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... 11 . - CLASSIC CORNER ', '. 350cc SIDEVALVE SINGLE STANDS ALONE IN ITS FIIAMf.. IVY-COVERED ANTIQUE WAS BOUGHT fOR $10. AVAILABLE NOW : 1929 HARLEY·DAVIDSON 3S0cc SINGLE Several years :lJ.!O two men hired to clean an o ver a row th of ivy from a Los Ange le residcnt"s yar d discove red a ru sty s motorcycle co vered by years of leafy g row th. Offerin!: the ivy-covered relic to L. A. Hnrley-D avidson dealer Dick Hutching for $100, the finde rs accepted his counter offer of $10 and L.A.H ·D Co. thus carne into possession of the rare 1929 H·D single featu red he re. " It was complete except for the switchbox, Hutching repo rts . Appa rentl y the switch was the Achilles heel , for the rest • h BT & E V1LlIERs & DUCATI CLUTCH PLATES of the mach ine was in fine condition . " It even had a lip;htwei!:ht Ford piston incalls, "Which ou r mechstalled ," Hutch re anic Howard Haford says was the wa y to J.!O in those days:" NOW IN NEW , Aft er ref inish ing, and fabricatin ~ a new LARGER switch panel , the single looks almost likc the day it left the crate. Cur iously, the front brake is a modem intem al-expan der wh ile the rear is tbe old external-contractor type. It has been ridd en on the Death Valley Tour recen tly and , they tell me, it's ready to run anytime they put a ba tterv in it.- C.C. . HEAD QU AR T E R s ~~==, c: * c: N :II: 1206 South La In. A....u., Inglewood - 674-2111 • N~~~U " YAMAHA TO FIELD WHITE, NIXON AND PARRIOTT NEWS FROM ALL AROUND T wo California racers, Ralph White and Buddy Parr iott , and one from the East, RACING CASTOR Cary N ixon. will cam pa ign as a te am for By Chuck Clayton and David Greenfield WHAT'S IN A DRAG? Large distri butors of what used to be ca lled "ether bicycles" are now en gaging in sec ret cam paigns to ca pture ~-mile drag racing honors for their respected brands. What eac h does n' t know is th at the othe r is up to the very same game. "Sponsorship" so far is limited to free techn ical advi ce and replacement parts . . . litt le enough for the pragmatic engineerin!: knowled ge they receive. -C.C. PRIVILEGED CHARACTERS Tim's Cafe. on Century and Atlantic Blvds. has CYCLE NEWS on sale Wednesday night, soonest of all our many dealers. -C.C. SHILLINGS OR BRASS? Our recent controversy on the 'cash or troph ies' problem is be ing echoe d across the Atlantic. In the pa ges of MOTOR CYCLE NEWS ( Englan d ) letters to their celebra ted columnist Ralph Vena bles have been voluminous and emphatic. W ith very few exceptions the rac ing ran ks ove r th ere have voted heavily in favor of trophies. As one enthusiast wro te : "Cash is soon spe nt, bu t a trophy rem ains a constan t reminder of a personal triumph, and plea sures of the past." - D.C. Yamaha on th is season's road race circuit. Wh ite, the team cap tain, made the tran sition frnm bi~ bike to 250 be autifullv Nixon's ab ility on small b ikes is also d~: monstrated . Parriott's performance on the TDl ·B is expected to be excellent also, although he has ret to appear on a 250cc in national competiti on. Yamaha • VENICE • EX 0·3364 ~=::=::. For 2 or .. Cyele Rae;n" Champions' Choice at Daytona,, 1965 DON1 BE FOOLED BY WILD eLA S OF JUST AS GOOD. THERE ARE NONEI tear-i man ager will be serv ice manager Leo Lake, After the bat tles for the tuning-fork brand, all three will remoun t their bi!: hangers for 500cc races, White on a Matchless for Bob Hansen, Nixon on the Baltl more Tr iumph an d Buddy ridin!: a Norton T win. -C.C. ADDZlP ADDmvES • r433-37 First St. * - I_loft, Calif. TOP SECRET HARRY FOSTER MOTORCYCLES We aren't sup posed to know, but 'American Honda in C arden a has a pa ir of 1 60~'C prod uction scram blers for testin g, Based on the popular CB 160 road mode l, the ohc twins have single carburetors, no elec tric starters an d are said to be ve ry tasty in the looks depa rtment. - C.C. TRAFFIC TECHNIQUE In [reezint; or neur-jreeziru: climates. be leery of ti le shady side of cnrees. T hey can harbor road ice which is cirtua lh] in· dtstin uutshable from wet pacem ent , yet can quickly upset a leaned -ocer motorcycle. 10425 S. VERMONT AVE ., LOS ANGELES 754-2811 rs-\tBSe-R..fJ-Ei • Inie-rnaiiona ! MoioT'Cljcle Co. • I I • SALES . S ERV I CE AND REPAIR 7:233 CANOGA AVE. C A N OGA PARK, CALI~. • YAMAHA HODAKA • Phone 346-3700 .. 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