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,IN R IE Japanese National Motocross Champion Ron ti..... TE V W By Davey Coombs 24 ca me to Ame rica (fro m France ). All of the riders res pected Bayle because he ro de so go od bu t they d idn' t like him beca use he w as a foreign rid er coming in to their coun try, wi nn ing their s tu ff _ u I think it's basian t aKing heir m eal for me in ca lly th~;s. e ki J an, aIffi gh I a few good uys that are ds amon the ri cool t'6i arou n the blJt it Koh ji ,w a lot up of ~ J:lCl'"ai.J !IIIOnda those RC ¥ me ys ar pre go tat es but i JaRan ause t f rent. :They ks . Sta tes are ro ughe r and have more jumps and stuff; over there they' re really smooth, hard-packed , sli ppery and fast. Everyone can go the same speed and nobod y really ge ts tired. What's th e purse mone y like at a Japanese National? If you w in bot h mot os you ge t ab out $2700. That's more than you would get in the States! It' s onl y $1000 a moto to win in the Sta tes. That ain' t mu ch! Do you thi nk you' re making a better li ving in Japan tha n facto ry riders d o in Am erica right now ? I th ink th at with the exce p tion of the very top guys like McG rath, who might be making close to a $1,000,000 now , I' m doing bet ter than most guys. I'm making wa y more now tha n [ ever did when I wa s a U.s. factory rid er (wi th Suzuki). How much lo nger are you going to sta y over there? I know I will stay for all of "95 but then I'm not su re abo ut 1996. Do you th ink th at yo u will be fi nancially set after one or two more y ea rs ? Do y ou think yo u mi ght ge t involved in y our dad's b ike business Cycle Springs (i n Palm Ha rb or, Flo ri dal ? I d on ' t rea lly wan t to go into my d ad's bik e bu sin e ss . I' v e be e n savin g and in ves t in g all the monev tha t I've mad e, so I shou ld be okay. Suz uki has asked me if I wo uld be in terested in doin g a nyth in g with th em af ter I'm done racing. That's Suz uki Japan. During our re la tio n sh ip I' ve gained a lot of unders tandi n g a n d tru s t w i th th em . I und e r sta nd h ow the Ja p an ese thi nk and cond u ct bu s in ess a lo t b etter now than most people. Also, my girlfriend's in school for sports manage m e n t a n d m oney mana gement and stuff, so m a yb e w e ca n d o s o m e th in g t o geth e r. Bu t w hen I'm d on e racin g I will probab ly go back to schoo l for a little wh ile first, ge t my brain wor king agai n! What do you miss the mo st about the States when you 're in Japan? S p e a k ing Eng li s h ! (la u g hs ) A ctu a ll y , I really mi ss just hangin g o u t wit h my friend s an d litt le th in gs lik e goi ng to d i nn e r be for e a n d afte r ra ce s w ith every one, just B5-ing an d han gin g ou t. Over in the States yo u can be fr ien ds wit h pretty m uch everybody; over there