Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

8 You're in Good Company COOLIES COLUMN . BEGINNERS BOOK MOTORBIKES on Roads and Trails By WaYDe Thoms Parkhurst Pub lish ing Co. , 100 pp. S1.00 Hope fully dated "Sprin g, 1966" , this Th e International road ra c e scheduled for Ri verside International Re c es lick co ver magazine wi ll probably be the way on May 22nd has de fin ite ly been con fi rmed by the F .I.M . and M.I.e. U.S . only edition by that title to come from the and every thing is on .. go " . All riders wishing to part i c ip a te in this event presses of P ar khurst. Th e origi na l aemust be a member of a M.I. e . U.S . clu b an d hold an . In ternational lic e ns e. The s e lic ense s may be o bt ained th ro ugh your local or gani za t i on s . More concern ing this event in futu re a rticles . may be le ased permanen tly for a mot orF or the fu s t time this ~ear, the A C . A cycle fuD and co mpetitio n park. ON ROADS AND TRAILS If any indi vi dual or club is Interested road racer s will be returni ng to Car ls bad ~ aceway OD March. 20 th , whi~h affo rds the in helping us in a worlting capacity, we riders an OpportuDlty to parttcipate on the would greatly _ rec la te your contacting 1. 4 mile r?a~ race-dra g strip combination us at the A C. A offi ce, ' 14 :i b West course : Th1S 1S, of course, wbere the small Whiting. F ul lerton, Calif. The availability bore bi kes pe rform as well as .the targer of thi s prop erty for futur e motorcycl e e vents o~es bec ause of the s hort strai ght- away s dep end s a gre at deal on the over-all picwith tight co rne rs . Ralph Le Clercq , last tor e that the motorcycl e people present to e ye ar' s Iightweight cha mpio n, and Bruc e the owners. W need a good turnout of . Shaw, recent wmne r of th e W1llow Springs riders to s ho w that th er e is a definite need Gold Nugget 10 0, will be out competing for th is type of tr ack . against One ano the r for top honors this NEW STOREMANAGER - week end . And a fa vorite of all In tbe lightJACK FULLWOOO wei ght class is Yos bio Ito on bis eightBRITISH MACHINES ON SHOW AT Enthusiast par .leallec• • s peed 50 cc Suzu ki. h. knows how to put you In CENTURY CITY Several we eks a go we repo rted a scoop th. ri ders s.at without burts ••• concerni ng the AM.A running novic e Hatpreach that Motor bik es Deede d to continu e d trac k eve nts on Wednesday ni ght . We fiD publishing is missin g. And thos e who exthat th e contract has now bee n si gned and pected to find comprehensrve, Cycle that 25 0 c c motorcycle ra cin g will come to World typ e road tests of s ma lJ mach in es will be di s a ppointed. As cot on W esday ni ght . Of c ourse, this edn affo rds so me competitio n to the AC. A As a one- s hot it serves the worthshort tra ck ra ce s, since we have been while purpose of co lJecting most of the runnin g Wednesday and Thursday night in good advice a beginn ing cycle rider needs 5105 Atlantic Blvd. 438 E. An... . lm SI. season at Oran ge .C ounty an d South Gat e to survive the first year of two wheeling. 439-0943 raceways. It will be interesting to see how Teenagers and out doorsmen and women 423-1433 are depicted learning to rid e and having these novice events at Ascot work out for Mr. Aga jan ian , BSA Headquarters in LlIIg Beach fun . Sa fe rid ing is stressed throughout Remember the Motocross events held the book , but the tone is sufficiently 431 W. Pacific Coast Hwy. li ghtened as not to be " prea chy." by the A C. A at Le bec runni ng unde r An art icl e by. Car ol Sims neatly outF .I .M. rul es and regulations? We were not ab le to obt ain the Le bec area this year li nes the transition from the motorbike because the prope rty had been pre vious ly world to the grea ter s atisfact io ns of fullren ted , but we have obtained 50 -acre scale cycle ac tivities . but the glossary section of j us t west of Pr ado Park on the of terms define s motorcycle technical jargon in cycle slang that may prove just Santa Ana Canyon road , and the first AC A as baffling to the be ginn er as the words Motocross event for the ' 6 6 season will it attempts to define . be held tbere on APril 3rd. The track is a However , most young enthusiasts will little over one mile in length and consists Part of the Britis h Trade Fair exhi bit probably find " Motorbi kes" a more efof decomposed granite, grassy fields , deep fecti ve parent per suader than the al l-out sand wash , four jumps and fast straight- at the ne w Cen tury Cit y bui ldin g complex ent husiast books whi ch gene rally depict aways ove r rough ground between large were these examples of English sporting Clmplete Stock of P.-ts .. irons. Prin ce P hilip his own self in auguoak tre es . Knobby ti res are rec ommended, full- leathe red heroes in s poo ky, physicsdefyi ng ri des. . Also, becaus e of the ex treme s wiftness of rat ed the ex hi bit, whic h will be on dis-----'--the co urse and the rid er ability nec es s ary play through this week at the Holl ywood to partici pate in a re al Eu ropean scram- skyscrape r. WEDNESDAY NIQfT AT THE MOVIES 6868 Lankersbim BlVd., bles, we su gges t only ex perienced rac ers Durin g its successful one ni ght enen ter this eve nt. F .I. M. rul es will be folPRELUDE TO DAYTONA North Hollywood, California gageme nt at the San ta MO Di c a Civic lo wed and all clubs' licenses will be acAuditorium , Cycl e Ne ws' Action Th e ater ( Continued from pal:e 1) Call cepted. Medical insurance, ambulance , attracted nearly 1.100 fans . about four or brand as the official "Yamaha Racin g concessions . and sanitary facilities will five times the c rowd that went to the be provided. Abs olutely no liquor , includ- T eam" at Daytona and other major events movie " Motorps ychos " (" Th rill c razed sponsored by the American Motorcycle ing bee r . will be allowed on the premises. kids who kill for ki cks") playing nearby , Ass oci ati on (AMA) this season. This is a stipulation of the property ownIn c ase Hollywood mis s e s the poi nt, Ral ph White or Torrance , 30 year old , ers. here it is : More people woul d ra ther see is a former Daytona winne r in the big If thi s event is s uccessful, and the the be s t motorcyclists in act i on than lan d owners feel th ere is a real ne ed for bike class and is considered to be one would pay to s ee the worst . thi s typ e of motorcyclin g in Southern of the finest road racers in the world Highli ght of the two so li d hours of He's a seven year veteran of all types Cal ifornia. It Is ve ry possi bl e this tract technicolo r at th e Civ ic were the closeof racin g who has won na tional road ups of Ascot, Hopetown, Lions Dra gs , W il, Injury $10.000 ~KIl 1It"O", racin g events at Day tona Be ac h, F lorid a; 120,000 _ I

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