Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

There was an error in the "In the Wind" item that ran in Issue #20 regardi ng the offical race headquarters for the AMA 125 / 250cc National Motocross roun d scheduled for Unadilla. The race promoter, Frank Gera ce, confused the dates of his two races in his press release. The da te for the Unadilla round of the series is July 16-17, w hile the date fo r the Sou th wick, Massa chussetts ro und is June 25-26. The ra ce headqua rte rs fo r the Southwick rou nd is the Holiday Inn, located at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut; the head qu arters for the Unadilla round are the Rad isson Ho tel a n d Best Western/Gateway-U ti ca in New York. For more information call Gerace at 315/ 732-4363. Harley-Davi dson Twin Sport road racer Don Greene ha s los t hi s sp onsorship from Harley-Davidson of Citrus Heights an d is seeking another ride. Greene, a former AMA 250cc Nation al Champio n w ho fin ished a Twin Sport car eer best fifth at the Phoenix round in March, can be reach ed at 707/ 763-4828. Greene has been replaced on th e tea m by Ja m es , Randolph. W ith KTM ' s sol e r id er Cliff Pa lmer missing several races follow ing his cras h a t the Dallas Supercross, th e team is looking at adding an other rider for '95, so that one inju ry wo uld n'tput their entire squad on hold. KTM would like to ke ep Palmer next yea r, and tho ugh team man ag e r Sel varaj Na ra ya na wouldn't comment, rumor has it tha t he has his eye on non e other than former factory Kawasaki and Suzuki rider Jeff Matiasevich, cu rrently a Yamaha privateer. KTM would p robably have to lan d an ou tside sponsorship deal to secure "The Chicken." In other KTM news, the Austrian factory is planning to use Marzocchi Magnum conve ntional forks and Ohli ns shoc ks on their '95 production bikes. On the subject of forks, reliable so urces report tha t Hon da will ou tfit th eir '95 prod ucti on CR250s with Kayaba shocks and a Kayaba inverted fork. Honda's '94 250s use Showa sus penders, while their 125s feature Kayaba units. Team riders Jeremy McG rath, Steve Lamson an d Doug Henry ha ve been u sing works Showa suspension thi s season, w hile Jeff Stanton rid es w ith works Kayaba pieces. A t th e Sa n Jose Supercross, Honda R&D rid er Rich Taylo r w as u si ng Kayaba s us p ensio n. The '95 CR125 is expected to h ave an all-new fram e and a different sw ingarm; expec t th e 250 to receive small frame changes (such as fo otpeg pl ace m en t), a new swin garm, and a motor with a smoother bottom end, Mo torcycle Consumer News magaz ine, and Spectro Oils of America. The 1994 United Stat es Vintage Grand Prix will be held on Mon day, Ju ne 13 at th e N e w H ampshire Interna tio nal Speedway in Loud on, New Ha mpshire. The United States Classic Racing Association is putting on the event which will fea ture his toric H arley-Davidson roa d racers and a special ap pearance by former factor y Harley racer an d Daytona 200 winner Roger Reiman . Kawasaki R&D rid er Mike Fisher has been testin g a works Kaya ba conventional fo rk w hose performa nce h e d esc r ib es as " a wesome." Th e for k is held by a hu ge triple clamp, and Fisher plans to use the uni t at the next ou tdo or N a ti onal h e co ntes ts . Inverted for ind oors, conven tional for outdoors...the only question we ha ve is, wh ich fork is for the salad? Govern or Pete Wilson will pe rform the ribb on cu tting at the grand opening of th e Pe tersen Au tomotive Muse u m in Los Angeles, California, on June 9. Tickets to a ttend the cocktail/buffet reception are $125 per person with the p roceeds of the even t being divided equally betw een Cedars-Sinai Medica l Cen ter and the Petersen Automotive Mu seum. Tickets to attend the V.l.P recep tion are $250 per person. The Petersen Automotive Muse u m is the newest member of the Natural History Museum family of Los Angeles County. For more info rmation call 213/744-5054. Erik Kehoe, who suffered a frac tu re d ve r tebrae in a crash at the Mt. Morris National Motocross, was flown by jet to California on Friday, June 3, and is now resting in a hospi tal near his home. Kehoe's sponsor, Ho nda of Tro y, pa id for the jet that flew Kehoe home. Kehoe is not paralyzed, but as we were going to press, he w as sche duled for surgery on Wed nesday, June 8, to have stabilizing rods inserted in his back. Cards and letters can be sent to Kehoe at Honda of Troy, 4790 So uth Dix ie Dr. , Dayton, Ohio, 45439. Noleen Racing has issued a recall on st ree t b ike s teeri ng dampers sold betw een May 1993 and April 1994. The da mpers, which a re ma rked by part numb er s SD1 001/1002 and SD2001 / 200 2, show an una cce p table fr iction level, whic h infl uences the function of the p rodu ct. The result can be very hard dampin g and an u ns m ooth feeling . If you have one of these dampers, return it to Noleen an d they will replace the onew a y valve free of charge. For m or e information, call 619/ 246-5000. Bob Bailey of Lake Sugartree Motocro ss Park and White Bros Perform ance Produc ts have announ ced that thei r August 28-29 White Bro s East Coast Veterans MX Championship will also incl ude a round of the AMA's new Four-Stroke Na tional MX Series. For more information call 703/650-3378. The Motorcycle' Sa fe ty Foundation (MSF) has chosen the Motorcycl in g RoundTable on GEnie as its official online comp uter service. The service will give the MSF the ability to communicate with its RiderCourse ins tr uctors and other motorcycle safety professiona ls on a real-time basis, accord ing to a release issue d by th e MSF. GEnie is al so the o fficia l o n -li ne service of the BMW Mot orcycle Owners of America, Inc ., South ern Cal iforni ans will get yet an other motocross track when the Hung ry Valley State Vehicular Recrea tion A rea op ens the Q u a il Can yon MX Track to promoter.and club competition on July 1. The press got a sneak prev iew o f the 1.2-mil e, high-speed course on June 1. Thetrack is in the same loca tion as th e old Hungry Valley Motocro ss Park, an d was designed by Vic Wils on, a forme r MX racer and longtime op era tor of the Saddleback Cycle Park. Wilso n sa ys he re ce ived g uidance from multi-time MX World Champion Roger DeCoster, and clai ms th e tr ack can be used in eithe r clockw ise o r counterclockwise direction s . The n ew tr ack, like all SVRA p u rchases and deve lopment, was paid for with funds from the O ff-H igh way Veh icle (gr ee n s ticker) Fund. "It is important for the public to understand tha t this entire program is u ser -fu nded and receives no m oney fro m the s ta te 's gene ra l fund, " sai d O HV dep u ty direct or Cliff Glidd en . For more info rm a tio n, call 805 / 2487007. Four-time 500cc World Champion Eddie Lawson fin ished onl y .107-of-a-second beh ind his Tasman Motorsports tea mmate Steve Robertson in the Firestone Indy Lights Championship rou nd at the Milwau kee Mile in Milwa ukee, Wisconsin, on June 5. Motorcycle Central will hold a silent auction at the Las Vegas Supercross on Jun e 11. Items to be sold include ridin g gear from the top supercrossers, Jeremy McGrath's number-one plate and a sessio n in the Jeff Ward MX School. Proceeds will ben efit the St. Jude Ranch for ab used ch ild ren . For more info rma tion call 702/222-1969 . The 1994 AMA Camel Supercross Series Cha mpionshi p which Jeremy McG rath clinc hed a t th e Jun e 4 San Jose Supercross is the fou rth con sec utive su percross title the Californian has won. The first two came in the AMA 125cc Western Regional Sup ercro ss Series. MO V ED: Gary. Se inics Motocross School, Inc ., to 9250 Woodworth Rd. , North Lima, OH 44452, 216/726-0147. Semics is also looking for instructors to teach his motocross curriculu m in various parts of the country. M OVE D: The RZ /RD500 O wne r s Group, to 202 Green Ave. , Escondido, CA 92025. The new phone number is 619/739-7611.' MARRIED: Competition Suspension 's Ja ke Thompson to his fiancee, Daisy Barahona, in Torrance, California, on May21. ' ." AP POINTED: Mark Ho mchick, as advertisi ng manage r of Kawasaki Motors Corp ., U.S.A. Homchick was formerly acco unt s u p e r v is o r at InterImage, Inc., th e advertising age ncy for Kawasaki Heavy Industries. AUT O G RAPH SIG NING: A t Maple City Cycle Kawasaki on Friday, July 1 from 5:00 p.rn, to 8:00 p .m . Team Kawasaki's Mi ke LaRocco, Mike Kiedrowski, Ryan Hughes and Robbie Reynard are scheduled to appear. For more informat ion ca ll 800/ KA WRACE. A UT O G RAPH SIGNING : At B&E Honda in Valpaiaiso, Indiana, on July 2 from 3:00 p .m to 6:00 p .m. Tea m Ho nda's Jeremy McGrath, Jeff Sta nto n, Ste ve Lamson and Doug Hen ry are scheduled to appear. For more information call 219/ 462-3121. ADDED: A Bimo ta motorcycle franchise to the existing Sport Cycle Pacific dealership in Santa Barbara, Califo rnia. Sp ort Cycl e Pacific, owned by Da ve Blank and Trevor Dunne, now ca rries Moto Guzzi, Ducati and Bimota. 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