Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Letters to the editor Volume XXXIII Sharon Clavton, 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 Acrounts Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Acrounts Manager Mark Thome. Western SalesManager Thomas Gonter, Western SalesManager Forrest Hayashi. Western SalesMan:i er g Greg Mitchell, EastL'Tn Sales Manager Rick Matheny, EasternSales Manager Rhonda Crawford, Western Ad Coordinator C..rla Allen. Eastem Ad Coordinator Lau rie Snow, Assistant Marketin g & Promotion Mark Thome, Manager New Media Development Mark Mitchell, Director Rick Matheny, Operations Classified Ads Sharon Van Hazelen Graphics and Production Ree Johnson. Production Superv sor i Mandy Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, lAb. Tech . Stacey Guest. Graphic Artist Amy Faught, Graphic Artist Administration Judy Klinger, Coordinator AccountingIData Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond. N R Coordinator Geneva Rep ass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Circulation Rheba Smith, Manager Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Pam Klein. Billing Coordinator Carol Bego vic, DealerCoordinator Se rvice and Supp ort Bridgett Bobrofsky, Receptionist cross in San Diego to stay home an d w atch th e end uro. Bumm er. I g uess I sho uld have su bscribed to Cycle News. ralp h@starlin k.com Champine thanks A huge thank-you goes out to all the old a nd new friends wh o got togeth er to help out our family at the Janu ary 6 Endurance Ic e Race o n Lake Koshkonong. Your generosity and su pport touched our hearts and will always be remembered. A special th an ks to all who w orked so hard to o rga nize th is event. We loo k forward to see ing yo u all at next yea r's race. Steve, Heid i, Travi s and Samantha Champine Green Bay, WI On No vember 11, 1995, dirt tra ck racer ~tcve ~ha lllpine fell from a tree stand, suffermg spinal cord damage that has left I.illl a quadriplegic... Editor. ~o time Last w eekend m y boys and myself were looking forward to tw o da ys of su percross. Th is amounted to a Friday spent chasing th e sta rs for autographs, and Satu rd ay going to th e race in Sea ttle. We are a.ll avid rid ers and racers, following all kinds of m ot orcycle sports. On Friday, after go ing to Lynwood to see the Yamaha riders, we we nt to the Kawasaki shop, also located in Lynwood. An yway, w e w aited and waited and no Kawasaki stars showed u p . What' s u p wi th that ? Where is rider loyalty? The guys at the shop felt reall y bad so they gave away a lot of cool stu ff - Tvsh irts, jerse ys, tapes, goggles, etc. But it still left a bad taste in my mouth. P.S. Th e FMF a nd Alpi nestar guys were very mce. . M ichael Byrne Marysville, WA Th e W ick enb erg , A rizona, round of th e AMA National Enduro Series was canceled because of land use problems. We' re not certain about next year, bu t if you subscribe you no doubt will find out early enough not to ruin other plans... Editor. Love child As I w as 'read ing a co py of Cycle N ews (Iss ue #4, January 31), I noticed so meth ing of int erest. Apparently, Cycle News decline d to m ake us all aw are of a fact th at h a ppen ed five yea rs a go in th e Looking Back section. It appears as th ough Jeff Stanton and Rex Staten had a love child an d named hi m "Rex Stanto n ." Not o nly th at , bu t Re x h ad go ne o n to w in a t Anah eim, roun d three o f th e Camel Supercross Series , beating th at Frenc h guy Bayl e and ending up a poi n t ahead of him in the point st a n di n g s . H ow co me you didn't let us know earlier? THender959@aol.com Godspeed, Corky Godspeed, Ed Wh at can one say in th in king abo u t a d e ar friend, Ed Kretz? H e a lways thought about ot hers an d I shall m iss those calls of thoughtfulness - he w as a friend of 60 years. Godspeed, de ar friend . Mil dred H orky Port Ora nge, Fl Trick graphics' H aving just read "Sportbikes Then and Now" (Issue #4 , January 31), I was won- advertising@cyclenews.com Where's Wickenberg? dering wh ere yo u got the GP z 550 with the trick graphics? I ha ve been riding one motorcycle o r a no the r fo r 20 years and I've even ow ned a few that you show cased - a n H 2 750 an d 500 , and m y m os t recen t "vin tage" sp o rtb ike, a 1978 GSI000 . I ha ve si nce graduated to more convention al sportbikes in order to go road racing (I currently manage Te am Streamlined Racing) . You hav e an absolute top-rat ed ne wspaper, and one of the best classified se ctio n s available. Ke ep up the good work. Donald Fagan Ne w Windsor, NY In ternet Why w as the Wickenberg Enduro canceled? Will there be ano ther eve nt next ye a r? I live in Ph oenix an d was reall y looking forward to seeing th is event. In fact, I canceled a trip to see th e su per- If you hold Cycl e News up to tile mirror, the graphics aren't so trick. The photo was accidentally fl opped duri ng production ... Editor. Leonard Herring. Service and Support National Headqu arters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach. CA 90801-0498 (310) 427-7433; (213) 636-8844. FAX (310)4276685 Eastern Office • 4188First Ave.. Tucker, GA, 30084; mailing addr ess P.O. Box 80S, Tucker, GA 3008>0805. (770) 934-7850. FAX (770) 934-3112 e- mail editor@cvc1enews.com subscnbefscyclen ews.com http :/ /www.cyclenews.com Cycle News (USPS141-340) is published.weekly except the last two ....-eeks of the calendar year for $50.00 per year by Cycle News. Inc.•220) CherryAvenue. Long Beach CA 90806. Second class. postagepaid at Long Beach. CA and at additional mailing otfice. Can ada Post Interna tiona l Publications Mail ~546615 . POSTMASTER: Send addrns changes to Cycle New s, P.O. Box498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0.198To d eterm ine the expi ratio n dale of your subscription. check the four nu mb ers on the first line of yo ur ad dress labe l. The first two digits indi cate the last iss ue number yo u'll receive and the last two cha racters indica te the year Df the last iss ue. S~t>scription rates: Ra t~ for the United States and its p0ssessions for one year, (SO ISSUes), 550.00 two years (100issues), ; $95.00; six month s. (25 issues ), $26.00; trial sub (15 issues), $19.00. Cana da and Foreign, one year (50 issues). $90.00; two years (100 issues), $175.00; six months (25 issues), $45.00; trial SUD (15 issu es), $38.00. Cyc~ e News welcomes unsolicited editorial materia l includi ng cartoons, photos, etc. Such material. if published. becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News. Rep rinti ng in ~· ho l{' or part only by pe rmission of the publisher. Advertis mg rates and circulation informa tion will be sent upon 510 n £'5, request. 5PeS.R.O.5. W~.8 ~~ d1ITnoN Has time For the past two years, I have written to Scott Parker asking for various inform ation . Each time he has taken the time to respond to m y requests. It is refr eshing to know that some superstars still have time for the fans. This is th e sign of a tru e champion. Best wishes to Scotty in 1996. Alan Paul Bell evu e, N E Cycle News, Inc. 1996.Trademark Cycle News registered U.s . P.alent Office. All rights reserved. I to ld my wife, "At leas t he was doing what he loved. If only w e could be so lucky." Corky Krickba um was an avid d esert racer wi th the same p roblem th at ma ny of us have: the en thusiasm and dri ve of an 18 year o ld loc ked up in a 40-plu syea r-o ld m an . Unfortunate ly, for all o f us, th at carne to an end at the Adelanto Grand Prix. Corky alw ays had a smile an d a will ingnes s to help an yon e who needed it, either in the pits o r o n the course. H e w as a treasured member of the Vikings M / C and lon g-time District 37 rider. He w ill be missed by everyone w ho had the plea sure of knowing him. I would like to thank the efforts of the Desert Vipers, Rescue 3, the Ad e lanto Fire Department an d Resc ue Tea m for their response to a trag ic event. Our heart felt sym pathy goes ou t to Corky's famil y and friends. He wa s one hell of a nice guy. See you later, Cork. John an d Bonni e FulI er M ira lorna, CA Krickbaum was killed in the Adelanto Gralld Prix on February 3... Edito;. Letters to the ~ditor shou ld be ~en t to Voi",s. Cycle NlI"w s, P.O . Box 498. long BII"<1ch. CA 90806-0498, furd 1031014276685 or e- ma il, todi toriilcycle nrws-com. Published letten do not necessarily rdlrct the position of Cycl e' News , Inc. Letten shou ld nol exceed 200 word • .an d .aUldt"" a ~ su bj rd to edi tin g. Anonymous letten will not be con sidered for pu bli cation. All leeees ilhould cantlin Ut~ wrilrr's nam r .add rr "" and d.aytim~ phone number ... Editor. . INSIDE" . Issue#7,February 21,.1996 FEATURES SUPERCROSS San Diego Supercross HARESCRAMBLES H ollister Hill s National HS 6 TRIALS FEATURE SECTIO N World C'ship Preview 12 AMA /NATC C' ship Preview 14 Test: 1996 Gas-Gas JTR250 :20 Test: 1996 Beta Techn o 22 Test: 1996 Fantic Section 249 24 Int ervi ew: Former World Cha m pio n Bernie Schreiber 26 Test : 1996 Ami go 80 30 GRAND PRIX Adel anto Grand Pri x 32 MOTOCROSS CMC Golde n Sta te .34 DEPARTMENTS 16 EVENTS .36 ONTHE FRONT COVER CALENDAR 40 WANT ADS 43 TEARDOWN Printed in U.S.A. Copyrigh Beemer or Bimmer? To review 25 yea rs of spo rtbikes in five an d a h alf p ag es ("All Revved Up" Issu e #4, January 31), tak es considerable courag e, kn owl edge and mem ory . Th ough a book on the subject could be written, and perhaps has, Colin Fraser's su ccessful summation was excellent. ~ow m ay w e have a historical perspective on the last 25years of singles? . On another subject, there are those in the m otor news bu sin ess who do not kn ow th e d ifference between a "Beemer" an d a "Bimmer." From an historical perspective, I offer the following terminology clarificati ons: In the p resence o f a BMW au tomobile ow ne r, never refer to yo ur BMW m ot orcycl e as a "Bimmer." In the presence of a BMW motorcycl e ow ner, never refer to your BMW automobil e as a "Beemer." Each group con s iders th e af or ementi on ed terms th e ir exclus ive righ t an d invention. At th e risk of noting th e obvio us, I suggest th at in the presen ce o f e ither, ne ver ref er to your BMW as a "Bu mmer." Don Neilson max@takea letter.com 59 LOOKING BACK 59 Tria ls galore fill s th e pages of thi s week's issue. Ceoff Aaron, Matt Mo ore and Michael Ray Craig do the honors on ou r Beta Techno, Cas Cas JTR250 and Fantic Section test bike s . Photos b y Donn Maeda.

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