Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

RmTmM~~~_aw_~~q~~~~~~~~~~~~_ ~ Valley. From th e 210 Freeway, take th e Osborne Street exit and accordi ng to Pat Owens, th e event orga nizer, " You can' t miss the site. It's right after the , exit and is centered on a dirt parking lot. The lot used to be asp ha lt, but some think th ey changed it to dirt to absorb all the oil leakin g from my Triumphs l" Kawasaki has anno unced a new membership club, Good Times Owners Club, that amo ng other benefits offers members the opportun ity to purchase low cost physical dam age/loss in suran ce th rou gh deal ers who hold a val id agent's or broker's license. The Good Times Insurance Plan coverage in sures on ly Kawasak i mot orcycles and/or ATVs owned by clu b members. T he club's annual membersh ip fee is $35. Other benefits include a quarterl y newsletter; 800 toll- free number for services and benefits incl uding travel in formation, reservat ion services and internationa l driving permits; and a lost key return service. Yamaha announced an insurance plan to its dealers last month, but reportedly jumped th e gun as far as detail s of the plan are concerned. The or iginal an nou ncement package given to deal ers said th e cost of the comp rehensive in surance was to be incl uded in the sugge sted retail price of every street-l eg a l Yam ah a mo to rcycl e , increasin g the price by as mu ch as $600, and was not dedu ctible if a cus tomer didn 't want the insurance. Reportedl y, th ere have been cha nges in the insurance package and a oncepo stponed press con ference is schedul ed to take -p lace on T h ursday , November 1'. Way-ne Rainey-'sb iglkr- athome "N eWly-crowned 500cc Wor ld Champion Wa yn e Rainey celebra ted his highl ysuccessfu l 1990 season on Friday, October 26, with a win in hi s own go lf tournam ent and a celebration with famil y and friends at a local hotel in his hom etown of Downey, California. Rain ey a n d hi s partner s thr ee-tim e Grand Na tional Cham pion Bubb a Shobert , Ed Fleming and Mark Rogers - sho t a 64 to win th e Wayne Rainey Hook and , Slice Open scramble go lf tourname nt at th e Ri o Hondo Golf Course. Three-time World Ch ampion Kenny Roberts was th e winner of the lon gest driv e cont est with his team fini shing in a tie for second p lace in th e tournament. T hat night some 300 peo p le honored Rainey in a ba n q ue t room of a local hotel , and th e Team Marlboro Roberts rider was presented a tro phy by Yamaha 's \ Willie Amaradio on beh alf of Yamaha Motor Corp. U.S.A. No ted guests included four-time World Champion Eddie Lawson , and multi. time motocross cha mpions Rick Johnson and Broc Gl over. Wh ite Bro s. service ma nager Bill Rychlik will be offeri ng free suspension evaluation o n Su nday, November 4, at th e 3rd Annual Veterans World MX Championships at sou thern California 's Perri s Raceway. Take no te that wh ile the event runs both Saturday and Su nday , November 3-4, Rychl ik will be offering the evalua tions on Su nday on ly. F Congress held in Budan..est~_ IM .: . =. . : evera l delegates from the America n Motorcyclist Associati on (AMA) participated in the recent Congress of the Federation Int erna tionale Motocycliste (FIM), heldOctober 22-27 in Budapest, Hungary. Amon g the U.S. delegates were AMA President Ed Youngbl ood and Profession al Racin g Special Projects Man ager W.A. " Bill" Boyce, each of whom successfu lly sought new elected terms as FIM officers, Youngblood was re-elected to a thr ee-year term as an FIM Vice President and member of the FIM's Man agement Council. Boyce was voted to a three-year term as a member of th e FIM T rack Racing Commission . Several developments of importance to motorcycle spo rt in the Uni ted States were ra tified at the Budapest Congress. ·The FIM General Assembly approved the ap p lica tion of the AMA to host the 1992 FIM Congress in Columbus, Ohio. This will mark the first tim e th e world governing body for motorcycle sport has convened its Con gress in North America , and will coincide with festivities in Columbus commemora ting the 500th anniversary of th e continent's discovery by Christopher Columbus. -The following World Championship dates for 1991 even ts to be held in the Un ited States were confirmed. April 19-21: Road Race Grand Prix, 25Occ, 500cc and sidecar Laguna Seca Racewa y, Monterey, California. June 7-9: World Superbike Series Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minnesota July 13-14: 250cc Motorcross Grand Prix UnadiIla VaIley Sports Center, New Berlin, New York August 24-25: 500cc Motocross Grand Prix Glen Helen OHV Park, San Bernardino, California .Pending completion of circuit improvements req uested by _ FIM by December 31, 1990 _ ·The FIM General Assembly approved a plan aimed at eventual equali zation of the cost of organizing grand prix events on a worldwide basis. Under that plan, the organizers of each road race grand prix held in Europe will contribute approximately $25,000 to a fund to help defray the added costs borne by nonEuropean organizers. That amount will double in 1992. In the meantime, FIM . will take steps toward a centralized travel coordinator for variou s world championships. This plan was developed by a -committee of FIM Vice Presidents chaired by AMA's Youngblood. Although it will initiaIly be applied only to road race grand prix events , the long-term goa l is for establishment of a common econo mic system for all FIM World Championship programs. S A n umber of well-known racers ha ve en tered th e sp ecia l _Vintage Iron Int ern ati onal Vintage Race which will take place on Sunday at the November 3-4 Veterans World MX Championshi ps. Rich T horw ald s on, B ruc e McDougall, T im Hart and B ryar Holcomb are among th e pre -ent ries. A cha nge in the previously announced schedule offers pro riders who want to get som e time on the track prior to Sunday's $4000 race, th e opportunity to race in a Pro class race on Saturday. The Satu rda y 'event offers no purse, onl y the standard payback. In addi tion, any rider competing in the Expert class on Saturday will not be all owed to race in the Pro class on Sunday. Long-time Cycle News contribu tor H enny Ray A brams penned the September 23 New York Daily News Magazine cover story, Nearer My Road to Thee. The travel story also featured photos by Abrams, who covered 1100 mil es in three days in New York State and New England on a Honda ST1100. Ascot Park's Chris Aga janian made what he caIled a " bittersweet first and last" announcement last week concerning the Int e rnat ional Long Track S peedw a y N a tional Ch amp io n s hip meet that will take pl ace on November 9 at Ascot in Gardena, Californ ia. The event will be a " first" in th at for the first time ever speedway racers from what was East Germany prior to the recent unification wiIl race on th e legendary Ascot half mil e oval. They'll be takin g on th e lik es of England's Jeremy Doncaster and a host of American s, including Mike Faria , th e new Nat ional Ch ampion, and former National Champion Bo b b y Schw artz. The event wiIl be a " last" in th at the race will be th e last AMA motorcycle race held at Ascot. The race track site is schedu led for development followin g the conclusion of this racing season. The 33rd Annual N e w E ngland Sports Commit tee Awards Progra m will take place Sunday, November 25, a t the Southwick Re creation Center in Southwick, Massachusetts. Tickets to the affair that will see doors open at 12 noon and activities last well into the evening, are available at $12 each plus a SASE (deadline November 11) from : NESC , P.O. Box 68, Greenfield, MA 01032. Cliff Carr, the British road racer who mad e a name for himself here in th e U.S. in the early '70s and who currently owns and operate s Cliff Carr's Harley- - -- - - Continued on page 52 ~----------------------------------------------------------------_.I I SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM I I I I I I I I !J !J Name I I f l ~ EiII I3 pady~ents °h $k 1.67 B Address City . 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