Trail Rider Magazine USA 1996-01 Vol 26 Num 01

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by  Paul Clipper

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COMPETITION
1 O Moonshine Enduro ~ `-~,
River running, VFTR sty(
18 Cockaponsett Enduro
Cool day in Connecticut
20 Michaux Enduro
Tackling the hill in Shippensburg
24 Delaware Plational Enduro
iiawkins snags one more
30 Poland ISDE
Teaming up i-vith the Argentines
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34 Clarkie's Mild Ride
Keith Johnson sneaks another on Ar
On the cover: Jack Lafferty Jr.
MACHINES
twists it wide open in the Delaware
phrag fields. Even though he had a 14 KTM 300 EXC
lousy day, he still wrapped up the
More motor and neia~ legs
ECEA championship, this time for the
eighth time! Photo by Bossman. FEATURES
12 Trail Rider Fit ' `~ ''"~~
January 1996 Don't ask us, ask Charli
Volume 26 Plumber 1
TECHNICAL
Paul Clipper 22 TR Toolbox
Bossman
Electrical troubleshooting
Mark Uth
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Technical Editor
4 Last Over
Dan Anderson
Midwest Editor Basic Maintenance
Charlie Williams 6 Eastern News
Spiritual Guidance 8 The Rest of the World
Cheri Alix 42 Yankee Trader >f :~ ~"
Jay Chittenden
Cindy Lemere
Jeff DeBell
Jungle Dave
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Nancy Clipper
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most efficient, or entertaining, or whatever to be a long ride home that night, if you
rings your bell at the time. You're apt to be know what 1 mean. Before the start the club
most attentive if you have your finger on could post the channel they would be using
the pulse at the time. That's why people for that day, so everybody could get
buy police scanners, or CB radios. synched in.
I was musing about this at the Delaware Granted, it will be difficult for you to hear
National, and I had an epiphany of sorts. 1 every score from every check, so what you
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was walking away from the closed-down need is some way of consolidating the hun- -s 'I
Sluice when I wandered past one of the dreds of scores that the riders will post at
spectator's trucks, and inside a girl was every check. The radio person could peri-
by Paul Clipper talking on a CB radio to someone else odically broadcast the top ten scores from
involved with the event. Almost as a reFlex I that check just rider number and score, at
asked what channel she was tuned to, figur- the minimum—or could concentrate on just
Spectating in the Nineties ing 1'd go back to the truck and turn on my the scores of the current top 20 riders in
radio, and hook into whatever they were the association. Yes, without a little refine-
/~ top national class enduro rider said to talking about. 1 had installed a CB to help ment this would be pandemonium once
e once, "I don't see how you can do out on the road with traffic and such, and you got six or seven checks reporting
it! I went and spectated at one enduro—the this seemed like another natural way to scores, but hey, pandemonium can be fun,
only one that year that I didn't ride—and I remain entertained. especially if the alternative is dragging
was so bored 1 could have cried! it was now, of course in the amount of time it around a truck full of stinky gas cans while
awful. I couldn't wait to get out of there and took to walk the next 20 feet and get into you're listening to nPR.
go home!" my truck 1 forgot all about it, and never did The clubs that are currently using comput-
Well, 1 can't say that I totally disagree ers have an even greater possibility. flow
with him. The only way I can keep myself about if someone back at the fire house
amused at enduros (and 1 hardly ever ride was collecting the scores as they came in,
them any more), is to keep focused on and using them to update an electronic
the job at hand, which is running around leaderboard on the premises? Why? Well,
and heading off the leaders, and trying to maybe there are no spectator points, or
get the Killer Shot of them that might none for a couple of hours. Or maybe the
make it onto the cover of Trail Rider next gas stop is back at the pits and your crew
month. It's a difficult thing to hit the spec- doesn't have any desire to leave; like per-
tator spots, and even some extracurricu- haps it's raining or cold or your crew is
lar spots the club might slip me privately, just a bunch of whiners. If the food was
and know how long you can stay before really good (like at Beehive), and there
you have to rush to the next spot, know- was plenty of coffee and soft drinks, this
ing who to look for, maybe have an idea would be an excellent situation. You
from the check crews on who's doing could listen to live radio pandemonium of
what. If you can get into it, it'll keep you scores coming in and lost gas crews gab-
excited half the day. bing back and forth, sucking down coffee
And then, you head back to the finish and doughnuts while watching a spread-
and wait for everyone to come in, and for sheet-style leaderboard on a monitor
all the excuses to start, and the bench showing the unofficial scores of all the
racing machine to get cranked into high top riders. Add somebody shooting live
gear...and I'm sorry, for me it's nap time. video back to another screen on the
Boys, I love you all dearly, but in the past premises and 1 guarantee you'll see me
(Sidney Dickson photo)
25 years I've heard just about all of the there hooking up a video capture unit so 1
stories! turn the radio on, but later I was thinking can steal my photos!
how if 1 can only keep myself amused by about it and realized that in our small All right, I admit that this could get more
knowing exactly what's going on, and who group, our extended family of enduro and more hare-brained as you added things
is who, what do you think happens to all enthusiasts, we have a perfect opportunity to the mix, but the basic premise is still
the friends, relatives and wives/girlfriends to revolutionize spectating at enduros. valid: to make enduros more interesting for
that come along with the racers? Let me What if all the pit crews went out and the spectators. This is exactly the sort of
ask you this: do you ever have to beg them bought CB radios? Everybody tunes to the thing they needed at the ISDE two years
to join you? Promise things that will cost same frequency and without any other ago in Tulsa; were it my ISDE 1 wouldn't
you large sums of money? involvement we could then be all linked up have rested until we had such a system up
1 have a sneaking suspicion why this and talking to each other. You could pass and running. Without a leaderboard to tell
might be. There's a small chance just information back and forth on where the you what's going on—or even who is who—
maybe—that they're bored to tears. most interesting spectator spots are, how all you have is a bunch of empty trucks sit-
banging around at an enduro is fine if the to get there, and how everybody seems to ting in a field, and a few lonely dogs sleep-
weather is great, the area is somewhat be doing in the race. now I know you're ing in the shade. And that's just about all
scenic and nice, and maybe there's some going to say, "Yeah, great, another thing to that was happening in Tulsa for the Six
people you can hang out with. But if you buy..." but you can go out and buy a cheap Days.
don't know what is going on, and maybe CB with an antenna for $50 or less. Sure, Think about it; take the idea to your club
the weather is miserable, and maybe you're you can spend $300 or more, but since meetings (yeah, I can see it now. A certain d+ '.
stuck in an ugly gravel pit all day...well, they are all limited to a certain amount of club from the middle of new Jersey would
you're going to have to be really convinced output wattage more money isn't going to want radios with special frequencies so
to come back to an enduro. buy you anything more than bells and whis- nobody else knew what they were doing. t
[ think about this sort of thing a lot, hav- tles. Maybe voice scramblers on the micro-
ing ridden enduros for 20 years, and now Let's take this a step further. flow about if phones?), see what everybody thinks. Give
spending a lot of time hanging around on the club made sure that each checkpoint it fair consideration, after all, it's the '90s.
the fringes. The basis of my business is crew had a radio, and as riders came All you read about these days is the
communication, and 1 always figured that through the check the person running the Internet, and the Information Superhighway
anything becomes more interesting if you backup sheet could be broadcasting the for the year 2000 and beyond. The least we
know more about it, know what's going on. scores as they came in. now you also know can do is adopt a 40-year old technology in
For this, you have to rely on communica- where your rider is on the course, and by the interest of making enduros a little bit
tion, by whatever means is convenient, or hearing his score you also know if it's going more of a spectator sport. q
4 Trail Rider
Moose Offroad factory riders Ty Davis and Rodney Smith have
done it again. First, Rodney Smith captured the National
Reliability Enduro Championship and then grabbed top
American honors at this year's I.S.D.E. in
double trouble
Poland. Then, Moose's own Ty Davis smoked
the competition and seized this years National Enduro
Championship title. Once again, Moose factory riders have
carried the torch, delivered the thunder, and left the
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Massachusetts Ban Still Not Final
You may have read in a few different places that the Massachusetts off-road rid-
ing ban was defeated, this fall. Nothing could be further from the truth! Our riding
is still in grave danger, and depending on the outcome of the public meetings being
held on November 30 (unfortunately after this is being written), we may or may not
lose our right to ride in Massachusetts state forests.
_4.
Like we've said before, the key to the whole thing is letting everyone know that
you oppose this ban, and you pay taxes or spend money riding in Massachusetts.
New Jersey Legal You should call and write to legislators and the governor of Massachusetts, and for
a direct impact on the DEM, the following is a list of board members for the
The New Jersey Trails Conservancy has Massachusetts Board of Environmental Management. Contact everyone you can,
started the ball rolling towards legalizing and let your opposition be known, and we may be able to ride in Massachusetts
trail bikes in the state of New Jersey. again in the spring.
This has not been a simple and easy
thing; ultimately the NJTC had to re-write
Robert A Durand 16 Merriam Road
legislation, basically lumping "off-high-
Chairperson, Natural Resources and Princeton, MA 01541
way motorcycles" in with snowmobiles
Agriculture [phone]
and ATVs in the state laws. What this will
State House, Room 109-C
do is get you a license plate for your
Boston, MA 02133 Jeffrey Tranen
enduro bike, and the ability to ride in the (617)722-1 120 Board of Environmental Management
state forests without major hassle or 12 Whitridge Road
modifications to the machine. A synop- Michael P. Last South Natick, MA 01760
sis of the bill is available from NJTC at Board of Environmental Management (508)366-901 1
212 Cedar Street, Lakehurst NJ 08733, 14 Cliff Road
[phone], and they can tell you Wellesley Bills, MA 02181 Elisa Campbell
who your local assembly-person is. You [phone] Board of Environmental Management
can also find out the names of your local 27 Pine Grove
Assemblymen from Legislative Services Theodore Ames Amherst, MA 01002
at [phone]. When you learn who Board of Environmental Management [phone]
37 High Street
your Assembly Representative is we
Pittsfield, MA 01201 Ron Smith
want you to get in touch with them by
[phone] Board of Environmental Management
phone, fax or mail, and tell them you
20 Pease Terrace
expect their support for Assembly Bill
Deborah D. Cary Lee, MA 01238
A3161, which will bring money into the
Board of Environmental Management [phone]
state through registration of off-road
vehicles. As of this writing the bill has
not been introduced (still waiting for our A written comment period will follow the hearings on November 30, and the peri-
tax-supported state legislators to return od will extend until December 31, after which a decision will be handed down by
from vacation), but it is important to get the DEM, people who, by the way, are paid with your tax dollars. Written comments
behind A3161 and get the ball rolling. can be sent to the following state employee, but you should still contact everyone
This will finally solve the problem of how on the board, above. Written comments to: Todd Frederick, Director, Division of
to register an enduro bike in the state of Forests and Parks, 100 Cambridge Street, Boston MA 02202.
New Jersey, so find out who your local
representatives are and get in touch with
Stolen Bike says it is: a foam liner that fits in your tire
them.
along with an inner tube. This way, you
If you're from South Jersey, be on the
NETRA Season Finals have a high degree of Flat protection as
lookout for a stolen '79 Honda XR185.
No surprise that Kevin nines wrapped It's red with a black frame and a Super well as the ability to adjust the air pres-
up the NETRA enduro championship this Trapp exhaust; serial number sure. Abner also doesn't get as hot as a
full foam tube in severe conditions. The
year. With a perfect set of wins across MD025006727. Owner John Hussey
the season, who else had a chance? Still, says "I know it's not much, but it was Pro-Tech Liner goes for $59.95 for a rear
it's good for him; although Kevin won paid for..." If you know anything, call liner, and Tech has them in stock. Get in
the hare scrambles championship in John at [phone]. He's offering a touch with them at [phone]. Look
1981, he never won the enduro champi- reward for anyone who can help him for liners to be the new big thing this
onship, instead concentrating on the recover his ride. year. Right now, we're waiting to see a
new liner that Dunlop has developed,
national enduro title all these years.
Flat Liner that they have been testing in Baja,
The hare scrambles title came down to
a final battle between 1995 champion Tech Products wants everyone to know rumors claim. The liner wars are coming!
Scott Phelps and Tommy Norton, at the that they don't have to suffer any flat Don't Squirt
Lembo Lake series final in New York a tires this spring. Their newest product is J
Mel Lill is amous in Michigan for his
few weeks ago. Phelps got the holeshot the Pro-Tech Liner, which is just what it
but broke his rear brake lever on the first
lap, forcing him to spectate the rest of
DON'T BE A
the race. Norton went on to win the race
and the championship. Next year, a a
Norton plans to race the GNCC series ~ --~ TREAD.LIOHTLYI
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again, and again with a Yamaha ride. ~
Hines plans to continue his CRE Imports ~~ 4 ~
business, selling CRE modified parts to
Honda CR owners...and yes, you'll prob- TRAILS WEAR OUT -TOO FAST!
ably see him at a few NETRA endurosl
6 Trail Rider
trail maintenance machine. lie built a KTM
special whoop-smoothing tractor and
uses it to maintain Michigan's vast trail
system. lie even came east and did a job
in Myles Standish State Forest one year,
Sportmotorcycles
smoothing out all the neck-deep
whoopdedos that have grown there
(accompanied by a complete lack of
interest from the Massachusetts D.E.M.,
who prefer to promote the image of off- The Ultimate Alternative
road motorcyclists as do-nothing out-
laws...but don't get me started). Mel
knows trails better than nearly anyone in Discover why KTM Sportmotorcycles are the ultimate
the country, because of his close-up alternative to the ordinary. Pull away from the crowd with
experience in fixing them, and if there
ever were such a thing as an expert on KTM's race-winning Enduro, Cross Country,
whoopdedos, Mel is the man. fie tells us Supercross/Motocross or Dual Sportmotorcycles. Ultimate
that competition riders and the heavy-
handed throttle jockeys are the cause of machines. Ultimate performance. Ultimate service at...
the whoopdedo blight. "Competition rid-
ers don't admit that whoops and ruts are
bad things," he tells us, "But when every
loop is 20+ miles of continuous bike-
swallowing whoops, how many begin-
ning riders are going to continue?"
Good point. To promote this fact, Mel
has printed up a bunch of bumper stick-
ers that proclaim "Don't Be A Dirt
Squirt—Trails Wear Out Too Fast!" He
offers the design free to anyone who can
use it. If you want to get in touch with
Mel and talk whoopdedos with him, you
can reach him at 15979 Cutler Road,
Portland, MI 48875.
Stop by the shop or just ask any MHR team member at the
Ammo Error
races, to see why we were awarded #1 outstanding dealer in
We apparently lost our minds in the
Ammonoosuc Turkey Run story in last KTM sales for the northeast!
month's issue, and gave all the credit to
Ray Ellis. Actually, the trail boss of the `96 MODELS NOW /N STOCK
event was Ken Chace, not Ray as initial-
ly reported. Also, the spiritual leader of (INCLUDING SPDRTM/N/S!J
the norumbega Trail Riders is Magnus
Emilsson, which we should have known.
Ray Ellis claims he just one of the cogs
on the drive gear of the club; we say they
all do a great job, and thank them all For
a fine event. q
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New England Trail Rider AMA
Association (NETRA) P.O. Box 6114
P.O. Box 478 Westerville, OH 43081
Ellington, CT 06029 [phone]
[phone] New York Trail Rider
East Coast Enduro Alliance, NENYC
Association (ECEA) 8 Komar Drive
RD 1, Box 2216 Charlton, NY 12019
Jonestown, PA 17038 New Jersey Trails
[phone] Conservancy(NJTC)
Vermont Trail Riders Asc. 212 Cedar Street
(VETRA) Lakehurst, NJ 08733
P.O. Box 136 [phone]
South Pomfret, VT 05067 District 6 Sports Asc.
Pennsylvania Trail P.O. Box 554
Riders Association Lebanon, PA 17042
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had a miserable time, including hitting a Winningest Rider
flag person on the course and going down
By the way, this National Hare Scrambles
while he was in the lead. Once Plessinger
championship for Scott Summers is his
got out front he never looked back, taking
seventh national championship, surpassing
the GNCC crown once again.
Rick Johnson and Jeff Stanton's motocross
The Two Scotts Show moved on to Kent,
championship record, who have six cham-
Washington, for the last round of the AMA
pionships each. This event was also
National Hare Scrambles series, and the sit-
Summers' 58th national win.
uation there was similar. Whoever won the
event had the series in the bag. Actually, Let Us Spray
Siring Tour White Bros has introduced something
I you've ever wanted to take a dual sport every one of us has at one time or another
swore that we needed. Their new Hi-
tour of Nevada, here's your chance to do it
with us. Nevada Motorcycle Adventures has Pressure Washer is a a hand-pump pressure
washer that holds one and a half quarts of
put together the Trail Rider Spring Tour, in
which we are going to join them fora week- water and allows you to quickly hose off
long jaunt around the Silver State. The date your bike no matter where you are. Perfect
for those trailside top-end jobs! It seems to
is from April 28 to May 3, which appears to
us that the washer should be made to hold
be six days of riding, and one of us from
a gallon of water (we have lots of mud out
the Trail Rider staff, either Mark or Clipper,
here!), but for a suggested retail price of
will be riding along. The discount cost for
$26 or so, we're willing to try it out.
this Trail Rider Tour is $1 100, and it
Contact White Brothers at [phone]
includes a motorcycle, guides, support
and tell them Trail Rider told you about it.
truck, lunch each day, trail refreshments Plessinger only needed to finish second to
and lodging during the ride. Matt from NMA Summers in order to win it all, but you NRTFA Still On Track
tells us we'll be riding along the California know how that always goes. The course for
Blue Ribbon sent us a fax to let us know
border into central Nevada, from the high the day included long asphalt stretches of
that the National Recreational Trails Fund
Sierras to the Nevada highlands; and that's the Seattle International Raceway; at which
Act was still on track, and as a matter of
starting from Reno. Total distance is about point Summers probably giggled a lot and
fact looks better than it ever has in its most
800 miles of dual-sport and easy trails, and went rummaging in his van for his 18-tooth
recent state. Instead of relying on funding
you will enjoy it. You'll see some of the countershaft sprocket. Plessinger mean-
appropriation and the annual budget bat-
most remote country you've ever seen, and while seemed to be in shock, according to
tle, the NRTFA has been funded through an
some real wide open spaces. For more witnesses, not able to believe he was look-
amendment to the National Highway
detailed information and a brochure, con- ing at the course, and not just another
tact Matt at [phone]; and let's go rid- Winston Cup series stock car race. The
ing! results were predictable: Summers had ~ BUILT FOR CHAMPIONS!
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long war for the AMA Grand National Cross Rodney Smith jumped inbetween the two,
Country championship with a win in forcing Plessinger into third overall and
Crawfordsville, Indiana. The series had Summers into the series win.
come down to a pitched battle between And that's the way they went. Look for the
Plessinger and Scott Summers of Team Plessinger/Summers show to start up again
Honda, and on this final day Summers just in the spring!
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January 9
ECEA Round 14
Moonshin¢ Enduro
Last rock concert of the season
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by Jungle Dave before his row was to leave the line. The
not So Joe Cool Award was the local fire-
fighters, with lights, sirens, and PA blaring,
Brandonville, PA 9/17 administering their personal wake-up
The Moonshine Enduro, was the last rock call...at 5:30 a.m.! The Brandonville
run on the schedule. Those of us who are Citizens Fire Company really are some
Full Life members of the exclusive Rock- good folk. They generously allowed the
Haters Club could hardly wait to get back to use of their clubhouse for the sign up, deli-
the beautiful, soft, forgiving sand. Glorious cious meals on Saturday and Sunday, and
sand! Just one more session of abuse ther- the trophy presentation. Thanks Pugsy!
apy and 1 will be cured, at least until the The free, unlimited camping and start
start of next season. not that I really hate area was located a couple hundred yards
down the road from the clubhouse.
Luckily, the large grassy field soaked up
all the rain without becoming a complete
quagmire. The start controls as well as
the gas available were all located at the
field. The strict tech inspection had more
than a few riders scrambling for lamps
and batteries to meet the well-announced
bike requirements. C'mon people, read
and heed the not so fine print.
The Valley Forge Trail Riders, under the
direction of second generation club pres-
ident Jamie Wright, put together atwo-
loop race. Jamie additionally acted as
Jeff Kirchner stayed on Grossman, and matched AA
Trail Boss, with sectional help from Jim,
rider Craig Shenigo's 24 point score for the A High Point
Kevin, Brian, Albie, and Magic. You
win and second overall.
remember the Magic Trail, right? Also gra-
ciously assisting VFTR were the good peo- speed up to 24mph, with the check-in com-
ple from the High Mountain Dirt Riders ing shortly thereafter at an even forty clicks
club. out. The woods trails were tight and moder-
The first loop, totaling forty-one ground ately rocky. At the emergency check out,
miles, contained two points-taking sec- 4.4 soggy miles later, only two of the top
tions. Two miles of warm-up trail with a racers posted sixes, Marc Grossman and
reset thrown in, led to the first secret Mark Spence. Hummel, Kirchner and Shirk
check-in at four and a half miles out. After all fell a point behind.
3.3 miles of sloppy, typically tight, rocky Ten minutes later, the riders were back at
woods trail, the riders were checked out. A the start area for the gas available and a
slew of Kawasaki pilots, Marc Grossman, well deserved thirty minute drying out peri-
Jeff Kirchner, Richard Shirk, and Mark od. The smart ones had extra jerseys, gog-
Spence, dropped four points. Craig gles and gloves to change into. Those that
Marc Grossman rode a perfect enduro at the Shenigo and B class iron man, Mark had no extra gear were granted a reprieve,
Moonshine, and took the Grand Champion trophy home Hummel, were also four
for all his trouble. minutes late.
The next points taking
section came after thirty
rocks, they are just so crude and rough miles of what Trail Boss
around the edges. They have not evolved Wright described as, "nice,
into lovable sand...yet. Kind of like Cro- fun, easy trails." Really. The
Magnon Sand. So maybe in about four mil- pill bottle did look a couple
lion years, 1 will enjoy racing the northern short though. In all fair-
half of the schedule. Until then, well, ness, nobody can control
"Honey, did you refill my Thorazine script?" the weather, which was a
The weather before the event was sketchy, major fun factor variable.
depending on who was speaking. Optimists This section, run at 19mph,
called it partly sunny, and the whiner, snivel- lasted for over an hour,
er types classified it as cloudy with threat- with not many possibles to
ening showers. In reality, which I avoid like fog the time keeping brain.
a l25 four-stroke, the weather was all of Goggles were the only vic-
these things. Saturday, around eleven p.m., tims of the fog.
the storm began. The cold rain continued Milepost 33.1 contained
throughout the night and into keytime. the day's first of four creek
Anthony Tomasello took the Joe Cool crossings, which were get- The river crossing at Moonshine is always a popular spectator spot, for
Award, broad sliding into the pits, fully ting deeper by the minute. obvious reasons. Although this looks a lot like Jack Lafferty Sr., it couldn't
dressed in his riding gear, ten minutes Four and a half miles later, possibly be him because he's too good of a rider, right?
the club bumped the
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