Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/127291
A Few Words From ... po rte rs at the Swiss GP. A win in race two at Ro thenthurrn wo uld have give n hi m the title the re, bu t ins tead of that the Ita lian failed to Start after the Clerk of th e Course refused to recall wha t was p lai nly an unsatisfactory start and P uzar, who ha d been one of those left sit ting beh ind a ga te which did no t fall , declined to lake part in a handicap race wh en he was in no way to blame. Wh a l made Puzar so good in 1990? " Experience has tau g h t me a lot, " he said. " It is necessary to concentrate o n detail s, because no matter ho w good yo u are, you can a lways get better. My ph ysical trai ni ng has also been mor e int ensive than ever. I kn o w tha t I am in better sha pe p hysically than a ny o ther rider in the race, and that a lso gives me a mental adva ntage. I am confiden t to for ce myself in situations where I might have backed off befor e. T he co m peti tio n in G P raci ng is in tense and you mu st be de termined to win when you go into a corner toget her wit h ano ther rid er. " That determinati on was never mor e abl y demo nstrated than at the DUlCh G P. In the treac herous Markelo sand . Pu zar sho u ld not have stood a cha nce against the loca l sta rs even wh en fu lly fit. And he went int o the race on pai n kill ers a fter da maging knee ligamen ts du ring a practice session o ne week earlier. Yet by the end of the day he had won bo th motos. Wh ile everyo ne else was physica lly shattered, Puzar look ed as tho ugh he cou ld have go ne o n for a no ther 45 mi nu tes! H is first Worl d Cha mpionship tit le in th e bag, Puzar is looking forward to defending the crown in 1991. " I wasn ' t sure if it was the right th ing to do at first wh en I swi tched from the 125s 10 the 250s last winte r," Pirzar said , "after all, I had not won the J25cc title. But Mich ele (Ri na ldi) ma de th e decision and he was right. Yo u must have the courage to move to where the top riders are. and I believe that th at is the 250cc class. I was sorry to leave th e en viro nment of the 125s. bu t I have no desire to re turn no w. I am al so not int erested in the 500s. I th in k the 250cc class is the futu re and that in a few years' time all of th e top riders will be racin g there . I will be read y for them!" Bu t before that the 250cc World Cha mpion had a six-race series against the best in the wor ld fro m all three G P classes and the American Natio nal scene. na m el y the Masters of Mo tocross. " I am loo king forward to the Masters very mu ch ." Pu zar said before the series bega n in Octob er. " It is an exci ti ng prospect to ri de in races o n differen t types o f trac k - tradi tio na l o u tdoor motocross suc h as Maggio ra , the beac h race in Holl and and Su percross in Europe. Ameri ca and J apan - against all of the o ther top mo tocross riders in the world." P uzar was in con ten tio n for the Masters titl e' unii l he cras hed o n the first lap of the second-to-las t ro und in J apan and finis hed last. H e was forced to mi ss the fin al ro und of the series .due to testin g commitments and ended up in a th ree-way tie for fo urth in th e final standi ngs beh ind Rick J ohnson, J ea n-Michel Bayle and series cha m p Je ff Sta nton. T he last rider to dominate like Pu zar did in 1990 was Bayle wh o had a devastatin g season in '89. After that Bayle headed for the U.S. to pro ve himself aga ins t the Ameri ca ns. Pu zar, o n the o ther han d, has no desire to follow Bayle to America. " Coca-Col a is my favorite dr in k. bUI I do n't th in k I would enjoy the chao tic life style in the American citi es," says Puzar. " I love Ital y and I love th e life in th e co unt ryside too much !" t:l' I j:3 ~C CIii.CUIT Mitch Payton " Over the past nine years that I've used Maxima, I've not had one sing le oil- related fail ure:' ~ Don Emler " I've been building racing engi nes for over 20 years , and I've never tested better lubricants than Maxima. They're t he only lub rica nts l'i1 use for my high performance engines ." ~.-= Dave Miller Dean Dickinson " By nature I'm always look ing fo r a way to build more powe r Into any engine. But by experience I stopped looking for a better way to lubricate engines over 10 years ago when , found Maxima:' "To be able to win races you need to fi nish. we haven't pushed a bike off the tr ack from any lubrication fa ilure in over six years. With Maxima 927 we finish races , and win, too : ' Maxima "Champion" Products Harry Klemm Chain Guard . Grease. FFT . • MTL Transmission Fluid · HI·Test Octan e Booster· Premium 2 "Maxima Is by far the best quality two-cycle lubrican t I've used in any high output engine. During engine R&D you occasionally push temperatures way past the li mit. Wit h Maxima, , can do that without any lubricati on problems:' Send $ 10.00 far Pro Hat and 0ecaJ (Continental USA anly) 10969 Wheatlands Ave., Suite A. Santee, CA 92071 (619) 449-5000 VINTAGE MAICO RACE CIU' 11TH F i b e r g lass Fenders D o vv n Pipes Tank S t i c k e r s ALL TOP QUALITY (,'0< CYCLE , ~so.'4'3-t SERVICE ~ y.IJ 0 o I 1 244 N. Gaffey St . San Pedro. CA 9 0 7 3 1 (213 )548-6874 UPS Daily IWant Ad information - (213) 427-7433 1 BOYESEN REEDS OSC Distributing 4232 Dixie Hwy. Waterford. MI48329 (3 1 3 ) 673-3366 (313)673-8144 FAX UPS Daily U BEBREJIBER Ii PROTECTOR * MOTORCYCLES *BOOTS * AlJ'S (714 ) 588 -1 077 . See your local dealer ar cant~et Kurt Henncksen * PlASTICS. FAX (714) 588 -6350 25721 Ob rero Drive , Unit F, Miss ion Viejo , CA 92691