Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ 0E1) VOICE S America's weekly 'motorcycle newspap er' Lm ERSTO THEE ITOR D Vol ume XXXV Sharon Clayton, Prcsidcn! Michael Klinger, Publisher Ed itorial Paul Carru thers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau , Associltr Editor i Mark Hoyer, Managing Editor KeithBush, AssiMant Editor/Copy Editor Alan Cathcart, European Editor David R. Holther, Copy Editor Advertisin g Terry Pratt. National Accounts M anager Mark Thome, W,,,tenr Sale« Manager Thomas Genter, Western Sales Mnnager Forrest Hayashi, Wesl<'TlI SalesManoger Greg Mitchell, Eastern Accol/nts Manager jim Clark, Eastern Sales Manager ' Rhonda Crawford, Western Ad Coordinator Bridgett Bobrofsky, Assistant Ca rla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Director Forrest Hayashi, Manager Kory Klinger, Deal r Rcprcsentatioc e New Media Development Rick Matheny, Webmaster Stephanie Leamon, Assistant Classified Ads Teri Kerr Graphics and Production Mandy Lao, Art Director Dennis Greene, lAb. Tech. 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Bulto ta le AH RMAgeddon I'm sure I spe ak for Bultaco en thusi asts ev erywhere when I say thank you to Dennis oyes for writing his thoughtful tribute to the late Fra ncisco Xavier Bulto (" How!," Issue 1140, October 14). As w ebmaster for the world' s largest In ternet si te for Bultaco owners, I was deluged w it h e-mail from around the world telling me of Don Pa co ' s passing in early August. Many of m y correspond ents sent me obituary clipp ings from the Spanis h media, but it was Mr. Noyes' article about the great founder of Bultaco that reall y described thi s res pected man th e be st. Th e r em i n is ce n ce s D ennis shar ed about brave spo r ts men li ke Ra m o n Torras also brought' back many memories. Tha nk yo u, Cycle News a nd Dennis Noyes, for th is wonderfu l piece of jou rnalism . Doug Zielke Coquitlam, BC, Canada As an AH RMA member and motocross competitor, I would like to respond to th e a r ti cle " A gatheri ng of heroes " (Issue 1140, O ctober 14). I have talked wit h Mr. Doughty at AHRM/>. rac es and respec t both his riding ability and business acumen. I also applaud Dou ghty' S efforts in orga nizi ng The lro n m en of Motocross Charity Banque t and the Vintage Iron World Championships to provide cha ritable su ppo rt for the Feed The Children Foundation. H owever, I feel it is necessary to comment on Dou g hty ' S re s p ons e to yo u r questions regarding the vintage co m m u n it y an d AHRMA mo tocross . Doughty'S answers seem to fo llow a co m mon thread : "O ne of th e th in gs I thin k has hap pened wi th vintage racin g is tha t it is so overregu la ted ... too mu ch hair-spli ttin g... guys go to the races w ith a level of anxiety abou t their bik e eligibility ... a lo t of co ntroversy about how those post-'75 bikes we re goi ng to tea r up the tracks... a downside to Evolution racing was that those riders in their 30s were going to be aggressive, they were go ing to co me into our semi-sedate sport and ruin the field ...thei r motocross is pretty firml y held by Dick Mann and he subscribes to only one theory and that is that af ter 1974, with the advent of long-travel suspension, the spo rt was no lon ger the spo rt he felt was worth p reserving..."etc. AHRMA mo tocross has "evolved" as a result of input from dozens, if not hundred s , of individu als - co m p e t it o rs, trustees, offic ers, and commi ttee mem bers. Dick Mann doesn' t seem to ha ve any mo re th an one member's input on the rules m a kin g q uo tie n t. As o ne o f thre individ uals on the Mo tocross Rules e and Eligibility Co m mi ttee, Mann's decisions are held acco untable to the mem bership a t large and seem to be cons istent with general membership consens us . AHRMA vinta ge racing is not overregul at ed , but it is regulated . The cu rre nt structu re calls for 15 classes, both machi neand rid er-specific; and wit hin each of the 15 classes is a subd ivision for rider "ability" - Novice, Intermediate and Expert. As such, with 45 different catego ries, scheduling and scoring at any AHRMA ational or regional even t is quite a chore. Venu es like Dayt ona Bike Week, Mid-Ohio and Steamboa t Springs draw entries from all over the world; in excess of 400 entries must be accommodated, aU for a one-day even t. To my thinking, that's the reason th e Evol ut ion class is not incl u ded in AH RMA mot ocro ss - th er e are [us tso · TIl Bultaco website am bt found at the followe ing address:http://www.members.home.llet/ jzzielke/bllltaco.htm...Editor. The U.S. Open of SX After read ing the letters in Cycle News, I felt I had to comment on them. First of all , Kevin Sm yth's lett er is his o pi nion. And he has every right to say what he th inks. But I do have one or tw o qu estions for him. First, if he w as at the event, how does he know what the TV interviews looked like? Second , if he was there, how come he did n ot s ee th e jumbo sc reens that w ere showing th e race as the rid ers went into the tu nnel? My o pi nion, a nd I am en titled to have one, is that maybe he was at another race. In regards to the second letter from Wade Wallace, I have one qu est ion: Do yo u h av e an y clu e w here Jer em y McGrath w as a t th e sta rt of Su nday's fin al ? H e passed man y ot he r rid er s en route to his victory . As a m embe r o f th e a nno u nci ng team, I enjoyed the whole show - top to bott om - and we had a g rea t time with th e fans . Th is wa s a g rea t even t fo r American Supercros s a n d m ot ocro ss ra cing. To be in the mo st beautiful ar ena and casino resort at th e MGM Grand, to showc ase ou r sport, was importa nt to the future of our sport. I hope that all of yo u w ho were th ere enjoyed the sho w, becau se Rick Johnson and I enjoyed calling it for yo u . Larry aston Los Angles, CA many dayligh t hours, so few paid and volunteer personnel, etc. For Doughty to state that the regulati o n s are " hair-splitting," o r that AH RMA MX riders are "sem i-sed ate" or that post-'75 bikes will tear up the track, or that riders have a "level of anxiety" concerning their bike eligibility, or that D ick M ann holds some tyrannical su p re macy over A H RMA mo tocross is just not so . Rick Bley Thebleys @twave.net Wanting Project 2000 As I see it, Project 2000 sho uld be impleme nted next yea r an d we shouldn't wait until the year 2000. In the 1950s, m y w ife and I rod e Triumph m oto rcycl es a nd w ould go to Ascot Par k in Los Angeles and yell for Triumph rid er s to w in . In the '60s, we sw itche d to Harleys and even traveled to Dayt ona to cheer o n Ca l Raybo rn in 1968. Wh en Ray born a nd his H a rl ey won, we called home to friends who still rode Trium phs to gloat. [t was grea t fun': No w all we have are Harl evs in dirt track racin g - w hat's the sport in that? On September 28 this year, we went to the Sacra men to Mile (yes, we are still riding bikes and going to races) and I found myself pulling for Rich King and his Hond a - something that is blasphemy for a Ha rley rider. When Harley wi ns the n umber-o ne plate this year, what is there go ing to be to brag abou t - that the Ha rley factor y beat a bu nch of priva teers (and this is in no way m ea n t to take anythi ng away fro m Scott Parker' s rid ing ability)? Just thi nk how exci ting it would be to go to the races again and cheer for the brand of b ike yo u rid e. If yo u r brand wins, yo u can bra g abo ut it. If you lose, yo u get to come back next week and try again. Tell the power s to be to get a grip or w e're g o ing to los e one o f the most exciting forms of ra cin g in th e w o rld. Could th e proble m b e that Har le y doesn' t have a com pe titive 1000cc bike? Dan Spence Yu ba City, CA Le t te rs t o t he e d ito r sh o u ld be se n t to Voices, Cycle News, P.O. BOle 5084, Costa Mesa, CA 926285084. faxe d to 714/751--6685 o r e- mai l, e d tro eecycte- n e w s.co m. Published le tt e rs d o not n ecessarlfy reflect th e p os it io n of Cycle News, In c. Leiters s houl d n ot exceed 200 words and all letters are su b ject to ed iting. Anony mo us letters will no t be considere d for p ublication. All letters should conbin the wri ter's name, address and daytime phone n umber .•. Ed itor. _ INSIDE f-==.::....:.=..~_--,,--Issue #43 N ovember 4, 1998 DEP ARTMENTS FEATURES ROAD RACE Argentinian Grand Prix TIME REMEMBERED Bill Tuman 24 15 HILLCUMB Devil's Staircase Na tio nal... 26 16 ENDURO ECEA Pine Barons Enduro NCCES Buckhorn End uro 28 37 6 ARSTRIDE 1999 Yam ah a V-Star 1100 DRAG RACING Prosta r West Co ast Finals fro m Phoenix SHOW Del Mar Vinta ge Days West / Concou rs D' Elegan ce 17 MOTOCROSS Mud d y Creek Fall Classic/ Mega Series GFi Fall Series orth GFi FallSeries North Final... ON THE FRONT COVER , GRAND PRIX Viewfi nders GP 29 HARESCRAMBLES SETRA Volu ntee r HS 20 34 35 INTHE WIND 2 EVENTS 38 LEADERBOARD 50 RESULTS......•.......................•.....................51 CALENDAR•..••......•...............•.....................54 WANT ADS .58 INTHE PADDOCK .75 LOOKINGBACK .............•............................75 .36 The 250cc Grand Prix of Arg en tina wa s a thriller. Valentino Rossi won the race, but Loris Ca pirossi and Te tsuy a Harada were invo lved in a controvers ial fini sh in their battle for th e World Championship. Photos by Gold & Goose. Inset: Yama ha's V-Star 1100. Ph oto by David Dewhurst. .

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