Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

2 CALENDAR OF EVENTS CHRISTMAS n lACING Ascot Park Season Opener. Pit Gate opens 10:30, racing begins at 1 p.m. 189th St. lItld Vermont in Gardena. 8()().8()() My column in the Christnw. edition of CYCLE NEWS had a real boo-boo when it reponed Bob Ferro leading Milce Patrick by sixty points in the battle for the bilt bikes number one plate. And, man, I ain' t never beard the last of it! Wires burning up all over the joint, especially from District 371 Well, not wishing to cause an y d issension, lose old friends or make new enemies, I double checked my report at full throttle. And I wish to say that my original scrihing had the boys in their correct order. Guess the printing presses had been celehrating as well that week! POICEI RUN, Hi-Way King s. At long Beach H-D. Starting time 8:009:30 a.m. Don. $ 1.25. Trophies. AMA sane. MONEY EWOPEAN SClAMItES. Presente.:f by Don Watkins. This and every open Sunday in '66. New . course every time. Limed from Hwys. 395 & 66. No SlInction points or trophies, just eesh, MiA. of $25 .00 for: f irst in each dass. AU desert rules , and rider dmi.f;adhered to. Prom pt ' start 8:30 a.m. ". AlIDAV, RlltUARY 11, 1966 DaAG CHAMPIONStUPS. First of 3-dayA.H.R.A. Winter National. Rec. } ortis to set in every class. SATUlDAY fIIRUMY S, 1966 , INDOOR SHORT TIACK - First night of indoor racing at long Beach Arena. Practice begins at 4 p.m. AMA rules apply. Eighth mile track, smooth cement surface. Pump gas up to 250cc dasses. Racing starts 8 p.m. kindssion $2.00 general, $2 .50 log ia. Ocean Ave. exit on LB. Fwy., past pike to Arena. . By "Breezeiinder" HARD-NOSED DUNDERHEAD INDOOI SHORT TRACK - long Beach Arena. AMA sanctioned. See Feb. 5th. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1966 ROAD lACES Annual A.C.A. Challenger events at Willow Spr ings ecorse.' NADONAI. CHAMP., HARE a, HOUNDS, by Hilltoppers MC. Limed from Y . in lucer ne, and also from , 0:90 ~, .m . sharp -. Souveni~.; '.. Barsto"",. 1 and, ,Fin isher p ins: AMA point run. ' ::" THE RRC - WOULD BE OR HAS BEEN? Of course, the RRC must have something to offer these new clubs besides the opportunity to argue once a month with a few hard-nosed dunderheads who are afraid or at least unwilling 10 change the status quo. Th e RRC must represent a guiding light. It must show an ability to establish and main tain order. It must meet and satisfy the demands cre ated b y changing condition s to the satisfaction of at least the majori ty of the road riders. The RRC Calendar is one example of the crea tion of order . Yet in 1965, the RRC was challenged in this field by the HarleyDavidson De alers Association who printed ano ther calendar showing all of the runs d uring the year, including those sponsored by the Triumph Dealers Associalinn. Speaking of T riumphs, where are all of those people? The ones who swell the attendance of the F ish Fry, the Buffalo Feed, The Johnson Memorial Rally to way over the 500 mark. Are they not interested in the RRC program? You don't say l Why? SATUlDAY, FEIRUARY 12, 1966 POICEI RUN by Jewel City Diamo nds, call (213) 255-6288 for infermation. CONTROVERSY PART TWO . l.ontI _ l9th_ h, c.llfonoi. _ l.ontI _ , c.lf. " " " -: LA. Toll-frM: 775-1967 9 ' .11I. 10 5 p.III . (212) 591-61,13 24 ho.... (213) 591-2011 COMPETITION RIDERS READ THIS With the remendous upsurge and growth of moto rcycling and the fantastic number of motorcycles now on our streets and highways, will the So. Calif. Road Riders Committee become the regional euthority on organized road activities or has the RRC reached the pinnacle of achievement it i.. capable of? The RRC has within its capa bility the op portunity to become to road-riding much the same th ing as the AMA is to competition. The RRC already has the blessin gs of the AMA to take independent aclinns. This is not to say that the RRC will replace the AMA. But it can parallel th e AMA in this specific function. It is high time the RRC representatives quit horsing around with their miniscule th inkinl( and met the challenge and dem ands created hy the growth of their chosen sport. The RRC has don e absolutely nothing to interes t the lightweight bikes and clubs in organized activities, notwithstanding the fact that the y do exist and the problem was called to their attention by the Committee for Bett er Motorcycling over eight months ago. 1,1I5 E_ or : lox 498 , LARRY HALEY EI Monte Required for the new racin g season : 1966 AMA compelilinn licehse; clean leathers, bright colored jerseys or leathers with riding number on the back; clean, ready to race, safe eq uipment; mechanics in clean whites or team unifonns. N EW N OV ICE RIDERS better arrive at the pit gate with their 1966 AMA competition license in one hand, and their sports committee competition card with amateur or e:rpert cltusif;cation in the other. Pit gate opens for Ind oor short track racing at Long Beach Auditorium at 4 p .m., closes at 7 p.m. February 5. Ascot IT February 6, pit gate opens at 10:30 a.m ., closes at 12:30. - Bert Brundage Dist. 37 AMA Referee Phone DA 7-9337 (the Voice of C.lifomi.) " The RRC was challenged in 1965 by another organization calling itseH SCALE_ SCALE might wen have succeeded had its membership fee not tended to .discourage the riders. Yet you can count on the fin gers of one hand the number of RRC representatives who actually realize that SCALE was and might yet be a threat to the RRC. It is indeed a shame that the founders of SCALE could not have worked through or with the RRC. But how could they? They never knew the RRC existed. Some testimonial! WRITING ON THE WAU? The handwriting is on the wall for all but the absolutely hlind to see. The RRC either gets off its wen-larded haunches and pro vides the leadership that the sport needs or another organization win . Complacency on the part of the reps will not get the job done. Complacency makes pe0ple fear the unknown, mistrust the untried and abhor the new . The status quo looks like a way of living , but it's really a path to slow death. What are the answers? What is to be don e if the RRC is to be it? Or is it a has been? ( Part III and conclusion next week) I tempt to preseroe the free-wheeling style of the writinp;, certain grammatical libert;e" mU-'ifpeUing. and uncommon word.. are /eft iust as the author« wrote them. Be .ure to read ""eTJ! thrilling , hilarioul epirode, each week in CYCLE NEWS. March 15. 1963 Fridtz¥ OUR DESERT HOME Got up at 10: IS, had breakfast. We sat there for a minute just ta1Icing when Jim looked out the wind ow and there were abou t 50 kids outs ide. I don't know what they were doin g but the y didn't come too close SO we weren't too scared. Last nizht about 2 or 3 o'clock someone came up to the truck and knocked on the window. Jim ( Nicholson) woke up and grabbed me hy the arm and scared the out of me . They shined a Ii!dlt in our eyes A MOTORCYCLE JOURNAL We interrupt I/OUf train of thought to a 8torfI of adventure. Thu u the tIJ1e of three Uuh who forsook the comfom of Coli(omiD to embm-k on an expedition where adoersity would be fun and the common denominator, coast to coast, was motorcycling. The trio were Jim Nich . olson, Marty McDonDld and, mnking .. brief """"crance, Jim Arhmore. The ul ourntU of 1963~ is the dGil" account of the erpedition, JeritJized here for the delight of our diaceming reatlitn. In an atpraent and said are you aD riRbt. It was a policeman. He said he came and checked to make sure everything is all ri~ht. It's one hen of a lime to come and check. We dro ve down to a !(as sta tion and got cleaned up. The water was real cold. Went down to the bike shop and sta rted working on my bike . I ~ot the tires, engine, transmission and handle bars on. Jim worked on his bike some , talked to the local open hot shoe . He rides a Triumph, of course. Stopped workin g about 6:00 . Went to one of tho se real nice l:TUVY clean COLD zas station. again and I(ot . Published weekly except the first and last week of the lendar year by C& S Publishing Company, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, California. Editor Charles Clayton Sharon Clayton Business Manager David Greenfield Managing' Editor Gil Brown ......_ Advertisinl( Manager Sandie Brown Circulalion Manager CONTRIBUTORS: Carl Bartlett, Dale Boller, Wes Cooley, Mike Crowley, Bob Ebeling, Robert o. Fee, Dennis Greene, Larry Haley, Bob ICrips, Joe Lopez, Maureen Lee, Walt Mahony, Roxy Rockwood , Earl Roeseler, Gordon South. Published 50 weeks a year in Long Beach, California. Entered as 3rd class mail at Long Beach Post Office. Any part of this newspaper may be used without permission as long' as credit is given. Editorial contributions, cartoons, photos will be paid for upon publication. Self-addressed, stamped en velope assures return. SINGLE COPY PR1CE I5c SUBSCRIPTIONS: year 3rd class maiI.. _ $5.oo One year air mail $20.00 (first class and air mail prices are for U.S. ad ~s only). cleaned up. Then we went to a market and did a litle shopping, Went hack up to Jim's DESERT GARDEN and cooked dinner . We went to the Y.M.C.A. to take a shower. Asked the man at the desk if we could. He said yes, but it would cost us a dollar apiece. Jim said we aren' t th at d irty. So we went to a ~as sta tion. -Marty McDonald March 16, 1963 Saturclav MmlNG A FRIEND We went right down to the shop this morning and Mark (Marty McDonald ) . worked on his scooter. I patched his tire , but it went flat - only on the bottom, thouRb . Later on in the day Mark found his circlips for his wrist pins in a bo x after the engine was almost completely assemhied . Some old bastard in a white tee shirt told us to get the scooter off th e blankety blank wash rack , wh ich kind a I(ot us both pretty mad and another thing the I(UY in the shop kept charging Mark for littl e nul. and bolts which is not very friendly like. I was in the shop for a while just br owsing aro und and overheard some local racers talkinl( a bout their scooters, the y were tell ing each other abo ut all the goodies in the ir engines such as, Ii~htened spro ckets, quick tum throttles, specially gro und carbu ret or slide, long reach spark plug to raise compression et c. Shop closed ea rly at 5 :00 p.m , then this J:Uy offered his znrage to put the bike together in. so we loaded it in his tru ck and went over . We were amaised at all his tools and spare parts he came up with everything we needed. He is really a I(ood J:Uy even offered his shower tomorrow to us aft er the races . We didn't fin ish Mark 's bike . I(ot . to mount the lan k and some other stuff. We gave I(ood I(UY one of our face sh ields. Later we went back to our desert hideaway , ate and dozed off about 11:00 p.m . -Jim Nicholson ( Continued nert week )

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