Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

1D o LAWNDALE CYCLE INcA YAMAHAO DR.AGS (Continued from pagel) a t Irwindale Racewav and the next will be Lion's Drag Strip, February 19th. 2-WHEEL CHEVY To help highlite both the Irwindale and Lion 's shows, A. J. Potter 'The mad man from Michigan" with his fuel injected Chevrolet V8, drag bike , plans on appearing and laying down a wall of smoke to be equalled by no other two wheeler and only a few fours . His extraordinary machine will cause all the spectators to understand the title which tra vels with him . 14." VELOCETTE DUCAT. SALES·SERVICE·PARTS· RENTALS 1532 4 H AWTHO RN E B O U L E V A RD LAWNDALE C A LI F .. SP 2 1822 OS 69546 THE FAM ILY F U N CENTER IRWINDALE RECORD PROGRAM ....... -----------CO .• • Iniel'nationa l Mo1:ol'Cycle 8A~ES. I I 7 2 3 3 CANOGA A V E. Phone • C A NOGA PAR K. CAWP'. 346-3700 SERVI C E AND I'i:EPAIR • • • YAMAHA HODAKA ~. .-------------' KEN MAEL t he shoeman Route 2, Bol 758, :Corona, Calif. " Ilk tit, MIll wit, Ul6i"rS NU ' $22.50 - Send boot or c.rdbo. rd cutout. ' 7 S. LA BREA 671-04i1 IHaLEWOOD . . . ...................................... . . ........ :' WHiniER Harley-Davidson Sales 12630 E. Whittier Blv d. ; (wh ere W••hington B'vd. _ Whitti.r Blvd.) : .. W. Sp. ci. lize in ' nlt.llin. 74 "'WET" Clutch... .. : Open til • on Fri. : •. OX .... .... .... .... . . .... -.... . .. . 3-9114. . ...... . . . .... OLD INDIANS NEVER PiE lorqe stoc k of Indio n Porn, from 1930 '0 1961 - Scout, Chief & Warrio r (N o " 4" Po rts). Ba rgain p r ice~. Moil orden pr om ptfy f illed Sa mmy Pierce India n BSA Sales 933 San Gabriel 81 San Gabriel, Cal. ., The three day schedule at Irw ind ale will be run in the following order for the bikes . Friday : timed runs for records in all of the new bilee classes. Saturday: Eliminations! Entries close at 10 a.m. and the competition begins at 10:30. Sunday : all if any , final ru n-offs will be held. If you cannot enter the Friday portion of the meet you are still eligible for the elimi nations 00 Saturday providing you enter before 10:00 a.m. Preen try is not required for this meet but it will cost approximately $5.00 (Five) dollars more if you pa y it at the gatel LION S $1000 SHOW Th e F tastic show at Lion's on Saturan day the 19th , will be gin with the open ing of the gates at 1:00 p .m , The fee will be the normal Lion's entry cha rge. In the past I have never seen suc h riches pour into a purse. This week has been rewarding in that I have never seen de alers and manufacturers so ready to contribute to any moto rcycle dra g racing. Of course, Lion's 1,000 (one thousand ) dollars is at the head of the list. I imp lore cycle enth usiasts to patronize the dealers that have so generously l:iven the awards listed below. To be given to the winners at Lion's. Be the donation smal or large it came from th at same painful spot, the pocket book . CYCLE NEWS- Three year 's subscriptions 6< coffee at the strip, SKIP FORDYCE - $10.00 gift certificate. ANAHEIM M /C CENTER - Akront Alloy Rim, WEBCO INC. - $10.00 to ea ch top bike if displaying a Webeo decal, CYCLE MAGAZINE - 5 subscriptions. DRAGI SPORT - 2 large trophies, TABLOC SPROCKETS - 2 sprockets. j!earing compu ters to each entry, TANNER ENTERPRISES - 4 pairs of lZloves. BARNETf TOOL & ENGINEERING - I Barnett clutch, AME RICAN SPORTS CO. - 6 certificates worth $15.00 each, McHAL ( protec tive head zear ) I helmet and face shield, HORST MAN N MFG. CO. - use of ( loan ) one Supereycle at thc stri p, SIMPSON MOT ORS - undecided amount plus a service truck with Francisco fue l & oil at the strip. Unfortunately we forgot to propitiate the rain gods this Sunday, and all of the strips in So. Calif . were closed . Saturday nizht at Lion's was the only scene of action MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE COMPLIES WITH CAl.-a fIMIICIAl ~ UW Rates Apply To Both Male ... Ferule, All AleS. Married or Single, Military Pel SOili1el, elt. $20,000 t M:h KCidrnL _ , ~ ~ $$0 .00 ill ~ ib l e. ce. -- 12_ $19 67 III 180 cc. Box 43262, Los Angeles, California 90043 29 181 tit 321 cc. 39 lMr 328 ee, 49 Twice W orld's Champion Availab~e to Selected Racers and Dealers March 1. Husqvarna Works Moto - 250 Competition Riders Always Welcome ' 1lll1 1 1~ l1l1l11 l11l iiy·wes \"ULU T~~pp SUL.'T==C GREEVES FLEXIBLE RULES - HOORAY I Nowto the points. It is interesting to note that the recen t AMA event at Carlsbad women were allowed in the pits , even though Mr. Roekwood soundly wrot e in his column there would be no family gatherinJl: at the A~IA Sportsmen road race events. I understand the ride rs. who were mostly ACA members, refused to participate if their wives were not allowed in the pits . So in order to have the riders, wives were pe nni tted. \ Ve were amused to see tha t some of those zood old Cramwells (helmets), used by all international riders throughout the entire world, but nonnally banned by the AMA because the y are not "safe", were used. Simple a nswer W:lS if the riders had not been able to use their helmets, they could not have participated . The rigid foot peg rule was also waived, wh ich points up th e fact that the AMA can be flexible, at least in California, in order to have an eve nt, and tha t no protests or stoppage of th e race occurred because of ·these AMA rules beinq "viola ted". We hope tha t this is a sign of be tter thing. to come, such as ad opting rules which are acce ptable all over the world as well as in the United Sta tes. I could list other departures fro m socaIled "set" AMA m les. T~~pp SUZUKI • DUCATI BULTACO SALES·PARTS·SERVICE SPEED _INC ROAll& IUC1NC AI:CESSORIfS 11. InpUT I UD . eo n A I U A. CALIF. n U1 5U -ulJ HUSQVARNA 250 ST Overall I. V.M. e. Hare Scramb les Jan. 30 HODAKA SALES· PARTS· SERVICE OR .3 ·9S 73 794 Los AnC]e1es St. 526-9955 but there is no sense laboring this point any longer. W e a lso filld it very interesting to read tha t road racing and big time road racing has finally returned to California. All this time we felt the writer was well-informed, but now we realize he really isn't. Road racing has been going on in California longer than anyw here else in the United States and has been actively run in California on almost a month-to-month basis since 1958. In fact , some of the her oe s of th e most rece nt Carlsbad event have oeen participating since that time. Bu t. of course , we don 't expect him to know about these events since he is only one of the outstanding authorities on motorcycling, We're waiting with very much interest to read his comments concerning short track racing such as "short track ra cin g has r etu rned to Calif, etc. ", since th e A.C.A. h as bee n promoting sho rt track racing at Orange County and South o;.te speedways over the last three years and it has been excellen t training ground for some of the 'riders before moving up to AMA-sanct ioned Ascot. But, of course , as in the past, these events really never occurred and only now are they here. .------------I • • • • • • Authorized Dealer ACCESSORIES PARTS 10427 P ra ir ie , Inglewood • 2 tOCAnONS TO SERVE YOU: 13200- 13210 Sa n Antonio Drive Norwa l k, Calif. 868-9997 2620 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. Long Beach, Ca lif . 433 -9987 ------------SIMPSON • MOTORS 5475 San Fernando Rd. West Los Angeles 39, CAlifornia DISTRIBUTOR of JUDSON products (including Cycle -T ron tra nsistor ignition) and FRAN CI SCO OI LS and chemicals. TCHLE55 EDDIE CROWELL Simi, Califonla • Yamaha Factory We Service All Makes Jim & Dusty·s • I'll 1 11 111111 11111 11 HONDA 7 Miles West of Corr iCJanvlUe NEWS FLASH I Bikes will not run at Lion's Sunday, Feb. 6th. See you at Fon tana! Arter missing last weeks Issue, 1 received a few inquiries as to whether I was going to contmue the column . Answe r is yes! Pressure of enga geme~ts held up the good work last week. I would ~mphasize that con.structive _ criticism from readers is alwa ys welcomed. It IS so easy for a writer or a reporter to assume that his readers are w.ell infonned on .what is happening in the motorcycle industry as far as racing and promoti0Il;s ar e con ce~ ed and I have been writing with this in mind. So, perh aps at times, my articles have not been descriptive enough. I have tried to use subtleti es to put across points and come to find ou t they're rea lly not very effective t? .~e general reader because- he is !Jot too awa re of the behind-the-scenes activities, Cooley FIRST TIM E OUT DON McCARLEY 10 p lace order contact Med-Internati onal, P. O. Bo x 357 1, San Diego 92103 telephone (71~) 28 1-4057 time etc.! One surprising thing abou t "Nitro" is th at by itself it does not bu rn well, in fact, if you pour some on the ground and place a match in it, the ma tch may go outl T his is one reason it must be cut with something which makes ilZTlition easier, also a hot blue sparl: at the plug is necessary and en gine timing must be correct for complete combustion. While turning the encine over for

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