Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES Letters to the editor INSIDE Vintage Thanks FEATURES ROAD RACING Barros gets his first win in FIM GP 6 Slight the World Superb ike spoiler in ltaly 12 HILLCLIMB Wilkins, Gerencer Jr. ace White Rose DEPARTMENTS NEW PRODUcrS SPEEDWAY Ermolenko conquers U.S. National Tree-dodging on the . Husky off-readers 17 21 . 14 18 EVENTS 14 CALENDAR 10 RIDING IMPRESSIONS Kawasaki's KXl25 MX weapon 22 .34 RESULTS .38 WANT ADS Having just returned from Steamboat Sp rings Bike Week, I am still amazed. This ev en t has grown to proportions well beyond any of original expectations and has done so with grace. This yea r' s entries , approximately 1100 of them, represented an ab solute co n firm a tion of the dedication, spirit and enthusiasm of the AHRMA memo bers, It also set a new standard for promoters of vintage events everywhere to as pire to. An incr edibl e jo b by one and all . Now the only problem us - how to top 1993? On behalf of all in attendance, thank you and congratulations. .39 Rick Do ughty Fresn o, CA ONTHE FRONT PAGE: We rid e Kawasaki's KXl25 motocro sser and Husqvarna 's WXEl25, 250 and 360 off-readers. For ou r impress ion s, turn to p ages 14 an d 18. Photos by Kinney Jon es and Chris [onnum , Vin tage Iron's Doughty was one of the stars of the Steamboat Springs Vint age Festival, riding tire same 1962 BSA Gold Sta r in the dirt track. trails, motocros s and road race events in Colorado...Editor. Ku dos To Scalzo I've followed Joe Scalzo's stories in Cycle and also in On Track, a car racing publication. Whoever thou ght that p ublishing Mr . Sca lzo's work was a good id ea should be given a raise. Whoever is responsible for not p ublishi ng his articles soo ne r sho uld be fired at once . Great sto ries, im peccably writte n . Keep him busy. Nf!WS Cill]]~ America's weekly motorcycle n ewspap er Volume XXX Sharon Clayton, President MichaelKlinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, EditOr Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda. Associate Editor Chris [onnu rn, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau. Assistant Editor Graphics and Production ReeJohnson. Production Supervisor Mandy Loo, ProductionManager Dennis Greene. Lab. Tech. StaceyGuest. Graphic Artist Amy Faught, Graphic Artist· Administration Judy Klinger, Coordinator Peggy Rivera, Secretary to tlte Publi her s Want Ads Kelly Branscome. Want Ad Sales AccountinglData Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond, AIR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Advertising ger Terry Pratt. National Accounts Mana Mark Thome. Westem SalesManager Thomas Center, Western Sales Manager Mark Mitchell. Eastern AccountsManager Greg Mitchell. Eas/ern Sales Manager Rick Matheny, Eastern Sales Mana ger Rhonda Crawford. Western Ad Coordinator Carla Allen. Eas/ernAd Coordinator Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Manager Dealer Sales Toni Kerr, Dealer Representative Circulation Rheba Smith. Manager Alma Anguiano. Processing Coordinator Carol Begovic, Dealer Coordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator Hector Cademartori Laveme,CA Nevada, or bust A few weeks ago I read wi th grea t interes t yo u r st o ry on the Acerbis Neva da Ra ll y . T h en las t week I s a w the TV r eport o n the same event. A few thoughts came to mind. . First, it is very goo d to see a company like Ace rbis ro ll up its sleeves and take on what mu st have been a trem en dous amount of work to put on an event of the Nevada Rally's sta tu re. Secon d, Acerbis office is not far from my home. After my next pa y check, I'm going to g o ove r there a n d do two things .. thank th em personally for their devotion to o ur spo rt and enter the 1994 Ne vada Rally. George Lannon El Cajon, CA Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, Headquarters Receptionist Leonard Herring, Serviceand Support Thanks,GFI National Headqua rters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498. Long Beach, CA 90801-lJ498 (310) 427-7433; (213)~. FAX(310) 427-M85 Eastern Office 4190First Ave., Tucker, GA.30084; mailing address P.O. Box 805, Tucker, GA 30085-0805. (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Cyde News (USPS 141-340) is published weekly except thelast two weeksof the calendar year for $50.00 per year by Cyde News. Inc , 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, CA90806. Second dass postage paid at Long Beach. CA. Canada Post International Publications Mail #546615. POSTMASTER: Sendaddress changes to Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90 801-11498. My dad an d I would like to express our sincere tha nks to Goat Breker and all of those involved in the recent GFI Racing with reasonable care, however, Cycle News assum es no responsibility (or the safety, loss or da mage to such material.Reprinting in whole or partonly by permissionof thepublisher. Advertising rates and circulation informationwill be sentuponrequ ,.See S.R.D.5. est AUDIlE) OR OJLATION 4 Printed in U.S.A. Ccpyrigh" CycleNewe, In<.1993. Trademark Cycl. Newe registered U.S. ral.nt Office. All rights reserved. Eric Anderson Quartz Hill, CA Still the Kings We are the champions! Congratulations to Mike Kied rowski, Jeremy McGrath a n d Je ff Em ig. W ell d on e o n y o ur Motocross d es Nat ions vi ct ory. I am writing th is leiter in respo nse to Kurt Nicoll' s remarks ab ou t Jere my McGrath a n d A merica ' s ou tdoo r m ot ocros s trac ks. Fo r yea rs now, riders like Kurt Nicoll, Dave Thorpe, George [obe, etc., have ba d mouthed ou r riders, our tracks and our tra in ing tec h n iques, and I'm tired of it. Th e truth of th e ma tter s howed up w h en Johnny O'Ma ra s moked Da v e Th orpe while riding a 125 - it was suddenly obvious where the bes t talent was and still is. Nicoll. Thorpe, [obe and all of the other fore ign riders sho uld ha ve realized one thing a lo ng time ago. " If yo.u can 't beat 'em, join 'e m ." JeanMichel Bayle did . James Dobb ha s . Stefan Eve rts and G reg Alb ertyn want to. Th ese g uys are smart. Come on over a nd ride o ur Na t io nal ci rc u i ts . O ur sup~rcross tr acks. Come on o ve r and ride a co uple of seasons o f su percross an d o u tdoor m otocross ra ces and see w hy the U .S .A . h a s do mi n a te d th e world of motocross for the past 13 years. If you leave here a National Champion, you can trul y say yo u are the best in the world. Bayl e did it. Ji m Ga briele Kingsland, GA Letters to the ed it or sh ould be sent to voteee, Cycle News, P.O . Box 498, Long Broach. CA 90806..0498 or fUN to 3101427-6685. Published letters do no t necessarily refle ct the posi tion of Cyclif New s, Inc. Letters sho uld nol exceed 200 words .and .11 let ters are 5Ubject to ed iting. An onymous letters will nol be cons id e red fo r publiut ion. All letters s ho u ld conbin the writer's name••ddress and d.lytime phone nuzn. ber ••• Editor. IN T EWIND B~_aW H _ea-L1e Continued fr om page 3 To determi ne the e~ i ration date of your subscription, check the four numbers on the first line of your address label. Thefirst twodigits indicate the lastissue numberyou'll receive and the last two charactersindicate the year of the last issue. Subscription rates: Rates for the United States and its possessions for one year. (SO issues). $50.00; two years (100issues). $9 5.00; sixmonths. (25 issues).$26.00; trial sub (15 issues), $19.00. Canada and Foreign. one year (SO issues). $90.00; two years (100 issues). $175.00; six months (25 issues). $45.00; trial sub (15 issues). $38.00. Cycle News.welcomes unsolicited editorial material including stories. cartoons, photos. etc. Such material. ifpublished.becomes theexclusive property ofCycle News. Such accepted mat rial is subject to revie sion as is necessary in thesole discretionof Cycle News. Unsolicited material whichis not used will be returned ifaccompanied by a selfaddressed stamped envelope. All unsolicited material willbe handled t r u ck giveaway a t Perri s Ra cewa y (Perris, Ca lifornia) on Sep tember 4. What started ou t as a bad day on the track, with a first-mote crash that left us with a cru shed exhaus t p ipe and a hole in my Su zuki's gas tank, turned out to be the best da y eve r. We were bummed out after m y rac e and were loaded up and ready to go home when I realized I had qualified to be in the drawing for the truck. You can imagine the greater surprise when I was chose n as one of the five final ists later that eve ning. I can 't explain the feeling I had when the key in my hand started that beautiful Chevy 5-10 p ickup. Although we recently moved and now live about 100 miles from Perris, we still consider it our "home" track and will put that new truck to good use with many more trips to Perris Raceway. Thanks ag ain. misidentified the even t sponsor. The correct nam e of the sponsor is Cycle Parts West, a shop which pos ted a $1000 bounty fo r anyo n e who co u ld beat Tim Morton and John Flores. The pri ze went un claime d, as Morton and Flores scored the overall win. MOVED: MMF Racing, the MX and offro ad acces sories co m p an y owned by Mi ke Me ade, to 12145 Slauson Ave ., San ta Fe Springs, CA 90670, 310 /6939096, fax 310/693-2399. BORN: Jordan Danielle Armitage, to Petersen Motorcycle Group western sales _ manager Da ve Armita ge and his wife Lynn, September 28, in Los Angeles, California. MO VED: FMF Racing's headquarters to 25933 Frampton Ave. , Harbor City, CA 90710, 310/539-6884, fax 310/539-6605. FMF's development and production will rem ain at the company's old address. NAMED: Dana Bell, to the position of wes te rn sta tes representative for the AMA. Bell will be responsible for monitoring public land issues and legislation affecting motorcyclists in the west. In addition, she will assist the AMA in improving communications with state and federal agencies. a

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