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That one whole Year had passed, and
I wa s wr it in g and riding in to
Another.
Impossible! I can't believe it's been
that lon g sin ce this colum n started
out, sin ce these 50 Dreams got going!
It's lik e that puzzled response at th e
end of a great ride. Of hav ing don e
it, but wondering where all the miles
went to . Of looking ov er yo u r
sho ulder and saying something lik e
" I want to keep on! Do ing it! And
doing it just rig ht, th e right way!
W ith MOTORCYCLES! " It 's a time
of power and passion . It's like when
you sell your first scoot and ride off
on Number T wo. Th en bu y yo ur
Third. And Fourth. I'm up to what is it now? Fourteen! Iron icall y,
the exact sam e number of TYPEWRIT ER S I' ve bo u ght over the
years. But th e difference is, I sti ll have
every damm on e of those an cient
word hammers; p iled in clo sets,
shoved beh ind doors, buried under
box es. But th e bikes? Oh, th ey're
lon g go ne to happy bu yers. If I'd
been sm art - and had had th e buc ks!
- I'd have kep t every last one of
tho se old sickles of mine and du m pe d
th e crum my clackers. Go tten rid of
these beatup Un denooods and Smith
Coron as, A dlers and Oliuettis. Bu t
w hat th e hell did I kn ow? Wh o back
the n wou ld eve r have w anted a
hardta il Triumph " T iger 100" forty
years after it was madel! An In d ian
Scout vertical twin?! Some weird
little disk -wh eeled M us tang?! Or
brutal-kick -start Ariel th u m pe rl!
H ah! Well , all those years have since
taugh t me the value of Vintage. T o
put stock in what's lost its show roo m
gleam . But not soon enough! A nd
no w I've got m y eye on Harley 's new
ultra Ultra Classic. And that trail blazing qu ick-stop ABS Beemer. And
thoroughbred 750S Du ck . And th e
next star rocketsh ip out of those Big
Fou r of the Far East. And much more
in my sights: like a few trip le-dozen
of these wo rd processor trips th rough
Mo torcycle Fan tasia. To celebrate
th e righ t to ride and to write! T o
dream on into yet Another Year, and
Another! He y, sounds go od to m e:
Bu t. Psst! - " A ny body want to buy
a really built R oyal Sta ndard sidesh ijer w ith Magic Margin s and full
set of trick qwerty keys? HuM" Y ou
got"it! I'm keep ing A L L m y bikes
from now on . .
William Edgar
Copyright Page 3 Productions. From an idea by Carol Sims
MOTOCROSS: Lechien, Ward and
Johnson star at MX des Nations
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Trans-Cal opener at Glen He le n
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Smith tops Vintage MX
at Steamboat Springs
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ENDURO: France, Italy find
ISDEgold . . :
10
DRAG RACING : NHRA win to
Schultz at Indy . :
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ROAD RACING: Steamboat Springs
wins to Roper, Orlando
16
World Champ Superbike
battle in Portugal
18
ROAD RACING: Formula-USA to .
Domay at Willow Springs
LOOKING BACK: The history
of Ascot Park
NEW BIKES: 1989 Pacific Coast,
GB500, Transalp and
CB-1 Honda street machines
LOCAL RACING: Action heats up
from coast to coast
CALENDAR : What's happenin'
RESULTS: After the checkered flag
WANT ADS : Let your fingers
do the shopping
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ON THE FRONT PAGE: (Left to right) Jeff Ward , Ro n Lec hien a nd Rick Johnson teamed up to capt ure
America 's e ighth-stra igh t Mo toc ross des Nations Cha m pionship. See pa g e 6 . Photo by Nate Rauba.
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