Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

America's weekly motorcycle newspaper V o lu m e XXXI Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruth ers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, AssodateEditor Chris [onnurn, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Assistant Editor Graph ics and Production Ree Johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy Lao, ProductionManager Dennis Greene,.lJ>b. Tech. 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Box498, Long Beach, CA 90801-Q498 (310) 427-7433; (213)636-8844. FAX (310) 427-6685 INJHEWIND Continued from page 3 Abe to join Team Roberts in En land (SHOEI) ~ lot~ 1:Jif J N' apanese road racing phenom No rifumi Abe (ri gh t) will replace the inju red Daryl Beattie on th e Marlboro Roberts Ya m aha YZR500, beg inn in g w ith th e Bri tish Grand Prix at Donin gton Park on Ju ly 31. The 18-year -old was the revelation of the Japanese 500cc GP earlier in the year when he co ntes ted the lead with Lucky Strike Suzuki's Kevin Schwantz and H RC's M ichael Doohan in h is ver y first Grand Prix . Abe eventually cra shed out of the race w hile sitting in second pl ace. Abe will rep lace Beattie, who crashed on the very first lap of practice for the French GP at Le Man s on Friday, Ju ly 15, and lost all of the toes on his left foot. Beattie underwent su rgery in France and is expected to return to action for the Czechoslovakian GP on August 21. At that point, it appea rs likely that Abe would then m ove to Wayne Rainey's 250cc GP team if Kenny Roberts Jr. is still recovering from his brok en arm. "I never made an offer to Abe except for next year," Rainey sa id at Le Mans. "When I first talked to him, he said he was w ith Honda and I respec ted his loyalty .) asked hi m abo u t a colla boration for next year. If he agreed, that would have been a contract just between me and him - wi th nobody like Yam aha, Marlboro or Kenny Roberts inv olved . It would have been my job to find sponsors and bikes for h im . We don't expect t90 much. We just want him to learn how a Yamaha 500 feels. Europe and the European GP business will be new to him, and w e'll try to keep that all off - just let him rid e the bike. If Da ryl is back in Czecho and KR Jr. is no t, I w~l put Abe on Kenny Junior's 250." th e International Six Days End uro this Sep tember. According to ou r m ost current information, there are 417 foreign entries, 160 American rider s who preen tered by paying $500, and the AMA 's "Top 50" lis t of riders who performed we ll in the recently completed National Reliability Enduro Series. Some of the riders in th e la tt er tw o grou ps n o doubt o verlap, tho ugh w e still don't know which ones. It is also uncl ear which riders (if any) would be moved up in the event of such overlaps. According to Ve rn Street of the event-hosting Tulsa Trailriders, the order of priority for being entered Eastern Office 4188 First Ave., Tucker, GA, 30084; mailing address P.O. Box 805, Tucker, GA 30085-0805. (404)934-7850. FAX (404)934-3112 in th e Six Days is, in order: Th e "preen tered 160" list; the foreign list; and the AMA "To p-50" list. That makes for a total of 627 rid ers, or 27 more th an the 600 limi t. "If there ar e still rider slots available, the Tulsa Trailriders wa nt to make available slots for as man y foreign ride rs as possible," said Street. (Foreign requests ares s till coming in.) If this is true, it might mean that the "Top-SO" list would have to shrink by 27, thus becoming the "Top-23" list. Speaking of the ISDE, Cagiva N orth America is offe ri ng a Husqvarna rental!purchase program to all Six Day participants. All 1994 H usqvarna off-rca models are available, as are all 1995 m od els with th e exception of the 125WXE Prices are quite competitive; for exa mp le a '95 WXE250 can be rented for $1350, 0 purchase d for $2302. Price includes set up /prepa ration and delivery to Tulsa P arts supp ort is al so a vailable . Cal 201/882-9267 for more information. Wo rks Enduro Ride r is offering Six Day competitors a special d iscount price 0 $189 (reta il $299) for th eir s teeri n damper. Call 908/637-6385 . Acerbis USA will also be on hand at the ISDE, h elpin riders who use their 035 plastic silencer. M OVED: The California Mini Road Rac Association, to 15023 Valencia Way, Lak Elsinore, CA 92530, 909/674-5357. AUTOGRAPH SIGN ING: A t R& Metro in St. Paul, Minnesota, on July 2 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Team Suz uki' Britt Turkington and To rn Kipp ar scheduled to a ppe ar. For more informa tion call 612/451-2521. . AUTO G RAPH SI GNI NG : At Lo Ja n Travel in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on [ul 21 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m . Team Suzu ki's Guy Cooper is scheduled to appear. For more information call 717/489-9302. MOVED: Modular Display of California to 955 E. Ball Rd ., An aheim, CA 92805, 714/533-6362: AUTOG RAPH SIGNING: At Cycle City Yama ha in H eyburn, Id aho, on Friday, July 22, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p .m. Multi tim e cha mpion an d current Yama ha MX team consu ltant Bob Hannah is scheduled to appear. CORRECfION: In the "Voi ces" secticn of last week's issue, we ran a letter from Carol Parks of th e Ca lifornia Dese rt Coal ition, so liciting donations to help fight the California Desert Closure Act. The COC's address was incomplete. The .correct address is 6192 Mag noli a Av e., Suite D, Riversi de, CA 92506. ~ INSiDE-" . . Issue #29, July 27,1994 CycleNew.(USPS 141·340) is published weeklyexcept the last two weeksof the calendar year for $50.00 per year by Cycle News. toe, 2201 Cherry Avenue. Long Beach CA 90806. . Second classpostage paid at LongBeach, CA. CanadaPost International Publications Mail #546615. POSTMASTER.: Send address ch~ges to Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498. To determine the expira tion date of your subsaiption,.m eek the fow numben on the first line of your add rns label. 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Reprinting in wholeor part onlyby permiss ionof the publisher. Advertising rates and circulation information will be sent upon request, SeeS.R.DS W~A ~Wd\ffTiON Printed in U.S.A. 4 Co~yrigh t" Cycle News, Inc-1994. TrademarkCycle News ~lerod US. PalenlOffice.All.rights ....rved, FEATURES ROAD RACING Ed w ards II fantastic at Mid-Ohio Nat'I 6 Tea m Suzuki 1-2 at Putnam Park WERA End ura nce 30 Bonoris / Morillas /Battis tini assault Spa for 24 hours 34 Ald an a tops Sears Point Battle of Legen ds ..40 DIRT TRACK H agers town Nat'! HM falls to Graham 18 NEW BIKES 1995 Honda MXers 1995 Kawasaki KXers 22 24 PROJECT BIKE Cycle Engineering/Showa Only RMI25 28 SPEEDWAY Errnolenko, Hancock, Larsen ea rn tickets to World Final... 34 ENDURO Smith su pe r at Speedsville ISDE Qualifier finale 36 TRIALS Tarres thrills countrymen wi th Viella World Trial victory 34 ON THE FRONT COVER DEPARTMENTS MOTOCROSS laRocco, Hughes po st Kawasaki sweep at Unadilla Nat'l... 14 USGP Preview 26 . Shimp has big d ay at GFI Youth MX . World C'ship 42 Carmichael thrice at Muddy Creek MegaSeries 44 LEADERBOARD.............•...............•.•......................43 EVENTS :.......................•.....•••.•••..•..•...•...............•46 CALENDAR RESULTS , _ _.........•_ __..........................•61 WANT ADS TEARDOWN 55 62 _ 75 LOOKING BACK.....................................•...•............75 Vance & H ine s Yamaha 's C o lin Edwards II was all smiles after notching his first-ever National Superbike victory at th e Mid-Ohio Sports Car course. Complete coverage of all clas ses begins o n pa ge 6. P h o to b y Henny Ra y Abrams . Ins et ph otos : Honda and Kawasaki have relea sed in fo on their 1995 motocross lineu ps . See pages 22 and 24 for the lowdown on all the new models.

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