Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eNEW PRODUCTS ROAD RACE AMA/CCS [BC Brakes U.S. Endurance m Team Northstar GTU finished second in the GTU class at Daytona. Ever wonder how to get your hands on one of th ose giant-sized mur als painted by James Cresp inel at th e U.S. 500cc GP at Laguna Seca or an American round of the Wo rld Superbike Series? Now you can own similar, sma ller versions th rough a lim ited series of color lithographs by Crespine l offered th rough Pit Crew Publishing. T he Bantam Edition features an IIx l 4 inc h litho of suc h riders as Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey or Randy Mam ol a and come unframed for $15.00 or $25.00 for a fra med version. A six-rider set is also ava ilable for $75.00. Pit Crew also offers 22x28 matted limited editions for $95.00 unfra med, or 150 gallerymatted 24x30 editions, signed by Crespinel and the rider, are avai lable for $250.00 unframed. For mor e information on the James Crespinel -Fine Art Collection, contact Pit Crew Publishing, Dept. CN , 3700 Clifton PI., Montrose, CA 91020, 818/248-1054. Team Toomer was well represented after winning the GT U class. went." of 6061 T-6 billet alum inum , ' th e Superbrace is avai lable for most sport bik e models with reta il p rices ranging fro m $99.95 to $119.95. Availabl e through local dealers, or direct by calling 800/ 322-4783. Wulfsport, one of Europe 's top selling lin es of mo tocross a n d o ff -road ap parel, is now available in the Un ited States. Wulfsport apparel is handmad e in G reat Brita in , and is available in 10 differen t color combinations. Pants are available in sizes 28-38 and retail for $139.95, wh ile jerseys come in small th rou gh extra large sizes and retail for $39.95. For more information , contact Gary Rab e Int ernati onal Products, Dep t. CN , 16330 S. Kennedy Road, Los Ga tos, CA 95032 (408) 356-2916. 46 The Superbrace is a patented fork brace tha t is claimed to improve steering precision and overa ll handlin g, particul arl y im proving stabi lity in tigh t, sha rp corner s. Freeway rain groove riding is also said to be improved with the addition of the Superbrace. Made Yoshimura's colored windshields are molded of 118" th ick acryli c pl astic th at uses a therm o-form air molding process, and were designed with the color in the pl astic; they are not dyed or dipped in a coa ting. All windscreens come pre-drilled, and are finished with po lished edges. Pri ces start at .$76.99. For more informa tion con tact Yosh mura R&D of America, Dept. CN , 455 Carter Court, Chino, CA 91710, 714/ 628-4722. New for 12 volt mo torcycle batteries is the Yuasa snap cord charger. The charger's un ique features are the cords, as th e n in e- i n ch section may be permanently attached to the motorcy-' cle's batt ery and simply snapped to the nine-foot section for charging wh en needed. For more info rm ation , con tact ' Yuasa Exide Battery Corporation, Dept. CN , P.O. Box 14205, Reading, PA 19612-4205. a ga s an d I th ou ght we were down and ou t. I just put my head down and Con tin ued from page 12 "I'm used to riding a small bike with power, but no t a lot; Usually you go fast for the first three laps then cruise. " When we do the testing and get the '91s out, we'll do better," he continued. "Now it's set up for the way (Dale) Qu art erley rode it last year." The GTU machines of Team Toomer and Team Nort hstar led the first lap and they also led the last, bu t there was no shortage of dra ma in betwee n. With lead rider Mike Barn es in th e sa dd le of th e Yamaha FZR60 0 Yamaha, Toomer quickly moved to the front and was in third p lace overa ll, behind two GTO machines, at the halfw ay point. But just past the two hour mark the Yamaha ran out of gas with Jon Roberts riding and he had to push in from tu rn four. " It was a little miscu e of ru nni ng too many laps," an exhau sted Rob erts said. . Glenn Barry too k over in second place trai ling Norths tar GT U's Scott Zampach. As it turned ou t, he wou ldn 't h a ve to. T he North star Yamaha FZR600 overhea ted and stopped with two laps to go handing the win back to Toomer. "I can 't believe we pulled it off," Barry said. "Mike got the big lead , he did a great job. Then we ran out of Zampach said the temperature needle was pegged the last hour, water was blowing out of the radia tor, and that he was doi ng everything poss ible to keep it ru nning. " I drafted an ybod y I coul d, short-shifted, didn 't downshif t, I was sp ittin ' on the radia tor," he said. Being in the dra ft of T eam America he lped keep him coo l, but when the America bi ke overshot the chicane, Zampach lost the draft and half a lap later the engine expired. Northstar's Scott Ru ehl e said that the high winds may have caused a strain on the engine: " On the back it blows you from behind and on the front it slows you down. Going into the horsesh oe it ' wants to blow you over. On the back it pulls the redl ine of 12,500. It'll on ly pull 11 ,500 on the front; " As in th e GTO class, the th ird -place fin isher Ska t Racing made slow and steady progress to end up in Victory Lane. Scott Stump and Roger Vorhies shared the riding on the team 's Yamaha FZR600 which finished two laps behind th e leader having com I:N ple ted 79 laps. Results GTO: 1. Du tchman Racing (Sw); 2. Team Mad Dog (Yam); 3. Yamaha of j acksonville (Yam); 4. T eam America (SUl); 5. 'team R.E.S (SUl); 6. Keystone Racing (SUl); 7. Team Ex",,1 (SUl); 8. 2 BS Racing (Yam ); 9. Island Boys Racing (SUl); 10. Arnold ZiHel Racing (Suz); II. Riverside Kawasaki (Ka w ): 12. Cox Raci ng (Yam); IS. Anderso n Racing (SUl); 14. North west Racing (SUl ); 15. VNR Road Racing (Suz); 16. Pure Racing (Yam); 17. Palmetto Raci ng (Kaw); 18. Team D.T .S. (Due); 19. Gold Hill Raci ng (Yam); 20. Dave Roeno Racing (Yam); 21. Dutch man II Racing (Suz); 22. Addicted Racing (SUl); 25. FaSlline -MCM Racing (SUl); 24. Badger Racing (SUl); 25. Team Machi ne (SUl ); 26. Sou th Florida Racing (Yam); 2.7. T eam Magic (Yam); 28. Tota l Performance Racinf: (Yam); 29. Trop ical Sports Cars (Due); 30. Credit Card Racing (SUl); 31. T eam Grttn (Kaw); 32. Team Team Yoshi mura n (SUl ); 33. Team Good Times Accessories (Kaw); 34. T eam Hefty (Yam); 35. McMurter Racing (Hon); ~6. The Huma n Race T eam (Bim); 37. Nonhstar Racing (Yam); 38. Rice Burne r Racing (SUl). GTU: 1. T eam Toomer (Yam); 2. North star Raci ng (Yam); 3. Skat Racing (Yam); 4. Eli n Racing (Yam ); 5. Those Guys Raci ng (Yam); 6. DC Racing (Yam); 7. Team Ameri ca GTU (Yam);8. Team Swine Dudes (Yam); 9. Yamaha or jacksonville (Yam ); 10. Team Ha nsen {Yam): II. Hornblower Radng (Hon ); 12. Team N.O.S. (Hon ); 13. Team Charm (Yam); 14. Wildcat Raci ng (Hon ); 15. See Ya Racing (Yam); 16. AGV Spo rt (Hon ); 17. 1 Can j am (Yam ); 18. Hoame-Lab (Yam); 19. Racin g Unlimi ted (Han); 20. Orion Racing (Ha n); 21. Team Cycle Sport (Yam); 22. Team Bad Boy (Yam); 25. Team New Cycle (Yam); 24. Grand Prix Cycles (Yam); 25. N2 Racin g Too (Hon ); 26. New Tech Racinl\ (Yam); 27. N2 · Racin g (Ha n); 28. Hornblower Racing n (Ha n); 29. KSeN Racin g (Yam); 30. New Tech Cycle #1 (Yam); 31. Team U no (Yam); 32. Go ld Coas t (Yam ); 33. T eam Fairfa x Kawasaki (Kaw); 34. Team Woll Racin g (Kaw); 35. T eam Trim (Ho n); 36. Equipe Castor (Yam); 37. WCB Racin g (Yam); 38. Team Juslic (Yam). Time: 5 hours, 46.830 sec. Average Sp«d: 99.250 mp h.

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