Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~TND ~y PliPli WfliLfY America's motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVI Sha ron Cla yson . Publ isht>T Mil t' Klin gt'r. Co m p lf'Olln Slip j ohnso n . AssocuJlt' Pu blishn l Na t io nal Salt's M anagtT Jack M""" R;US A .J. ciat,. PublishtT l Editor , UJ Rh eba Sm ith , Circu lat io n Ma na gt'f' Ca ro line Gendrv. Exe cut ive Suutary to th ,. Pub/ishn Editorial Jack ~f 'lIlg u ~ . Editor Kit Pal mer . Ass ocia te Ed itor Paul Ca rr u thers . Anoria l,. Edi tor Na te Rau ba. Associiue Edito r Brian Cauerso n, Associate Edit or Ken Fa ught, A ssi~la nt Edi tor Ed win a Man g us, Ca lN ldar Ed it or Advertising Skip j o h nson , Na t" S alt's Manag M' Terry Prau . Sen ior Salt's Man ag" Mark Theme. W estern Sal es M en eg er Ron Davidson , Wt'strm Salt's M anal{tT Tho mas R. Go me r, W t'stnn S alt's ManaK" Mark M.ilch t'l l. Eastern Salr s Man agn G«'g Mi tchell. Eastern &1t'5 .\fan 4g tT J oa n Russia n. Wt'sttTl'I ·Ad Comd ina to r Ca rla Borden . Eastern Ad Coor di nato r Graphics a nd Product io n Ree joh nso n, Prod uc tion Su perviso r M.m dy lAx" Prod uct ion .\(a nagtT Dt-nn i!ii Gr t"m.t': lAb. T ech , . Sta et'y G linl. G ra p hic Arl ist . j immie O'IkU. G rap hit' Ar tisl Micha t'l C ruWc.a, Gra p hi c Arlist Ca rolyn Bran ha m . TYfxs~tln A cc ounti n g /Data Processing Donn a Bry an. A er o R ~uiva b u- Coordinator Ceneva R ~ S50. A u iSIl:znl From Hamwev. Cr~dil Circu lation . Sar h Taylor. A SJulanl a AlrIl postage paid OI l Long Beach. CA. a nd add i tio nal mai linp; omen. . PO STM ASTER : Send form 3579 10 Cycle News. P.O . BOll 4 9 8 , Long Beach, CA 90801 ·0498. To determine the ellpira tion date of your subscript ion. check the four numbers on the f int line of your addreA labe l. The first two dig it.s indic a te the last iss ue number you' lt reeewe a nd the rast two cha racte rs indica te the year of the las t issu e . Subscription rates : Roatn Ior the United Stain a nd iu, . X )'l, . sions Ior onr year. 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Rep rin ring in ....-h o le OT p ;l rI o n ly by perrnisv io n o r (hi' Where have you been? Rega rdin g Mr. Wurtenberger 's letter in th e Octob er 18 issue of Cycl e News which criticized the paper for not printing inform ation a bo u t the Fremont Valley Closure - wh ere ha ve you been, Mr. Wu rt enberger, o n the back side o f the moon? Since February of th is year Cycle N ews has had almost weekly art icles rega rd ing po tentia l la nd closu res du e to S I I, HR780 and th e listing of th e desert tortoise as a n enda ngered species. In th e Octob er 18 issue a lo ne there were. th ree mentions o f " la nd problems" a nd wha t co ncerned ind ividual s could do . What you sho uld do Mark , inst ead of cancell ing your sub scription, is to read mor e carefu lly a nd ap p reci a te the coverage Cycle N ews do es p ro vide. I would a lso suggest th at you join th e AMA, District 37, CO RVA, or any o f the numerou s o ther grou ps th at are fig h ting to p rot ect you r recr ea ti onal a n d co n st i tu ti o n a l ri ghts. I' m. keep in g m y p ai d subscrip tio n. DANA BELL Lo ng Beach , CA pu b li..he r. Advcn i!r.i n K ra les a nd ci u 'u );lt iOIl • IIlror ma lioli will be M' nt u pon rl"qur!tl. St'l' S,R,D,S, ?BPA Left out AUD ITED CIRCULATION CopyrightS Cycle Ne w s. Inc . 1989. Trademark Cycl e News registered U.S . Pa tent Office , All right s reserve d . 4 Regarding Kit Pa lmer's November 8th art icle, A Du al Spo rt Adventure, you ha ve left ou t o ne of th e best goa n y w he re- d o~ a ny t h i ng du alp u r p o se b ikes - th e Yama ha T W200. It 's a fforda ble; easily goes wh ere your ot he r test bikes can' t begin to go, a nd will still run down th e road a t th e speed limi t. Maybe this is wh y, according to R.L Polk reg istra ti o ns, it 's th e best sell ing dua l-purpose bike in Ameri ca. Let' s see a real on and off road test. MARK WI LLIAMS Shi ppensbu rg , PA Thanks , Goat I have j ust returned fro m th e Wh ite Brothers Vet Nati onal Motocross C ha m pions hi p , a nd would like to than k Goat Breker for do in g suc h a grea t job . It was th e most or gan ized we e ke n d of racing I h av e e ve r attended. The tra ck was perfect cha llenging, sa fe, du st-free a nd most o f a ll, fun . All da y long, you co uld see Goat attending to so me th ing wa teri ng th e track, running th e tractor, helping riders or just talking to p eop le. I ha ve n ever seen a promoter so inv olved in runn in g a race. I would als o like to thank Ame rica n H ond a for the chance to ride th e 1990 H onda CRs at th eir dem o ride. Roger DeCoster was even o n ha nd to give adv ice and sign a u tograp hs. It was nice to see a com pa n y gi ving the riders a cha nce to ride before they bu y. STEVE G ENTER Fayetteville, NC IS D E gratitude This letter is to th ank thos e tha t helped ma ke my trip to thi s year's ISDE possibl e. To quali fy for, a nd ride in the six days has been a goa l o f m in e for many years. Wh ile co rnpetiting in Germany I was team ed with two o ther SE RA (Sou the rn Enduro Ri ders Association) riders - Dwi ght Rudder a nd George Waller Jr. Sever al SERA cl ubs donat ed to my efforts, a nd SERA as a n organizatio n was very sup po rt ive o f its th ree members tha t rod e the ISDE . • T ha n ks to Yamaha Mo tor Corp., Downers G rove Yama ha , Mike 's Cycle Su p p ly, Gear, WD -40, T suba ki, Sh oei, Scott USA, White Bro s., a nd Cycle Center m y tri p was mad e possib le. In add itio n, Man n y and Am y Garza rai sed money with a raffle. Man y thanks, everyone. Las t b u t not least, a specia l thank you to m y brother T odd, a nd m y mom a nd dad , who ha ve o ffered mega -support fro m th e beginning o f m y ridingcareer, , T IM SINGLETON Metairie, LA Published letters do not necessarily reflect t he po sition of Cycle News, Inc. Letters are subject to condensation due to space limitations. Anonymous letters will not be pu bli shed . Send lett er s t o Voices, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801 -0498 . (Con tin ued from page 2) icles! T h is sho uld nearl y double the a llowa ble access to thi s popular park. The park ra ngers have come under fi re from various off -road ' groups because th e cita tio ns written d o not have a cou rt op tio n on them . T he 'fine for not hav ing a ca mp ing ticket is $58, payabl e to th e Ran ger Station. If not paid in 14 days a reminder notice is sen t out dem andin g pa yment or the vehicle registra tion will be b locked. T he re ha ve been over 500 letters to th e Governor's Office from users unhappy wi th their Pi sm o p roblem s. The CMC/Dodge Truck Fall MX Finale at Perris Raceway, November 26. has been cancelled. For more information. call CMC 7141261 -6116 , The AMA has a n nou nced th at the 1990 ISDE Reliability Trial s Series will carr y National Championship sta tus, will be run under FIM rul es, a nd will be o fficia lly titled th e AMA National Ch a mpionship Reliab ility Enduro Series . There is a total of seven rounds on th e sched u le, but o nly four will co u n t tow ards quali fica tio n fo r t he 1990 IS DE in Swede n ; the rem ainin g rounds will cou nt strictly towards th e series ti tle. T he schedule is as follows: Illinois, Ap ril 7-8; Oklahoma , April 28-29; Idaho , Ma y 17-20; Michigan, June 9-10; Oregon, J une 23-24; Michigan, August 4-5; a nd Nevada, October 4- 5. APPOINTED: Joseph Calia. vice president of marketing for Exide· Corporation. to the board of directors for Yuasa Exide Battery Corporation; Calio has been with the Exide Corporation for eight years. Two-time 600cc Nati on a l Dirt T rack Ch ampion Chris Carr ca lled Papa to inform him th at th e December 10 even t a t Lodi , Cal ifornia 's Cycle Bowl will be a har e scra m bles-type . ma rathon and not a motocross race as listed in last week 's Ca lendar sectio n. Each cla ss will run o ne-a nda -ha lf hour races over a long co u rse. Former 500cc MX World Champion Brad Lackey w ill serve as grand marshal of the Second Annual Brad Lackey Christmas Gran Prix at Carlsbad Raceway in Carlsbad, Californ ia. on Decem ber 10. Lackey w ill be ava ilable t o answer rid ing -re lated quest ions and t o sig n autographs. For more inform ation call 619 /722 -3292. The H a rl ey-D a vi d son tr a velin g museum a nd Miss Ha rley-Davidso n Gailian Reedy will be a t Harl eyDa vid so n o f Atla nt a , In c. , o n Decem ber 2-3. T o urs o f th e m useum , whi ch fea tures 86 years o f motorcycle histo ry, a re ope n to the p ublic and ad m issio n is free. For more in formatio n co ntac t H arl ey-D avidson o f Atla nta , In c., a t 404/761-7709. APPOINTED : D r . R ichard G. Snyder and Dr. William C. Chilco tt t o t he board of directors of t he Sne ll Memorial Foundation. (Con tinued 10 page 46)

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