Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

"Brown is a hard worker and Yama ha w a s sma rt to get him." fa ns and t he tra ck c rews. and it w ill separate the east from th e west. Th e r i d e r s p l owing f o rw a r d w ill have th eir feet on the pegs ; t he ot hers w ill h av e t he ir s f lail ing in th e a i r . Th ey 'll get st uck a n d t he n wh in e about the co nd itions . I'm sure Bailey wo uldn 't mind! T han k s fro m a die-ha rd East Coa st mud rid er. RIck MIcha els via ftIe Internet Rain Or Shine Watc h ing th e Su perc ro ss o pene r on TV was gr eat. It was an exc iti ng ra ce d r ive n m or e b y if the b ike s we re going to finish th an who was leadi ng . Darryl Hurley 's RM loo ke d li k e an o ld ste am engin e at th e end . Congrat ulat ions t o h i m fo r k eepi ng it t og ether for th e w in . M o re import antl y , con gratulatio ns to w hatever gr oup ke p t th e progra m goin g a nd all owed t h e race to ru n . Su re it w as a slopfest, bu t t he g ate drops th e same fo r a ll c o mpetitors and eve r yo ne r i de s o n t h e s a m e tra ck . T h e AMA sure co u l d l e arn someth in g from th ese g uys. It i s an em b ar rassme nt t h at th e 2003 AMA 125c c N at ion al Motocross Champi onsh ip w as sto pped early d ue to rain while the Eu ro s ca n m an ag e t o p u t o n su pe r c ross e ve nt s i n th e same co ndi t ions. Sh am eful. JeJAMorgan via ftIe Internet Rain Or Shine II M uzzy Fan I was readin g in yo ur In The W ind co lumn ab ou t Kawasaki 's release of Eric B ostrom . I fin d it quite entertain ing. M ost of all , it so und s lik e BS . They ha ve a new m od el, the ZX -1 OR, and it seem s th ey are not capab le of devel opi ng it into a Sup erbi k e -c1ass r ac e bik e. It te lls m e that all the Kawasaki team ca n do is rac e a sto ck bik e, or it ta ke s a bi ke t h at T eam M u zzy h as al read y devel op ed. A s w e ca n all see , Kawa saki ha s not been abl e t o p rodu c e res u lts th e s ame a s Team Mu z zy . Th e y a re unab le to w in cham p io ns h ips ex c ep t in a stock -bike cl ass . Sure, yo u co uld say th e bik e was old , b ut w ith a t eam co n siste nt ly de ve lo ping ne w h or s ep o w e r , th en c ham p io nships c ould be a rea lity . If th ey ca n ' t h an dl e it , the n g i ve th e team ba ck to t he team that ca n an d has - T eam Muzzy . Dave Turne r Bend, OR Wo w ! W hat a mudc ross that o pen ing round of Superc ross was. Th at w i ll Li k e Tu rn er, M u zzy 's ra ce sh o p is based in Bend, Oregon ... Editor sep ar at e th e m en from t he boys - or th e e a s t vs. t he w e st. T h e rac e Wanting Reynard and Brown brough t a sen se of dej a vu for m e. It took me back to 1978 at Three Riv ers Stadium (ye s, th e same v en ue that was St eele r -friendly in those days ). 1 ra ced in t he 250 cc Amateur rac e th e d a y be fo re the Pr os, a n d t hi s kid nam ed David Bai ley was also ente red in m y class . I remember vivid ly , af te r t aki ng o u r o ne lap of pra c ti ce , t ha t m y d a d an d t h e "Professor " we re arg u ing ove r o u r spot o n the gate. Th ey we re both fr anticall y busting up hay t o aid in o ur attem pt at the all im portant ho lesh ot in th e to t al q uagmire . That kid o n th e blu e Bul t aco was unbeatable th e wh ol e we ek en d in th at mud! He easil y lapped m e and went on to dominate th e wh o le Ama t eur prog r am, as well a s nam e f o r h imself w ith the rest is h ist ory , bu t for m e, see Sup erc r os s r etu rn t o making a Pro s. Th e I'd lov e to t he Pitts - burgh area, and I' ll pray it rain s for a week pri or t o th e r ac e . Tha t ' s w ha t w ill k eep t h ings i n terest ing fo r t he If t he U.S. team had Robbi e Reyna rd and Mike Brown in th e Motocr os s des Nations, th ey wo uld ha ve been in th e top si x. Tim Ferr y is over hi s head m ost of the tim e and fell three tim es. Rya n Hughes is a ha s-be en , and he 's not good enough to rid e w ith th e big guys - where he belong s. EdWard Bowman Eagle Point, OR Wil h Ferry and Hug hes, th e learn (in isti ed second. Not s ure w hal y our pain I is... Editor And Another From Ed I am a top fan of Mike Bro wn , and I see noth i ng wrong wi th his passing . M an y top riders do t he same thi ng . I sta rt ed ridi ng in the 1940s and I am sti ll a di e -h a r d fan of Moto Grand Prix, m oto cr o ss an d su p e rcro ss , as w ell as world m oto c ro ss an d supe r- Letters to the editor should be sent to Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 5084 , Costa Mesa, CA 926285084, faxedto c ro ss . B r ow n is a h a rd wo rke r and Yamaha was sm art to get hi m. . 714 1751·6685 or e-malled to editor© EdWard Bowman Eagle PoInt, OR cyclenews.com. Published letters do Ferodo Response not necessarly reflect i the position of Cycle I j us t read th e a rt icle Steve Cox wr ot e on the F actory Co nn ecti on " Proj ec t B ik e." 1 enjoye d t he write -u p and feel th at ma ny of yo ur read er s wi ll be ab le News, Inc, Letters should not exceed 200 words, and all are subject to editing. t o benefit from th e st o ry . Howev er , th er e wa s a p iece o f info rm atio n i n th ere that wa s incorrect. Whil e I a gr e e t h a t H o n d a ' s moto cross br akes, as a syste m , a re co ns idered to be th e bes t availa ble , it should be pointed out th at the bra k e p ads t hat ar e used by Fa ctory Connec tion (as w e ll as t eam s such as Ya m a h a o f T r o y , M a ch 1 , EC C , E mpi re Rac i ng an d a few " not offic ia ll y spo nso re d" facto ry rid er s) are m an ufactur ed by Ferod o. Fero do i s ac t ua ll y the on ly maj o r OE brak e-pad su pp lie r th at se ll s t o th e afte r ma r ket. C o m p a n ies lik e Hon da , Yama ha, N issin, Br embo and m a n y mo re rel y o n F er od o fri c ti o n m at er ial s fo r OE and works pad co m pou nds . Th e s e s am e c ompound s , i n cl u d ing th e wo r ks- leve l off- road rac ing co m po u nd, have been ava ilab le to t he aftermar k et in the U.S.A . since th e beginning of 2003. There tru ly is a di ffe rence in brake pads , and your read ers would be nefit fro m r e a li zin g th i s. An in terest in g point to ponder: No fa ctory team uses any brake pad ot he r th an OE, Fa ct o ry W o rk s or Fer od o Rac ing Brak es, and among all th e factory and factory Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. All letters should contain the writer's name , address and daytime phone number... Editor. th ese days. Not anymore. I hav e had eno ug h. Wh at reall y put the fi nal nai l in the c off in was the edit o rial aired on Speed (o n Tuesday , November 25) b y Da ve D espa in . His b lee p ed -o ut, p rof an ity- l aced tirad e, ai m ed at t he fe w w h o s ti ll tr y a n d w a t c h Tw o W hee l T uesd ay , assures m e I will not m iss a t hi ng on Sp eed . I w il l , h ow eve r , enj o y watch ing OLN and the i r co ve r ag e o f mo to rcycle racin g . Cycle News is still t he o nl y way t o go. Thanks fo r yo ur loyalty to th e spo rt . Don West via ftIe Internet Ben Spies I'm so glad that B en Sp ie s fo und a series he co ul d w in. Th e Poc ketbike Championsh ip is now safe . Don Kuhl Peeb /es,OH sate lli te t eam s, Fe r od o is u sed b y m ore riders than an y other brak e pad . Ro to rs, h o w ev er, a re a d iffer e nt sto ry . Man , t h e r eaders a re a litl/ e m ea nsoitited th is w eek ... Edi lor MIke Brown via ftIe Internet New Tra ck Tha nks The Kato Crash Tha nks to all the fam il ies , riders an d fans who wer e at our new tr ack yes terd ay ( Dec ember 6 ) in Win ch est er, Ca liforn ia , at th e W il d West A rena . If yo u mi ssed it , be th ere fo r o ur next rac e on D ec ember 20. Th e t rack will also be o pe n for pr acti c e on Sat ur day , De c ember 13 . If y ou ha ve a yo ungster inter est ed in Speed way , brin g th em out. Yeste rday, we r a c e d t w o divi si o ns of J uniors p lu s PW50 and XR50s . In o ur XR50 Pro class, we are also in cl uding K LX110s an d DRZ1 10s for ages 12 an d o lde r. W ild West d o e s n o t h a v e a ny frame -s ize rest ri cti on f or Juni or s . En gin e size is limited to 250cc fou rstroke (as m an y va lves as nee ded we do n't ca re) . T hanks again fo r all your sup port . DeWayne stark After read ing the fi na l in vestigatio n re port on the D a ij i ro Kato c ra sh , I noticed tha t a k ey fact c oncern ing th e fat al ac c id en t was once ag ain omitted. Th at is t hat immediat ely after th e c ras h, a ser io usly injured and uncon scio us Kato was hurriedly hoi st ed off of t h e tr a ck an d loa d e d o n to a stretcher like a sack o f po tatoes. I di dn't t hink track wo rk ers did t hat any more. I was shocke d to see it on th e telecas t, and rema in sh ocked that it has remained a non iss ue. MIke MacMIllan via ftIe Internet Tirad e? W e ll, I was tr y in g to g ive S pee d Channel at leas t a co up le of hou rs on Tuesday n igh t s, and t hat was hard to do, c o n sid er i ng t h eir pro g ra m ming eye I e < o _. e CD en; Lake Forest, CA n e _ s J ANU A RY 7, 2004 5

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