Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

•........................................................................... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • ****** 1991 CBR600 F2'****** 0&0 PERFORMA N CE EXHAUST DOES IT AGAIN! LOCAL EVENTS The First High-Performance Tuned Exhaust System for the 1991 Honda CBR600 F2 Now Available for Immediate De livery!1I 1991 GSX-R?50 & 1100 Quad- Y pipes also ready to ship l 0&0 was the top pipe for Yam aha & Suzuki Riders in the 1 9 90 AMA/CCS 600 /750 Natio nal Supersport Series with more top three f ini shers using 0&0 Performance Exhaust Syste ms than any other exhaust pipe. ,,~... Proving once again that D&D IS ;S The Littte Dog , W ith th e BIG ~, -; ~ ~.~.~••,•.•• Bite l ••••••• Happy Holidays and Best of Luck for the 1991 Season!! 0&0 PERFO RMANCE EXHAUST SYSTEI\!IS AVA ILA BLE For Yama ha, Suzuki, Honda, Kawasaki & Harl ey-Davidson For the name of your nearest dealer or fo r dealer inqui ri es CALL THE HOTLI NE TO HOR SEPOWE R (8 0 0) 843-.8961 It's Everything You 'd Expect D&D Enterprises 6360 Ai rport Fwy #300. Ft . Worth. TX 761 17 AND MORE! WILL DAVIS 8 EDDIE ADKINS Would like to thank the following people for a great season in 1990 CAMELRJ REYNOLDS MOTHER FLETCHERS CIRCLE BELL BELL HELMETS ZOOM CYCLE ACCESSORIES KK MOTORCYCLE SUPPLY ZGALLERIES, DANNY & CAROLE MALFAm STUMP INSURANCE N.C. H·D DEALERS ASSOCIATION H·D MOTOR COMPANY, BOB CONWAY UVE WIRE ELECTRIC CO. CAUFORNIAV-TWINS STORZ PERFORMANCE LEWIS ELECTRIC, MARTY LEWIS VALLEY CYCLE CENTER WINCHE STERH-D COXH·D RAY PRICE H·D AMA VIDEOS, DAVE DESPAIN AMA CYCLE NEWS, JACK MANGUS DIAMOND CHAIN LARRY GORDAN BILL WORTHINGTON STEVE ALEXANDER Old timers gather at Hansen Dam Park By P al Owens RICK GANTZ MR. & MRS. MAC Me COMAS BILL HARTER TODD COATS BOB " BUCK" STRINE ERNIE FRED &BART SCHMULBACH LEROY DENTON KEN ULLY GREG LARRIMORE MAMA & DADDY A very 6p8Cia1 thlInb to my wife RHONDA & Eddie ', wifeBERNICE fo, all thei, ,upport. Alsoa very 6p8Cia1 thlInlcs to DENNIS SYLVIA & DENNIS TOWNE fo, all of thei, lum!worle. 11MSAlE 1990 1990 990 1990 1989 RM80 RM125 . RM 250 RMX250 RM250 $1599.00 $2595.00 $3049.00 $3095.00 $2895.00 (All pr ices plus tax, license. doc k set-u p) 2057 N. Hammer Avenue Norco. CA 91760 714-734-0640 714-359-8546 \Nant to go racing!? Check t h e Cycle Nevvs calendar sect ion . ELECTRIC CITY RIDERS M/C 1991 ICE RACE SERIES january 6 j anuary 13 j anuary 27 Sara toga Lake Saratoga , NY • February 10 February 24 Warners Lake East Berne, NY •NY State Championship Rick Baldwin Memorial 2 Hansen Da m Pa rk in Pa cioma hosted th e AMA Dirt Day, whi ch attracted many motorcyclists, incl uding these members or the Triumph Owner's Club. Motorcycle III Quad Classes At AllEvents . No 3 Wheelers For Informa tion: L. Dagost ino - (518) 399-4270 (518 ) 374-7979 (518) 864-5408 907 Alta mont Ave.. Schenectady , NY 12303 PACIOM , CA, NOY. l A AMA Din Day drew a host of raci ng celebrities to Hansen Dam Par k. Man y rode to the event on vintage street bikes to spe nd a n autumn day bench raci ns and viewin g an impressive disp lay of histoncally sig nifican t race bikes. Amo ng the a ttendees who rode to the event was Sam m y Tanner. winner of the first-ever Ascot Na tiona l Half Mile. . Jack Wilson and his wife Kath y dro ve to the Los Ange les area from their home in Dall as. T exas. Wilson built the first Triumeh. powe red strea mliner that set a Bonneville record of212 mph in 1956. Eddie Mu lder and Bob Bailey. who back in the early '6Oswere know n as " the Cali forn ia speed twi ns, " were on hand as was Ed Kretz .lr. Bail ey rode to the event on h is 1979 . 'Tri um ph Bonneville and Mu lder disp layed one of his ~ 12 IT Triu mp hs. G en e Smith a lso attended the eve nt, dis playi ng a 1960 T riumph. John and J ack Hat eley brough t out the #98 T riu mp h that " Little J oh n " rode to win s at Ascot. San Jose a nd Sacra men to. A surprise visitor was Asher M. Lee who worked for Cycle magazin e for more than 30 years. Lee bro ug ht many raci ng photos from the 1946-1965 peri od that he ha s don ated to the Ameri can Motorcycle Heri tage Museum in Westervill e, Ohio. A.J. Lewis, a famo us raci ng tu ner and AMA official, was at ihe event and was in man y of the ph otos tha t Lee had brou gh t, Products do na ted by Amer ican H onda, Kawasaki . Sam my T ann er Distri bu ting. Van Leeuw en Enterprisesan d Yama ha were raffled oll with the mo ney raised , $361, going to the District 37 Lega l Defense Fu nd. Pl an s have been made to hol d the 2nd Annual AMA Dirt Da y o n Sat u rday . November 2. 1991. Stevens scores at Willow RR By J . Andrew Milton ROSAMOND, CA. NOY 18 . The Ameri can Road Racing Association's l l th For m ula On e race of the 1990season was won by Vance 8c Hi nes' Thom as Steven s on his Yam aha FZR750R in the usual factory racer versus clu b racer fashio n. Stevens star ted from the back row or the gr id. slicing thro ugh to take the checkered flag un chall en ged wit h the fron t stra igh t separ a ti ng him from second p lace rider Chuck Gra ves on h is Suzuki. Graves is currently the cla ss po in ts leader. With gri d positions determined by preent ry. Bruce Tebo sat on the po le with Brad Hazen 10 h is left. At the drop or the green . Tebo go t awa y first but Grav es led exiti ng turn one. Stevens got a goo d star t and worked in to third by turn three . passing Hazen. At the end of lap one it was Graves out Iront with T ebo, Stevens and Hazen in tow. With Grav es on his sig h ts. the a lways- aggressi ve Steven s picked up the pace a nd moved into the lead. Mean wh ile. Tebo and Hazen were having quite a time with each other ru nn in g nos e to tail lap after lap with Hazen hungry to get by. T he third and fourth p lace du o was cirru la tin(l in the 1:28 range. Wit h thi ngs p retty mu ch stabilized out fron t and Stevens p ulli ng away from Grav es, Hazen made his move on Tebo . vying for tro phy spo t number three. O n lap eig h t, however. Tebo got back into th ird on the front stra ight 10 take the wh ite flag . T ebo ran hard all the way aro und and in a last ditch effort Hazen tried hi m on the ou tside through Willow 's tum n ine. After bein g slowed exiti ng tu rn six by the famo us Willow wind, Nick Ienatsch had his ha nds full holding Mike Graves off for fifth. With th e three win s today. Iena tsdi main tai ned his poi nts lead in the race for the 1990 AR RA numb er one p late over number two p late-ho lder Andy Milt on. Results NOV 0·500: I. R itch ie Thorup (Yam ); 2. Co rey Seowie (Ya m ); 3. Tim Kell y (Kaw); 4. Atlen So lo (Yam ); 5. Preston Ferguson (Horn, NOV 501-699 : 1. Son ny Rriug (Ya m ); 2. Kmn McCooey (Yam); 3. J o n n y Page (Ya m ); 4. Da n Shrom (Tri); 5. Mark Ro bt'rl l . NOV 699-0PEN : I. Riehard Stanboli (Yam) ; 2. Ji m Van veeeen (Ya m ); 3'J:son Rogen (SUI); 4. T .L Tay lor (Kaw); 5. g~~JS7~: (I. B~tce Te bo (Suz ); 2. Robert Mill er (SU I); 3. Rick Ellison (SUI); i . Rick Kovaccs (Suz): 5. J o h n H in ds (SUI). 750 S/ST: I. Thoma " Slevt'nl ; 2. Brad Hazen (Yam); 3. Kmny Ko~ ky (SUI ): i . T erry Frenc h (5Ul ); ~. Mikt' Tihanyi (SUI). 500 STK PROD: I. Will ie Bun (Yam); 2. James Randolp h (Yam); 3. H ifOlih Nakajima (Yam ); i . Jerry Carlson (Yilrn); i 5. Pa trick Mu rray (Yam). 500 SCL: 1. T revor mi ller 9H on ); 2. A.R. Sla ven (Ya m); 3. Carl uX:npi (H a n); i . Scott Fabb ro (H o n); 5. Charln How~ (Hon). F·3: I. Kevin Murra y (Hon); 2. Du nca n Griffiths (Ho n); 3. Gr1'1{ Ma 51 ra 5 (Ho n ); 4. Tim Fridd le (K.a 5. S l~V(' Oyt'!" o w); (K>w) . O PEN MO n PRO D: I. Bruce T t'bo (Suz); 2. Kenn y KO ~k Y (Yam ); 3. Rick Elli son (SUl ); 4. Bob Vizcarra (Suz); 5. dfety Carter (Ya m ). w); 50 MOD PROD: 1. Pa ul H ~lI (K.a 2. Mikt' Tihanyi (SUI ); 3. ]t'ff Wdb (SUI); 4. joel Broida (Yam ); 5. Oeep Terra nova (SUI). ~ 600 51ST: I. Nick Im a LSCh (Ya m) ; 2. Kent Kuni"ug u (Ya m); 3. Da le Kit'fkr (Yam ); 4. Scott Conaway (Ya m ); 5. Dwa yne amnK (H o n ). Borr HIW: I. Brian Q:1Itt'r5O (Due ); 2. Nigd Ga lt' (H . n D); 3. Mick Oli etd (Due); 4. Erwin Ra in ais (Due); 5. Cary Man:ofield (Due ). BOrr L/W: I. J ason Pereira (K.aw); 2. Ray Doan e (Han); • 3. Ero n Flory (BMW): 4. Nick St. Laurent (H o n); 5. Bruce Ande rson (Due). 6OOS GL: I . Andy Milton (Yam); 2. Kirk Thompson (Ya m ); 3. 'Trevor ~ iII t'r 9Hoo); 4. T ravers T a pper (Ya m ); 5. Rick Thomso n (Yam). F·2: I. Nick Iena tsch (Yam ); 2. Mikt' Gr ava (Yam); 3. Kenl Ku n itsu g u (Yam ); i . Soo n Co na way (Ya m); 5. Loury Schw anbach (Yam ). 400 S /ST: I. Dille Kit'Hn (Ya m); 2. Thomas Montano (Y:lm ): 3. Michael Hu gh es (Ya m); 4. H i ro.~hi Nakajima (Ya m ); 5. Willit' Burr (Yam ). 500 S/ST: l. Andy Mih o n (Ya m); 2. Ma rk King (Ya m ); 3. Eron Flory {Hon): i . Nick SL Lawrent (Ha n); 5. Thomas . Ha ckm an. F·I : 1. Thomas Stt'V('ns (Ya m); 2. Ch uck Grav t'! (Suz): 3. Bruce 'Tebc (Suz); 4. Brad H azen (Ya m ); 5. N ick lenat sch (Yam). 400 MO D PROD: l. Willie Burr (Yam ); 2. H iros hi Nakaj ima (Yam); 3. Kenn y Ro ber ts Jr. (Yam ): i . Cu rtis C iese (Ya m ): 5. Patrick Murray (Yam) . 500 MOD PROD: I. Thomas Hackm an ; 2. Ro...s Wd b (SUl ): 3. J erry J irkovsk y (Kaw); i . Ro n Rin gsru d (Ya m ); 5. JUM'ph Par u (SUl) . F·SCL: 1. And y Milto n (Yam ); 2. Ero n Flo ry (Hon ); !. · Kirk Thom pson (Ya m ); 4. Eric Sherrer (H on ); 5. T ra vers T a p per (Ya m). 600 ST K PRO D: I. Harold Win kles; 2. Michael Benson (Yam) : 3. Dan a S<4d lo h (Ya m); 4, C rq;: Blink (Yam) ; 5. So n ny ReisiK (Yam ). . 80'IT VINT: I . Eron Flo ry (BMW); 2. Mid Ofi dd (Nor ): 3. Bill Fen nessy (Ya m ): 4. Marc Field (Nor ): 5. N . Mo rriso n (Yam) . 750 O PEN STK: I, Kenny Kopeck y (Yam); 2. Brf'l Meacham (Y. m ): 3. Eric Nu g ien t (Suz); 4. Fletch er Wi lson : 5. Rid K OVMO (Suz). 600 MOD PR OD : f. N ick lellaach (Ya m); 2. Larry Schwarzbeck (Ya m ); 3. T im T ill ma n (Ya m): 4. Sco n Co n:lway (Ya m); 5. Ro ss Hahn (Yam ). Smithstorms Sandhill Ranch MX By J anice Brign oli B RENTWOOD. CA, NOV. 18 Rodney Smith stormed to the 125 and 250cc Pro wins at Sandhill Ran ch. Suzuki -mou medSmi th holes ho t moto one of the 125cc Pro class and was cha llenged briefly by Chris Neal and Dean Ma tson . The moto ended in just tha t order. MOlO two saw Smi th second oll the ga te behi nd Brett Comer. Smi th q uick ly moved into firs t, soon to be follo wed by Matson and

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