Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

m1rn~ VOICES America's weekly motorcycle newspap er LmERSTO THE EDITOR VolumeXXXV Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Associate Editor Mark Hoyer, Managin!: Editor Keith Bush, Assistant Editor/CoT!':! Editor Cameron Coatnev, Associat Editor e Alan Cathcart, European Editor David R. Holther, Copy Editor Advertising Terry Pratt, NationalAccounts Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastem Accounts Manager Mark Thome, Westm. Sales Manager Thomas Gonte r, Western Sales MntlQ ger Forrest Hayashi, Westcm Sales Manager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Manager RickMatheny, Eastern Sales Manager Rhonda Crawford, Western Ad Coordinator Bridgett Bobrofsky, Assistant Carla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Tin a Farr, Assistant Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Director Forrest Hayashi, Manager Kory Klinger, Dcaler Representati e o New Media Development Mark Mitchell, Director Rick Matheny, Webmaster Stepha nie Leamon, Assistant Classified Ads Cherie Collie Graphics and Production Mandy Loo, Produciior Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. Amanda Wollny, Graphic Artist Robyn Light, Grap Artist ' hic Terra Whltmeyer, Graphic Artist Administr ati on Judy Klinger, Coordinator Lea n ne Sims, Administrative Assistant Refreshing . Al Willi ams ' editoria l (Iss ue #6, Febru ary 18) hi t the na il o n th e head . H is obse rvations were refreshin g . I would like to read mo re guest ed itorials of th at sa m e high quality on iss ues th at affect motorcycle motorsports, Keep up the good work. Je ffery Owen Jeffo@ponyexp ress.net Amen In reg ard to a ll the letters regard in g su percross, I w ould like to a dd o ne th ing: My son a nd I a tte nded th e San Diego Super cro ss and I was disgusted w ith the d ru nken, unruly fan s w ho we re in attendan ce. My first reaction was to blame the San Diego Police Department and Pace Mo tor Sports , but then I began to realize that they can ' t be ever ywhere at once. The blame sho uld be p laced squa rely on the sho u lders of those id io ts w ho act like fools . People need to act responsibly ~hen they d rink . If th ey can' t be responSIble, then they have no business dri nking . I don't think w e s ho u ld let a few kn uc kleheads ruin it for the rest of us. I th in k w e s ho u ld conti nu e to s u p po rt su pe rcross and publicly condemn those w~o behave unruly . Eventuall y, th ey WIll get the message. Supercr oss wi ll not die. It w ill live be cause it is th e best sport in the wo rld . G ra nt Mo ore Agua Dulce, CA AccountingID ata Processin g Donna Bryan-Diamond, A/R Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Theresa Milburn, Credit Circul ati on Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Carol Maggio, Dealer Coordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator Joy Lau , Ariodic.ll.. Postage Paid .11 CO!Ja Mese, CA and at : .l.d dmonal mailing office. Canada Post Inle11\oll ion.l1Publicahon.'i ~ all'54b61 5. POSTMASTER: Sm d address ch.mg~ to Cycle Newl~ P.O. Box 5084, Cosu M~ CA 92628-S084. To determ ine the exp iration d",le of your subscription, check the four numbers on th e first line of your addreSli label. The firs t two dig its indie.lI e the liI ~ 1 i!i!iue number you'll receive ,Ind the l.1Isl two charactera indicate the year of the l.:ast issue. ~b!-crirtion rate : Ra!l,.~ for the United States and its possess SIOn.'. for one yt>dr (SO ISS UlOS S50.00; tw o vears (100is..ucsl, ). . S9S.lJO; six months (25 issues ), $26.00; triaf sub 05 i!6ut."Sl, $19.00. C.lI~lda and Foreign.one year (SO issues), $9(). 0; two 0 years (tOO ISSU~), $175.00;six months (25 i......ues}, $45.00; trial . sub (15 issues), $38.00. Cyc~e News welcomes unsol icited editorial material includ ing stones , cartoons, p~otos, de. Such material , if published, becomes thl' exclusive property of CycleNews. Reprinting In ~ hole or part ~n ly by permission.of the pUb l,isher. Advertismg rate and circulation information will besent upon s .D.S. re uest. St't." S.R q W/BDA V TIMEREMEMBERED Jim Gibson Jim Dav is FEATURES SUPERCROSS Round 7 - Toyata Tru cks / Th or / Part s Unlimi ted AMA Supercross Series from A tlanta, Geo rgia 6 SHOOTOUT Kawasak i KX250 vs. Yamaha YZ400F...12 INTERVIEW Aaron Slight. Sito Pons AUDITED -!'~ C1 RCULA1l0N Printed in U.S.A. Co,ryrighlOCycle News, Inc. 1998 ..Trademark Cycle News registered U.s. Patent Office. All rights reserved. RACER TEST Aki ra Yanagawa's Kawasa ki ZX-7RR...28 DAYTONA PREVIEW 1998 Dayton a Bike Week Schedu le ......32 OBSERVED TRIALS World Ind oor Trials u pd ate 16 24 ARENACROSS Rounds 19 & 20 - A MA/ PJ1 Nat ion al Ar enacross Series from Milw aukee, Wisconsin : 18 20 30 36 DEPARTMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR WANT ADS ONF LOOKING BACK 38 50 58 75 75 ON THE FRONT COVER Jeremy McGrath and Ricky Carmichael dominated round seve n of the AMA Supercross Series in Atlanta, Inset: We compare the KX2..'iO to the YZ400F.Photos by Karl Ockert and Cameron Coa tney.

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