Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

best tea ms in th e w orld here with us and thi s is the best pl ace in the world to test. If you run well here you know you ' ve got a good tire." Among those pa rticip ating in the test we re the Erion Racin Hond as and th e 1995 Honda CBR600 F-3, ridden by Takahito Mori . "1 thin k it's the first time anyon e has had the '95 Honda F-3 ou t," Erion said . "W it ho u t a d ou b t, it is much, much more co mpe titive th a n th e F-2 w as . These gu ys ar e alrea dy down to po le qualifying pace. Righ t out of the box , the bike was competitive. It has a prod ucti on rea r s h ock a n d we've d one abso lut el y no chassis se tu p, a nd it 's already turning pole position lap times. Now we can take it home and work on it." Erion Racing also tested its champion s h ip -win ni ng CBR900 e n d u ra n ce bik e. The BM W Batt le of the Leg en ds races, which feature former motorcycle racing champions competing aboard id entically prepared BMW mot orcycl es, have taken on Forbes, Inc. as a series spo nso r . Deta ils o f' Fo rb es ' involve m e n t have yet to be formulat ed , but the publis he r will ha ve a m ajor presence a t, eac h of the races in the series, according to BMW. The 1995 BMW Battle of the Legends racing sched ul e is as follows: Ma rch 6,7,10 - Daytona Inter nationa l Speed way, Dayto na Beach, Florida; Jun e 9-11 - Ma llory P ark, . Lei cesters hi re, England; July 21-23 Mid Ohio Spo rts Car Course, Lexington, Ohio. Atten tion dual sporters: District 37 Dual Sport Referee Paul Flanders reports that post entry positions will be ava ilable for the November 25-26 Los Angeles Bars tow to Las Vegas Na ti o nal Dua l Sport Ride. Entries will be accepted at the ride's starting point, Dick Allen Motorcycles, in Newhall, California . The cou rse will then tra verse the San Gabriel mountains to the Cajon Pass, then o n to Bar stow . Aft er Saturday's start form the Barstow Holiday Inn, the course will proceed past Charles Manson ' s h id eo u t a t Ba rker Ranch and throug h Dea th Valley, then' on to Las Vegas. Fo r m o re information call 818/249-2141. Derek Keyes was the lucky winner of the Rochester Road Riders raffle, and will receive $1000 worth o f lea t he r goods from Van son Lea th ers. The 14yea r- ol d from Jacksonville, Flo ri d a, who recentl y s ta r te d road r ac in g a H ond a RS125, w ill no longer have to w ear his fa ther's hand -m e- d o w n lea thers. Remember Rhino Moto Ski ns, the original full-body MX si depa nels? Aft er en counter in g ini tial production p roblems, manu facturing of the pa nels has been tak en ove r by Tru Tek, an d pieces a re in stock and ready to ship . Rh ino Mot o Skins can be contacted a t 25672 Ta ladro Ci r., #E, Mission Vie jo, C A 92691, 800/474-4669. ' Vintage Brakes, the classic bike Ferodo brake re lin ing s p ecialist, ha s been acquired by Michael Morse, of Sonora, Ca lifornia. The company will con tinue operation as usua l, and can be contacted at 15069 Lu pi n Ln ., Sonora , C A 95370, 209/5334 346. The 1994 La Playa Motocross Grand Pri x Ser ies will conclude with t h e December 4 La Playa Ma s te rs o f Mot ocross, held in th e sand d unes of Rosa rito Beach in Baja California, Mexico. The track w ill rou te racers up , down and arou nd the sa nd dunes just south of Rosarito. For more information contact Too Much Fun Promotio ns at P.O. Box 120089, Cnula Vis ta, CA 91912, 011/52-661-2-25-25. ' Th e Ride For Kids m otorcyclist fu nd raising pr ogra m, wh ich supports pedia tric brain tumor research through lead ing cancer research ins titu ti o ns, has ended its season with another ma jor increase in donations collected. In 1994, over $665,000 was rai sed by mot orcycl ists a t th e 12 maj or Ride For Kids even ts, w ith ad ditio nal fund s be ing ra ised at d ealer-backed events across the country. The tota l amount of money rai sed since the inception of the program is now $2.6 million. Ride For Kids has a lso a n nounced that the charity which condu cts the program has changed it s name from the Rid e For Kids Foundation to the Ped iatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States. The mo torcycling events will cont inue to be named Ride For Kids. Eddie Mu lde r Ltd . will be ho sting a d irt tra ck practice day on the half mile oval a t Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, California, on December 11. Gat es will open at 10:00 a.m ., with practice running from 12:004:00 p .m. N o knobb y tires w ill be allowed . Admission for ri d ers is $25, w hile specta tor entry and p it passes AMA, SX Promoters come to terms , T he AMA and the p roducers of th e United States Su percross Series (Mickey Thompso n Entertainm en t Group, Pace Supersports, and SRO Motorsports) have signed a five-year agreement that will extend AMA sanction of the series through the 1999 seaso n. A 15-race schedule for 1995 was also announced, induding 14 events promoted by the U.S. Supercross Series producers plus the traditional event promoted by Internationa l Speedway Corporation at Daytona International Speedway. The races p rod uced by MTEG, Pace and SRO will all be broadcast by ESPN on a tape-d elayed basis, and The Nashville Network will again p rovid e coverage of the Daytona Supercross. Cary Agajanian, the newly appointed chairman of the board of Parada ma, a wholly held subsid iary of the AMA d oing bu sin ess as AMA Pro Racing, played an integral role in bringing a succes sful conclusion to the 11 months of negotiations between the AMA and Supercross p roducers. The five-year agreement rep resen ts the first multiyear sanctioning agreement in the 22-year history of the series, something Agajanian sees as a first step in taking the spo rt of supe rcross to the next level in motors ports. "Th is agree me n t ha s strengthened th e rela tionship between th e AMA and the su percross prod ucers, and brings extended stability, to the sport," said Agajanian. "Supercross is one of the fastest-growing forms of motorsp ort, and through our combined efforts I feel we can ad van ce the sport to new levels." Unde r the terms of the agreem en t, PM Communications of Sacram en to, California, will administer the U.S. Supercross Series' Contingen cy Aw ards pr ogram in 1995. The AMA will handle all sanctioning d uties of the series, including licensing, rulemaking, ru le-en forcing, sco ring and insurance. Am erican/ International Racing, the recently organized association mad e up of the three promoters to sanction the series, will con tinue to exist, but for a di fferent purpose. "Our role has changed ," said Roy Janson, forme rly the professional racing dinector for the AMA and recently the execu tive di rector for AIR "AIR's main function will be to help coordina te the three different producers , assuring consistency throughout the series. In addition, we will work towards more long- term goals for the series. My title is now series coordinator." 1 995U.S upercross Series .S January 14 January 21 January 28 February 4 February 11 February 25 March 11 March 18 March 25 Ap ril 8 Apri l 22 April 29 May 20 June 3 Jun e 10 Citrus Bow l Metrodome Anaheim Stadium The Kingdome Jack Murphy Stadium Georgia Dome Daytona International Speedway RCA Dome Ho uston Astrodome Silverdo me Memorial Stadium , Texas Stad ium Cleveland Stadium Mile High Stadium Sam Boyd Silver Bowl will cos t $5 . A barbecue pit will be avail able for an yone who wants to cook their own food. For more information co n tac t th e Edd ie Mu ld er ho tline a t 818/719-9219. The Los Ancionos M.e. has announced tha t they w ill no t hold the infamous Tecate 2S0k Enduro in 1995. "We just don't have enough people, and the ones we d o have are burned out," sai d club p res id ent Ra y Ab bo tt. "It's so much w ork to put o n a quality e vent. We could have run th e same tra ils as last yea r, but if we ca n' t do it right, then we'd rather not do it a t all." Abbott said that a tw o-day trail ride w ill probably be orga nized for April or May (w hen the enduro normally ta kes p lace), and that a n end u r o is bein g planned fo r 1996. Flaming big~~_ _ ith the purchase of this 48-foot Matlock custom trailer, FMF has joine d the ranks of Team Kawasaki, Team Yamaha, Team SplitFire/Pro Circu it and sever al othe r motorcycle-oriented companies with fifth-wheel or semi transporters. The trailer is divided into three areas, induding a hospitali ty suite, a full workshop (with complete facilities for suspension, engine and exhaust work), and a pr~uct d ispla y area. The air-conditioned living quarters feature couches, a sho wer, microwave, stereo and TV/VCR. The trailer, which w ill be driven by Bob Booth, is painted bright red and customized with racing flames . W Orlando, Florid a Minneapolis, Minn esota Anaheim, Californi a Seattle, Washington San Diego, California , Atlanta, Georgia Daytona Beach, Florida Indianapolis, Ind iana Ho uston, Texas Pontiac, Michigan Cha rlotte, North Carolina Irving, Texas Cleveland, Ohio Denver, Colorado Las Vegas, Nevada recognizes the su percros s racer w ho mo st embodies the qualities of d rive , fa n appeal, tr ue grit, d e termination, professiona lism , en th usiasm and onand off-track contrib utions for the pos itive growth of the sport. FM F Raci n g w ill be on hand at the Florida Wi nter Min i Oly mpics with their new Race Support tractor-trailer . The Race Support team will be providing suspension and tun ing services, an d w ill be gi v in g d e mos for their Go ld Series pi pes and Power Core silencer s as well . For mo re info rmation con tact FMF Racing at 310/539-6884. MO VED : FMF Racing, to 25930 Belle Port Ave., Harb or City, CA 90710. The phone n umb e r s re m a in the same; 310/539-6884 and FAX310/ 539-6650. Dag Boyesen has signed wi th Yamah a of Camp Hill, a Pennsylva nia dea lershi p, to con test Yamah a YZ250s in the '1995 U.S. Su per cross and AMA 250cc National Motocross Series in 1995. MO VED: Supertrap p and Ker ker , the aftermarket motorcycle exhaust man ufacturers, to 4540 W. 160th sr, Clevela nd , O H 44135, 216 /265-8400, FAX 216/265-0130. Jeremy McGrath has been anno unced as th e w in ner o f the 1994 Mickey Tho m pson Award o f Excellence, as voted on by the readers of Cycle News. The ann ual award is pr esented in mem ory of the late Mickey Thompson , and CORRECTION: Last week we p rinted an adjusted sche dule for the airing of the final rounds of th e A MA Grand Nation al Ch ampionship and the 125cc Nati onal MX Series . The shows will be aired on ESPN2, not ESPN. 01

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