Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

.VOto theS· ... IC E Letters America's weekly motorcycle newspaper ed~or V ol u me XXXI SharonClayton President , Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial PaulCarruthers, Editor . KitPalmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associate Editor Chris [onnum, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Assistant Editor Mark Hoyer, Copy Editor Graphics and Production Ree Johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy 1.00, Production Manager Dennis Greene, U1b. Tech. Stacey Guest, Graphic Artist Amy Faught, Graphic Artist Trials fan Thanks for the interview w ith Dougie Lampkin. He certainly was one of the m ore in te resti n g r id ers at the U.S . ro u nd a t Donner Pass. Is there a ny Video ta pe available of rec ent Worl d Rounds? I just bought "This is Motorcycl e Trials," and am eage r for more footage to use in promoting this aspect of the sp ort to friends and acqua intan ces. Robert G. Huenemann La Honda,CA Administration Judy Klinger, Coordinator Peggy Rivera, Secretary to the Publisher Advertising Terry Pratt, National Accounts Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Manager Mark Thome, Western SalesManager Thomas Gonter, Western Sales Manager Forrest Hayashi, Western Sales Manager Greg Mitchell, Eastern SalesManager Rick Matheny, Eastern Sales Manager Rhonda Crawford, Western Ad Coordinator Carla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Want Ads Laurie Snow, Want Ad Sales Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Manager Dealer Sales Kelly Branscome. Dealer Sales Representative .AccountinglData Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond. NR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Circulation Rheba Smith,Manager Alma Anguiano, Proc essing Coordinator Pam Klein, BillingCoordinator Carol Begovic, Dealer Coordinator Kim Mazenko, Data Entry Coordinator Unf ortunately, videotapes of each and every ' 94 World Round are not readily available in the U.S., but seoeral selected titles can be had through Moto Zenkai, the same company that imports the "Top 5 Training" tape, which features, [ordi Tarres, Diego Bosis, Tommi Ahuala, Donato Miglio and Bruno Camozzi at play. Moto .Zenkai TIUly be reached at 11826 Rialto St., Sun Valley, CA 91352, 818/771 -0977... Editor. And another I'm a trial s rid er yo u kn ow, one of th ose fu n ny g uys who go slow over rocks - or so most peo ple think. If the y s ubscribed to Cycle News, they would realize that trials tod ay is very different from d ays go ne by. Your coverage of Wo rl d Ro unds, Na tionals a nd lo ca l events is fantastic. I especially like the up-to-th e-m inu te Wor ld Roun d reports and the littl e ti d bi ts of information about the riders you are able to throw in. Keep up this level of coverage and journalism , and you've got yourself a subscriber for life. » Peter A. Cro ft Huntington Beach, CA Service and Support Ch ris Aitcheso n, Headquarters Receptionist Leonard Herring; Sennceand Support National Headquarters . 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Be ach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 9080 Hl498 (310) 427-7433; (213) 636-8844. FAX (310) 427-6685 Eastern Office FirstAve., Tucker, GA. 30084; mailing address P.O. Box 80S, Tucker, GA 30085-0805. 4188 (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Cycle News(USPS 141·340)is published weekly except the last two weeksof the calendar year for $50.00 per year by Cycle N...... Inc. 2201 CherTy Avenue, Long Ile.lch,CA 90!106. Semnd clus posta ge paid a. lon g Ile.lch,CA CaNd. PIlOI lntemotional Publiatiom Maill5-l6615. Cool, brah Outsta nding! I would like to comme nd Cycle News on the accu r ac y of the report you gave regarding Doug Henry in the "In the Wind" section of the Sep tember 28 issue. It s ta ted tha t H en ry was going to come to Ha waii and learn to surf with Sunny Garcia, and in tum teach Sunny how to rid e. My friends and I read th e issue and thou ght it really wo uld n't happen. It was quit e a surprise to us all when he arrived at th e track on October 29 w ith Garcia . We d on't have the opportuni ty to see th e p ros ride because of our isolation in the. Pacific. Wha t was cool about the whole th ing is that Doug is a good person and a t r ue a mbassad o r to the sport. He signed plen ty of autographs, took pictures, and took time to jus t ta lk with anyone who wan ted to ask questions. Doug is the only p ro motocrosser I've ever met u p close an d I just hope all the other pros are just as cool. I jus t w ish I didn' t ha ve a brok en leg, so I cou ld have turned so me laps wi th him. James R. Cullen Jr. Ho no lu lu , HI Six Days afterthoughts Th e Tulsa Trailrid ers and friends d id not know a lot abo ut how to d eal with th e thou sands of s p ec ta tors, a n d it showed . We did not know much about d eali ng with the p ress an d they ha ve let the world know. But th er e is o ne thin g that we do know how to do - and w ith the help of m any - we put o n o ne h ell of a n enduro! Each and every rider that we have h ea rd fr om praised the even t. LeRoy Win ters said th is was the best organized Six Days he has atte nded. He sai d John Penton ex pressed the sa me opinion. Bill Bair d of th e AM A Congress, an d an all-time Alliga to r End uro grea t, sai d it was well done. Th e riders' opinions are w hat count with us, and from that perspective it appears an ou tstanding job was do ne by all. This is for all those spectators that ca me and were d isap p o inte d : T he Tulsa Trialriders and ou r friends are end u ro riders first and foremost. Nea rly all of ou r concen tra tio n went into this aspect of th e ISDE. If we had it to do over again, I'm not s u re how w e co ul d have done it d iffe ren tly. H ow could we tum seve ra l thousand people loose on 30,000 acres of privat e property th at w e d o n ot own, but ha v e ass u me d the responsibility for? How wou ld they get a ro u n d? In private veh icles, or on motorcycles? Can you imagi ne the traffic on the grav el roads, or the bikes in the way on the trails? How about the opening ceremony? Well, like I said, we ride end uros and so me ti mes do no t give th e w indow dressing the co nsidera ti o n it' s due . While I was not able to mak e it to the opening ceremo ny , I heard sornepeopIe say they liked it better than Ho lland or Sweden. I di d not see Sweden's, b ut I d id see Holland's , and was not imp ressed. Mos t of the criticism has come from those who are under the impression that we ha d excess fun ds to work with. We did no t! We received zero from the AM A, FIM , a nd th e g overnments . $18,000 is set aside for th e host club by th e FIM, but it goes through the AMA first. Apparentl y, this m oney is not going to make it to the Tu lsa Trail Riders. It is going to be very close, financially. Allow me to close by stating th at with the volun teers' help, we held the ultimate enduro a n d the ones th a t count - the rid ers -loved it. We had not one full-time person w orkin g on this even t. It was d one w ith 100% vol unteer effort, and it was well done! Skip Seal Tulsa, OK Thanks from the champ To th e people who made it possible for me to w in my third Nationa l Champions hip, it has been one of the best years in racing I ha ve ever had, and I feel that l owe everyone a great deal of app reciation. I want to thank KTM Sportmotorcycle, KRW Cycle, MSR, Arai, Tsuba ki, EBC , Dural ube, FMF, Sm ith, Power Bar, Bridgest on e, W is eco, Sprocket Plus, KK Cycle Supply, Cee t, Renthal, Acerbis, Twin Air, Pro Cho ice, Enduro Engineering, Tech T u bes, Motion Pro and Link. Also, thanks to MotoWo rid and Cycle News for all the great coverage of the Grand National Cross Country Series. I want to thank my fans and pit crew that gave me the encou ragem ent and s u p port to come ou t ahead of the best off-road racers in the U.S. One other group of p eop le w ho d eserve a tha n ks is the Co om bs family, for ha ving the greatest off-road series. It was good to see Rita back w ith us at the races. I an d all the racers will m iss one of Am erica 's g rea tes t quad racers. Go on forever #2. Scott Plessinger Ham ilton, OH Rita Coombs, who with her family promotes the GNCC series, is recooering well from a seri us illness. Bob Sloan was killed o in an ATV race promoted by the Coombs family...Editor leiters to the editor should.be sent to Volees, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90806-0498 or faxed to 310/427-6685. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. leiters should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. All letters should contain the writer's name, address and daytime phone number ... Editor. POSTMASTEIC Smd . dd.... dwtges lo Cycl. Nows, p.o. 80.498, Long Il<.odl. CA 9080100<98- e e 4 a ... ("tj J-..4 OJ e ..0 To drtnmirw the- "pintion c1atrof your subscription, check the four numbrrn on tht tim tine of your uldress Label 1M fUll two digits indicate the bst w ur numbu you'll receive and the lut two chuactm indiate tht yeu of the Lut _ ue. 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Advertising rates and circula.tion information willbesent upon req ues t. See S.R.OS. INSIDE· . . . .Issue #47, November 30,1994 . FEATURES OFF ROAD Tea m Green rolls a seven at Baja 1000 SUPERCROSS LaRocco rocks Paris Sup ercross 1995 Honda CRSOO , 6 10 Q) > o W~.8 &~~noN z Pri n ted in U.S.A. FEATURE Sup ercross stars on trial(s) 4 Col')'ightOCvd. Nows, Inc. 1994. Trad.markCyr!. N.ws t>psl

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