Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Decemb er 4, th e 13th An n ual Laugh-in Trials will take place a t Glen Helen OHV Park in San Bern ardino, California. Although th e even t is for industry members on ly, th e general public is invited to spectate. The brainchild of then Cycle World magazine publisher Joe Par khurst and Mike Jackson, at the time the sales manager for Norton /Vill ier sTriumph Co.• the event was last held in 1982. It's a "fun" event and participants are welcom e to ride vintage or current tria ls bi kes. Fo r more information, call Gary La Plante at 714/843-6520. American Honda will again offer Honda XR-mounted riders pit service at the November 8 SCORE Baja 1000. For more information, call Bru ce Ogilvie at 213/783 -3748. uck Miller and Dan Ashcraft wi ll make up the only factory Honda team entered in this year's Baja 1000. ey'll be aboard an XR600. owl That's all Papa cou ld say when e heard that Denise Johnson , ichele Pyle and Regina O'Dell ere.expecting babies - all due next Mar ch. What made Papa take notice is the three ladies are sisters and all three are con nected in one way or nother to the motorcycle industry. Den ise, the wife of former Cyc le News ssociate publisher/ national adver tising director Skip Johnson , works for el-Ray. Michele works for Kawasaki, s does her husband, Team Green's avid Pyle. And Regi na, a school eacher, is th e wife of former speed way acer and Cyc le N euis graphic artist immie O' Dell. Denise is expecting her econd child, whi le Michele and egina are awaiting th eir first hildren. won' t disclose what he'll ride in next year's Wor ld Championship 500cc MX Series, it is likely he will return to Honda on a pri vately-sponsored team with mach in ery supplied through th e British Hon da importer. Mu lti -time Supercross and National Champion Bob Hannah and Miss Suzuki Michel e Lynn will autograph posters from 1-4 p.m. at the September 21 grand opening of Desert HondaSuzuki in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information , call 702/795-2000. Save time and a quarter (or should that be q uart ers) by calling the Cycle News Subscription Hotline to start a subscription or to renew one. The toll-free number is 800/83 1-2220. Darren Ulven, 21. son of race promoters Diane and Andy Lllven, and brother of pro MX racer Danny Ulven, suffered fa tal injuries whe n his car was struck by a dru nk driver on September 6. Cards and letter may be sent to the Ulven family at 10313 Silverton Rd. Northeast. Silverton, O R 97381. Bubba Shobert. two- tim e AMA Camel Pro Dirt Track Grand National Champion, has announced that he will . return to Camel Pro Racing. but this time as team owner and manager. Texan Terry Poovey. n in e-tim e National winner, wi ll co ntest the H o n da R S750 th at Shobert wi ll supply. Additional backin g will come from All American Honda. Wayne Ra iney Raci ng , an d Otsu ka Electronic. The team p lans to contest the final three ro unds of the Camel Pro Series in preparation for a full program next year . e American Trials Associa tion, a ouncil of seven southern California .als clubs, ha s announced the revival f a motorcycle industry event that had its beginning in 1970. On Wednesday, Yamaha does. At the moment everything is looking to building the perfect tearn. But at the moment. there is nothing, only the good will to do it, " The 28-year-old German is currently leading the G erman Superbike Championship. A total of 64 entries are available for the ina ugural Pro Circuit Golf Tournament which will be held on November 4 at the T ijeras Creek Golf Course in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. There will be a $100 entry fee for each four-rnan team and th e proceeds will be donated to a local school for blind ch ildren. The top five finishing teams will receiv e cas h prizes, and other prizes will be pr esen ted courtesy of American Suzuki, AXO Sportswear, No Fear clo thi ng and Pro Circuit. Among the prizes is a Peak/Pro Circuit Honda th at will be up for gra bs for a hol e-in -on e. Several of the top factory mot ocross rid ers are expected to compe te in the tour nament. For mo re informati on , call 714/ 693-7033 or 583-0177. Three-tim e 500cc MX World Champi on David Thorpe will leave Kawasaki at the end of the season, and a ltho ugh th e 29-year-old Engl ishman U.S. wins ISDE Junior Tronhy----,---_ . or th e first time since 1973, American rid ers have captu red a maj or team victory in the venerable International Six Days Enduro (ISDE). · . Competing for six grueling da ys (Sep tember 1-7) over rugged Czecho slovak ian errain, America 's four-rider Junior Trophy T eam scored a com fortable victor y ver runner-up Holland and th e th ird -place team from Poland. ISDE riders must comp lete difficult off-road rou tes on each day of the competition ithin a rigorous tim e schedule, and are assessed penalty po ints for bein g lat e. Iso pivotal to team and indi vidua l scores are daily "special tests" wh ich ar e ces against the clock in which each rider's performan ce is judged against th e lass leader. The ISDE Junior Trophy is the second-highest National award in th e famed vent, which ori ginated in 1913. The premier team award of the event, the World rophy, was captured by Sweden : with Germany and France ranked second and th ird. The V .S. World Trophy team placed seventh in that phase of the competition. America's victorious Junior Trophy team included Steve H atch of Ithaca, New ark, on a 250cc Suzuki; J immy Lewis of Somis, California, on' a 125cc KTM ; avid Rhoades of Kent , Washington. on a 350cc four- stroke class Husaberg; and hris Smith of Stanhope, New Jersey, aboard a 250cc KTM . Hatch had the top individual score among 31 Ameri can participants in the 1991 ISDE and placed 16th in the 250cc class. Hi s teammat e Lewis placed 10th mong 125cc class riders. Meanwhile, Rhodes ranked 11th am ong under-5OOcc our-stroke class riders; and Smith placed 56th in the 250cc class. Other notable V .S. perform ers included current AMA National Enduro hampion Randy Hawkiris of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, who placed eight h in the 125cc class, and Cu rt Wilcox of Watsonvill e, California , who was 14th in the over-500cc four- stroke class . Ameri ca's only other major team victory in the ISDE came in 1973, when the U.S. hosted the event in the coun tryside surrou nding Dalton , Massachusetts, and on the Silver Vase competitio n (since replaced by th e Junior T rophy category ). Jim H olley (Yam ) topp ed D e nnis Hawthorne (Kaw) in both the 250cc and Open Pro classes at the Septemb er 7 Colorado State MX Champion sh ip s in Gr eeley. Hawthorne was the 125cc Pro class wi nner. World Champion sh ip Superbike racing could lose one of its potentia l stars if German U d o Mark succeeds in hi s . desire to ride 500cc Grands Prix in 1992. Mark may team up with noted Honda tuner Jean d'Hol lander, who is threatening to leave the World Superbike Championship if the rules are not changed to add weight to the Ducati. Mark, who is sponsored by German Yamaha distributor Mitsui, is not certain what he will ride next year if he makes the shift to GP racing. " I t is correc t that Mitsui Yamaha is looking for a 500, maybe in our own team or separate with Mitsui help," _ Mark said at the last round in Japan. "But it is also correct that Honda will 'bu ild more bikes for 1992and tltat they will sell the bikes to good teams as ... 00 ~ Amateur off-road racers can now obtain a medical insurance policy that can cover up to $25,000 of medical expe nses incurred as a result of inj uries suffered in any AMA·sa nctioned motocross. enduro, hillclimb, hare scrambles, dirt track or ice race event. The program is open to amateur and ProAm riders only - not to professiona ls. It does not cover injuries su ffered in any kin d of roa d riding event, including road racing. In addition to the medical expenses benefits, the pol icy will provide up to 75% of normal income (u p to a maximum of $200 per . week) for a six-month period and also includes a $10,000 death and dismemberment policy. For more information, con tact Robert Yam in of Complete Equity Mark ets In c. a t 800/323-62 34. Yamaha 's Larry Griffis had abusy Monday. Griffis, who attended the AMA Na tion al Champion sh ip Road Race Series in T opeka. Kansas, over th e September 6-8 weekend, n ew back to Los Angeles Int ern a tional Airport on Monday morn ing, Sept ember 9, where he was met by his wife. She handed h im some lu ggage and he go t on another p lane which took h im to Amsterda m, H ollan d, for the Motocross des Na tio ns on Sep tember 15. And our very own Kit Palmer had perhaps an even bu sier weekend. In Czechos lova kia to cover th e ISDE , Palmer was headed to the Czech border with frien d/Six Days competitor/ Dirt Bike magaz ine editor 'R on Lawson on Sat urday wh en he di scovered he'd lost his passportl Lawson dropped Pa lmer off and headed off int o the sunset. With a lot of help from some friends , Palmer was abl e to get to distant Prague and obta in " tra veling papers " that all owed him to leave Czechoslovaki a and get to Vienna , Austria, to ca tch his n ight to the V .S. on Monday. In a recently released decision , a stat e Appeals Court has upheld a ban o n motorcy cles i n city parks in Brockton, Massachusetts. The Brockton Park Commission firs t adopted the bike ban in 1987. ci ting unspecified - - - - - -.Continut!d on pag« 4 --------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIPTiON ORDER FORM Name _ Address City - - - - - -- State - - Zip - - - - - - - -- - - - - Order Date Please start my subscription to Cycle News: (non-California residents) . o Every week for one year (50 issues) for $35.00 (can be billed 3 monthly payments) o Every week for two years (100 issues) for $65.00 o Six months second class (25 issues) for $18.00. 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