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c That I was rid ing one day and just kept on going, and in my heart have never come back. L ik e no w, it was in the season's change that I rode out to San ta Fe. Tak ing th e hottest desert at n ight, dod gin g th e thunderstorms of after Noon . R id ing under th e heat and rain and hail, and th e lightn ing bolts. Sta ying th en close to a big metal truck - m y g iant shield. L et th e fire of Zeus strike It, not m e! And t hen I rode a f in e stron g horse thr ough sage and juniper, into th e fo othills of th e Sangre de Cristo. I made him gallop and sang a wild Ya hoo! N o throttle; (71Y mount sensed m y will, taking its message from the way I leaned. A nd I thought of what this lan d was and of w hat it had been . H ow i/ had gone for L ew is and Clark - farther no rth th eir Corps of Discovery was! - and I cou ld relate their own explorers' past to what's now, their wilderness to my pavement, endless an d in viting. Long after -sunset, halfway to sun up, I rode my motor in to th e huge New Mexico night. And ' in those quiet cany ons behind Santa Fe, I . stayed and wrote and bought a little lap typ ewr iter, an Ol ympiette.'A nd, when finall y I left , strap ped it and a towel to m y motorcycle's tank -:and stoppe d an hour down th e road, in Albuquerque, to sen d it on by mail. I stretch ed th e distance and rode south to So corro, up across Th e D iv ide and high Pla in s of San Agustin , alongside a fellow rider and his good m issus, and th eir beloved do g, Du ch ess. I ran Sa lt R iv er Can yon down ow of th e Wh ites, and saw th e Apache's eagle and his lon e wild stallion th ere against dawnpainted rock s. Th en crossed th e desert in a day-long rain that put m e in touch with th e earth again. T hat was all six years past , th at living and unforgettable dream of m in e; a lot of motorcycling miles ago. Bu t th ere are thos e few rides in a lifet ime that never 'go away, remaining v ivid and true and alwa ys to ride again, an d ride again . And no w , awake, I look to w here th e sun has jus t risen, and th ere's TH AT URGE once more. T o go. T o ride for th e open land. It was a journey tha t went straig ht for my heart, and wo uld not leave no matter what I did. Or do. William Edg ar .... V ..0 o ..... u o Copyright Page 3 Productions. From an idea by Carol Sims ROAD RACE: Polen wins, Shobert crowned champ at Sears Point 6 Merkel makes his move in Australian Superbike round . . . . .26 ENDURO: Bennett best at ' Little Rhody National 12 TEST: Honda's new and improved 1989 CR500 14 MOTOCROSS: Davis outduels Brown for Trans-Cal victory 16 DESERT RACING: Roeseler wins Nevada Best of the Desert 17 INTERVIEW: A few words with speedway veteran Dubb Ferrell . . . . 18 NEW BIKES: More 1989 models revealed in Cologne 20 HARE SCRAMBLES: Hendon takes win at the Black Coal National 24 LOCAL RACING: Race action f rom around the world 26 CALENDAR: Upcoming events 37 RESULTS : Officia lly speaking 40 WANT ADS : Beat t he rush and start Christmas shopping now 42 ON THE FRO NT PAGE: (A bove) Doug Polen won the final ro u nd of the AMA Superbike N atio nal Championship Road Race Series at Sears Point, but it was Bubba Shobert (be low) who took the t itle w ith a second-place fin ish. See pag e 6 for all of the details. Photos by Henny Ray Abrams. r-----------------------------------------------------------------, SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM Name_-:;;;-;:-;:-;-;;=;-;:;7:-:;;-:;: _ I Pl E A S E PR INT CLEAR LY ) Address _ C ity Order Date: State ....I-Zip _ I I I I I o Th is is a renewal o Please b ill me o Enclosed is check or money order I Charge my 0 Visa 0 Mastercard I .I.l ~ I I ._~,_ ~ ·~ I~ I I _ OK , please start my subscr ipt io n to Cycle News and send me the newspaper o every week for one year (50 issues) fo r $32.50 o every week for two years (100 issues) fo r $60.00 o six months second class (2 5 issues) for $17.00 One yeer 150 issue. ). 2nd cle•• Cenada or Mexico and all other foraign countries $63.00 I U.S . fu nd.). I Signatu re MC /V isa # .. I I I I _ . _ - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - • Expiration Date _ Firat cia.. and . irma il rates available upon request. Send to : CYCLE NEWS, Inc., P .O . Box 498. Long Beach. CA 90801 -0 49 8 / (213) 427-7433 ~---------------------------------------------------~---------- ---~