Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

rally for th e n ext three ye ars , HarleyDav id son officials an nou nced on Frid ay, July 16, at t h e 1999 H. O. G. Ra ll y in Gree nvill e, So u th Ca ro li na. The n ext rally is p la nned for June 21-24, 2000 . "T he an nua l H. O .G . rallies w ill m ak e Milwau kee a desti nation poin t for thou sa nds o f m ot o rcycl e e n th usias ts and have a meaningful im pact on th e economy," sa id Jeff Bleustein , Harl ey-David son chairman and CEO. Proton Modena s KR · te am m a n a g er Ch uck Aksland will be spend ing th e five-week break bet w een G ra nds Pr ix worki ng o n b oth th e Mo de na s KR3 th ree-cyl in d er 500cc GP bike as well as th e te am ' s ne w fo u r -cyli nder', T he fra me for th e four-cylind er , a modified ve rs ion of th e KR3 fra me, has alrea dy b ee n bui lt , a n d w o r k o n th e e ng ine co n tin ue s o n th e r ecen tl y in s ta ll e d d y n o a t t h e team' s h ea d q u a r te rs in Banbury, En g la n d. A ks la n d said the team is using th e Sw issa u to engine as it s b ase , th e sa m e p o w erpl ant that p o w e r s th e Mu Z W eb er r idde n b y Lu ca Ca d a lo r a an d [urg e n van d e n Goorber gh . Th e machine m ay be read y for testing after th e Czech GP in Brn o at th e end of Augu st, th ou gh A ksla n d sai d th ey d id no t kn o w if they wo u ld ra ce it. The tea m is st ill com m itt ed to m aki n g th e thr e e -cy li nd er pr o je ct v ia b le, h e s ai d . Ca d a lo ra w as third fas test in Ge r m ari G P q uali fyi ng but ' w as high-sid ed ea rly in the race . Th e m otor, a s it' s curren tly bein g ra ced , has a very p ea ky p o w erband, w h ich th e Rober ts team w ill cer ta inly try to ta m e. In Ge rma ny, Cadalora ta me u p wi th a fix th a t he thought woul d fla tten it o u t. Ju d gi n g fro m h is cra sh, it wa sn' t en tirely su ccessful. Th e Itali an is o ne of the sm oo thest rid ers in G P racin g, and rarely high-sid es. Van d en Goo rb erg h ea rn ed a s u rp risin g p ole positi on , th e bi ke's firs t, at las t m onth' s Dutch TT in As se n . Afte r taki ng a seco nd and a w in, risi ng Austra lian road raci ng sta r Andrew Pitt (K aw ) was the ove rall victo r a t ro und seven o f th e Aus tra li an Su p e rb ik e Champions hi p at th e all-ne w Q ueenslan d Racew ay near Willowbank on Jul y 11. The opening race w as won by Steve Martin (D u e), who ha s inc reased h is ti tl e lea d o ve r Craig Connell to 26 poin ts aft er fin ish ing third in race two. Former multi-tim e Austra lian mo tocross 'champion Kim As hkenaz i (Ka w) made his superbike d ebut at Willowbank and finis h ed ninth a nd eig h th in the tw o races, accordi ng to Cycle News contributor Dar ryl Flack. Facing over two more we eks of ph ysioth erapy, Mick Doohan is on target to make his retu rn to Gra nd Prix racing at th e Czec h round of the 500cc Wo rld Cham pionship on August 8. After visiting the Dutch and British GPs and the Worl d Superbike round at Laguna Seca, Doohan has retu rn ed to San Francisco, Californ ia, to return to rehabilita tion. "I am sti ll on crutches," Doohan said in a Melbou rn e, Au stralia, new spaper . "We a re worki n g, to wa r ds th e Czech G P. Th at' s st ill some time off in terms of seeing w hat my recovery is. It's not a lifeo r-death situ a tion. It' s a target we a re trying to achieve, so me th ing to make a go a l; w he th er o r no t w e ca n ac h ie ve th at , I can' t commen t on." Ans weri ng recen t reports that he may go into team managem ent as ear ly as 2000 wi th Colin Ed w a rds as h is rid er u n d e r Sh ell Advance co lo rs o n a Honda NSR500, Dooh an said: "There's alw ays spe cu lation. I am not at a stage where I am talking wi th anyo ne about running a team. It ' s n o t n ece s s aril y w h at I wi ll b e involved wi th in years to come ." ']C ,Motors and North American Van Line s have entered into an ag reeme nt to trans port m ot orcycl es th ro u ghou t th e continental United Sta tes via tru cks. JC Mo tors uses North American Van Lines to provide pickup, transp o rtation se rvices and all necessary packing compon en ts . Fo r m ore info r ma tio n , call 714/557-2558. Love Ride 16, th e larg est m ot orcycle fu nd -ra ising even t in th e world , is se t fo r Su nday, No vember 14, w it h o ver 20,000 motor cyclists expected to ride 50 mil es fro m Harley- Davi d son of Gle nd ale, Califo rn ia, to a concert, barbecu e a nd trad e s ho w at Cas taic Lake. For more inform ation, call 818/ 246-5618. Th e Women' s Sc h ool of Motocro s s (WSMX) wi ll be ho ld ing a school prior to the Washouga l, Wa shin gt on , A MA 125 / 250cc Nation al Mo tocro ss Series round . Th e school will be held at Mountain View Cycle Park in Sandy , Oregon, o n Jul y 26. Fo r mo re in fo rma tio n, call 949/837-3374. Smith Sport Optics racing service wi ll be on ha nd to assist all Sm it h goggleusing rid er s attending th e 18th annual Lore t ta Ly n n ' s A ma t eu r Na tional Mot ocross Cham pio ns hip , Augus t 2-7. Fo r m ore informa tion , ca ll 208 /7266521. Three Yamaha Motor Corporation dea lers will offer technical sup port and par ts fo r the upcomin g NMA Champi ons hip M otocro s s r a ce s a t Po nca Ci ty a n d Loretta Lyn n's. Thou sa nd Oa ks Yamaha, North Texas Yama ha will be joined by Beach Sp ort Cy cles at Loretta Lyn n's. The Barb er Vintage Motorsports Museum announced on July 15 tha t it plan s to build a new museum an d ro ad racin g track in Birmingha m, Alab am a . On July 13, th e Birm ing ha m City Co u ncil ap p roved a n agreement a llo w ing th e Ba rb e r M u seu m , a 501(c) 3 n onprofit orga niza tion, to lease 700 acres of city owned land near Interst at e 20 and th e Lee ds in ter ch ange. The Ba rber Mot o rsports Park, a $33 million investmen t, wou ld be lar gely fina nced by the museum, with infrastructure assistance from gove rn mental entities. The museum and roa d race cou rse sh ou ld take 18 to 24 m onth s to co ns truct and 'sho uld be in operation in 2001. "We wa ~t to d o thi s project for several reasons," said George Barber, the muse um's found er . "Firs t, we have the largest, and we think the bes t, collection of motorcy cles in t he Western Hemisphere, and we want to show the m off pro p erl y . Se co n d; we exp ect th e museum and road racin g tr ack to be a ma jor tourist attraction. We hope to bring in 125,000 peop le the first year of operation , a nd many of th ose peopl e will be o u t-of-towners w ho will stay in ho tels an d eat in restauran ts. Third, we want to p rovid e addi tion al recreational oppo rtu niti es fo r p eople in Birmingham a nd A la ba ma . A world-class m otorsports mus eu m and road racing track wi ll help d o tha t." Acco rd ing t o Je ff Ra y , th e m u s eu m ' s execu tive d irector, Barber plans to host a variety of motorcycle- an d car-racing even ts, includ in g those fro m the AMA, AHRMA, Historic Spo rts Racing , Sp ort s Vin tage Racing Associa tion an d SCCA. TI1e circu it will be rough ly 2.5 miles long . A m ot ocr o s s d o cum en tary ti tled, "Motocross: The Next Best Th ing" wi ll air o n A ug us t 8 a t 9 p .m . (Eas tern) o n Fox Sports New Eng land as a 90-minu te spec ial. Check yo ur loca l listings. Accordin g to a competi tion bull e t in released by AMA spo rts d irecto r H ugh Flemin g, "Fo r th e 1999 racing seaso n, AMA ru les a llow fo r ' s to ck' m o torcycles / min icycles to be ov erb ored to a .maxirnurn of .080 per cylinde r. However, an y change s to you r exha us t valve or cy li n de r hea d are co nsidere d illega l m od ifi ca ti o n s and w ill ca use y o u r ma chine to bedisqualified ." The We're Not Talking Dep t.: Accor ding to a press release issued by Ducati, "neither Ducati nor its pri ncipal shareholde r, TP G, h a ve had a ny con ta cts w ith Harley-D avidson concern ing a possible acq u is ition of a n in terest in Du ca ti," s a id Fe deri co Mi n oli , chai rma n and CEO of Ducat i. . Cycle News has been named as the official publicati on for this year's historical return of th e 50 Miler to the DuQuoin Mile. Th e dirt track d oubl ehea d er will tak e place Jul y 25-26 in DuQu oin, Illin o is . Fo r ticke t info r ma tion, ca ll 217/753-8866. CORRECTION: Th e A MA Na tio n al 125cc Motocro ss coverage from Red Bud in Cycle News issu e 27, sta ted tha t Ricky Ca rm ichae l a nd Ta llo n Vohland w er e the only rid ers in the field with at least one ou tdoor win to their name. In actu ality, Mike Brown, w ho is contestin g the FIM 125cc W orl d C h am p io n s hip Mo tocr oss Series this year, was in attend a n ce a t Red Bu d . Br ow n wo n t h e ' W as ho u gal, Washin gt o n, Na tio n a l in 1995. MOVED : Electrex USA, to 1533 S. Coa st Hwy. # B, Ocea nsi de, CA 920 54, 760 /433-0184. BO RN: Bla ke a nd N icole Kas hare, to O ' N eal USA's vice presi d e n t , Fra n k Kashare, and his wi fe, Julie, in Tarzan a, Ca liforn ia, o n Ju ly 15. OPEN ED: Excelsior -Hende rso n's hom e page on the World Wid e Web. Th e site can be fo und at the following ad d ress: http :/ / www.excelsior-hend erson .com. BORN: Bryce Mich ael Herman , to Pacific Motorsport s ' Mike Herman and his wife , Karen, in Encin itas, California, on July 2. AC QUIRED: The assets of Slater Bros . of Mica , Washing to n, by TAW Vehicle Co nc epts In c. of Lakewood, Co lora do. 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