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he Geo rgia Ri der Education Center, the fourth of five being construc ted natio n wide by Am eri can H onda , pro vides a training site for novice and -e xperienced rid ers o f mot orcycles, m otorscoo ters, and ATVs. Training vehicles are provided by Honda and owners of all bra nds are encouraged to enroll. The Georgia center covers a IO-acre area an d includes separate riding ranges for on-road and off-road vehicles. A 9000 sq ua re foot facility will provide tra ining classrooms and a storage area for the veh icles. The cost of the completed proj ect will approa ch $3 million. For informati on on trai ning courses, call 404/442-2043. T he BLM has ordered the publi c lands contained in all or part of th e 49 sections of land surro u nding the El Mirage Cooperative Management Area in sou thern Cal ifornia closed to all motorized veh icl es, excep t those licensed for highway use. According to the BLM, th e move was mad e to sto p off-highway vehicle trespa ssing and vandalism on private property in the EI Mirage area . The BLM says land management in areas adjacent to El Mirage is comp lex du e to the many scattered tracts of inhabited and un inhabi ted pr ivate property intermixed wit h public land. As a result of the mi x, off-highway vehicle operators have assumed th e entire area was open for unrestricted O H V activity. For further information, contact Ranger Steve Martin at the BLM office in Barstow at 619/256-3591. Bimota "unveils" GP road racer B imota recently re leased a n artist's impression of its new Grand Prix road ra ce mac hine, which is expected to make its debut before the end of this season in the ha nds of Austra lian Grant Hodson. No technical deta ils have yet been revealed, but it is known tha t the bike will be powered by a 500cc fuel- injected, twin-cylinder, twostro ke eng ine, and will fea tu re hu b. center steering sim ilar to that of the production Tesi ID. The bike will be the first to be bu ilt en tirely by the Italian ma nufacturer, whi ch has produced a number of chass is in th e past bu t ha s never p roduced an engine. To celebrate its acquisition of the local Suzu ki dealership, Tampa, Florida's Honda Marin e is changing its name to Honda-Suzuki Marine and hos ting a Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, August 18, from 10 a. m. to 4 p.m. Multi-time Nation al MX Champion Bob Hannah will be on hand to sign autographs and bench race, plus there'll be a custom bike sho w, door prizes and free refreshments. The dealersh ip is locat ed at 13521 N. Florida Avenue in T ampa. medical bills should contac t the Steve Stackable Medical Relief Fund, c/o Gibb in s, Winkler & Bayer, P.O. Box 1452, Austin, TX 78767. Steve Stackable, th e 1975 500cc Supercross champ who was seriously injured in a June 30 car accident in T exas , ha s been released from the hospital and is now recuperating at home. Anybody who wishes ' to make a donation to defray his substantial rather th an Yamahas in 1991 with Marlboro backin g. " I' ve been with Yamah a for 20 years, and I'm go ing to J apan to see them th is week," Rob erts said in Fran ce. "1£ they don't give me what I want, I'll be out the door in two seconds. This is a bus in ess, and my rid ers rely on me to get the best available equipment for th em." Three-time World Champion Eddie Lawson was involved in an incident with a corner marshall at th e French GP on July 22 in Le Mans. " It seems to be required," Lawson said. "T hey seem to put the dumbest guy in Fran ce at turn one. For some reason, he tried to push his £lag into my face." Steady Eddi e steadily ripped th e £lag from h is han ds; and tore it up. Steadily. S eam tr linersets newland sveed r d ecor Other rumors from Europe hav e Christian Sarron moving from racer to team manager at Gauloises Yamaha. The French team has their eyes on an American ro ad racer a n d David Sadowski and Doug Chandler have been mentioned as likely candidates. Road racer Allan Scott broke his fiverace associa tion with th e troubled I 25cc Garelli team after the Itali an bike failed to qualify for th e French GP. " I thought we could improve th e bike , but it 's just too far off," the Scottish born American said. He is hoping to return on a Honda. I r Grand Prix speculation ha s sta rted earlier than ever this year, with big names apparently set for yet another realignment as the shifting sands take a swirl. Wayne Rainey seems set to stay with Team Marlboro Roberts, but once again Eddie Lawson is a key figure. His contract terms wi th Kenny Roberts may (or may not) include an op tion to renew in 1991, and he ma y (o r m a y not) exerci se it. So far , Lawson's name has been linked with Cagiva - although this appears more in the nature of a distant Italian hope than any actual negotiations; and more significantly with Erv Kanemoto for a return to Honda. John Kocinski has been scheduled to move up to 500s within the sam e team , but at Le Man s Roberts was saying that he may want him to spend another year in the 250 GPs . he Easyriders Streamliner driven by Dave Campos set a new motorcycle land speed record of 322.150 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats on Saturday, July 14. ' . The 23-foot long, Harley-Davidson-powered machine recorded runs of 321.429 mph and 322.870 mph as clocked by the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA), under the auspices of both the AMA and FIM. e Easyriders streamliner is owned by Joe Teresi, publisher of Easyriders . magazine. It's pow ered by a pair of Keith Ruxton-built Ruxton Harley-Davidson motors displacing a total of 2966cc, and running on nitromethane supplied by a Hillborn fuel-injection system. The Easyriders Streamliner got off to a shaky start during its first attempt to break the record on Sunday, July I. The machine became unstable at over 280 mph and crashed; fortunately, Campos was uninjured. Following the installation of a new Lexan canopy and some aluminum panel bashing it was ready for another attemp t. The previous motorcycle land speed record stood for 12 years; in 1978, Don Vesco drove a supercharged Kawasaki-powered streamliner to a record of 318.598 mph. " It' s about time . Maybe this will make me get off my duff," said Vesco, who also expressed a hope that this will spark a renewed interest in land speed records . · Vesco, who still ho lds the one-way "record" with a 333 mph run in '78, currently has his sights set on a car record (near ly 500 mph in a supercharged, twin-turbo twin -engine four-wheel drive Offenhauser). However, according to Vesco, a motorcycle streamliner powered by a pair of supercharged, fuel-injected Yamaha FZRIOOOs may be ready by November. Further GP road race speculation has Kenny Roberts using Hondas T eam Marlboro Roberts Yamaha's Richard Oliver (Yam) won round five of th e WERA Formula USA Road Race Series, a ra in -sodden event held at Grattan Raceway in Grat tan, Michigan, July 29. Second place went to local rider Fritz Kling (Suz) with Team Suzuki's Mike Smith (Suz) th ird . Team Suzuki Endurance (SOl) won round nine o f th e WERA National Endurance Series, a six-hour event held at Grattan Raceway, July 28. The Human Race Team (Yam) finished secon d, with Hall 'N Still (Suz) third. Casey Wada of Kayo Corpora tio n, exclusive U.S. importers of Yokohama tires, called Cycle N ews to clarify his co mpa ny's p osition on Jamie James' switch to Dunlops at the July 22 Miami National. Accordin g to Wada , " Era ldo Ferra cci (James' tuner) asked us to make a hard-compound tire for Miam i, bu t when we got th ere we found we needed softs. We are very unhappy about him switching, particularly because we feel he cou ld have won the Pro Twins race on th e production Yokoharnas." - -- - - - Continued on page 04 ----------------------~---------------------------------------------, ISUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM . 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