX250 was $11. If I had arr ived at Loretta L ynn 's wi th a worn-out set of pads, trying to tak e adva ntage of th em , th at would be diff erent. But I drove a lot of miles and spent a lot of money to even be racin~ a t Loretta L ynn 's. I will keep th is tn m ind whe n I bu y a new bike. . I wo uld li ke to than k Bob Rathcamp at AXO and Gary a nd Ray at Cycle World for their help. MI KE TAYLO R H o henwal d, TN . Part of the problem jim Dea ne is 100% correct in his statement on half-dressed competition ri ders (Voices , September 14 issue ). T he only ad I have seen o n skin is a ta ttoo. If th e editor of Cycle News disagrees, perhaps he too is part of the problem. It 's been this way for 35 years a nd just ma ybe it 's time to move forward . RICH NE B Ri ch Neb Honda Bellevill e, IL W hat turned th ings around in 1953, R ich? . . . Editor. Not mel T he letter fro m j ohn Dixon (To he ll in a handbasket, Septem ber 21 issue) was to the point. I just want to cla rify o ne issu e. Larry Wh a t's H is Name was not me. It seems that the re are a lot of supercross an nouncers named Larry. Announcers are the link between racer a nd fan and that is special. I hate to hear someone bl ew it. LA R RY NASTON AXO Sport Valencia, CA Bonneville backing Do rde Woodruff's coverage of the 1988 Bo nnevill e Speed Week was outstanding. H er reporti ng is accura te a nd she gives full credit to the sponsors. Wi th this in m ind , I would like to th ank the sponsors th at allowed me to set a 152.680 m ph sidecar record. Kal-Gard Lubricants and Barnett Tool and Engi neeri ng Co . a re my maj or back ers, - and wi thout their help and support this record would not have been set. In add itio n, the following people's he lp is much appreciated: Co leen and Mik e Taylor, Larry Col eman, crew ch ief j erry Perso n , passenger Warren R yan for " h a n g i n g" in there , 00 00 What's Enzo Racing? O"l For a couple of years now, I have . ...... been seeing an icl es in some of th e monthly ma gazines dealing with top ri ders and their bike set-u ps, and more than a few refer to su spension set-u ps by a co mpany kn own as Enzo Racing. Your August 3 1 issu e highlighted th e top American ISDE riders and their bikes, and said Suzuki rider Charles Halcomb is sponsored by Enzo, Pl ease fill us all in. Wh o or what is Enzd Racin ~? JON WATANABE Temple City, CA Ross Maeda operates Enzo Racing, a suspension set-u p com pany. You can con tact En zo Racing by w riting to 15956 Si lvertip, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 or by calli ng 714/ 839-8714 .. . Editor. Dear Daytona: A short note to express my appreciation to one of your (secu rity) ' officers. On September 5, my three nephews stopped at the track. They were visi ting from Darb y, England, and they rea lly wa nted to see the circuit. A guard there was kind enough to give a close-up look of the Speedway to them. I know that it was a highlight of their vacation. Syd 's Cycles has been goi ng to Dayto na for ' the past 25 years and we've never had a problem with track security. In fact, my da ugh ters were escorted d irectly to o ur gara ge a few years ago whe n they had forgotten th eir pit passes at the hotel. It 's thi s kind of kindness that ma kes the mo to rcycle raci ng worthw hi le. I wanted to gi ve credit wh ere du e and I hope yo u pass this letter alo ng to th e gentleman wh o hel ped o ut th e th ree " English boys." SYDNE Y TU NSTAL L Syd's Cycles ' St. Petersburg, FL Pub lished letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters are subject to condensation due to space li m i t ati o n s. Anonymous letters w ill not · be pub li shed. Se nd letters to Voices , P.O . Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498 . I

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