Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v Letters to the editor 0ICES INSIDE FEATURES RIDING IMPRESSION Acomparison of the 1992 125cc MXers .. , 6 MOTOCROSS Brown theTop Gun uddy Creek at M 12 DEPARTMENTS , SUPERCROSS B aylesparkles inM ilansweep ENDURO Hawkins wins D elaware National, but Russell clinches the title EDiTOR'S MEGAPHONE LOCAL RACING 14 11 20 - POINTSTANDINGS 25 CALENDAR RESULTS INTERVIEW 500cc W Champion orld W Rainey ayne _ 18 1 6 _, 26 29,42 WANT ADS 30 ON THE FRONT PAGE: (Clockwise from upper left) The Kawasaki KX125, H onda CR 125, KTM l25SX, Suzuki RMl25 and Yamaha YZ125 take flight in our l25cc MXer comparison, which begins on page 6. Photos by Kinney Jones. Tha nks to those who ca re Lots of vendors and factory reps earn a living making parts and accessories avai lable to road racers by providing trackside services. Without g uys li ke Phil Flack and Ji m Alle n (Du nlo p), Walt Schaefer (Michelin ), J ack Smi th 's Sport Cycle Products, E&H Racin g, Street & Competition, and L&M Racin g Supplies, racers would be hurtin ' for sure. A cou ple of reps often give up their tim e at no charge to help amateurs and guys with unusua l problems . T hese guys obviously reap benefi ts somewhere down the road by representing their respective companies, but they still give freely of their ti me and energy to help racers. Specia l tha nks to J oe Ski dd ,o f Noleen Raci ng an d Tom H alverson of Yama ha Mo tor Corporatio n for their expertise a t the A MA ICCS Race of Champio ns, and to Mark Dobeck of Dynojet for his help in Marc h a t Daytona. The efforts of these guys are a part of wha t makes the road raci ng experience great. T ha nks. Bob Applegate Asheville, NC Born yesterday • America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Mich ael Klin ger , Publisher Caroline Gendry, Execu tive Secretary to the Pu blisher Editorial J ack Mangus, Associate Publisher! Edi tor Kit Pa lmer . Associate Editor Pa u l Carruthers, Associate Editor Nate Rauba, Associate Editor Ken Faught, Assistant Editor Don n Maeda, Assistant Editor Edwi na Mangus, Calendar Editor Graphics and Producti on Ree J ohnso n , Produ ction Supervisor · Mandy Loo, Production Manager Dennis Gree ne, Lab. T ech. Stacey Guest, Grap hic Artist Amy H arr is, Graphic Artist Carolyn Bran ha m . T ypesetter Cir culation Rh eba Smi th, Manager · Sarah Taylor. Bill ing Coordin ator Alma Ang u ia no, Processin g Coordinator Ga brie lle Gi ll ia m, Processing Assistant Debbie Well er, Dealer Coordinator Advertising Terry Pra tt , Na tional Accounts Manager Mar k Thome, Western Sales Manager Ro n Dav idson, Western Sales Manager Thomas R. 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ViT/Bft'A V r, 4 AUDITED CIRCULATION · Copyrightll Cyde News, Inc. 1991.Tradem Cycl News regislered U.s. Patent0IIice. All rigbtsreserved. ark e " Pa rker ties Resweber." Indeedl Do you mean to compare the Parker-Carr Series to Grand National competition? If yo u do , you were truly born yesterday . Parker mi gh t have been a "great" rider. As it stands, we will never kn ow. Cecil Golden Montgomery, AL In fact, Cecil, I was born in 1938. And w hi le I m iss th e broadslidin g racin g of th e no brakes and skin ny tire era, I adm ire w hat th e dirt track com petito rs of today do - fo r a liv in g. N o previous era or other form of motorcycle racing has p roduced the close racing (and f in ish es) we are witnessing today in Came l Pr o Se ries racing . . . Editor. Great American sport I have just read Donn Maeda 's Edi tor's Megaphon e in issue #42 (42, as in Steve Moreh ead ). Thank you. I ho pe the readers of Cycl e N ews wh o find thems elves in a situation similar to Maeda 's will follow in his footstep s. Hi s is not a unique story . There are others I have m et that sh a re hi s enthusiasm after being exposed to the grea t American spo rt of motorcycle dirt track raci ng . Dave McCarthy DMP Promotions Toledo,OH McCa rthy is the promoter of the L ima (Oh io) Hal f M ile round of th e Cam el Pro Series . . . Edi tor. Knights of o1d Thanks for the excellent vintage coverage in the October 30 issue. It was good to read that Jammin' Jimmy Weinert can still get arou nd a track in his old age. Barry H iggins is pre tty inspiring too . , Does anyone remember a German named Adolf Weil who was third in the wor ld when he was 38? Ru n that . bya few teenagers at the Loretta Lynn's Amateur Nationa ls and see how many of them know what you're talking a bout. When I was 18, Rolf T ibb lin seemed old. Now I kno w how he felt. Kenneth Dunn Spring Valley: CA Aprilia update In response to T he David Ray lett er (Oc tobe r 30 issu e) regard in g t he availa bili ty of Aprilia mot or cycles and parts for the 1992 seaso n, I mu st ag ree tha t not on ly is Ri ck T ripodi an honest and consc ientio us individua l, but I also look forward to doing business with him. However, I feel tha t Mr. Ra y has crea ted th e wrong impressi on in respe ct to engine parts. Until now there has never been an Aprilia importer (for road racing bikes ) and so there ha s understandably been a problem getting those parts that are' exclusive to Ap ril ia. Engine parts, on the o ther hand, ar e manufactured by Rotax and in the ab sence of an Aprilia distributor , th ey are availa ble from the U.S. Rotax importer, T ony Mu rphy. With some 500 eng ines in use in th is coun try usin g the same part s, I ca n assure any prospectiv e bu yer that Tony Murphy Rotax has now , as in the past, a comp rehe nsive stock of spa res for all Aprilia ro ad racers, incl udi ng Al Salaverria' s 1991 model. With help from Murphy, Salaverria has sorted o ut his mot or prob lem, wh ich was not ign iti on-rela ted as rumor ed. He finish ed th ird at th e WERA Road Atla nta meet and will be competing in the AMA Miam i meet. In closing, I can highly recommend Rick Tri podilRST and Tony Murphy Rot ax and expec t th at between them , they will provide Aprilia users the best after-sales service ava ilable in 250cc GP/F2 com pe titio n. Maurice Murray L.A. Motor Works Seal Beach, CA Murray is th e manager of th e L.A . Mot or Works racing team that [ields a Yamaha for Jimmy Filice in theA M A 250cc GP Series . . . Editor . Letters to the editor should be sent to: Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498. 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