Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(ill]]~ VOICES America's weekly motorcycle newspaper LffiERS TO THEEDITOR Vol ume XXXV Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Associate Editor Mark Hoyer, Mmlaging Editor Keith Bush, Assistant Editor/Copy Editor Cameron Coatney, Associate Editor Alan Cathcart, European Editor David R. Holther, Copy Editor Advertising Terry Pratt, National Accounts Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Manager Mark Thome, Western Sale Manager s Thomas Ga nter, Western Sales Mann ger Forrest Hayashi, Western Sale Manager s Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Manager Rick Matheny, Eastern Sales Manager Rhonda Crawford, Western Ad Coordinator Bri gett Bobrofsky, Assistant d Carla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Tina Farr , Assistan t Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Director Forrest Hayashi. Manager Kory Klinger, Dealer Representative New Media Development Mark Mitchell, Director Rick Matheny, Webmaster Stephanie Leamon, Assistant Classified Ads Cherie Collie Graphics and Production Mandy Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. Amanda Wollny, Gra phicArtist Robyn Light, Graphic Artist Terra Whitmeyer, Graphic Artist Ad ministration Judy Klinger, Coordinator Leanne Sims , Administrat ive A ssistan t Accou n ting/Da ta Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond, A/R Coordinator Ge neva Rep ass, Assistant Theresa Milburn, Credit Circ ulation Alma Anguia no, Processing Coordinator Carol Maggio, Dealer Coordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator Joy Lau , Msistl/Ilf Service and Support Shannon Clark, Receptionist Jim O lso ii Scroice and Suppon Na tional Headq ua rte rs - 3505-M Cadillac Ave., Costa Mesa, CA92626 P.O. Box 5084, Costa Mesa, CA 92628-5084 (714) 751-7433 FAX (714) 751-6685 Eastern Office 4188 First Ave.,Tucker, GA 30084 P.O. Box 805, Tucker, GA 30085-0805 (770) 934-7850 FAX (770) 934·3112 e-m ai l edi tor@cyclene ws.com su bsc ribe®cyclen ews .co m advert ising®Cyclene ws .com In tern et http:/ /w w-w.cyclen ew s.com Cycle News (USPS 141-3·l( ) j.. published weekly exce the ) pt last two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00 per year by CycleNews, Inc.•3505 Cadillac Avenue, CO l M e a, CA -M St. s 9262 Periodicals Postage Paid at Costa Mesa, CA and at 8. additio nal mailing office. Canada Post International Publications Mail #54661 5. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Cycle News, P.O. Box 5084, Costa Mesa, CA 92628·5084. To determin e the expiration date of your subscriptio n, check the four num bers on the first line of your address label. The first two digits indicate the last issu e numb er you'll receive and the last two characters ind icate the year of the last issu e. Subscription rates: Ratto'S for the United States and its ~ses sions for one year (SO issues), $50.00; two years 000 issues). $95.00; six months (25 issues), $26.00; trial sub (15 is."uL'sl, $19.00.Canada and Foreign. one year (SO issues), $90.00; two years (lOO issue ), 5175 six months (25 issues), $45.00; trial s .00; sub 05 issues), $3KlXJ. . Cycle News welcomes unsolicited editorial material including stories, cartoons, photos, etc. Such material. if pub lished, becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News. Reprinting in whole or part only by permission of the publisher. Advertising rates and circulation information will be sent upon request. See S.R.D.5. W/SI'1'A V ~~ I jus t wanted to take a minute to say how much I ap precia ted the comme nts mad e by PACE Motor Spor ts' Ken Hudgens (Voices, Issu e #6, February 18) on improving Supercross. I have been a ttending Supercross even ts fo r a round 15 years, u su all y ma kin g four or five ra ces a year . I' ve never really experience d any problems except at the Pont iac ro un d the last few yea rs. We' ve had drinks d umped on us from above, and my wife was hit w ith so me kind of thro wn object. Wh ile she wasn't hurt, I doubt tha t I'll b ring her along this yea r. Fur thermore, my young child ren are becoming interested in seeing a race, and I don't believe I'll take them to th e Pontiac round , which is unfortu nate because it is closest to ou r horne. 1t was hard to believe the amou nt of stu ff thrown from the stands at tha t ra ce. Again, at th e o the r Supercross rounds I've attended, I've never experienced these problems. .. An yway, thanks, Ken . I beli ev e yo u have some grea t id eas, particularly the "n ond rin king famil y secti on s." I and man y others appreciate your efforts. Jim Kimball Delaware, OH Impressed Printed in U.S.A. Co~yrightC Cycle News, Inc. 1998. Trademark Cycle News registered U.S. Patent Office. All rights reserved. Doublewide? Is it tru e that Troy Lee had to pu t a doublew ide door on his paint booth in or der to refi nis h Jimmy "Th e G reek" Giana tsis' helm et? Anthony Schummel Schumma@emtaI.vwoa.ms.vw.com. Oh, t he pressure Regarding th e claim in yo u r Open Class Sportbike Shootou t ("S ize Matters," Issu e #3, Ja nua ry.20) tha t "The ZX-9R's ram air (is) goo d for as much as 8 hp at high speeds" - no way! Ho rs epower is p ropo rtional to absolu te pressure and temperature (i.e., d ensity only). Since the temperature is co ns ta n t, i t is propo rtional to the a bsolu te pressure onl y. The dynam ic pr essure at 180 mph is: V' Pd = 2g .075(180 x 1.47)' 564 . =. pSI 2(32.2)144 And the abso lute pressure rati o is: As a current Cycle News contribu tor, 1 m us t say I'm thorou gh ly im press ed with Jimmy "The Greek" Giana tsis' letter (Issue #7, February 25). I didn't realize that he sing le-han d edly (well, okay, he had a little help fro m Jody Wei sel and Ch arl es Mor ey ) "helpe d eleva te the spo rt of mot ocross in Am erica to th e success it e nj oys toda y ." To thin k th at th e success of Am erican motocro s s a s we kn o w it tod ay is based in part on his contribution s as ed itor / writer/ test cons ul tant is no thin g short of m in d-bogglin g. Ju s t ima gin e ho w m uch better thi s s p o r t would be if he had just kept cont ribu tin g ins tead of direct ing hi s efforts to s ho o ting picture s of sc a n tily clad women. I can on ly h op e th at som eday m y now freelance work for Cycle News will Pressure_ Ps + Pd '" 14.7 + .564 rati o Ps 14.7 = 1.038 Where: Pd = Dynamic Pressure, psi Ps = Static Pres sure, psi y = Density, lbs./cu . ft. V = Velocity, feet per second g = G rav i ta t io n a l co n s ta n t, ft. / sec./sec. The increa se in intake pressure is thus 3.8 percent or greater. If you use a p eak hors epower reading of 130.5 (from yo ur d yn o graph, page 17), thi s calculates to 5 hp at best - assuming no duct losses and 100 percent inlet-flaw-restriction recover y - not li kel y. In th e real world, one would be fortunate to show a 4-hp in crease, or about h alf of the claimed 8 hp. Inci den ta lly , so me Mooney ai rc raft have a ram -air feed door and the plane's cruise spee d is abou t 170 mph. Mooneys r cons isten tly show l -in ch Hg (me rcury) pressure rise wi th the door open, which is very close to .5 psi. Keep up the good work - you're still the best magazin e ou t there. Larry Haig Boca Raton, FL Yeah, likewe didn't know that... Editor. No small fry My first th ou ght regard ing yo u r cutesy co ve r head li ne on thi s week's issue (Issu e #8, March 4) - "Big Mac and a Small Fry" - with re feren ce to McG ra th a nd Ca r michael was, "Oh . cu te." But then I had second thou gh ts. As a person who grew u p to be not very tall and a ls o sharing Ricky Carmichael's fortune to have red hair, I cou ld em pa thize with the fact that he is probably ge tting tir ed of the repeated refer ences to his height and hair. We were in Las Vegas last year and I took my daughter ' s pic ture with Ricky (she has red hair , too - they looked like twins' ), As I was focus ing, I noticed my daughter had her knees b ent just a little - enough so that the tw o of them were abou t same heig ht. She didn't reali ze th a t she h a d don e it - she wa s ju st thr illed to be there and to get his au tograph. It do esn' t ma tter how tall he is, my daughter will always look up to him. Jod ie Miller Ojai , CA All 5 ' 8" of me apologizes... Editor. Letters to Ihe ed itor sh ou ld be senl 10 Voices, Cycl e Ne ws, P. O. Bo x 5084, Costa Mesa, CA 92628-5084, fa xed 10 714/751-6685 or e-mail, edilor@cyclen ew s.com . Publi shed lellers do not necessarily refl ectlhe position of Cycle News, Inc. Lett ers sh ou ld not exceed 200 words and all letters are su b ject to editing. Anonym ou s letters will not be consid er ed for publication. All lellers s h o u l d conta in the writer' s name, address and da ytim e phone number ... Ed itor. FEATURES SUPERCROSS Round 8 - Toyo ta Trucks /Thor/Paris Unlimited AMA Supercross Series fro m Tampa, Florida 6 ROAD RACE Rou nd 1 - NASB/EBC Spo rtbike Series from Daytona Beach , Florid a 12 lRTA tests from Jere z, Spain 18 RIDING IMPRESSION Muz zy Rap tor SB850 .22 DIRTTRACK Project 2000 u pd ate 25 RACER TEST Ca rl Fogart y' s and Pier-Francesco Chili's Ducati 966 Superbikes INTERVIEW Paul Edmondson MOTOCROSS Beau caire Spring Classic from France....36 DAvrONA PREVIEW 1998 Daytona Bike Week Schedule ......38 RACE TEST KTM 200M/XC .40 HARE SCRAMBLES Rou nd 1 - Best in the Desert Silve r Stat e Series from Laug hlin, Nevada .42 BEACHRACE Le Touquet Beach Race from Fra nce....44 26 ON THE FRONT COVER DEPARTMENTS .30 A UDITED CIRCULATION help me achieve the greatness that others have acquired . G reg Robertson Palmdale, CA ARENACROSS Rounds 21 & 22 - AMA /PJl Na tional Arenacross Series from Denv er, Colorado ; 32 EVENTS CALENDAR WANT ADS : DNF LOOKING BACK > ~ .46 .58 66 83 83 Larry Ward takes Tampa in his first SX wi n in eigh t years. See page 6. Pho to by Kinney Jones. We tes t the Muzzy Raptor . See page 22. Photo by Fran Kuh n.• Dirt track teams ge t ready for 2000. See p age 25. Ph oto by Scotl Rousseau.

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