Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Arrow En d uro R iders, River Valley Enduro Riders, Golden Eagles M.C . and many individ ual mem bers o f District 23, Minnesota. Finally, I wan t to thank my manager, mechanic, coach and friend. H e has done everything for me but ride the motorcycle. I think he deserves this go ld medal as much as I do . Great thanks to my dad , Tim Zierman. I cou ldn 't and wo uldn' t want to have .done it wit hout him. America 's motorcycle newspaper Volume XXV Shar on Clayton, Pu blisher Mik~ Klinger,ComptTolleT Skip Johnson, Associate Pub lis hrtl NatioruU Sales ManageT . Jack Man~ s . A.uociate Publisher/Editor Rh eba Smith, Ci,.culation Managn Caroline Gemiry. Executive Secrdary to ,Ii< Publish« Editorial Kit Palmer. Associate Editor Paul Carruthers. ASJoci4teEditor Nate Rauba, A.s.sociate Editor Brian Catterson, Associate Editor Edwina Mangus, Caknda,. Editor Advertising Mike Church, Senior Sales Mana ger Terry Pratt Sen ior Sales Managn Mark Thome. Western Sales Managn Ron Davidson , Western Sales Manag" Mark Mitchell, Eastern Sales Matu1geT Thomas R.. Gomer, Eastern Sales ManageT Debbi e Winkler. W estem Ad Coordinator Carla Borden . Eastern 4d Coordinator Graphics and Production Ma lco lm Wi lson,PTOdudion Manage?' Denn is Green e. Lab . T ech. Dian a Hilgenberg. Graphic Artist Sta cey Guest. Graph ic Artist Jimmie O'Dell, Graphic Art ist Mandy Loo. G rap h iC Artist Marion Hatashita, T ypesetter Caro lyn Branham. T ypeuUer Arienne T eh as, Tvpeseuer Account ing /Data Processing Donna Bryan . A cro R eceivable Coordinato r Gen eva Repass. Assistant Fran Hamwey, Credit Circulation Sara h T aylor. Assistant Alma Anguiano, Assistan t Cheri Cha pm a n. Assistant Marita Adams. Assis tan t Herlan e Richmond. Assistarlt Ca ro l Scannell. Assistant Circulat ion Developmant Ron Davidson . Man agn Want Ads Joan Russian. Want Ad Sales Daydreamin ' I can't be lieve it. What a season it's going to be. Nev er has the motorcycle industry been as active or competitive. The wi ld rumors of rider changes, new factory entries, reports of innovative technical breakthroughs. Sitting on the starting grid this season will be, as usual, Yam a ha . But what is this? John Kocinski lead in g the Exxon Yam aha team. Where is Eddie? No problem, he's sitting next to J oh n on the new and highly competitive Kawasaki sponsored by 7-11. What is this, Bubba Shobert dressed in black and orange? Yep! He's riding the rumored, top secret and innovative Har ley-Davidson 500cc G P ma chine. There's Ra nd y giving the championship another go on a refined Gucci -sponsored Cagiva. Kevin Schwantz is ba ck on the Pepsi Su zuk i. Honda is here with its squad of the world 's top ri d er s wearing Coca-Cola co lors. Recently approved, the BP Norton Rotary is ridden by Ro n Haslam. Wh at 's this? Am I seeing things or is' that Freddie (Who?) Sp en cer ab oard th e RCA BMW GP machine? Wow, thi s is' go in g 10 be one o f the best Grand Prix seaso ns ever. I ca n ' t wa it for to n igh t 's AT &T · spo nsored Monday ni ght 500cc GP road race. Boy, are the sh ot s from the Goodyear blim p grea t or what? They're s u p p lyi ng th e Gen era l Motors-sponsored H arley-Davidson team wi th tires. ROB ERT SPE NCER Barnegat, NJ Service and Support Chri s Aitch eson . Head qUQTln s R eceptionist Leo nard Herring, Service and SUPPOTt National Headquarteu 220I Cherry Ave., Lo ng Beach , CA 90806. P.O. Box 498, Lon g Beach , CA 90801-0498 (213) 427-7433; 213/ 636-8844. FAX (213) 427-6685 Eastern Office 4 190 First Ave., Tucker, GA• .5 00tH; mailing address P.O. Box 805. T ucker. GA 30085- 0805. (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Cycle News (USPS ' 141-340) is pub lished weekl y excep t the Iirsr and last week of the calendar year lor $32.50 per year by Cycle News. In c., 2201 Ch erry Avenue, Lo ng Beach, CA 90806. Second class postage paid at Lo ng Beach. 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All unso licited material wiJI be hand led with reasonable ca re, however , Cycl e News ass u mes no respon sibil ity for the safety, loss or dam age to such material. Repr int ing in whole or pa rt only by permission of the publ isher. Advertising rates and circu lation informat ion will be sent upon req uest. See S.R.D.S. W'BPA AUD ITED CIRC ULATION Copyright" Cycle New. , Inc . 1988. Trade-mark Cycla Naw. reg istared U.S. Patent Office. Allrighu raoarved. 4 Sounds lik e cabin fever is going around already.. . . Ed itor. Cycle dreamin ' I had to tell you I rea ll y enjoyed Cycle Dreams by William Edgar in the August 3 1 issue. DAVID GA UTHIER Enc ino, CA Number One I was reall y bummed to read th at Bubba Shobert had " los t" a t Syracuse because o f his bike being under th e minimum weight. My wife and I moved 10 Orlando, Florida, two years ago, but flew home for th e Syra cus e Mi le. We wer e th ere a nd sa w th e whole thin g. We were' lucky enough to secure pit passes from so me friends, so we really got a clos e view of the action. As soon as Bubba go t to his pit after the rac e, you co uld see he was upset. We heard him tell one of his people, "T he y say I'm underw eight. " But instead of being o ut o f contro l, as yo u might expect from most peop le, Bubba kept hi s ca lm. We took a chance a nd asked for an a u togra p h (my wife had hi s Cam el Pro tow el to sig n ). Not onl y did he sign th e tow el, but he a lso po sed for a pi cture with us, a ll thi s time kn owing hi s bike was impounded and hi s win was in jeopardy. My wife a nd I have seen Bubba . race at Syra cus e severa l times. We have also seen him work at Poco no , Ha m b u rg and Daytona. This guy is a true champion. He a lways has time for th e fan s, and remains a gentleman no matter what his situation. H e ma y have "lost" Syracuse this year, b ut his behavior proves he is a winner no matter wha t the outcome. We all know Bu bba is in a dogfight for the Grand National Championship crown, but even if he should lose (heaven forbid), his atti tude towards the sport a nd it 's fans will keep him Number One for a lo ng time to come. RICK & NANCY WALKER Orlando, FL Not this larry either I mus t agr ee with Larry Naston (Voices, September 28 issue) - the a n nou ncer a t an event is the 'lin k between the racing and the fans . On the day of the Was ho ugal MX, this Larry was in Japan narrating a film for Suzuki. Thank you for setting the record stra ig h t. LARRY E. HUFFMAN San Clemente, CA N aston and Huffman 's letters are in resp onse to a ' lett er (Voices, Septemb er 21 issue) from John Dix on of Seattle International Ra ceway. . Dixon referred to announcer Larry Mai ers as " L arry What's H is Nam e" and said Maiers "was unable to curb Bob Hannah 's mouth." Dixon accused Hannah of cursing over the public address system . Hannah has con tacted us and Dixon and a letter from Hannah, in which he ex p lains w hat really did happen at Washou· . gal, is on th e way to us .. . Editor. Dream come true I' ve just returned from the trip of my lifetime - th e ISDE in Mende, France. Since I was young, I've a lways wanted to be a member of th e U.S. team at th e Six Days . This year that dr eam came true. Another dream came true wh en I finis hed th e event and won a gold medal. I'm proud a nd very happy to have been part of th is trul y world-class event. T his couldn 't have been possible witho ut the help of man y fin e people and sponsors who really su p po rt thi s grea t sport. First, I want to th ank th e people at Larson's Cycl e in Ca m bridge, Minnesota, wh o have done so much to support the sport and me through the years. This year, on top o f everything e lse, th ey provided me with a new Honda CR250 before th e even t. After almost 900 mi les and six days , I wo uldn't hesit ate 10 do it again with th at bike! Part of my Honda's success is du e to a PSI performance exha ust pipe - which lasted through 900 mi les of roc ks without a dent a nd produced fantasti c power. An other sponsor I wish to thank is Ma lcolm Smith Racing Produ cts. Also, a big thanks to Smith Goggles. Thanks to th e people wh o literall y .m ad e it possibl e, Barb and Joe Boisvert who threw a fund -rai sing party o n m y behalf a nd donated over $500. . . AMA District 23 also really ca me through with he lp. We are not a large district but the support I received was trem endous. Thanks 10 the Northern Lites M.C., Norsemen M.C ., Straight J OEZIERMAN Shoreview , MN Anza Borrego (Continued from page 2) implemented on a ny road sections in California. Cha uve t went o n to promote the idea of a State OHV Foundation th at cou ld purchase OHV lands irnrn ed iately as they become availab le. Presen t law is a cu mberso me syste m o f checks'and ba lances that prohibit fast action.: Chairman Chappie exp ressed his concern: "People a nd companies th at do nate funds to the Fo undation must be assured the money will only be used for O H V use. " In com mittee -repor ts, the Pl anning and Acquisition Committee reported a 38% in crease in use at Hollister H ill s and the new user surv eys a re starting to be returned . w ith valuab le p lanning information. The Slate Wide Planning and Grants Comm ittee reports were deferred until th e Anz a Borrego meeting in November. Committee Ch airman Ed Wa ldheim had been ca ll ed .to Arg entina o n famil y business. During the Reso urce Management Committee . report, Comm issioner H ugh Mcguigan made a motion asking for $1 mi lli on to be set aside for e n v ir o n me n ta l mitigation. . Mcguigan, former secretary of the Shasta Ch apter of the Sierra Club, ex p ressed con cern that th e BLM a nd For est Servi ce needed availabl e funds to react quickl y to disasters. The motion was seconded by Cornmissio ner Marge Su tto n, form er Lorna Pri eta Ch apter Ch air o f th e Sierra Club. After much discussion, the com missio n voted unanimously to ask staff to study the validity of the proposal. The Awards and Recognition Committee made a moti on to co nsid er form er two- term com m issioner Mik e Bish op for his service 10 the Division a nd servi ce to th e OHV co m m u n ity as a safety advoca te, The motion - passed unanimously and Bishop will be presented the Gold H elm et Award in Nov ember. Chauvet reported tha t DeAnza Cycl e Park in Riv erside County wi ll see increased use. The pa rk is in the center of massive develo pments that have squeezed ou t Riv erside Raceway . Chauvet al so a n no unced that counties a re taking adva n tage of the lia bility insu ra nce pool and Santa Clara 's Mecalf C ycl e P ark wi ll reopen. Bishop, representing the Pismo Dunes Property Owners Association, al erted the com m issio n to th e declin ing safet y record in th e State Vehi cular Recreation Area. H e urged the co m m issio n to direct th e District Superintendent 10 coopera te wi th th e o n -go ing safety programs o f th e Volunteer Dune Patrol. In th e 'last year members of th e Dune Patrol have 'acq u ired inholdings in the OHV area. Bishop reported the Property O wners Association represents over 100 lo ts in the dimes.

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