Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v Letters to the editor 0ICES INSIDE Tank sea rch Help! I ow n a 1986 Honda CRI 25 a n d h av e changed the p lastic to flu ores cent o range. Here 's my . problem: I need a gas ta nk to ma tch the plastic and I do n't wa nt an oversize one. Wh o ca n I co n tact? FEATURES SUPERCROSS Evens, Ward blast NEW PRODuers 6 Dutch Supercross .... Q.) ..0 HONORS AMA Pro Awards Banquet 10 S Q.) u Q.) Q NEWBIKF.S Yamaha's new wave Morpho II 12 DRAG RACE 14 Lane tops all at Gainesville Stocking stuffers: Christmas gift ideas ' 16 DEPARTMENTS WORKBENCH LOCAL RACING POINT STANDINGS CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS 19 20 25 26 29 42 ONTHEFRONT PAGE: Bel gium 's 125cc MX W orld Champion Stefan Ev erts captured the overa ll vi c tory a t the Maa sri cht Supercross , Ph o to by A lex Hodgkinson. See page 6 for race coverage. Am eri ca 's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Micha el Klinger, Publis her Ca roline Ge ndry. Exe cutive Secretary to th e Publish er Editorial J ack Man gu s. Associate Pu bl ish ert Ed itor Kit Pa lmer, Associate Ed itor Pau l Ca rruthers, Associate Ed itor Nat e Rauba , Associat e Ed itor Ken Faught, Assistant Ed itor Do nn Maeda. A ssistant Ed ito r Edwina Mangu s, Calenda r Editor G rap hi cs a n d P roduction Ree J oh nson, Production Superv isor Mandy Loo, Produ ction Manager Dennis G reene, L ab. T ech. Stacey Guest. Grap hic Artist Amy H arr is, G rap hic Art ist Carolyn Branham. T yp esett er Circu la tion Rhcba Smith. Manager Sar ah Taylor , Billing Coord inator Alma Anguia no. Processing Coordinator Gabrielle Gi lliam, Processin g Assistant Debbie Weller, Dealer Coo rdi nator Want Ads Linda VOIl de Veld. IVant Ad Sales Na eiona l H eadquarters Advertis in g T erry Pra tt, Natio na l A ccou nts hfa nagn Mar k Thome, Wt'stt'rn Sal t's Mana ger Ro n Davidson . Wt'stnn Sal t's Alanagt'r T homas R. Conter, Western Sales Manager Mar k Mi tchell , East ern Accounts Mana gt'r Greg Mitchell , Eastern Sales Manager Rick Math en y, Eastern Sales Mana ger Joan BeH, Weste rn Ad Coo rdin ator Carla Borden Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Dealer Sales . Steve Oo toski, Dealer R ep resentative Marketing Be Prom oti on Mark T ho me. Manager Acco un ling / Data Pr ocessing Donna Bryan -Diamond. A I R Coo rdi n ator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herla ne Lewis. Credit Service and Support Chr is Ait ch eson, Headq uarters R eceptio nist Leon ard Herr ing, Service and Su p po rt Eastern Offi ce Ave.. Tu cker. GA. 300~4; 2201 Cherry twe., Long Beach. CA 90806, 4:190 Fir st P.O. Ilox 498 . Long Beach . CA 908111 -IH 98 (3 10) 427-7433; (3 10) 636-8844. FAX (3 10) 427·6685 ma ilin g addr ess P.O . Box 805, T uc ker, G A 30085-0805. (404) 934-7850. . FAX (40~) 934-31 12 Cycle News (USPS 141-340) is publishcd weekly except the last two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc.. 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach. CA 90806. Second class postage pa id at Long Beach, CA and at additi onal mailin g office. Canad a POM International Publications Mail #546615. POSTMASTER: Send addresschanges to Cycle ~ews, P.O. Ilox 498, Long Be ach; CA 90801·0498. To determine the expiration da te of your subscription. chec k the four numbers on th e first line o f your add ress label. The first two digits indicate the last issu e nu m ber you' ll receive and the last two cha racters ind icate the year of th e last issue. Sub scri ptio n rat es: Rat es fo r the Un ited Sta les an d its possessions for o ne year , (50 issues ). $50.00; two years (100 issues). $95.00; six months. (2'> issues). $26.00; tri al sub (15 issues). $ 19.00. 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W/Bb'A V rj 4 AUDITED CIRCULATION Copyrigh,8 Cycle New., Inc. 1991.Trademark Cycle News registered U Patent Office All rights reserved. .s. . Rocky Ryan Nas hvi lle, T N We called several afterm arke t tank suppliers and came up short. T uj Ra cing says they can pa int a tank with a "special po wd er coating. " Give th em a call at 815/ 756-3588 ... Editor. Club search I was wo ndering if yo u m ight kn ow of a cl u b that invo lves th e use o f a Yamaha SRX25 0. Mark Cernicky Costa Mesa, CA N ope. But if anyone knows of su ch a clu b, it will be the fo lks at .th e Yamaha 650 Socie ty, P.O . Box 234, O'Fallo n, MO 63366-0234 . .. Ed itor. O n e for th e Kipper Another year of AMA road ra cing has gone by, and I enjoyed th is season more th a n past seasons because I had the opport u n ity to work with th e Kipps (Wiseco Racing T eam ). Congratu la tio ns to T om Kip p J r. for securi n g a ride w ith th e Common wea lth Honda Racing T eam for th e 1992 season . I am looking forward to th e first ra ce a t Daytona , to again wi tness Kip pe r 's holeshots, H ow ever , I am going to m iss seeing the Wiseco Team gunning against th e factory teams. Tom Sr. and Tom J r. were the class of the privateer racing teams and I wo uld like to thank th em for all th eir work in p ro mo ting th e sport o f roa d raci ng. G oo d luck, Kipper! . Paul R. Fussner Ashtabula, OR It 's better than the alternative First o f all, I wo u ld like to ta ke this opportunity to tha n k you for printing IN THE WIND By Continued from page 3 th e 1992 AMA Nation al Championshi p H a re Scrambles and Cross Co untry Series and the IS DE Q ua lifier Series. Also returning to th e Husaberg Race Tea m is David Rhodes , a me mber o f th e winnin g V .S. Junior World T ro phy Team. Rho des will compete in th e AMA Na tio nal Championship Hare & H ou nd Ser ies and hopefully be a member of another winning ISD E J u n ior Wo rld T ro phy Team. Pics from the A MA P ro fession al Award s Ba nq uet which took place in R ed on do Bea ch, Ca lifornia, on Novemb er 23 can be fou nd elsew here in th is issue. Ch a mpio ns from the many forms of two-wh eel competition sanc tio ned by the AMA were honored at the ba nque t. In additio n, th e AMA presented ROOKie of the Year a war ds to road racer Mario DuHamel, dirt tracker I a n Segedy, and motocrosser Butch Smith. . Supercross racing bids a fond farewell to Tom Karr of Coors. Karr has represented th e Co lo rado brewery a t Camel Supercross Series events for the our sch edule of ra ces in 1991. I had many people call abou t th e even ts and to fin d out how the y could join th e O ld tim ers organization. One thing I would like to mention to you is that th e racing public is gett ing o lde r, no t younger, and I th ink i t m ight be wise of yo u to sen d reporters to more of o ur events in 1992 rather than j ust sen di ng o ne to the Whi te Bros. Natio nals. We wi ll be having three Oldtimer Na tionals in Cal iforn ia this year besides th e bi g O ldtimers race (a non-Nati on al event) at Mammo th. T hat gives you five big races for over-30 riders to report on in '92, a ll within 300 mi les of Los An geles. LeRoy A. Smith President, Idaho Oldtimers Nampa,ID 1 kn ow you will fi nd th is hard to believe, L eR oy, bu t aft er enjoying a fo ur-day Than ksg iv ing hol iday, I feel yo u n ge r. Besides, growing o lde r doesn 't bother m e w hen 1 consider w hat the alternative is. All you " old" rid ers w ho wo u ld li k e m or e informa tion on th e Oldtim ers can call al 208 /467 -3593 L eR o y (evenings) . . . Editor. In 'livi n g color Enclosed is a copy of a letter I sent to Kinney J ones wh o too k the Yellow · V mbrell a Dual Sport Ride cover photo for the Novem ber 27 issue. As I told him , it is an excellent photo and I especia lly liked it since it feat ur es m y bro th er, Frank Thomas. You can 't do better than a Cycle N ews cover sho t in full living co lo r a nd m y bro ther and ' we in his fami ly ar e thrilled , even if only we kn ow who it is. Patricia Klein Acton, CA Now everyone kn ows who's featured on th at fro nt page, Patri cia . . . Editor. Letters to th e editor should be sen t to: Voices , Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801·0498. Published leiters do not necessarily reflect th e position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to edi ting, Pap_a --,eal,...-<-ey W--' _ past seven years. He's moving o n to represent Coors a t Coors Rodeo Serie s even ts. Taking his place on the supercross circuit is Jim Karins. . Mot ocrosser Dean Matson in ked a deal to contest th e 1992 World Ch ampionship 250cc MX Series aboard H ondas su p p lied b y the Belg ian dealer Moto I. FORMED: Wire to Wire Productions; by Rod Anastasia , Mich ael Brya nt and · Fred Caruso, to produce a full -length fea ture fi lm based o n tw o young motocross riders whose friendship is strained thro ugh competition. P URCHASED: T he manufactu ring and soft ware rights to th e Keymaster Enduro Co m p u ter , by Moose Racing, the Co lorad o-based manufacturer o f end uro and off-road accessories, fro m Whi teston e Tech nolo gies of Kearney, N ew J erse y. Acco r di n g to Moo se Racin g 's production m a nager J oe Shedro n, th e com pany intends to give the product a new name and face lift. Whitestone's founder J an or "T im" Sto ne was forced to sell th e Keymaster · due to health problems.

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