Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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Use the order form on the table of contents page or send your order. i n clu ding payment (ch eck . money order. charge t o Visa or MasterCard) payable in U.S. funds. to: c1e P rodu ct New s m a g azin e, b y Macl ean Hunter , In c., a d iversifi ed co!TI ~ u.n ications corpora tio n oper au n g In the U .S ., Ca nada a nd Europe; Phil Ku nde contin ues as p ub lisher o f Van N u ys, Ca liforniabased Mo torcycle P rod uct News a nd sa ys th ere will be no sta ff cha nges and the magazine's address, phone and FAX n u mbers wi ll rem ain the same. BORN : Mo lly Grace Vos icky. daughter of Joe Vosicky. a Kawa saki Motors Corp . U.S .A . prod u ct manager. and w ife Kim . on November 6 in southern Californ ia ; Molly weighed in at 10.2 pou ndsl ~OV ED : Mich elin T ire Co rporation to I Parkwa y'So ut h, Green ville , SC 29615; th e firm 's m ail in g address remain~ th e same (P.O. Box ·19001, Creenville, SC 29602-9001) a nd th e n ew phone number is 803/458-5000. The Motorcycle Safety Foundat ion (MSF ) in t ro d u c e d a new course for experienced rid e rs at a press conference in the parking lo t o f" southern California's Hollywood Bowl on T uesday , No ve m be r 15. The Experienced Rider Course. wh ich comprises seven hours of c lassroom and riding sessions, was created for ,m o t o r c y c lis t s who want to develop their rid ing skills and learn h o w to deal with crit ica l street rid ing s it uations. For more info rmation ca ll the MSF at 800 /447· 4700 . T h e MSF also deb u ted it s n ew " R ~d i n g with Co ntrol" video ta pe , whi ch was p roduced wi th th e help of BMW , H onda , Ka wasaki , Suzu ki a nd Yamaha. Add itionall y, Keith Code of the Ca lifornia .Su perbike School allowed th em the use of h is " b ra king en ha nce me nt trainer ," a Ka wasaki GPz550 with o u triggers, to dem onstrat e th e co rrect use o f th e front br ak e. The tape expla ins the ph ysica l p ri nc ip les o f how a mot orcycl e turns a n d sto ps , wi th pi e gra p hs illustr ating traction management. It 's availa ble directl y from th e MSF or from mo torcycle deal ers. Alan Isley, president of the MSF, . a~nounced that he recently met With members of the Nationa l Association of Ind e pen d e nt Insu rers who agreed to support the MSF program , " e v e n tho ugh there is no statistical basis fo r doing so." According to Isl e y, they are dolnq so solely because of their fa ith in t he MSF and its 15 years experience in promoting motorcycle safety. Ins ure rs typically give 10-15% discounts to riders who have participated in an MSF safety cou rse . MO VED: BMW o r'Nort h Am er ica to 300 Chestn u t Rid ge Rd., Woodcl iff La ke, NJ 07675; mailin g address is P.O. Box 1227, Westwood , NJ 07675-' 1227; new p hone n u mber is 20 1/3074000. Cycle News, Inc. Attn. Circulation P.O. Box 498 Long Beach, CA 90801-0498 Phone (213) 427-7433 24 hr. FAX order line (213) 427-6685 42 NAMED : Hans Koudella. BMW of North America vice president of motorcycle operations. replacing Hans Riedel who has re turned " o t West Germany to be BMW's worldwide d irector of motorcycle sales and marketing . ' Int ernat ional spee dw ay star Mi tch S h ir ra's futu re in inte rna tio na l spee dway co mpetition will be de term in ed a t an FIM trihuna l in London (charge orders only, please) on Nove mber 25. In two drug tests, New Zeal and star Shirra has tested positive bo th tim es, first a t the Overseas Final in July an d aga in a t th t; World Pairs Final in August. Sh ir ra h as been a regu lar in British speed way co mpeti tio n for 13 years and becomes th e first rider since th e stri ct drug testing ca me into force to face th e th ree-m an delegation from th e FIM . Shirra faces a lifet im e ban from FIM com pe tition a n d has been advised by hi s la wyers not to comment on the ma tte r. H owever it is likely th a t he wi ll mou nt a defense aga inst the charge. . The la s t b ig meet of the ' 8 8 speedway season, the Br itish League Rider 's Championsh ip , saw th ree riders , American Shawn Moran. Englishman Gary Havelock and Swede Per Jonsson submit to drug tests w ith only Jonsson showing negat ive results. However, Moran was able ' to p rove that he was taking prescription pain killers for injured ribs suffered in a traffic accident and charges were dropped. Havelock must wait for the outcome of tests done to a second sample to determine h is future . ' Fremont, Californi~ 's Ba yl and s Raceway will host its last race, th e Baylands Grand Prix, o n December 4. Wh at began in 1959 as a dragstrip Fre mo n t Ra cew a y and expan ded into a multi-tra ck facility comes to a n end this year as th e acreage will be develo ped a nd used for an a utomobile deal er mall a nd office b u ild ing co m p lex. T he fin al race will util ize a ll five o f th e facility ' ~ race trac ks in cluding th e dra g stnp. P ro en try fee is $25, Sports ma n classes $ 18. For m ore info rm ation, ca ll 415/65 1-2545. Road racer M ike Baldwin will know by November 25 if he will ride a factory Bimota in the 1989 Wo!ld Super~ ike Championship Senes. Baldwin competed in the 1988 500cc World Championship aboard an Honda R.S500 sponsored by the producers of the film American Bu ilt. At presstime, Baldwin was awaiting word from Italy regarding the Bimota ride . T erren ce Scan lo n, cha irma n o f th e Consumer Product Safety Commisio n (CPSC) wh ich banned th e sa le of three-wheel AT Vs ea rl ier this year, I S reslg lll ng to hecome vice pr esident a n~ treas urer of th e H eritage Foundau?n o n j anuary 3.. Sca n lo n was c ha ir ma n o f th e CP SC · from December 1985 to December 1986 bu t relinqui sh ed th e pos t wh en hi s appointment was n't co nfirmed by Co ngress withi n a year. At th at ti me Sca n lo n wa s being in vesti gat ed after being cha rged wi th using CPSC staff mem bers for personal p roj ects. Sca n lon was exo nerated and was co nfirmed as cha irman in Jul y 1986. U pon Sca n lo n 's res igna tio n, th e C PSC will ha ve on ly two co m mis sio ners , Carol Dawson a n d Anne Graha m. Altho ugh th e co m m issio n is supposed 10 co nsis t o f five co m.m issioners .,.... wi th a quorum o f three n eeded, Congr ess ha s funded o n ly three posi tions. Tony Hendon. the newly crowned AMA Nationa l Hare Scrambles Champion. and Gary Surdyke of Gary Surdyke Yamaha of Festus M issou ri, have announced th~ form ing of a Yamaha-mounted j e a rn to contest next year 's "National Champ ionsh ip Hare Scrambles Series as well as the four ISDE Qualifiers and eventu- ally the ISDE. which will be held in West Germany in September. Hendon, who won his title riding ATKs, will be joined by Greg S urdyke. Gary's son and sales manager at his father 's Yamaha and Harley-Davidson dealership. Greg was a silver medal w inner at the 1986 ISDE in Ita ly. There is a possibi lity that one additiona l rider w ill be named at a la t e r date. The team w ill be competing on the new Yamaha YZ250WR and accord ing to t h e team's pres~ re lease, .. ... the t o be announced YZ360WR." Accord ing to Yamaha 's public relations director. Willie Amarad io. Yamaha has no p lans to market a YZ360WR but a 360cc kit for t he YZ250WR w ill be made by Ohlins and distributed by Noleen Racing of Ontario, California. P arty tim e! Yo shimura R&D of America ha s an nou nce d that they'll celebra te th e firm 's 1988 ro ad racing su ccesses by taking all th e co mp a ny's em p lo yees a n d their famili es to Hawaii for a "big, big party." T he Yoshimura lu au will tak e place on . th e island o f Oahu. PROMOTED: Joe Hamlett to executi ve d irecto r and Fred , Ogden to d irector of education of Daytona Beach, Florida-baseCl American Motorcycle Institute. TheLim a Co rrectio na l In stitution in Lim a , Ohio , will receive eigh t motorcycle engines from Ameri can Honda for. eigh t-month motorcycle tech repa ir classes, th e 'on ly su ch co urses III a ny Ohio institution accord ing to in structor J oe Wahrer.' The 11 th Annua l Ch icagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Ru n w ill take p lace in t h e Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday, December 3. All partic ipants are requ ired to bring a toy wh ich will be distributed to underprivileged children by the Marine Corps. The run starts at 85th and Western in Ch icago and will get underway at noon. For more info rm a ti o n. call 312/581 5504. On Su n day, December 4, th e firstever Santa Barbara (California)Toys for T ot s Motorcycl e Rall y will take pl at e, starti n g a t th e Bird Refuge and end a t McKenz ie Park. Sign-in sta rts will run from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. and th e ra llystarts a t II. Participants are required to donat e a toy, food or any other "goodie" valued at $10 or more or mak e an eq ua l cas h donation. All proceeds will be donated to th e Council o f Ch ristmas Cheer. Celebrities wh o will tak e part in th e rall y incl ude musician Jimm y Messina and actress Kristi All y from Ch eers. Cliff Carr , ow ner o f ' Harl eyDa vidson o f Sa n ta Barbara , tell s Papa h e's looking for "old Harl ey ra cers wh o ca n h elp with th e rall y." If yo u' re a n "old H arl ey race r" who wish es to ass ist, ca ll Carr at 805/9625131. "" od Rob McElnea. who fin ished 10th in the 1988 500cc World Champ ionship on a Team Pepsi Suzuki. is reported ly looking for a Superbike ride in 1989. McElnea has contacted Mitsui , England's Xamaha importer, regarding a ride III the 1989 World Championship Superb ike Road Race Series . There is also a chance of McElnea rid ing a S uzuki in the Superbike Series. McElnea's rid e at Pepsi Suzuki has been taken by fellow Brit Ron Haslam.

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