Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

3D YEARS AED... February ,7, 19176 @ new VFR750F puts the company back in the high-performance 750cc sweepsukes. " It did, and it did... Rick lohmon (Hon) won the San Dieto Supercross on February 8, much to the deli8ht of 38,208 of his hometown fans... We interviewed the a8e- less Dick Mann, who kept himself bus),, by competing in VinteSe motocross-.. Suzuki ren a two-page ad torrtinS iB GSX-R National Cup S€ri$, which boasted $285,000 in payouts. I ook for Buell to return to the AMA fJuperbike Championshrp's Formula Xtreme class with a big splash in this year's Daytona 200 with four dealer-supported The weapon of choice is the new limit- ed-edition, race-ready Buell XBRR, which will be thoroughly tested before the March I I race. Among the terts of the preproduction models is one scheduled for February 7- 10 at Texas World Speedway in Collete Station, Texas. The track, with its 2-mile banked oval and numerous configurations, comes closest to approximatint the *forces of the high banks of Daytona, where testing is at a pre- mium, especially this time of year. And who to ride them? Though all the nahes could not be confirmed, wvo that are certain, according to sources inside Buell, are Ulsterman leremy I'lcwilliams, who h:s extensive MotoGP experience, aboard a Warr's H-D/Buell of London-sponsored entry and lonStime Hal's H-D/Buell rider lYike Ci.cotto, both of whom tested at Daytona in early December That was Buell's second Daytona test, They also test- ed not lont after the season-endinS Formula USA,/ Championship Cup Series events at Daytona. Texan Mike Haie has been previously announced as a rider for a team backed by lnnovative Motorcy.le Research, f4illville Harley-Davidson/Bu€ll, and Classic Harley- Davidson/Buell. But, because ofthe produc- tion schedule for rhe XBRR, the team may not have its equipment in time for the 200. ln announcing the new race bike last week, Buell Motor Company said they would "produce 50 XBRR motorcycles with a short initial run in late February and the balance made in April. u.5. |'4SRP 's $30,99s." Henny Rgy Abrcma Con inued f?orn poge 9 immediatet The 675cc three-cy'inder machine must weigh no less than 363 pounds in racing guise. Stotz Racing has annolnced that four- time AMly'Prosar Champion Keflt Stotz will ride a Honda CBRl000RR in the Pro Street .lass thls seeson. The bike will also appear in the NOPI Drdg RacinS Arsocla- tion (NDRA) Pro Street Tir€ Blke class. 'The Honda Rider's Club ofAme.i(a (HRCA), our primary sponsor, has Sivei us their most powerful sportbike and asked us to develop it for drag racing," said Stotz. "This will be exciting for our fans, because the CBR I 000RR b Honda's platform for Superbike racing and it is very popular in the nrarkeplace." AMA Tr.Yel & Tou6 has announced its annual getaway package to Daytona Blke Week, March 7-l l, in Dqtona Beach, Florida The packaSe includes five niShts of accommodations at a beachfront resort hotel in the Hain Street district, plus passe' to a relection of AHA P.o Racint eyents - from llat track to AMA Sup€rcrois and the Daytona 200. ln addition. AMA Travel & Tours guests will Eer pit-and-paddock tours. rechnical dis

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