Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

• America's motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVI Sha ro n Clayto n , Pub lish er Mike Kli nger, Co m ot rotler Skip joh nso n. A u o ci61t' Pub lishnl Nat ional Salt's MtlnagtT Jack Ma ngu s, A ssociate P u btisher t Editor Rb eba Smi th. Ci rcu latio n .'\lan agn Carol ine Cendrv . Ex ecut ive Secre tary to th t' Pu blisher Ed itorial J ack Mangus. Edi tor Kit Palm er. Associate Edit o r Paul Car ru the rs. Associate Editor Nat e Rauba. A ssociate Edit or Brian Ca tterson. A ssociate Edi to r Ken Fa ug ht. Assistan t Edit or Edw ina Man gu s. Calm liar Ed itor Advertising Skip johnson. Nat '[ Sa lt's Man ag" T erry P ra tt , S en io r S a il'S Manager Mark T home. WeJtn rl Sa les Ma nager ROil Davi dso n. We-j'l t"" Salt' s M an a.ltl"'t Thom as R. C o m er, Wt"stn n SaLt'S Mana gn Ma rk Mitchell. Eastern S alt's Managt'r G rt'~ Mitch ell . Eastern Salt's Mana gn j oa n Russian . Wt'stt"T1l Ad Coa rdi r uuor .<;:a ~ l a :~~or~ m . F-a stt'T71 1 d Coo rd inato r Grap hics a nd Prod ucti on Ree j o hn son. Prod uction S upervisor Mand y Lao. Prod uct ion Managn Den ni s Greene, La b, T ech , Suu:y GUe>t. Gra p hi c A rtis t J immie O'Dell. G raphic Art ist Micha el G ruszka . G rap h ic Ar tist Carolyn Branha m. T YfNs, u t'l. Accounting /Data Processing Donn a Bryan. A eelS /( t'cn vablt: Coo rdin ator Ceneva Repa ss, Assutant Fra n Ha m wey, Cu d it Circulat ion Sara h T aylo r. Assis'a n , Alma Anguia no . A ssi~,imt Her la ne R ichm on d. A ssisllm, Car ol MaJitKio. As sis tan t Dealer Sales Ro n Da vid so n. Ma';agn Want Ads Debb ie wel ter , Want Ad S ales Service and Support Ch ris Ah chescn, H eadq uar ters R ecep tionist Leo na rd Herring. S ervice an d Support National Headquarters 2201 C herrv Ave.• Long Beach, CA 90806. P,O . Box -198. Lo ng Beach. CA 90801-0498 (2131127·7133; 213/ 636·8811. FAX (213)·127·668S Eastern Office 4 190 First Ave.. T ucker . G A. 30084; mailing add ress P.O. Box 805. 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Inc . 1989. Trad e m a rk Cvele News registered U.S. Pa te n t Off ic e . All rights rese rve d . " 2 Six Days support I would like to th ank th e many, many people who attended the ISDE in Germany and worked each da y at the checkpoints and Pare Ferme to mak e sure the American rid ers were tak en care of. Thanks to Richard Christain , Gerry Valencia, Ken Harvey, Jim Harris, Bill Peiser and Steve Read for working a nd coordinating the Pare Ferme workers. Thanks to Dick and Bunny Lenover, Alan and Karen Drafs, Ted and Evelyn Novicki, Paul and Jeanne Nielsen, Chris Hardy and Warren R ul a u for coordinating and handling the gas checkpo in ts. Thanks to th e morn ing hand tapers: Judy Hi ll, Di a ne Hardy , Li nda R ula u and Kim Lane, and to th e double du ty people - those who worked both th e Pare Ferme and wh erever duty called: Walt Baehr, H enry Villasenor, Ed and Sonja Butler, J oe Lane, Kerri e Brokaw, Patti J efferson, Lori Ann Boretree, Kathy Bertram, Margie Halcomb, J acki e and Kim H ough , Don Simone, Tim Zierman, Alan Mathwig and Pam Dunn. Now a special thank you to some of th e hardest workers: to Jim and Nan cy Lyngar for handling almost all th e tires ; to Ed Toban and J erry Sanders for handing th e procurement of almost all the fuel; to Dave Adams, who along with J erry Sanders and others, took leave from th eir military duties in Europe to help the team; and to Don and Gerde Ehmke. who after all th e expe nse of qualifying, travel, etc. and th en having their so n Tom break a leg and not even start, stay ed around and he lped, plus gave up some of their supplies and spares for the team. Thanks to th e behind the scenes people: Mark J ohnson and Kawasaki Team Green for their support wi th shipping containers, gas cans, supplies and he lpers Dave Pyle, Erik Posta n , Da ne Leimbach and Tom Webb ; Suzuki 's Mark Mangold ; Yamaha's Greg Quador; Bill Rychlik of White Bros. ; Bevo Forte of Scott Goggles; Hook Taylor o f Smith Goggl es ; J eff Fr ed ette of J ones Goggles (Jeff also' helped the club riders at th e end of th e da y after he impounded his bike); and sel fspo nsored Dr. Richard Myers, our team doctor. Special thanks to all th e clubs a nd individuals who donated money to th e ISDE Support Fund, th e Ride to Win fund, and to the rid ers themselves to help defray som e of the costs. Thanks to the foll owing for th eir product support: MS Products, Cycle Gear, Metzeler , Bel-Ra y, HiPoint, O 'Neal, Yoko , Roko, and all the others. I know that I've miss ed naming a lo t of people. If I missed your name, I apologize, only space and memory limit m e from g ivin g you recogn ition. My biggest thanks goes to H ugh Flem ing and Roger Ansel a nd the AMA for ha ving confidence in me and allowing me to once again be a member of the U.S. fSDE Support T eam. See yo u a ll next year in Sweden. RICK "GUNNY" CLAYPOOLE Twentynine Palms. CA Scott's thanks H a nk Scott Racing wou ld like to give a big th anks to Bob Donabedian for everything he has do ne for D&S Racing's program this past season. Bob has been the backbone of Do ug Chandler's effort this year. We would also li ke to thank Super'Trapp, Kal-Card, Sudco International, KK Motorcycle Supply, Jerry Griffith, RK, Barnett Cables, Mega-Cycle Cams and Carl Patrick. Claypoole was th e U.S. ISDE Team manager. H e's a Mar in e Corps gu nnery sergeant . . . Editor. Oops! I would like to notify your readers that the Kawasaki ad on page 13 in issu e #42 isin error. Jeremy Garber, a silver medalist in the 250cc clas s at the ISD E in West Germa ny, was riding a Honda, supplied by La ke Cit y Honda of Warsaw, Indiana. I wou ld also like to thank all of the people wh o helped Jeremy have a successful rid e. GE ORGE E. TU BBS La ke City Honda Warsaw, IN Do it! It is time to put your money where your mouth is. The California Desert Pl an of 1980 wa s supposed to be a compro mise to allow an expandable pl an for all users. Special places were set aside to allow for purely sceni c usage, en viro n me nta l protection, a nd for ope n motorized recreation. The motorcycling pl aces that are left are not bei ng expanded as per th e plan, but are in jeopardy of being decreased . In recent years, this has effec tively put th e motorcycling comm unity in a situa tion to be on display in a very few contained areas of high intensity use. It scar es me to see th is situation evolving. If yo u still want to ride on public lands, don 't give.$ 1 for a lousy raffle. Step up to the program and do wi thout new tires or boots. Send .$50 or $100 today to the District 37 Legal Defense Fund (D-37 Legal Defense, 5764 Camp Wk., Long Beach, CA 90803). lam sending mine today. Do it or lose it. CLIFF RANN EY Costa Mesa, CA Godspeed, Gordon The news of Gordon Caudill · pas sing away came as a big shock to me as I' m sure it did to everyone. I am a WERA offi cia l and for the last half of the season I did the m inute boards for Gordon. What made it so much fun was Gordon 's sense of humor. You co uld always co unt on him sa ying so meth ing to make everyone laugh. His stories were always so funny th ey made you cry from laughing so hard. Well, I'm still crying, only this time it is because r won 't hear those funny stories anymore. At least I have sorne . in my heart to keep la ugh ing abou t. I'm sure I speak for allthe WE RA officials in sayi ng that Gordon will be greatly miss ed no t only a t the Grand National Finals but always. My deepest sympathy goes out to Gordon's famil y. . Godseed, Gordon. We'll miss you. T RACEY KINCAID Cla rks ton , GA As report ed in issue #42, Go rdon Caudill, 49, the WERA Southeast R egion starter, died on Monday, October 16, from com p lications of a heart attack he suffered on Octobe r 3 . . . Editor. HANKSCOTr Findlay,OH Doug Chandler finish ed fifth in the final Camel Pro Series po int standings, riding th e Hank Scott-prepared Honda . . . Editor. ' Get well, Ed Ed Sten berg. a long-time off-road enth usiast and southern Ca lifornia area enduro rider, was seriously h urt w hi le trai l riding n ea r Bis hop, . Cal ifornia. Ed, a member of the Chaparra ls M.C. for seven years, has been in a coma for three weeks but is improving slow ly. Cards can be sent to 3320 Lama Ave., Long Beach, CA 90808. Get well qu ick, Ed. You hav e .a ton of friends pulling for you . DI RK McCLELLAN Anaheim,.CA Published letters do not necessarilyreflect the position of Cycle News. In c. Send letters to Voices. P.O . Box 49B. long Beach. CA 90B01 . HR780 (Con tin ued from page 1) After th e h earings began, it appeared that the BLM, U.S. For est Servic e and nearly all of the local governments present were adaman tly opposed to HR780, citing loss of tax base , jobs, no econo mi c growth. a nd other insurmountable problems. More than 450 people asked to speak a t the field hearin g, but th e list was trimmed to 100, the balance of which seemed to be in the preservationists' favor until a gro up of Sierra Club members known as the Backroads Explorers came ou t again st th e bill. The off-read ers who testified were a who's who of OHV activists. Louis McKey, th e Phantom Duck of the Desert , explained his views. " In my 37 years of desert use, I hav e never seen a backpacker," he claimed. " T o penetrate the hostile desert enviro nmen t you must have a vehicl e." O ther off-road activists who testified included Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recrea tion Commissioners Paul Gold e a nd Ed Waldheim, California Off -Road Vehicle Association president R ick Bates, Jim Williams of th e Motorcycle Industry Counci l, Ameri can Coalition of Ou tdoor R ecrea tio n P u b lishers' Mike Bishop , and southern Cal ifo rnia's District 37 legislative officer Dana Bell a nd Barstow-to-Vegas chairm an Ri ck Hammel. Bishop also presented the Committee wit h two bound books of 400 opposition letters from Dirt Alert members. After the hea rings a fun draiser was held in the fairgrou nds with en ter-, tainment tha t incl uded sta diu m tria ls exhibitions. T he performa nces were followed by a beef and lamb fea st for approximately 400 supporters. The second and final hearing will be held November I J a t the Barstow Communit y Center in Barstow, Ca lifornia.

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