Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/127771
.,Ii:~~rCYcieS . Trvab SboP For 1996. . '. INTERVIEW Bernie Schreiber SCO RPA • All New. Small. Light and V Narrow. Top Quality and Rota, ery Powered. 250 and 280 models available. ~~\ j';TI C • With a Beautiful New Color Scheme (red. black. silver) The Fantic Section has many refinements and improvements lor 1996. 125 and 249 models available. :\IO:-lT [ SA • Cota 314R Details or a New HRC Cota Available Soon. (,., ,.'{U IIGO • Y outh Trials Motorcycle. 4 Speed. 80ec. Ages 10-14 :!. <~ %® Used Motorcycles. ] ~...;-.-:::-:-=-- . Trials Motorcycles Reconditioned in Our Shop lor Resale. Competition Ready: 1I® New 1995 Left Over Mod els. -*:' '"I'or Sale at ~ t CLEARANC~ PRICES. Delivered an)"her~. Full Repair Sho p Facilities. Engine Repairs. Fabrication. Technical ® Parts and Ac cessories. Parts For YourMotorcycle. Our FREE .1996 Catalog lists All the Top Name Accessories. AXO. RenlhaL Bielfe. Spica. Domino to name a IC\\. ' .. . ' (Above) Today, Bernie Schreiber (left) builds Kamikaze Mounta in Bikes, specialized downhill racing and land s peed record bicycles . He is also the European Answer Products liais on. (Left) Schreiber grew up nea r Big Tujunga Canyon In Southern CalifornJa, and had many exce llent pract ice areas. Tryals Shop. RDJ. RT38. Locke NY 13092 .. . "I. i Ph 3 15-497-29043 15-497-3268 Fad 15-497-29058 . . , II': Business Hours: EST From 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.rn. Mon.- rri: . .1\ Sal. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.rn Evenings 8::00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. by chance. e Stands $45.00 + shipping I What's happening? Cyde News Calendar. I TRIALS MOTORCYCLES FOR INFO: Section One Trial Products (805) 543-7358 445-b Prado Rd. (8OO) 543-4983 Fax SIn Luis Obispo, CA 93401 r;==============;tl ' Di d you know th at h e earned over $1 mil\ ion last year? Wow! I hadn't heard th at th e numbers . were that hig h. It m ust be coming from h is sponsors because I'm su re Gas Gas couldn' t justify that am ount. The Indoor events is w h at it' s all abo u t. They've b ro u ght in the big sponsors like Coc a Co la and lots o f te levi si on coverage. Hey, th e guy is goo d . He w o rks at it, and I thi nk he deserves it. I cou ld never understand why Kenny Robe rts cou ld make a millio n a year wh ile I was makin g fift y tho usan d . If a guy can m ake that kind of money, I th ink it's great. What do you th in k of the modem riding techn iques? These new techniques require a foundation of skills that come from bicycle tri- als just to eve n think of competing at the World level. It's a whole new sty le of practice. A g uy co u ld s ta rt at home p racticing on a bi cycle and grow his w ay into th e sport and b e successfu l in t he indoors eve n if he can't ride as well in the ou tdoor events. The new style has even influenced the development of the bikes. Now the motorcvcles are created around the 'bicycle trials sty le. From yo ur pers pective, h as t rial s b ecome m o re enj oyabl e to watch? On the World Championship level it has become a tremen dous specta tor sport. It' s so hard . It's unbelievab le! It's like watching Formula 1. There are 10 or 15 guys th at are really worth watchi ng . I love to see the progress in the sport. I think I enjoy it so much beca use I u nderstand it. On th e other hand it' s not even the sa me spo rt I used to ride. D uring the '70 s a n d '8 0s the Un it e d Sta te s p roduc ed a World Ch am p io n and many top rid ers who were able to s co re World Championsh ip points . What do you th ink the reasons were? With all Am ericans w ho com pete in an int ern ation al sport, be it tria ls or moun tain bikes, th e challenge is to actually pick up your bags and go to where the competition is and Jive there and work at it every da y w ith the best. I think that one of the ad vantages that we had in the