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Page 1: American Motorcyclist 12 2010

THE JOURNAL OF THE

Dream Jobs[ Seven riders who mix

business with pleasure ]

DECEMBER 2010

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Visit MotorcycleMuseum.org for a chance to win both!

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On Sept. 10-11,

AMA Team USA’s trials

contingent zeroed in

on Myslenice, Poland,

for the Trials des

Nations. The team

world championship

event featured two

days of competition for

international bragging

rights.

This year, the AMA Team USA men’s

team featured 2010 AMA/NATC National

Trials Champion Cody Webb, 2009 champ

Patrick Smage and Keith Wineland, while

the women’s team included Sarah Duke

and Caroline Allen. Kip Webb managed

both teams.

We caught up with Webb for the

following highlights:

History: “This was the second time the

event has been held in Poland. The first

TDN was here in 1984.”

Participation: “There have been a lot

of changes made since the first event was

originally held under the old communist

system when 11 countries sent teams.

This year’s event included 20 countries in

two classifications for the men’s teams,

World class and International class, as well

as a Women’s class.”

Conditions: “Drizzly rain. It was clear

that the event was going to be run under

extremely muddy and slippery conditions

as the rain continued off and on. The event

was situated in the surrounding mountains

of deep forest with numerous streams.”

Women’s team: “There were 10

countries represented. AMA Team USA’s

two members (most teams fielded three)

completed two laps of 15 sections in

seven hours with many of the trial sections

set on slippery hillsides.

The Spanish team

held the top podium

spot this year followed

by Great Britain and

Germany.

“Without the luxury

of having our lowest

score dropped—which

was allowed for the

three-rider teams—we

were handicapped a bit, but our girls had

some good rides and finished eighth.”

Men’s team: “The course was

completely deteriorated and deep mud

was everywhere on the 7-kilometer loop.

“Sunday’s event had 18 sections.

Competing in the International class, the

Americans were poised to challenge for

the lead, but some problems hampered

their effort, and they struggled with minor

mistakes that hurt significantly in this

world-level event.

“With only three riders to most other

team’s four, we again couldn’t afford

any bad runs. Mistakes haunted us, and

we finished fourth. Norway took the top

position followed by the Czech Republic

and Germany. We were disappointed, as

we were hoping to make the podium, but

it was not meant to be this year.”

Intangibles: “Traveling to Europe and

putting all the logistics together can be

complicated. The time change, culture,

language and food can be overwhelming.

We were fortunate to have the support

from the U.S. Gas Gas and Sherco

importers, who worked with the factories

to arrange for the bikes, which was a huge

help. A Poland-based friend, Piotr Serek,

was also invaluable.”

Next year: Tolmezzo, Italy!

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Trials des NaTioNs

Tough Time In Poland

Cody Webb

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more motorcycle industry involvement in

the Hall of Fame. If we all work together,

we will all benefit.

The biggest challenge facing the

Motorcycle Hall of Fame: The challenge

to the Hall of Fame is the same as the

challenge to the AMA. We need to

get more people involved, not only as

members, but also as active participants.

The Hall of Fame is a significant place

where people can learn about the history

of motorcycling, and get out there and

spread the word.

We need to grow the AMA 10 times what

it is right now, to protect and grow what

we have in this sport. If more people were

involved, we would have a larger voice in

issues that affect us, like riding areas and

legislation. I really want to help to protect

and grow something that has given me so

much enjoyment in my life.

The AMHF raises funds for the

Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Learn more,

and find out how you can contribute, at

MotorcycleMuseum.org > Support.

Born: Palo Alto, Calif., in 1951.

First ride: My first bike ride was in 1964

on a Bonanza mini-bike with a 90cc

Hodaka engine. I had a paper route that

I did on a bicycle, and I kept riding past

a dirt lot where some kids were riding

around on dirtbikes. I kept hanging

around until they let me have a go on the

Bonanza. My first bike was a Honda 305

Scrambler, two years later.

Motorcycling experience: I started riding

trials in 1968 and moved to motocross

and pretty much any off-road racing I

could find soon after. I was racing the

national MX circuit from 1970 to 1974, and

then switched to off-road hare scrambles

and enduros in 1975. The pinnacle was

qualifying for, and competing in, the ISDT

each year from 1975 to 1977. In 1976, in

Austria, I won the gold medal, and also

won the final-day motocross race. That

was the high point of my racing career,

and something I will never forget. Just the

experience of traveling the world racing is

something special that not many people

get to do, and I count myself as very lucky.

Work experience: I started out at A&A

Motors in Redwood City, Calif., in 1968,

which was my first experience in the

motorcycle industry. People like Kenny

Roberts, Mark Brelsford and Jim Odom

were hanging out there, and it was pretty

cool. From there I went to Rocky Cycles

in 1974, a company that ended up being

part of Tucker Rocky Distributing that

we all know today. I held many positions

there in the 10 years I was with them,

and then I was contacted by a Taiwanese

manufacturer who wanted to sell its

motorcycle cables in the U.S. I saw there

was a place for this in the U.S., and

started Motion Pro in 1984, which is now

the place to go for aftermarket cables.

In 1991 we bought a specialty tool

manufacturer that was local to us, and

that was the beginning of the extensive

Motion Pro tool line. Today, Motion Pro

sells all over the world, and I have over 40

employees in a 40,000-square-foot facility

in San Carlos, Calif.

Proudest achievement: My proudest

achievement is that I feel I am a stand-

up person and that I have always lived

my life with integrity, loyalty and honesty.

This has given me a successful business,

great friends all over the world and an

opportunity to give back to the motorcycle

world that has given me so much.

Why I ride: Riding is just plain old fun like

nothing else. The challenge, the scenery,

the companionship, the rivalry, the

camaraderie—even among your fiercest

competitors. It’s an amazing way of life.

And it’s not just the riding. Working on

bikes, designing new parts and products

is satisfying in and of itself. I think

motorcycling is unique that way.

Favorite current bike: My favorite is my

1915 Harley-Davidson three-speed. It is

such a visceral experience, motorcycling

distilled down to the basics.

Best bike ever: I have too many favorites

to pick one over the others. I am going to

cop out and say the best motorcycle ever

is the one I am riding at the moment.

AMA member since: 1968.

Why I’m an American Motorcycle

Heritage Foundation (AMHF) Board

member: I joined the Board to try to get

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1982 HONDA NS750

Honda’s Learner Dirt-Tracker

Honda came to dominate dirt-track

racing in the mid-1980s, with future

Motorcycle Hall of Famers Bubba Shobert

and Ricky Graham taking the AMA Grand

National Championship four years in a

row on Honda RS750 dirt-trackers.

The RS750 was not Honda’s fi rst

attempt at building a dirt tracker,

however. That was this bike, the 1982

NS750. While Honda didn’t win with

this fi rst-generation racer, it did teach

the Japanese company a lot about the

special demands of dirt-track racing,

and paved the way for its subsequent

victories.

Honda decided to join the dirt-track

wars in the early 1980s, and the prevailing

theory—then as now—was that V-twin

power won on the dirt. The shining

examples were Harley-Davidson’s V-twin

race machines that won 20 of the fi rst 27

Grand National Series titles.

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