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Cycle News 1989 10 04

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That I came back home from th e R oad, and fou nd that it stays with us Forever. Th ose two thousand m iles gone, these two wheels at rest fin ally, this mot or stop ped and silen t. But here now in my dark garage I sense th e ride still as if in a fine and perpetua l dream . I can yet hear it and smell it, taste it even. I still feel th e rain sq ualls and fierce heat out th ere, runn ing solo, m y motorcycle and me. A nd, too, the cold and traff ic of a f re ewa y n ight crossin g so me strange city's breadth. Day upon day - R iding. I rem ember that sovereign TUsh of the crowned one- laner wa y down through th e w indi ng valley, seeing only thr ee cars in 40 miles! And the roil ing fog that so swiftly clouded sea pines at dusk. T h e summmit's dizzying thin air. The can yon 's qu ick slalom. Or that un hurried meander and grave of the river's levee road. And th e wind's . own demons not even coun tersteering would restrain. And, oh , hell! Y es! Blue-black sky and terrible forebod ings of twisters! Celebrat ing all conditions, Nature's wild and ruthless Elements were at work on all sides! Bu t no matter w hat, non e less than jo yous when viewed direct from th e sou l. The sheer p eril, in fact, is w hat gives us swee t life! That deviled encounter that keeps us from conforming and was ting away. A nd th e people we find! Th e R iders! T ogeth er we waited out the lightning storm, shared p ock et foo d and steam y rain gear, and in the sunshine stood at a m ountain 's lak esh ore defin ing ma nkind. We were brothers and sisters of th e open land, k in of th e agel ess and infin ite road. It' s what m oto rcycles do for us - creating th e dream and then bringing it tru e. A II th ese visions thought th en and now, and thought again , but forever fresh each time we ride. It is ours to catch th em , and to write them and save them , to hold th em alwa ys. And, once ins ide th e house, I put away m y travel things and sp eak of th e passage. The famil y - my w ife and daughter - list ens, try ing to imagin e ju st w hat it was lik e. But th e touch of th e w ind and the road is an in ner affa ir only a rider can kn ow. It is his and her dream given a heartb eat. And th is heart sings! A d infinitum. William Edgar • 0') 00 0') ....... WIND : Everything you ever wanted to know, and then some MOTOCROSS: Stanton, Bradshaw storm to Binghamton MX wins Trans-Cal invades Chowchilla ROAD RACING: Schwantz wins, Lawson crowned in Brazil GP Roche doubles in German World Superbike round NEW BIKE: BMW's Paris -Dakar CROSS -COUNTRY: Conner conquers Buckeye GNC 2 6 22 12 24 15 16 SPEEDWAY: England w ins crash-marred Team Cup ULTRACROSS: Stephenson a mile high in Denver LOCAL RACING: Who won what where and how CALENDAR: Weekend planner RESULTS: Who won what where, not how MOVIE REVIEW: American Built, Oops, we mean Race for Glory WANT ADS: Recycled cycles 18 20 24 36 42 43 43 ON THE FRONT PAGE: American Eddie lawson teamed with tuner Erv Kanemoto to w in his fourth 500cc World Championship in Goiania. Brazil. Photos by Patrick Gosling and Henny Ray Abrams. r-----------------------------------------------------------------, SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM Name_-;;::--;:-; ;:-;:=;-::;-;-:;-:=:-c _ (P LE A S E PR INT CLEARl Y ) Address _ City Order Date: State -'--- - - - - ....LZip _ -;7 o Th is is a renewa l o Please bill me o Enclosed is check or money order .cmc Charge my 0 Visa 0 Mastercard " OK, please start my subscription to Cycle News and send me the newspaper Signature o every week for one year (50 issues) for $35.00 o every week for two years (10 0 issues) for $65.00 MC /Visa# _ _ , six months second class (2 5 issues) for $18.00 0 One yee' (50 iosuesl. 2nd cleos Cenede 0' Mexico end ell othe, fo,eign countries $75.00 (U.S . funds) , Firat c le.. and a irm ail ret .. av.u.bIe upon reque.t. Expiration Date _ Send to : CYCLE NEWS, Inc., P .O . Box 498 . 'Lo n g Beach. CA 90801 -0498 1 (2 1 3 ) 427-7433 ~-----------------------------------------------------------------~3

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