Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

11""'\ ~ ry"7 II "7",.jj;:} A r:.,t-r,'JT"1'l--"1~ r"T~. ,J-: I-c:::/omerlcds weeKly motorcyclenewspoper V olum e 41 • 155ue 1 January 14. 2004 16 SUPERCROSS Anaheim I Super-Season Kick-Off Ricky Ca rmichae l By Steve Cox Dunlop's Jim Allen RACER TEST NEW MED IA D EVELOPMENT Kery Klinger, Site Manager INSIDE CLASS I FIED AD S Melissa Parker Ducati Co rse GRAPH ICS · PROD UCTION Kathleen Lawlor, Production Manager Buss Marple, Graphic Artis t Sunju Kwo n, Graphic Artist Raelynn Roberts, Graph Artist iC By Gordon Ritchie FIRST RIDE 42 2004 Ho nda CBR IOOORR ADM INISTRAT ION Judy Klinger, Coord inator Pam Klein. Administrative Assistan1 By Paul Carruthers 46 ACCOUNT ING· DATA PROCESS ING Donna Bryan-Diamond, AIR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Stacy Ryan, Cree/it Manager 200 4 Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 By Scott Rousseau SO C IRCULATION AlmaAnguiano, Circufatlon Manager Carol MaggiO, Proc essingCoord inator Ashleigh Klein, DealerCoordinator 2004 Kawasa ki ZX- IOR By Blake Conner ROAD RACING S6 SERVICE · S U P P O RT Bridgett Bobro fsky, Receptionis t Robert Escandon, Serviceand Sup port Dunlop Dayto na Tire Test DEPARTMENTS By Larry Lawrence 62 Biaggi Fastest at Vale ncia IRTA Moto GP Test By Henny Ray Abrams ARENACROSS 66 Lange Rocks Roc kford By Stacy Smith OFF-ROAD 68 Steve Cox. Off-RoodAss;stant Edi or t Henny Ray Abr.uns. Contributing Editor AlanCathcart. European Editor David R. Holther. Reg ional Events Edi or t MARKET ING· PROMOTION Mark Thome , Direc tor Forrest Hayash i. Manager Aaron Austin. Support We Ride t he Ducat i V4 Desmosed ici By Alan Cathcart 40 Kit Palmer. Off-RoodEditor Scott Rousseau, Motl"i'in g Editor Blake Conner. Associat e Editor ADVERT IS ING · EA STERN STATES (770) 279-0304 Carla Allen, OffICe Manager & Adfertising Coordinator Sheri Russell Eastern Soles Manager . Sunie Smith . £as tern Sales Manager By Henny Ray Abrams 34 M ichael Klinger. Publisher AD V ERT IS ING · W EST ERN STATES (7 1< 751-7433 ) Terry Pratt. Narlonal AccountsManager Mark Thome . Western Sales Manager Forrest Hayash i. Weste rn Soles Manager Dan Legere, West ern Sales Manager Aaron Austin. West ern Sales Manager Rhonda Crawford. Advertising Coo rdinator Melissa Parker. Assistant INTERVIEW 60 Sharon Clayton. Presi ent d Debbi Gilson, Copy Editor By Steve Cox and Scott Rousseau 29 XXXX I ED ITOR IA L PaulCarruthers. Editor FEATURES I6 Vo lum e 6 14 90 94 I 12 In t he W ind Voices Calendar Want Ads Ad Index I I I I I 13 Bikes of th e Stars 14 Inside Line 16 Stu ff 17 Loo king Back 18 Teardown NATIONAL H EA D Q U A RT ERS 350S·M CadillacAve., Costa Mesa, CA 92626 P.O. Box 5084, Costa Meu, CA 92628-5084 (714) 751-7433 • FAX (71-4) 751 -6685 EASTE R N O FF ICE 2ns C ruse Road , Suite 260 3 lawrenceville , GA 300+4 (770) 279-0304 • FAX (770) 279-0360 E~ M AI L C~,....lUSPS Espos ito/Abbott Clinch at BITD Finale • INT ERN ET www.cydenews.co m editor@ cyclen ews,com subsc ribe@cydenews.com adve l"tising@cydene ws. com '",034<11 "~jlhMl ~ -e:.. lui two =!~~c;~'~.=.~ ~Publh»\lorIf;MAIII&46(Illi. By Mark Kariya .......,... s.odi- ,-",.....-..! 40th Anniversary u.s. P . _ 2004. T ._C,..,.._ 0l'fI<.. AII .. "".. _

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