Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

c That a lot was happen ing all at once , asking us to check it out . N ew' President Bush and M iam i's Super Bowl, both big items for th is past big weeken d. Friday mom I was coming off San Marcos Pass, riding down from San Francisco aboard a H arley dresser, radio on , listening up to the Inauguration . T hen came George's in augural address - while cruising old Pacific's shore! - this New Breeze theme of his. All about a kinder and gentler promise, a something and something else. And then Sunday there was that to rrid du o of Joe Montana and Jerry R ice, adding big John Tay lor with his big Big Catch - the stadium cloc k canceling precious seconds, tick ing . to a win without an Ickey Shuffle. And at Halft im e's glitzed BeBop Bamboozled, Elv is Prest o rode a Dazzling Dav idson in to TV's 3D first. Th e Inaugural Parade! Moto rcycles at' the Super Bow l! Wow! It was such a whirl! Life seemed so dramatic, so public. It made me hanker for the simple and privat e again , to be away from it all on that dream y fl ight motorcycles give. And I found it on m y own sweet Beem er T w in . R iding alongsid e a new friend on h is new Sojtail - dist inctly diff eren t profiles, yet a fi rst class' pairing, too. Togeth er our motors harm on ized and phased like a couple of rare biplanes. It was the perfect way, th e Greatest Escape. We rode am ong fragrant hills and along th e seaspray coast, this California w inter of ours verging on summer again. And it made me th ink abou t what Mr. Bush had said th ere in Washington , there on dem ocracy's homey front porch . That we aren 't the su m of ou r possessions (regardless of how many moto rcycles we own!). That they aren 't the measure of our lives. That in our hearts we know w hat mailers - to give our chi ldren a sense of w hat it means to be a loy al friend, a loving parent . And a citizen who leaves his home, his neighborhood and town better than he found it. T he new breeze blow s, said our Presiden t. Y eah, it reall y does! Like th e w ind on a motorcycl e that charges the sou l with - w ith Unity, Diversity, Gen erosit y. Bus h's words, those; yet, m y feelings too. T hat kinder and gen tler good of sharing and riding toget her. All right no w, George. Let's go for goal. MOTOCROSS: Hannah spanks 'em in Florida Winter AMA Ward scores again at Sunrise Golden State Nationals Golden State Amateurs duke it out at Sandhill Ranch Bayle stars at Perris California Winter Series MX 6 8 12 16 INTERVIEW: Dave Strijbosswitchin ' camps 14 LOCAL RACING: Who's hot and who's not 18 CALENDAR: A quick look into the future ... . •. .. . .. . ..... .... .. 22 RESULTS: After the checkered flag 26 WANT ADS: Wheelin' and dealin' 27 ON THE FRONT PAGE: (Top) Kawasaki's Jeff Ward (55) and Ron lechien (35) lead the pack of 250cc Pros into the first turn during the Golden State Nationals at Sunrise Valley Cycle Park. (Bottom left) Winner of the 125cc Pro class Jeff Matiasevich (71) leads Jimmy Gaddis (39J), while Brian Manley (bottom right) won the 500cc Pro division. Race coverage begins on page 8 . Photos by Ken Faught. William Edgar -----------------------------------------------------------------, SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM _ Name_-::;--;;:-;:;-:=;-;:;-;-:;;;-:;: IP tE A S E PR INT CLE A R l VI Address _ City Order Date : State ....LZip _ _ OK, please start my subscription to Cycle News and send me the newspaper o every week for one year (50 issues) for $35 .00 o every week for two years ( ' 00 issues) for $65 .00 o six months second class (25 iss ues) for $18.00 One yeer (50 iuue,l. 2nd cle .. Cenede orMe.ico end ell other foreign countries &75.00 (U.S . fund, ). Firat cia.. and airmail rates availabl. upon request. o This i s a renewal o Please bill me o Enclosed is check or money order Charge my 0 Visa 0 Mastercard 1IIC3C Signature MC I V isa # Exp iration Date ___________________________________________________427-7433 Send to: CYCLE NEWS, Inc., P.O . Box 498 , long Bf!ach. CA 90801 ·0498 I (213) ~ _ _ _ ~ 3

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