Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES Letters to theeditor America's weekly motorcycle newspap er V olume XXXII Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Associate Editor Mark Hoyer, Managing Editor Robene Boggs, Proo freader Advertising Terry Pratt, National Accounts Manager Mark Mitchell.Eastern Accou nts Manager Mark Thome, WesternSales Manager Thomas Gonter, WesternSales Manager Forrest Hayashi, Western SalesManager Greg Mitchell, EasternSalesManager Rick Matheny, Eastern Sales Manager Rhonda Crawford, Western Ad Coordinator Carla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Laurie Snow, Assistant Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Manager New Media Development Mark Mitchell, Manager TZ700 thanks A brief thank yo u for the excellent article concerning the TZ700 dirt tracker ("Hell on Wheels," Issue #18, May 10). Reme mbering the day I got that Cycle News issue from m y m ailbo x (th a t con tained tha t _race's results), as we ll as see ing the brief dip of Mr. Roberts' performan ce at Ind y on the big screen (Take it to the Limi ts" ), read ing of th e bi ke brought viso ns of great tim es on the dirt ova ls, times that jus t don't seem to exist today. To th e best of my mem or y, Mr. Keener ha d a quote some thing to the effect of "...once I heard that screaming S.O .B, I knew it was all ove r..." Those fortunate so uls w ho actu ally at ten d ed truly witnessed a man/ machine combina tion th at is se ldom achieved . Congratulations to the editors on a fine piece of work. D an F1ye, Jr. Durham, NC Classified Ads Lau rie Snow Wanting video footage of KR Graph ics and Production Ree Johnson, ProductionSupervisor Mandy Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. Stacey Guest, Graphic Artist Amy Faught, GraphicArtist After rea ding th e story ab ou t King Kenny Robert s and his TZ700 Yam ah a dirt trac ker in Issu e #18, I'd like to know where I can ge t a video of that famous race in which the King earned the jewels for his crown? Bart Widman PI. Angeles, WA Administration Judy Klinger, Coordinator Peggy Rivera, Secre tary to the Publi her s Accounting/Data Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond, NR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant . Herlane Lewis, Credit Circulation Rheba Smith, Manager Alma Anguiano, ProcessingCoordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator Carol Begov ic, Dealer Coor dinator Service and Support Bridgett Bobrofsky, Receptionist Leonard Herring, Service and Support National Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498 (310).427-7433; (213) 636-8844. FAX (310)427-6685 We have yet to locate anyone with video footage of the 1975 Indy Mile. Maybe someone reading these letters can he/p...Editor. again about Cycle News. The articles are great and I hope yo u continue to keep this area active. Thanks from each and every tria ls rider ou t ther e. I' m sure having trial s cov era ge included in the paper will su bs tantially inc rea se yo ur readership . It ha s certain ly got my attention. Good job and thank you very much. . Ron Brehm President, West Michigan Trials Club Hopkins, MI And more... Just a qu ick note to let yo u know ho w much I appreciate yo ur su per b trials cov erage ov er th e last year or so . The p hotos, par ticula rly of the W orl d rounds, a re ou tsta nd ing an d give the mo tor cycle wo rld an interesting glimpse into one of the highest po tential growth segments of off- roa d motorcycling. As lan d u s e b e co m es more a n d m ore restrictive, tri al s - w hic h req ui res very little space to ha v e fun - will s u re ly grow in popularity ain the fu tu re. Thanks too for the informative rider in terviews (i.e., Bilbao, Aaron, e tc.), bike tests, factory tou r articles an d no w - Ll.S, Na tio na! coverage. The reason I s ub scribe is primarily for your tria ls coverage. Where else ca n so meone get th is leve l of tim ely an d int erestin g trial s info th is quick ly? Onl y Cycle News - th ank you. Bill Ibsen Acworth, GA Can't keep track It's great to see yo ur ad eve ry w eek in Cycle News a d ve r tisi n g th e dates and Trials coverage I recently re-discovere d yo ur newsp ap er and wa s rea lly surp rised, not to mention ve ry pl eased at the effo rt yo u guys put out th ese da ys. I used to race motocross and read the pap er word for word religio u sly . But after gettin g o u t o f th at sport for the outrageou s cos ts it ha d led to, I also dropped th e s u bscrip tio n because it had no co verage of w h at I had changed to - trials rid ing. No coverage, no in terest from me. A friend recently sh owed me a few of your articles on trial s and I w as excited Eastern Office 4188 First Ave., Tucker, GA, 30084; mailing addr ess P.O. Box 805, Tucker, GA 30085-0805. (404)934-7850. FAX (404 ) 934-3112 times of all the motorcycling events aired on ESPN and ESPN2 . Th e cove ra ge on the '95 series is particularly good, at least it w as on the few shows I managed to view during their sche d uled time slo ts. Th e probl em is that half th e sh ows d on't go on as advertised and of the o nes that do, the time sl ot s are never co nsis te n t week after week . Between remembering to set the VCR' s timer for a d ifferent d ay each w eek, a d ifferent time and for us on Eastern time adjusting the date by a da y (9:00 p.m . is 12:00 a.m the next da y), I'm surprised tha t I caug ht eve n 20 percent of all the pro- grams I wanted to see . Even Motoworld is hard to keep track of. C learly there is so m e th in g wrong . After all, th e programs are clearl y adve rtised and motorcycl e co ve rage is at an all-time high. Lucky for us, Cycle News is the re to cover every race. I just hope something will be d one to address this problem in '96, because without a d ep endable sch ed ule of motorcy cle pr ogram s (Su percross l), th ere re all y is no reason to watch spo rts on cable TV . Adrian Ciomo Piscataway, NJ Same week kudos Jus t a note to congratu late yo u and the res t of th e Cycle News staff o n yo ur rec ent same-week covera ge of the Spanish Gran d Pr ix and Hockenheim World Superb ike races. Excellent job. It w ill be so much mo re rewarding to trac k th e GP and World Superbike w ars this sea son with such timel y, high-quality race results in my hands eac h wee k. I can ha rd ly wait for the color photography yet to co me . Keepu p t he great work becau se yo u've spoiled us all. And yo u' re absolute ly rig ht . We'll come to expect this treatmen t from now on . . Paul James Thief River Falls, MN Who's out of control? Let's ge t the story st rai gh t. At the Pon tiac Supercross (Bria n) Sw ink d id not land on (lohn) Dowd, he had jus t p assed h im when Dowd c ross-r u tted an d slam med into Swink, w h ich kn ocked him off the ed ge of the bank. Du e to no fault of Swink's, he lan ded very hard on th e starting gate. It was not the H onda of Troy Rid er , but th e Ya ma ha rid er who wa s out of contro l. lreresa Steffey Linden, Michigan Lett ers to the ed itor sho u ld be se nt to Voic es, Cycle News, P.O . Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90806-0498, faxed to 3101427..ft68 or e-mail.editor@cyclen ew s.com . Pu bS lish ed letters do not neces sa rily reflect th e position o f Cycle News, Inc. Leiters sho uld not exceed 200 words and allIetters are subject 10 edi ti ng. Anonymous leiters will not be considered for publication. All lett ers shoul d contain the writer's name , address and da ytim e phone number .. . Ed itor . .IN ID 1995 S E Issue#22,June7, e-mail editor@cyclenews.com subscribe@cyclenews.com advertising@cyclenews.com CycleNews (USPS 141-340) is published weeklyexcept the last two weeksof the calendar year for $50 .00per year by CycleNews, lnc., 220 Cherry Avenue, LongBeach, CA90806. 1 Second class postage paid at Long Beach. CA and at additional malllng office. CanadaPost International Public ationsMail '5466 15. POSTMASTER Send address changes to Cycle News, P.<;). : Box 498.Long Beach CA 90801·0498. , To determine the expiration date of your subscription, check the four numbers on the first line of your add ress label. The first two digits indicate the last issue number you'll receive and the last two characters indicate the year of the last issue. Subscription rates: Rates for the United States and its possessions for one year, (SO issues), $50.00; two years (100 issues), $95.00; six months, (25 issues), $26.00; trial sub (15 issues), 519.00. Canada and Foreign, one year (SO issues), 590.00; two .00; years (100 issues), $175.00; six months (25 issues), $45 trial sub (15issues), $38.00. Cycle News welcomes unsolicited editorial material including stories, cartoons. photos, etc.Such material, if published, becomesthe exclusive property of CycleNews. Reprinting in whole or part only by permission of the publisher. Advertising rates and circulation information will be sent upon request. See S.R.O.5. W/BD'A V Wf.r~ AUDITED MOTOCROSS MI. Morris Nationa Lto Henry Schmit's for real at Wh ite Bros. World Four-Stroke Smets, Bervoets top World GPs 20 26 ROAD RACING Fogarty sta nds on both legs at Donington WSC 12 DIRTTRACK Carr cranks at Springfield Mile CROSS COUNTRY Andrews awesome at Boyers GNCC. 6 16 COl?yright' Cycle News Inc. 1995. Trademark CycleNews , registered U.S. Patent .Office. All rights reserved. TRIALS Young ups th e an te in New York. ...32 Aaron cleans up' at Pennsylva nia National Tri al 34 HARE SCRAMBLE Smith spanks 'em at Monkey Butt Nati onal HS .36 HILLCLIMB Schreib er jumps to win in AMA Nat'l .38 DEPARTMENTS 29 ONTHE FRONT COVER RESULTS .39 EVENTS 41 CALENDAR. 48 LEADERBOARD 54 IN THETAPES 71 LOOKINGBACK 71 Th e muddy Mt. Morris o utdoor MX marked the return of the Beast from the East, Damon Bradshaw. Doug Henry won the 250cc class. See page 6. Photos by Kinney Jones. Carl Fogarty remained unstoppable at the Donington World Superbike round. See page 12. Photo by Gol d & Goose. NEW PRODUCTS : VINTAGE Vintage scrappin' at Grattan 22 24 CIRCULATION Printed in U.S.A. 4 FEATURES OFF·ROAD Kawasaki team goes the distance at 24-Hour Rock Around the Clock ....28 :

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