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i~ ~ Date I~ Time I OCTOBER 2001 : BROADCASTS Network Event Speed 110/23/01 12:00 AM US Flat Track C'ship - DuQuoin 10/23101 1:00AM US F1atTrack C'ship - DuQuoin Speed 10/23/01 2:00AM FIM World GP 125 - Pacific Speed 10/23/01 3:00AM High Octane - Gregg Godfrey, host Speed 10/23101 12:00 PM US Flat Track C'ship - Peoria Speed 10/23/01 1:00 PM US Flat Track C'ship - Springfield Speed 10/23101 2:00 PM US Flat Track C'shlp - Springfield Speed 10/23101 3:00 PM US Flat Track C'ship - Springfield Speed 10/23101 5:30 PM MotoWorld ESPN2 10/23/01 6:00 PM High Octane - Gregg Godfrey, host Speed 10/23/01 7:00 PM Bike Week - Dave Despain, host Speed 10/23101 7:30 PM American Thunder - Monterey Peninsula Bike Scene Speed 10/23/01 8:00 PM US Flat Track C'ship - DuQuoin Speed 10/23/01 9:00 PM US Flat Track C'ship - DuQuoin Speed 10/23/01 10:00 PM FIM World GP 125 - Pacific Speed 10/23/01 11:00 PM Bike Week - Dave Despain, host Speed 10/23/01 11:30 PM American Thunder - Monterey Peninsula Bike Scene Speed 10/24/01 7:00AM Motorcyclist - Dave Despain, host Speed 10/24/01 7:30AM Bike Week - Dave Despain, host Speed 10/24/01 8:00AM Amerlcan Thunder - Monterey Peninsule Bike Scene Speed 10/24/01 8:30AM High Octane - Gregg Godfrey, host Speed 10/24/01 11:ooAM 10/24/01 5:00 PM Bike Week - Dave Despain, host Speed 10/24/01 5:30 PM American Thunder· Monterey Peninsula Bike Scene Speed 10/25/01 3:00AM Legends of Motosport - Austrian Int'I 1960 Speed 10/25/01 6:00 PM Legends of Motosport -Austrian Int'I 1960 Speed. Fox Spons AMA GNCC Series (Show *21) ATVs 10/27/01 1:00AM Motorcyclist - Dave Despain, host 10/27/01 5:00AM MetoWorld (R) ESPN2 10/27/01 9:00AM High Octane - Gregg Godfrey, host Speed 10/27/01 9:30AM Bike Week - Dave Despain, host Speed 10/27/01 10/28/01 7:00 PM Motorcyclist· Dave Despain, host Speed 7:00AM Motorcyclist - Dave Despain, host Speed 10/30/01 12:00 AM FIM World GP 125 . Australia Speed 10/30/01 1:00AM Speed 10/30/01 2:00AM SBK 2001 - The Year In Review Yamaha Race of Champions 10/30/01 3:00AM 12:00 PM High Octane • Gregg Godfrey, host Speed US Flat Track C'ship - DuQuoin Speed LLI Speed 10/30/01 Speed 10/30/01 1:00 PM US Flat Track C'ship - DuQuoin Speed 10/30/01 10/30/01 2:00PM FIM World GP 125 - Pacific 3:00PM Yamaha Race of Champions Speed Speed 10/30/01 5:30PM MotoWorid ESPN2 10/30101 6:00PM High Octane - Gregg Godfrey, host Speed 10/30/01 7:00PM Speed 10/30/01 7:30PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM Bike Week - Dave Despain, host American Thunder - Del Mar Concours d'Elegance FIM World GP 125 •Australia SBK 2001 -The Year in Review Speed Speed Speed 10:00 PM Yamaha Race of Champions Speed 10/30/01 11:00 PM Bike Week· Dave Despain, host Speed 10/30/01 11:30 PM Amerlcan Thunder - Del Mar Ccncours d'Elegance Speed 10131/01 7:00AM Motorcyclist - Dave Despain, host Speed 10/30/01 10/30/01 10130/01 7:30AM Bike Week· Dave Despain, host Speed Amerlcan Thunder· Dal Mar Ccncours d'Elegance Speed 10/31/01 8:00AM 8:30AM High Octane - Gregg Godfrey, host Speed 10/31/01 5:00 PM Bike Week - Dave Despain, host Speed 10/31/01 5:30 PM American Thunder - Dal Mar Ccncours d'Elegance Speed 10/31/01 10/31/01 ...................••.•.....•..........•.....••.•..•••.•...•...•..•................ All Umea shown "" Eea!"n, ESPN2 ·Seal. Communl••Uon••nd Splldwilion lI.tld IboWI. SOD =So... Dey Dolay. Networks Irequent~ modify program schedules, Consutt your local cable listings to confirm broadcast dates and times. ESPN2 - Seals Communications - 770.631.5300, and Speedvislon - 203.406.2500 Cycle News is not responsible for changes in scheduling. 30 OcTOBER 31, 2001 • c u e I • n D -"" S By KIT PALMER PHOTO BY KINNEY JONES he next time that you're shopping for new rubber for your motocross bike, you might want to check out the offerings from the Italian tire company Pirelli. Yes, Pirelli. When it comes to knobbies, you're probably more familiar with tires from Dunlop and Bridgestone, maybe even Metzeler (which is owned by Pirelli, see the Metezler Sportec M-1 sportbike tire review on the preceding pages) and Michelin, but now there's Pirelli to consider. You might not know it, but Pirelli is very serious about their motocross tires and have been a popular choice for motocross riders in Europe for quite some time. After all, the company has over 40 World Motocross Championships since the early 1980s and their most recent success includes World Championships by Mickael Pichon and Stefan Everts. Despite Pirelli's success in Europe, Pirelli isn't considered one of the knobbie giants in America, but Pirelli is trying to change all that. Recently, the people from Pirelli invited members of the motorcycling press to Dr. Huss' ranch near Lompoc, California, to sample the company's latest line of motocross tires, mainly the MT450 (intermediate to hard), MT83 (front) "mystery tire" and their 20-inch versions of their MT32 (soft) and MT450 (hard) tires. The MT83 was dubbed "mystery tire" by European journalists after witnessing the tire fitted on the front of many GP bikes no matter the con- T We recently sampled P1relll's new line ot MT motocross tires, Including the company's front 2O-lnchers, and came -.oJ Impressed. dition of the ground. The MT83 is basically designed for everything from dry and rocky to wet and soft and it did seem to work out well on the track we rode on - a track that started off a little damp and slick but soon changed to dry and loamy, although hard-packed in places. The mystery tire is also considered to be environmentally friendly, belie~e it or not. Perhaps the most interesting tire was the 20-incher MT3.2, which seemed to track well - like the 21inch "mystery tire" - on either dry or damp surfaces, while the 20-inch MT450 did, in fact, seem better-suited for the hard stuff. The MT450 rear and 20-inch MT450 front seemed like a good all-around package for more hard-packed Southern California tracks. Whether or not the Pirelli tires stuck to the ground better than tires from some of the other tire manufactures was hard to tell, considering the relatively unfamiliar track that we rode on, the rather little time that we put on each tire, and the fact that we did not have any other brand of tires to compare the Pirellis with.back-toback, but we can tell that the Pirelli tires do work well and are certainly worth checking out. For more information about the new Pirelli tires, check with your local dealer, or you can call Pirelli at 610/524-2190, or go to their Web site at www.pirellimoto.com. eN