Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES Letters to the editor , Loves everyone Ninteen ninety-four has been a year of fulfilled dreams. In an y avenue of life, there are going to be times of pain and suffering. but as humans, we ha ve to be strong. and feel like we're made of steel. Through sheer drive and determination we can achieve new heights. We don't know our limits until we push to total exhaustion; once we are there we must reach into our hearts and push beyond! Becoming National Enduro Champion is a feeling I will never forget. I gave all my heart and soul at each practice, train ing session and race. If I had come up short, I didn't want to feel like I cou ld have tried harder. We all need to strive to be the best that we can be, and feel completely satisfied wi th our actions . All you can give, is all you can have. I wou ld like to say tha nk yo u to each and everyone of you out the re who helpe d touch my life in one way or another. I will ha ve th e number-one pla te on m y wall, but it was all of you tha t he lp ed me earn it. Thanks to m y awesome family for always being supportive a nd caring, m y friends who have alw ays stood by me, my sponso rs and m y mechanics, Joe She dron, Dan Fuller and Ray Davis. Lastly, I w ould like to sa y, "grea t job" to m y Suzuki teammates, Randy Hawkins, ROdney Smith and Guy Cooper. With friends like this, you can't lose. Also, thanks to Mik e Webb and everyone at Suzuki, and to all of the motorcycle press. Keep up the awesome work! Hope to see all of you at the races in '95! Steve Ha tch Ithaca, NY Not the bad guy I would like to take a moment to set the record straigh t using fact-based accounts in regard to my gelling the so-called boot from KTM before I ever had th e opportunity to swing a leg ove r a bike. In late Novem ber, the Ame rican KTM race team (RRP) manager (Mike Rossini) conta cted me to negotiate a deal to ride for KTM. At that t im e I had alread y signed a v e ry good dea l w ith Ron Rehmert at F&S Racing to ride factorybacked Suzukis for the '95 season, but obviously I was totally w ired about an America's weekly motorcycle newspaper opportunity to be a factory rider, which is ev ery racer's dream. I was offered a verbal agreement at which time I carefully evaluated all of the pluses and minuses to determine the best options for career advancement and financial opportunities since the comparisons were very close at this tim e. I chose to pursue my dream with KTM, but Mike Rossini ind icated that I must void my contract with F&S before I could receive a written contract from KTM, reflecting our p rior verbal agreement. In good faith, I obliged with the appreciated understanding of F&S, and at this time KTM released.press bulletins of the agree ment. It then took three weeks to receive a written contract to sign. But to my dismay it was nothing like our ve rbal discussions - it was less than one-third of what I based my decisions on. When I called on the misunderstanding I was accused of having a bad atti tu d e, comp lain ing about technica lities and who was I to question a factory contract, which wa s in reality, nothing more than a support-rider b ased contract. Well, ob viously, I declined and now I have been made ou t to be the bad guy when actually I was.just trying to stand up for what was offered to me. To say the leas t it was a very expensive lesson learned, one I will carry with me for life. Bu t for now, because of the lateness of these transa ctions, I was forced to buy my own bikes and head to Florida to try and earn a living the hard wa y. Thanks to the support of my long time spo nsors I will continue on and maybe someday I will be able to ac h ieve the dream of being a facto ry rider. Thank you Performance Engineering. Xtreme, Shoei Helmets, Smith Goggles and FMF Racing . Jeff Curry Saginaw, MI Miss Stea ks You made a mi stake in reporting the mistake I made at the Seattle Supercross. My mistake was calling Damon Huffman, Dam on Bradshaw. Your mistake, in reportin g my mistake, was mistaking Jeff Emig for Damon H uffman. You'll ha v e a week to think up a clever retort to m y mistake in bringing y o u r mi stake to yo u r attention. It ' s always a mistake to point ou t mistakes to ed itors, and I have now made that mistake, in addition to the Huffman/Brad- shaw mistake, and in years p ast , m ultitudes of similar mistakes. Desp ite your mistake in reporting my mis take, I continue to regard Cycle News as the bes t so urce of racing informati on in the industry. Make no mistake abo u t tha t. Larry Maiers Hogansville, GA Not bad, umy...Editor Booo I attended the San Diego Supercross last Saturday night, and in thi s week 's ed ition of Cycle News (Issue #7, January 22), your coverage in the "Briefly..." section m a k es re ference to the fan s b o o in g Frenchman Fred eric Bolley after his victory in the second 250cc semi. I was silting in the stands beh ind Larry Maiers an d the podium and saw what actu ally ha p p e n ed . Ju st a t the moment tha t Bolley stepped up on the podium and Maiers announced his victory, one of the us hers grabbed a beach ball tha t the fans had bee n punching in the stands just near my seat. When the u sher grabbed the b a ll a nd b egan to d eflat e it, all of th e fans began booing th e ushe r. Unfortunately, it so u n d ed like the booing was directed at Bolley. Larry Maiers looked over his shoulder a n d w as quick t o figure o ut that the booing was d irected at the usher and he made a comment to Be lley, althoug h I'm not sure if Bolley understood. The b0Ding at the usher was pretty loud because the fans were rowdy in my section. I wanted to write to clarify this fact in the ho pe that the real reason for the b0Ding is conveyed to Frederic Bolley. The fans all enjoyed his victory in the semi and have nothing but respect for his skill and determination in coming over to race in the States. He beat quite a few good American riders in his heat and deserves the acknowledgment of his achievement. Hopefully, he will return to San Diego next year for the cheering he deserves. Wayne G. Edmondson Tustin, California I...rtkn to 1M f'ditor s hould be Ift'l to Voicn. Cyd~ Ne---., P.O. Bo. 498, Long Be.Kh.,CA 9ll806-CW.98 or tned 103tfV4Z7· 6685. Publiatwd Idtrn do not necn&lrily ~flKt the position of Cycle N~ Inc. l.dten should not esceed 200 words and &II IdtftI .a~ . u bjKt to rditing. Anonymoutlldtft'a wllJ not be conaidft'rd for publintion. Allldtns .oould contain the written rum~ addtn8 .... d d.Jytime phonr number ••• Editor. Volume XXXII Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publishu Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associate Editor Chris [o nnum, Associate Edi or t Scott Rousseau, AssistantEditor Mark Hoyer, Copy Editor Graphics and Production Ree Johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy Loa, Product ion Ma7lJ1ger Dennis Greene, W . Tech. Stacey Guest, Graphic Artist Amy Faught, GraphicArtist Ad ministration Judy Klinger, Coordinator Peggy Rivera . 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