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VOICES . letterS to the ecitor America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXXIII Sharon Gayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Associate Editor Mark Hoyer, Managing Editor Keith Bush, Assistant Editor/Copy Editor Cameron Coatney, Assistant Editor Laurel Allen, Editorial Assistant Advertising Terry Pratt, National Accounts Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Manager Mark Thome, Western Sales Manager Thomas Gonter, Western Sales Manager Forrest Hayashi, Western Sales Manager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Manager 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, Diredor Rick Matheny, Operations Classified Ads Sharon Van Hazelen Graphics and Production Ree Johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. 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FAX (770) 934-3112 e-mail editor@cyclenews.com subscribe@cyclenews.com advertising@cyclen wS.com Internet http://www.cyclenews.com Cyde News (USPS 141·340) is published ..eokIy except the last two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc., 2201 Cherry Avenue. Long Beach. CA 90806. Periodicals postlgt! paid at Long Beach. CA and at additional mailing offke. Canada Post International Publications Mail 1546615. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Cyde News, P.O. Box 498, Long ~ach, CA 90801-0498. To determine the expiration date of your subscription, check 1M four numbers on the first line of your address label. The llist two digits indiute the last issue number you'll retrive and the last two charaders indicate the year of the last issue. Subscription rates; Rates for the United States and its posse:!sions for one year, (50 issues1 $50.1)); two years (100 issues~ S95.1lO; six months, (25 issues). $26.00; trial sub (15 issues~ 519.00. Canada and Foreign.. one year (50 issues), 590.00; two years (100 IMues), $l75.cXJ; six months (25 iMucs), $45.00; trial sub (15 ~sues). $38.00. (f') .e-. .a 4 Cyc~e News welcomes unsolicited editorial material including stones. cartoons, photos. etc. Such materiaL if published. becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News.Reprinting in whole or part only by permission of the publisher. Advertis· ing rates and drculation information will be sent upon request See S.R.DS. W~.a ~Y?~T10N Bonkers in Yonkers In response to your Teardown column of June 19, 1996, I am not so sure I fully understand where you're coming from with this article on Brett Metzger. First of all, I don't agree with Andy Warhol's theory on 15 minutes of fame, well certainly not in the competive world of motorcycle racing. You see, competitors such as Brett Metzger are the backbone of this sport, they dig deep into their financial resources to compete and as you put it, "finish 17th out of 28 finishers." Who really cares where they finish, they are competing, and putting a great amount of effort into it. If there were no people like Brett competing, and once in a while finding themselves mixing it up amongst the established stars, racing would lack a certain excitement. You see, rain is a great equalizer and the simple fact of the matter is Brett Metzger rode a better race in the rain than a number of the "established stars." So ra ther than take the piss out of him for as you put it, "talking to anyone who wanted to listen," give the guy the credit he deserves. Sean McGloin Yonkers, NY Cycl. N...., Inc. 1996. Tradomad< Cyd. Nows togJSto.. d u.s. P,tent Offico. All rigllts resorvod: Shannon, 79, lived in Pismo Beach, California. He is suroived by his wife and two children ... Editor. Super? Doesn't anybody but me get sick of all this Super nonsense? Look at an AMA road race program and all you see is Superbike, SuperTeams, SuperTwins, Supersport... it's Supercrap. If everything is Super, then nothing is. AMA, please stop this goofiness. Some accurate, descriptive names for our events would be a great relief from such amateurish hype. And, please, don't be tempted onto the ThunderCrud bandwagon lately firing up in Europe. Larry Allis Alllo@towandarad.sylvania.com Biggest motor? I would like to say with all the noise Sean, 1 don't think you actually read what 1 wrote. Either that or you have no idea how to really "take the piss" out of someone... Editor. Atherton can be reached through his team at: TotaL Control Racing; 7425 Brockway St., Mount Morris, IL 48458... Editor. coming from Honda about their VaJkyrie, could there be a problem with the wording in their advertisements that d aim it has "the biggest motor" on two wheels? Their six-pack with only 1520cc is okay, but let's not forget the "Boss Hog" with its Chevy 350. Turn this motor into cc's and the "Lil Valkyrie" looks just that. Honda should drop that statement from its ad campaign because the "Boss Hog" is very available if you have the money and you're man enough to pick it up if you drop it. I don't own a Boss Hog because I'm into lightweight bikes. In fact, I can't wait until October for the "50cc Fun Run" in Suches, Georgia. R.c. Foreman Montgomery, AL Godspeed, Mickey Two-strokes The motorcycling community lost a great friend on Saturday, June 15 when ArIon "Mickey'" Shannon passed away. Kudos to Richard Soto for his letter in the May 29 issue of Cycle News. r read the recent article about the ban of two- Seeking Kevin I'm a fan of dirt track motorcycle racer Kevin Atherton and I was wondering if there was any way I could either write to him or send him an e-mail message. I'd like to possibly become pen pals with him. He's pretty cool. If you could help me out, I'd really appreciate it. Chris Berlet La Harpe, It strokes and it sounds to me like you just going to take this thing sitting down. Why don't we all just roll over and ride four-strokes. It sounds like everybody is just actepting this as the inevitable. How much do emissions of two-strokes affect anything? Why don't the environmentalists do something that actually has an effect on pollution? Also, shame on Jerry Bernardo. On a recent episode of MotoWorld2, Jerry was at the Sound of Thunder MX Nationals, saying that two-strokes are dead and these four-stroke beasts are our future. Let's band together and do something. Let's save our two-strokes. It'll be interesting to see what Team Green's desert racers trade in their KX500s for. Doug Burch Mountain Home, ID . ~ys are Jef'fro' says thanks I would like to thank the fans at the Glen Helen National with the "Emig Fan Club" banner and those huge "fros" on their heads! I was totally stoked to see them at the ational and wanted them to know that along with the guys at Budds Creek who literally painted my name on their bodies and had fros on their heads; it was epic as far as fan support. As far as my other fans around the world, thanks to you also, but the Emig Fan Club from Glen Helen made the magazines, and I couldn't believe it. Totally cool! I Jost my fro sometime last year, and with recent demands of the factories, and hair trends changing, my real fro is gone. But I'd love to find a new one. Thanks again. Jeff Emig Team Kawasaki Riverside, California Letters to the editor should be sent to Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90806-0498, faxed to 310/4276685 or e-mail.editor@cyclenews.com. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. All letters should contain the writer's name, address and daytime phone number ... Editor. INSIDE Issue #26, July 3, 1996 CROSS COUNTRY Starvation Point G CC FEATURES .28 MOTOCROSS Southwick ational MX World MX Report 6 20 DIRT TRACK Sedalia Grand National HM I0 HARE SCRAMBLE Connecticut NETRA HS 32 NEW BIKES 1996 Honda CRs 14 VINTAGE Grattan AHRMA Weekend 34 INTERVIEW Max Biaggi 16 TRAIL RIDE New Hampshire Classic Turkey Run...30 ON THE FRONT COVER DEPARTMENTS LEADERBOARD TRIALS French World Trial 18 RIDING IMPRESSIONS 1996 TM 300 Enduro 1996 KTM 400 and 600 R/XC HILLCLIMB Avoca, 33 EVENTS 36 CALENDAR 22 24 Printed in U.S.A. Co~yrigll An avid off-road raider from the 1930s through the 1990s, Mickey was well liked by all who knew him. As a founding member of the Mountainers M.e., his ashes will be spread in the Mojave Desert as he wished. The Mountaineers will miss him. Keith Cornick Santa Cruz, CA ..40 WANTADS ..47 TEARDOWN ew York ational 26 ".." LOOKING BACK ". ". 63 , 63 I-BOO-Collect / Honda / Fox Racing's Jeremy McGrath (left) won both 250cc motos at the Southwick National, while tearnrna te Steve Lamson got a taste of the MX 33B sand en route to the 125ccclass win. Photos by Karl Ockert.