Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES · . Le totheeditor tters America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXXIII . . 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 Keith Bush. Copy Editor Advertising Terry Pratt, National Accounts Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Manager Mark Thome, Western Sales Manager Thomas Gonter, Western SalesMa.nager Forrest Hayashi, Western SalesManager Greg Mitchell. Eastern Sales Manager Rick Matheny, Eastern Sales Manager Rhonda Crawford, Western Ad Coordinator Carla Allen. Eastern Ad Coordinator Laur ie Sno w, Assistant Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Manager New Media Development Mark Mitchell. Director Rick Matheny, Operations Classified Ads Sharon Van Hazelen Graphics and Production Ree johnson. Production Supervisor Mandy Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. Stacey Guest, Graphic Artist Amy Faught, Graphic Artist Ad m inistratio n judy Klinger, Coordinator AccountingIData Pr ocessing Donna Bryan-Diamond, AIR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Circula tio n Rheba Smith. Manager Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator ' Carol Begovic, !Jea /er Coordinator Service and Sup port Bridgett Bobrofsky, Receptionist Leonard Herring. Service and Support National Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498 (310) 427-7433; (213) 6368844. FAX (310) 427-6685 Eastern Office 4188 First Ave., Tucker, GA, 30084; mailing address P.O. Box80S, Tucker, GA 30085-0805. (770) 934-7850. FAX (770)934-3112 e-mail editor@cyc!enews.com subscribe@cyclenews.com advertising@cyclenews.com McGrath - good guy For everythi ng bad yo u m ay read concerning Jeremy McGrath , this is my experience: Jeremy is a great per son. When my kids and I first met him, it w as at the .Hangtown National in 1995. H e took tim e to talk with US and take pictu res and sign my kids ' jerseys. W e ran into McGra th again a t th e Washo ugal National and again at the Ana heim Su percross. He was fr iendly and remembered us from ou r previous meetin gs. For those of yo u who haven 't had the opportunity to meet h im, I am sorry because you are missing out. I felt com pelled to w rite because of the bad pre ss h e h as b een ge t ting la tel y . On anothe r note, to all at Team Honda, especially Wes McCoy and Gary Christopherthank you so mu ch for taking the time to give my kid s a tour of th e Honda headqu arters and a chance to m eet some of the great people at Hond a. San dy, Tyson and Travis Enzweiler Aptos, CA • McGrath - bad guy It's kin d of interesting to see peop le gett in g th eir h a ck le s over th is Jeremy McGr ath thing. He re we ha d somebody poin ting o ut the irony o f a si tua tion w here a wo rld-famous motorcycle racer, Jeremy McGrath, is supporting disc rimination against motorcyclists (by purchasin g a h om e in Canyon Lake). And the resp onse is a vehement: "Ho w dare you tell a guy wh ere he can or cannot live!" Well, I say nobody is telling Jeremy where to live. Rath er, this is a m atter of pointing out a simp le 'fact. An d besid es, w hy sho u ld a law-a bi di ng ci ti ze n be denied the ri ght to opera te hi s or h er legally license d vehicle (a motorcycle) on the same ci ty streets th at ca rs use in Cany on Lake? It d oes n ' t matter w ho founded th e place - be it jeremy's great u ncle, moth er , b ro th er, or the Ea ster , Bunny (though I sus pect that the town's founders probably didn't have motorcycle bans at the top of their list). The fact is, buying a home there su pports this unfair policy. A gu y like Jerem y could have pur chased a hom e just about anywhere - it is unfortunate he chose Canyon Lake. Let' s just hope that he doesn 't decid e one day that he'd like to go out for a ride, because he won' t be able to do it there. Kevin E. Redner Quincy,IL Internet http :/ /www.cyclenews.com Cycle News (USPS 141-340)is published weekly except the last two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00per year by CycleNews, Inc. 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beech, CA 90806. Second classpostage paid at Long Beach, CA and at additional mailing off ice. Canada Post International Publications Mail #546615. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Cycle News, P,O. Box498, l ong Beach,CA 90801-0498. To determine the expiration date of your subscripti on, check the four numbers on the first line of your addre ss label. The first two di gits indi cate th e last issue number you'U receive and the last two characters indic ate th e year of the last issue. 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