Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

normally reserve this column spa c e Because if there's on e trend that we about seeing the new Cycle New s as for talk ing about our Rider o f the hav e spotted i n this still - em erging we are in br inging it to you . I Year and how difficult it was to come d e cade, i t' s that m or e o f yo u a re In c identally , the change coincides up w ith the rider who rece ives the turning to the Intern et - especially our with our 40th a nn i versar y . That 's award . Aga in , that premise holds true awa rd -winning c ycle ne w s.com we b- r ight - be lieve it or not, Cycle New s for our 2003 Rider of t h e Year , site - for th e basi c wh o-won and wh o - has been around for 40 years, and we because the c h oi c e was a diffi cult passed-whom rundowns from a plan on sharing with you some of t he one. National or World racing ev ent. We sport's history from that 40 -year peri - Initially, picking Mat Mladin didn 't we re th e first one s t o start bringin g od with ea ch and eve ry issue. prese nt much of a problem - h e was a thos e acc ounts to y ou via c y cl e - While none of us (w it h the excep- solid c hoice after an amaz ing season n ew s.com , but now eve ryone's doin g tion of our owner, Sharon Clayto n) took h i m to h i s rec o rd fo u rt h AMA it. And while we don 't th ink that have been h ere for all 40 years , we Su p er b ik e Ch ampion sh ip - but I wil l t hey ' re doi ng it an y be tter online t han do have an edi to ri al sta ff t hat ' s been admit th at it go t a bit t ou gh er whe n we are , w e do feel t hat, now mo re t o g eth er fo r q uite some t im e now , Stefan Everts started hi s ru n at the than ever , the t im e is right to mov e O ff- road ed itor K it Palm er leads the record books at th e end of th e sea - t he pri nt ed it io n of Cycle New s in a way as he head s into hi s 2 1st yea r , son . In add ition t o w ha t he did in new and more exci t ing d ir e ction . and I have almost 19 years unde r my motoc ross , Ev erts also did wha t no How ? Let 's j ust say we think th e new belt, the last 10 of which I have been other of his status h a d ev er d on e look w ill fina lly measure u p to t h e th e edi tor. Managing e d i t o r Scot t when he wen t out and not onl y com- editoria l co ntent. Rousseau j ust ce lebra ted his 10 t h Lo ngtim e readers know th at Cycle peted in the ISDE but wo n the event's News has alw ay s been printed i n a individual overall. But by now you've seen th at we ta bl oid forma t. And with the ex cep - di d en d up going with Mladin as o ur t io n of a few pages here and there, choice for Rider of the Yea r, and it' s a and our cover (at least for the la st 10 selection that I wholeheartedly stand years ) , those i ss u e s h ave alwa ys b y . Again , those of you who will been done p r ed o m i n an t l y i n bla ck argue E verts' case have justification and white. But this isn 't a black -and - in doing so , and I' m su re the letters whit e world, a nd we all kn o w that sectio n in o ur next iss ue will b e filled motorcycling is among t he most co l - w it h so me o f your t houghts o n th e orfu l, Vibrant, exciting activities in our m atter. m o d e r n world. Likewise , the new A n d it ' s t h at n e xt issu e t hat has Cy cle News wi ll be all -co lor. And it me excited eno ugh to break from the will be all-color photography on tradi tion of ta lking up o ur Rider o f the p a p e r t hat does t h at color justi c e . Year - and t hose who came close to Say goodbye to those inky han dsl . getti ng th e award - and instea d focus If t he ad ded co lor doesn 't get y ou r on wh at yo u' ll be seei ng in yo ur nex t attention ri ght away , I guara ntee the Cy cle News, our fi rst issu e of 2004, s iz e of the n e w Cy cl e N ew s wi l l. w hich will go on sa le o n J anu ary 7 . Although we wi ll contin ue to co me to Wh at yo u will get in your m ailbo x , o r yo u in a l ar g er- t h an- m ag azin e fo r - from you r loca l motorcycle dealer o r mat, t he size of t he publi c at io n will be ann iv e rsary , events edit or D a v i d Holther has bee n here for six years , o ff- ro ad ass istant editor Steve Cox has been aro u nd f o r almost f o u r ye a r s, and asso cia te editor B l a k e Conner has been dutifully em ployed her e for three years. We also h ave wh at I beli eve is th e best group o f co ntributors in motorc ycling , most of whom form a core gr oup wi th lon gst an din g ties to Cy cle New s. And t hose sa me contri bu to rs will be here fo r t he c ha nges. T h eir wo rk wi ll be th e same bu t , aga in, th e prese nt at io n o f that work w i ll be m uc h, m uch better. O ne p er son who is rel at ive ly n ew h ere is Kath lee n Law lor, th e p er son w ho wi ll b e m ak in g that prese nta tion b et ter. A s our n ew prod uc t io n m an ag er , Ka th lee n is in c ha rge o f m akin g newsstand, will be a co mpletely new sma ll er than what you ' re u sed to with the 2004 Cycle New s loo k t he best it Cy cl e New s w ith a com pletel y new th e current version , although it sho uld possi bly can , an d w e have a lot of loo k . It will feature all of the content be familiar to readers of so me o f th e con f ide n ce in her ab ility to do j ust that has made Cycle News the lead- more hip publ ications that have been th at. ing authority in motorcycling for th e showing up on y our local newsstands. S o with th is, the 50th and last Furthermore, we believe that in addi - i ssu e of 2003 , going to the p ri n te r, While th e stories we present - o n tion t o the new size being a ni c er we'll give it a nice lon g k iss and put it everything fr om the fi rst looks at th e package for you to handle, Mr. Ma il- to bed for the final t im e in its p resent newest models t o in t e rvie w s of th e m an will have an easier t ime deliver - fo rm , for with the new ye ar com es a sport's bi ggest stars, t o o ur co verage in g it and yo u' ll end up getting you r co m pl et ely c h a n ged Cycle New s, a of virtua lly ev ery ra cing ser ies in th e CN a tad quicker t han y ou c urre ntly Cycle News w ith th e sa me tradition w orld , get it. fo r bringing you the n ew s, fi rst and past 40 years, and m ore. to our co m p r e he n s i ve shootouts of the hottest new m odels - I' m not going to give awa y ev er y - wi ll co n t i n ue t o b e th e b est in th e th ing , because I wa nt to le av e a li ttl e world , the p resen tation of th ose sto - bit to sur prise, but I will say that I sin - ri es will b e co m p le te l y d iffer ent. cerely believ e you will be as excited fo remos t , but in a pa c kage tha t w ill ma k e more of an impact on yo u. Happy Holidays and here's t o the New Year. Supercross Preview In an upcoming issue of Cycle News Holland World Supercross Anaheim I 12 8 J ANU A R Y 7 , 2004 ' c ue • e ne 1lV s eN 30 YEARS AGO... JANUARY B, 1974 A co uple of Cycle News te st bikes covered in snow made for a chilly end-of-the-year cover... Th e top hap pe nings o f t he ye ar , bo t h good and b ad , were listed in an article entitl ed " 1973: A Year On 2 Wheels" Number one of t he " Uppers' was the first-ever a ,S ,-host ed ISDE and the U.S. winning its first ISDE overall. The top of the "Downers' list was dedicated to all who had lost their liv es in t he motor cycle world. includin g Jarno Saarinen , Renzo Pasolin i, Kim Newcombe, Geoff Perry, Larry Pfutzenreuter, Lloyd Houchins and many more. And the top of the "Can't Tells" list was rotary -engined motorcycl es, which were reported to be heavy , inefficient and dirty... We tested a myriad of mot orcycles, incl udi ng Gene Cannady's Modifie d XL350 , a Grand Prix Montesa 360, GP 370 Suzuki RN and GP Kawasaki 450 . 20 YEARS AGO... JANUARY 11, 19 B4 A waterc o lo r o f David Ba iley , Rand y Goss , S ha wn Mo ran and Fredd ie Spencer, both on and off thei r b ikes. wa s used as a t ribute cover for Issue #50 in honor of Bailey and Gos s ' Nation al Cham pionsh ip s and Moran and Spencer 's World Championships... The 1983 Cycle News Rider of the Year was none other tha n Kenn y Roberts, as vote d by the readers of th e pape r . Although he cam e up two points short in hi s bid for a fourt h World Road Raci ng Championship, he was credited with some of the most stellar riding performances of his career in 1983. Dan A shcraft , Ronnie Lechien, Eddie Lawson and Jimm y Filic e were other top vote-getter s... We profil ed Team Tamm Honda, and team owner Bob Tamm was quoted as saying, "One of our many major goa ls is to be, pos sibly by 1986, the Honda of the future.' 10 YEARS AGO•.. JANUARY 5, 1994 T he 19 9 4 Cycle News Rider of the Year, Ricky Graha m , stoo d proudly on the cover of Is sue #50 . Graham absolutely dom ina ted the 1994 Grand National Dirt Track Champ ionship after struggling with alco hol addiction in th e early '9 0s. " I wish people would j ust give it a rest," he said. Later, of his comeback, he said, " I wanted to show every body I wasn't j ust some washed-up drunk.... . We interviewed three-time World Road Racing Champio n Wayne Rainey. He declared he was okay. "God wasn't ready to take me." he said. "He j ust wanted to slow me down... .. We also int erviewed th e only rooki e ever to wi n th e 250cc Supercross ti tle, Jeremy McGrath . "I just want to win it again," he said. "I want to be remembered... Another goal I have is to get the most supercross wins in my career. Ricky Johnson had 28, and if I can get I I this year, I'll be pretty close already."

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