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'T hat a pair begot T en and soo n th ere were a M ill ion, an d no two bikes were alik e. Exp o! Th e w ord in f u sed an d beckoned lik e an old swee t tu ne, w h ispering ove r and th en over its lu xur ious verse. The ann ual Motorcycle Show had come to my regio n. Again! So on on th e way to yo urs. Again! L ik e a star-studded Dream , m aterializin g in an instan t. Metal, ru bber, and pla stic its lus ty players. And w hen I was through with my daylong tour, sated and into xica ted by w hat I'd seen, I pa used to muse upon that tim eless question - W hat f or ? Wh y m ot orcycl es? Do esn 't nature alon e p rovide enough awe? Is it reall y ne cess ary to h old a hundred horses in a single hand? By now ' yo u' re ask ing: " Hey, what is this guy?!" A nd by now I'm answering: " T hi n k abou t it." Consider the world we've made for ourselves. Th is Motorcycle W orld, I mean. Man and woman astride a powered w heel. Cons ider th e inco ngruity of it, the cos t, th e ha zard, th e she er time com m itmen t! H ey! It damn near cons umes us! A nd yet, ahhhh! - and yet witho ut it we' d be abstracted to a herd, to th ose oft -quoted lives of q uie t desp eration . So what do we reall y want , w hat do we dream for? MORE! Th at's w hat. More, so we can grasp the fire of our best creations. Of Ace, Th or, Big-X Excelsio r - crackling bik es out of the R oarin g T went ies! And th en th ose bru tish m ilitary twins. Later snarling T igers, dazzling Go ld Stars. That Six ties surge of multis fro m around the glo be. And now here's Italy's exotic erotica 851. Germ an y's KI, brash ly unbrid led. Japa n 's stunning R C30. N ot to forget th e traditiona l radian ce of our ow n Electra G lide Spo rt. No r th e waiting typ hoon w ithin XR -ll. Th ose auda cious Pa ris-Dakar and T en g ai. Pa cific Coa st 's flu ent psych e. Sizzlin' FlR and GS X R, you say? N ew dirt bik es and cruise rs and ATVs by the dozens, and then dozens m ore! At th e show there's a machine for every gene. A nd Jane. " I am wo man, H ear m e roar!" " L et th e good times roll ," " T he L egendary Motorcycles of .. . ." Videos selli ng race action , . h istory, the peerless Sunday ride, while kids fight over a m ini green 60. The w hole fam ily's charged, goin g m ot a- m obile th is brave new Decade! T o ride side by side right in to th e N in eties. And never stop. Bravo! Brava! William Edgar INTERVIEWS: MXer Jeff Ward: Dedicated to being the best 4 Road racer Bubba Shobert: On the comeback trail 22 Dirt tracker --!ay Springsteen : The man they call Springer 46 Who is Scott Plessinger? The new hare scrambles champ talks 52 ROAD RACING: Polen, Crevier style at Mexican Superbike Internat'l .. . 18 TRIALS : Manniko aces EI Trial de Espana and Schreiber Cup .... . 14 SUPERCROSS: Johnson tastes French champagne in Paris 10 TESTS: Honda's unbeatable(?) 1990 CR250R MXer 24 Ducati's all-conquering 851 Superbike : Riding Kevin Schwantz' Suzuki RGV500 XR75 STANDINGS: We list the top Dirt Trackers Motocrossers Road Racers ENDURO: Roeseler dusts Tecate FUN RIDES: LA-to-B-to-V Toys for Tots benefit ride ICE RACING: Curry tops Portland ice LOCAL RACING: Who reigned CALENDAR: Plan ahead RESULTS: Up-and-comers WANT ADS: One man's treasure 26 40 30 34 36 44 54 56 58 60 72 86 75 ON THE FRONT PAGE: From dirt to street, check out the latest motorcycles in the 1990 Buyer's Guide. r-----------------------------------------------------------------, . SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM -. . ~ Name---:::--::-:-::':"7:::-::-c:-=-:-:-:-:::-:-::c- - _ (PL E A S E P R I NT C U: A R l YI 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 (100 Issu es) for $65 .00 ' o six months second class (2 5 issu es) for $18.00 2 ~ o This is a renewal o Please bill me o Enclosed is check or money order Charge my 0 Visa 0 Mastercard .=c Signature -r-r- _ MC/ Visa#_ .:.- One year 150. issue s). 2nd clas s Canade or Me xico and aU o ther f oreig n count ri es 575.00 IU .S. funds) . First class an d airmail rates ava ilable upon re quest . . _ Expiration Date "- . ~ Send to : CYCLE NEWS, Inc., P.O. Box 498 . Long Beach. CA 90801 -0498 I (213) 427-7433 ~