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That I did it lik e I'd don e it so ma n y tim es before. and kn ew it would never change. Mayb e it was Scott Parker's Perfect T en, plus Chris and Springer who started it all. Or, with their recen t flat track flash , at least they got it going again in m e. What ever it was, it was bumin '. That old desire of m ine , too damn lon g a desire. Tim e at last it became reality. M y pal R odney offered to 2-up me there, to th at Place w he re th ey se ll 'ern , T H EM ! H ah ! Ev en that v ag ue . pronoun made my pulse leap and run ragged. I was afraid to say it aloud - to utter th e nam e! Afraid th e dream would somehow go up in sm oke. That this Something-HypenSo m ething motorcycle vision would vanish! But when we got there and saw Oliver and Fred and all th eir new floor bikes, I knew it was go ing to be signed and sealed. And ready to deliver. A don e deal. That HarleyDav idson. There, I said it! And wrote the check. parted w ith those dollars! For m y brand new Low Rider. Brig ht Cand y R u by with Pullback Buck horns. Possibly th e purest of life's sins, cast in eighty-two cubes , riding in to th e N in eties. But isn't it the same with an y new motorcycle? Any year or decade, an y make or model? A n yurh ere l S u re i t is. Abso lutely! I t's t hat u niversally luminous gloss and m etal's caress that grabs us all . That fragran ce of hot cyl inders at th e end of our first hundred m iles. Th e p icture it pa ints in th e garage light on ce we've put it away. And our midn ight's dreams abou t ri ding it tomorrow , and tomorrow . And never to fo rget the .new friendships it' ll bring, the roads we'll find on it. It's an indu lgence that gives back by strokin g our ego or testing our sk ill. It can be good and bad and ex t ravag an t and efficient all at on ce. It is as alive as any machine we will ever know. And it can go beyond ourselves to help benefit others on char ity. rides, toy driv es, w h atever's worth y. Th is motorcycle we buy is a fla g for lib erty and th e human spirit . It is our eq u i tab le stan d again st being systems-controlled. Ou r own bold voice in th e blare of progress. T hat we ride safe and well is our unwritten goal. That we look good out there, our best revenge. William Edgar ~ ~ O"'l 00 O"'l ........ ~ 00 ........ .... Q,) ..0 ..... 0 ...., u .. 0 Copyright Page 3 Produe:tions. From an idea by Carol Sims MOTOCROSS: Ward. Kiedrowski .4 shake up Budds Creek Metzger. Nishimura nail wins at Sunrise Trans-Cal finale 28 Pascarella. Roth score double wins at Sunrise Cycle Park 30 MILE: Parker finishes season with . win. sets record in Sacramento . . ... 8 DRAG RACING: Mafara wins. clinches NHRA title at Heartland Park 10 . Kizer beats Trett at IHRA U.S . Nationals 16 ISDE: Italy rolls to take the gold in Germany 12 ULTRACROSS: Vohland wins. title to Holley in Las Vegas 18 ROAD RACING: Humans haul in Shannonville endurance victory . .. 22 Granie leads French squad to Police Olympics w in 26 BONNEVILLE: Lyon zooms to top speed at Bonneville Salt Flats . . . . .24 LOCAL RACING: Find out who the regional heroes are 32 CALENDAR: Where and when the . upcoming races will happen 40 WANT ADS: Ways to spend money 44 RESULTS: The final finishing order 54 ON THE FRONT PAGE: U.S. Junior World Trophy rider Fred Hoess begins day one atthe 64th International Six Days Enduro in Walldurn. West Germany. September 25-30. The Italian Trophy team captured the overall victory. while the U.S . Trophy team took sixth and the Junior World team seventh . ISDE coverage begins on page 12. Photo by Kit Palmer. r-------------~--------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - , --SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM N a me---.:-:-:-:-::::-:=-=-=:c:-:'C~ _ o Th is i s a renewa l o Please b ill me o Enclosed is check or money order ( P LE A S E PRINT C LE A R LV I Address _ C ity State Order Date: -<.7ip_ _---, _ _ OK, please start my subscription to Cycle News and send me the newspaper o every week for one year (5 0 iss ues) for $35.00 o every week for two years (10 0 issue s) for $65.00 o six months second class (25 issue s) for $18.00 S ignature Send to : CYCLE NEWS, Inc., P.O . Box 498. _ MC /Visa # One ye.r 150 i......I. 2nd cl... Canad. or Maxico .nd.n other fO";9n countries $75 .00 (U.S. fund. l. Firat clll.. and-airmaill1ltea available upon request. ~ .CIC Charqernv 0 Visa 0 Mastercard Expiration Date Long Beach. CA 90801 -0498 I (213) 427-7433~ _ _ ~3