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VOL . II NO. 31
PRICE: IS CENTS
THURSDAY. OCTO BER 14. 1965
Fun on Funbikes
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CARLSBAD
COURSE GOOD
Cycle tra ils are not clearly marked .
paper you h ave to be quick), the
total paid was a mere $5.70. Ther e
was no charge for mileage.
The fun was worth it at twice the
price (for two), although we would
suggest that if you do this often it
might be just as well to buy the
machine and have done with it. Ours
was new, but scuffed about the handl ebars from some previous lessee's
pa vement landing and those graunches cautioned us eloquentl y that
ev en funbikes can cause a rash if
used rashly. In case we mi ssed their
point, simple safety rules were printed on the t ank.
Tw o of us lardies whizzed on the
brisk little performer to the ne w
ch ild ren 's zoo, where cubs, calves,
kittens, kid s and othe r u nfledged ani-
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FABULOUS 50
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PRADO PARK
RIDING RENTED CYCLES
IN THE PARK
Los Angeles's public haven is Griffith Park. Plunked smack in the middle of the metropolis as it is, Griffith extends miles in every direction.
From the Planetarium at the end of
Vermont street to the narrow cycle
trails on the Glendale side, the park
preserves a pleasant morning or afternoon for every person.
For our visit to the park last weekend, CYCLE NEWS rented transportation for two from Burban k's Suzu ki
Fun Center where they do a brisk
rental business in Suzukis for the
nearby park.
They were happy to J en t us a
strong little eighty at $3.35 for the
first hour, and when we returned i t
l 'h hours later (on a weekly news-
CAL CHAMPS DECIDED
GRIPSTERS THROW
TOP TT; HAMMER
NIPS VAN LEEUWEN
Here Ve sco leads Buckner.
By C.C.
Witnesses ' to the first races at the
new Carlsbad course last Sunday
shall remember October 10, 1965 as
the day they first got to see nearclassic performances by some or"California's swiftest throttle-twisters on
a fine race course blessed by benevolent skies and adequate facilities.
Appropriately
nicknamed,
the
small-bores got the day's racing un- ·
der way. Soon they were followed by
screaming 250cc racers, to the delight
of the rather large crowd watching
this display of talent and expensive
equipment.
On with the Production Races, our
cheers 'going for ace CYCLE NEWS
reporter Rick Hutchins winning his
class wall-to-wall on his daily transportation, a 250cc Sprint. Ron Christie on a 750cc Norton won overall.
Then (gas p!) the Big Race----350,
500 and Unlimited classes all bumping
off together in one unremitting wail
. . . except Gordon Jennings' orange
and white striped Harley fire-breather, which balked at starting, and
completed only a couple of laps.
Ron Grant (Manx ) and Don Ve sco
(Matchless) began to fl y half-airborne
down "Wheelie Hill" into the hairy
east hairpin ("Cy cle World" should
have some neat shots of this) in tight
company w ith Yamaha mounted John
Buckner and John Humphries. Their
duels lap after lap were glorious to
see .
When the races ended, there were
no losers--every cycle buff had gained a successfully baptized, expensive
new raceway, inviti ng enough for
a motorcycle classic.
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