Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Th at Wam in gs are Blessings to aLL w ho rid e; m aybe th e Essen ce of how toe suruiue. I was going o u t again , so lo, jus t m e and m y leathers an d th e q u iet Sunda y road. .M y bod y w am and alert, my m ind in a [u lliace safe as a pearl in its she ll . I th ough t. Bu t so mething shook m y m o torcycle, lik e so mething ali ve aggrav ate d . Som et h in g man iacal, berser k . I sen sed it almost before it hap pened. First it w as m ild , th en vio lent. Th e front w heel w obble damn near th rew m e of]. I stop pe d and gave every thing a clo se check, yearning fo r sti ll un ridden miles, the breakfast an d good conversation wit h ot her riders - th en tu rned arou nd, an d rod e back h om e. No t defeated, but prudent. A n d w hile I was ridin g; slow and easy in case th e w obb le sho u ld return, I recall ed ghostly images of o the r such w arn in gs· down th rou gh years of rid in g . W arnings, a nd ' R esp on ses, th at probabl y saved m y bu tt. Th e vague ly sof t bar feel of a tire seep ing air. T hat pecu liar sm ell of an engine abou t to seize . Th e comp lain t a cha in ma kes w hen it's p ulled too long. A clu tch addin g revs that just shou ldn't be there. Th e inordin ate fl ex of a fram e. W arn ings th at travel up throug h the bik e like . murmurs from so me other · bein g insid e - the self of a m o torcycle sen di ng out its ow n plea for help. I realized aga in how .closel y conn ected we are to our m ach in es, how th e in ner workings of moto rcycles can to uch o u r own sou l. Andii] we have ou r senses well tuned, h ow this can spe ak to us in a lingo of ten as cryp tic as th e exc hange of energy itself. Th is cou ld w ell be th e best pa rt of rid ing, th is focusing on th e very co re of our uniq u e commuriion with the so-c alled " dead" mind of m etal. A n d no w the dawn light ha s passed, the su n is high. In m y garage aga in, the ailin g bik e is quiet, peaceful, like a sleeping rogue. And my other m ot orcycl e, waiting, inviti ng - still . n ot too late to rid e, I tell m yself. Th en th row a leg over an d thu mb th e start switch . O n ly to feel th e ston y na ught of a batt ery th at's lost its charge. Th at fi n al disap po intm ent caus ing all pr ior in tellec t to reverse to babb ling rage. Th at in stant w hen our love for motorcycles in he rits the chance to beg in igain from scratch . William Edgin . .. .. . Copyright Page 3 Productions. From an idea by Carol Sims WIND: All the lastest gossip and race results : 2 OFF-ROAD: Team Green masters Baja 1000 6 ROAD RACING : The Eddie Lawson turnaround 10 MOTOCROSS : Kiedrowski, Kalos star at the Blythe Memorial 12 ROAD RIDE: Love Ride for . the MDA 14 STOCKING STUFFERS: More gift ideas 16 HARE & HOUND : Palenske cruises to So Cal win 18 LOCALS : Who won, who lost 20 RESULTS: Who topped this week's charts. , ~ 26,31 CALENDAR: What's happenin' r•• 28 WANT ADS: Make bucks and save bucks 32 ON THE FRONT PAGE : (Top) Freddie Spencer is back! The f orm er t hree-time World Champio n has ink ed a deal with the Marlboro Yamaha Team to campa ign the 1989 500cc GP circuit. See page 2 . Photo by Pau l Carruthers. (Bottom) Da n ny laPorte (shown ) t eam ed w ith Larry Roesele r and Pau l Krause to w in t he 2 1 st Annual SCORE Baja 1 0 0 0 . See page 6 . Photo bvTom Van Beveren . . r-----------------------------------------------------------------, . SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM _ Name --:c-:-:-:-:-::":'C":"7':~:-:---- (P LE A S E P RI N T C L E A RLY } Add ress _ City Order Date : Stat e -LZip o Thi s is a re ne wa l o Please b ill me • o Enc lo sed is check or money o rde r .a= C ha rge my 0 V isa 0 Maste rcard _ _ OK, please start my subscription 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 yea rs (100 issues) f o r $60.00 o six mon ths second class (25 issues) fo r $17.. 00 One ye.r (50 iu u el ). 2nd cla ss Canada or Mexico and all other f orei gn co untr ies 563.00 IU.S. funds). Sig nature MC /V isa # Exp i ratio n D ate _ _ _ First cia.. and airmail ratel availab le upon requ e st. ~ Send to : CYCLE NEWS, Ine., P.O . Box 498 . Long Beac h . CA 90801 -0498 I (213) 427-7433 ~3

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