Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

oIN THE WIND ~ C1") 0\ 0\ ,.....-1 , ~ N ~ Q) ~ Q) > o Z FMF Racing is offering free test sessions for their 1994 line of Gold Series pipes . If you would like to try a ne w FMF pipe for a few laps, just bring your '94 model MX bike to the red and yellow FMF van. Ses sions w ill be held a t Gl en H el en OHV Park in San Bern ar d ino , California, on November 20; the World Sports Mini Olympics in Gainesville, Florida, on November 22-27; Starwest MX Park in Moreno Valley, California, o n November 30; and again at Glen Helen on December 2. For more information, call 310/539-6884. Both Yamaha Motor Australia and their spo nsor Philip Morris hav e p ulled ou t of the Australi an Superbike Championship. Yamaha Mo tor Au st ralia will conti n ue pa rticipating in mo to cross, along wi th Philip Morris and its Peter Jackson bran d of cigarettes. Japan's Norifumi Abe (Hon) wrapped up the All-Japan 500cc Road Race Championship with a fou rth-place finish in the final round of the series at Tsukuba on October 31. The race was won by Nobua tsu Aoki (Hon), w it h GP regu lar Shinichi It oh (Hon) finishing third. According to the Eng lish magazine Tri- . als and MX News, former World champio n Georges Jobe is considering contes ting the 1994 500cc World Championshi p MX Series. The Belgian is reported ly consid er in g riding at leas t some of th e round s, and would likely comp ete on the same team as Swede jorgen Nilsson, aboard an HRC Honda. Former World Champion Eric Geboers will reportedly manage a team that will include Frenchman Yves DeMari a and one other yet-to-be-named rider. DeMaria will ride a full-factory Honda on the 250ccWorld Championship MX circuit. Du tchman Pedro Tragter will remain on Kees Van der Veri's Chesterfield-backed 125cc GP team to defend his world title, and will again ride Suzukis. Va n d er Ven is not allowed to sign any rid er s under the age of 18 because his team is sponsored by a tobacco company. American MXe r Ta llon Voh land is planning to rid e the 250cc GPs on the Italian Becchis Honda team, with HRCkitted Hondas, like those used this yea r by Ku rt Niccoli on the Castrol team . A six-race San Jose (Californ ia) Enduro-thon series starts on November 21 at the San Jose Mile with three, twohour races for eithe r Ironman or twoman teams . Joe Bruce plans on defending his ' 92- '9 3 title in a qu est fo r a The Guinness Book of World Records re cen tly recognized Er ic and Gail Haws , from Eugene, Oreg on , for their t ri p across Ru ssia by mo torcycle. According to Gu in ness , they are the only peo ple to ha ve traveled by motorcycle from Magadan , Siberia, to Helsinki, Finland. The 1992 trip took 50 days; 3600 miles of that trip were on unpaved roads. Honda XRI00 tha t will serv e as th e gra nd prize. For more information, call 408/ 295-6906. Cycle Engineering Factory is n ow accepting re sumes for their 1994 race support team . Height, weight and rid ing ability must be included, and a photo is helpful. Send resumes to Cycl e Engineering Factory, Dept. CN, P.O. Box 27352, Fresno, CA 93729; Ed Youngblood, Bill Boyce and Merrill Vanderslice were reelected to their posts w ithin the FIM durin g the recent FIM Congress in Dubl in, Ireland. The thr ee officials, all from the AMA, are amo ng . nine U'S, de legates to the FIM, of which the AMA is the exclusive U.S. affiliate. Also, the AMA's Bill Amick was elected as a vice presiden t of the Motocross and Snowmobile Commission. Those who plan on att ending the Janu ary 22 Houston Supercross may wan t to make reser va tions at the Holiday In n Astrodome. Race promoters SRO/PACE have arranged for the ho tel to serve as the official eve nt he adquarters, an d if you act before Jan uary 6, rooms are available at a discounted rate of $53. Call 800/627-6461. Final p repara tio ns are u nderway for the AM A' s Professional Awa rds Banq uet, and R.J. Reynold s' Cam el bran d will be title sponsor for the event. The ba nquet w ill ta ke p la ce a t the Lo ng Beach Sheraton Ho tel in California, on Saturday even ing, No vemb e r 20. Champions of all ma jor AMA professional racing series will be honored, as will American riders who have distingu ished themselves in te rna tiona lly in 1993. The top award on the agenda is the AMA MotoWorld Professional Ath lete of the Year Award, and annual fixtu re at the banquet since 1976. No minated for the award this year are road ra cers Kevi n Schwantz and Dou g Polen, motocrossers Jeremy McGrath and Mi ke Kied row sk i, dirt tracker Ri ck y G ra h am and speedway racer Sam Ermole nko. No rth Cou nty Yamaha has fi nalized their 1994 tea m, whic h will contest the ·125cc Western Regional Supercross and 125cc National Ch am p ionsh ip Mo tocross Series. Joining Tom Clowers, who was a member of the team in '93, are Don ald Up ton and Mike Metzger. All three will campaign mod ified Yamaha YZ125s and will wea r special Xtreme gear. In addition, NCY will al so lend some s u pport to Ty so n Vo hland, a member of the '93 team. Newly-signed Kawa sa ki rider Robbi e Reynard says he is planning on rid ing th e November 22-27 Flo r id a Min i Olympics . Why would a big-time rid er like Reynard rid e in an ama teur event , yo u ask? For fun , of cou rse. "I always liked that race," expl ains Reyn a rd. " I figure it'll be a good week of practice: ' Reynard will not compete in the IT portion of the even t. Team Suzuki Off-Road's Steve Ha tch, who fini s hed second to te a m m a te Randy Hawkins in the recently concluded AMA National Cham pionship End uro Series, is planning on heading out west. "I'm going to mo ve to northern California and find an apartment n ear Rodney Smith's hou se," say s Hatch, w ho currently resides in Ithaca, New York. "I'll probably stay ou t there for abou t six months and practice with Rodney during the off-sea son. The w ho le ide a is to ge t p repped for next year." Sm ith, another Team Suzuki O ff-Road rider, led the '93 AMA Na tional Cha mp ionship H are Scrambl es Ser ies until injuri es he suffer ed late in the season knocked him ou t of contention . According to Tw entynin e Pa lms City Council Member Jim Bagley, Senator Dianne Feinstein doesn't expect S.21 to come before the full Senate before the holid ay recess. This gives those opposed to the bill a chance to enligh ten th ose who will vote as to the bill's drawbacks. Send letters to local newspapers and radio and te levision sta tions. The fact that the bill has been stalled this long is a sign of problems with the legis lation, accord ing to Bagley. A new no n-pro fit user grou p called Friends of Clea r Creek will assist the BLM with the managemen t of the Clear Cree k Recreat ion Area, a major central California OHV spot. The gro up is made up of OHV users who frequent the area . For more information, con tact Friends of Clear Creek, c/o Salinas Ramblers M.e., P.O. Box 541, Salinas, CA 93902-0541. MOVED: Rhino Racing Products, manufacturers of Rhino Moto Skins, to 43357 Business Park Dr., Suite 105, Temecula, CA 92590, 909/308-1177. MOVED: Los Ang eles Sleev e Company, d ist ributors of motorcycle pistons an d sleeving services, to 12051 Riviera Rd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670, 310/9457578, FAX310/698-7029. NAMED: Action Sport Cycles, as the sole No rth American d istributor for Gio Ca Moto Internationale accessories and replacemen t parts for all Ducati motorcycles . For mo re information, call 305/791-6686. MOV ED: Power, Inc., manufacturers of hydroformed and stamped exha ust systems, to N. 7677 Peebles Ln., Fond du Lac, Wl54935, 414/924-3062. MOVED: The Pi relli Mo to rcy cle Tire Co., and th e Metzeler Mot orcycle Tire No r th Ame ri ca Corpo ration, to 410 Eagleview Blvd., Su ite 106, Exton, PA 19341,215/458-9662 PURCHASED: Ocal a Speedway, th e ha lf mile d irt track ra cew ay in Ocala, Flo ri da, b y Pa ul Pitre and Astrid Kluc k. "Ocala has a lon g tra dition of bein g a profession al, top-notch track. During the winter it is our intention to im prove up on th at a nd ma ke it th e bes t facili ty in the Northeast," said P itre . For m ore in fo r m ation, ca ll 904/622-9400. NAMED: Chevy Trucks, as the presenting sponsor of the 1994 Cycle World In terna tional Motorcycle Shows tha t will visit Phoenix, Anaheim, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Michiga n, A tlan ta, Philadelp hia and Daytona. For more information contact Advans tar Expositions, 201 E. Sandpointe Ave., Suite 600, Santa Ana, CA 92707,714/513-8400. MOVED: Kamikaze Sport Group, the exclusive importers of the Day 180 MX Boot, to 4901 W. Van Buren St., Sui te 1, Phoenix, AZ 85043, 800/2329090 or 602/352-0198, FAX 602 /4848244. HI RED : Kenny Safford, by Si nisalo Pacific, as Design Advertising Director. "He's the guy who can make things happen, no question about it," said Sinisalo Pacific President Bob Rathcamp. "Expect to see some real juiced up stuff from Sinisalo in the future:' Safford forme rl y held a similar position at Axo Sport America. MOVED: International Championship Events (ICE) and the World Speedway Racing Associati on (WSRA), to P.O. Box 2627, Silverthorne, CO 80489, 303/2629067, effective No vember 20. 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