Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

40 SCRAM BL I N AROU D By Maureen Lee Who 's walching Ihe slere? On Sunday . it appe ared that all of the Sports Committ ee cam e to Prado en masse. le a ving us wonder in g who was keeping tabs on th e goin gs-on at othe r scrambles th a t day ? Anyway. th ey wer e al l the re chec kin g thin gs cut . from P residen t J ean Carter on down. It was good to see them checking th e bi g bik e practice out so thoroughly. tu rin g ba ck th e lightweight riders who wanted to ge t out and rid e wi th the bi g boys. However good a rider you may be , and however fast yo ur 250 (or wha te ver ) is . it's s till a lightwei ght and s houl dn't be out th er e trying to bomb arou nd wi th the 500 and ope n class machines. A couple of guys thought they 'd play it smart. so goin~ down to th e far end of th e pits . th ey sneaked out onto the track when no one was looking (s o they thought). T he res ult was, they wer e disqualified for th e day and los t th e points they'd earned in th e mornin g lightwe ight races. Some system of enforcing rule s at scram bles is surely need e d or we may j ust as well forget the whole thing . Lately. some clubs ha ve been doing a (ine job ttying to stop some of the horsin g around that 's goin g on like bik e- sw app in g, but th er e are other clubs who just seem to c lose their eyes. Either everybody upho lds the rul e s or we may as well th row the book aw ay . Competition Committee, le t' s have an orrtcial at every e vent to insure the way our races are run . Re feree s-forthe-day s ometimes ge t confused. At a recent P rad o Park ev ent. what went on at the sign-up booth was enough to make your hair stan d UP on end . I'm not going to s que al On anyone . but there wer e a couple of pr etty well-known rid er s involved in swapping A.M.A. an d ridi ng number cards so they co uld get to ride more than once. It was kin d of funny at the tim e. and neither of these guys fin i shed hi gh enough to queer up the points for anyone el se. But. the fact 'is they we re deliberately breaking some rul es of lo ng standing be cau s e they knew they were goin g to get away with It. Actually, th ey co ul d have lost thei r A.M.A. cards in the deal. and where woul d that have l eft them come Ascot tim e ? Up in the s t ands. that's wher e! The other s ide of the story was sbowa a coup le of weell.s ago when die Grip sters had a run there that !mY club would be proud of for efficienQ ' ..d organization , and nobodY got away wid! nutlin' . Th is even included . we bear, the winner of die open expert cl ass . and a couple of cuys who ....s t ha ve thoudlt nobody co uld spot a twostroIle in the 21 in ch class . So , the re we ar e . lots of problems and pre bably no way of really s ol viog them. until a lot of riders begin to give a hoot when someone else is d oing more ch eatin g than the rul es al low. FORDYCE FEATURES CYCLE FLICKS Anyo ne who has seen Skip F ordy ce ' s marvelous motorcycle emporium at 14th and Main Streets in Riverside would probably agree t hat he is a skip and a jump ah ead of everyone else whe n it co mes to merch and isin g motorcycles Faced with di minishin g s ales owin g to in cr eased competition and th e Vi etnam scare , Fordyc e borro wed a pag e ri gbt oUt of Cy cle Ne ws and ins tall ed a de lux e movie theater in his s to re to attract old and new c ustomers. Everybody loves motorcycle movie s , and SlI.ip bas lined up some good ones , including: '64 Jac1I. Pine . "Thruxton 500"AustraJian in ternati onal . ' 57 and '58 Catalina G.p .. Huntin g with a Camera, Huntin g with Honda. Isle of Man. ' 63 an d ' 65 Rive rsid e 500 Stoc1I. Car Races , Gentlemen. Start you r EDcin es , Champions at the llb e el an d Th e In\'is ibl e Circle. The 75--sea t u sho wr oom th eatre" is said to be ve ry plush (chairs ar e straight out of an officers club). Showtim es ar e Saturday from 11:00 a .m. all th reugh th e day. Monday nights til 9 . and 7:00 p.m. and 8 p.m , on Friday nights. There is no admis s ion char ge. You d on' t even have to buy anythin g. But if yon eve r wanted a new Honda, Harley or T riumph , or any of the million or so other items Skip sells. s omeone th er e will be hap llY to ring it UP for y ouo.. durin g in termission, of co urse. FREE CLUB MEETI.G PLACE By the way. Skip s ay s cln bs ar e Invited to use th e theate r for their meetings an d th en stick aro und for th e movi es. There is no charge for th is fa vor . naturally . but a call for reser vations would be &reeves wins 8 oul of lI,laces SaR lasters Hn Scrambles 1. Gary Courad steve Statts wise. He's listed in the Cycle New s Deal er and Services Directory. Yes indeed. it's a pleasant rid e to Riv erside . and Skip ' s movie s how is the place to go. In th e pho to . F ordyce (ri ght) is receiving an award pres en ted by bi s Royal Highnes s . th e Duke of Ed in burl:h, during his recent visit to South ern Californ i a. This award , a s crell signed by Prince P hil li p . pays tribute to Fordy ce for being th e motorcycle dealer who has done the most to promote Bri ti s h- mad e motorcy cl es over the years. Fordyce. who has be en a Triumph dealer since 1943 was chosen for this honor by s ecret ballot conducted by West Coast Dis tri butors of Briti sh-made products . T he event took place at a display of Briti s h automobiles and motorcycles in Century City. Los Angeles. which was attend ed by Prince P hilli p. 2. 3. 4. 5. GREEVES (4th Overall) GREEVES (5th Overall) Bob Belt GRE EVES Bil1111orwalds on Bul taco Lynn Cole GREEVES t ~Nr~~~n 9. Dan Kline ~ Years of Racing Experience Eleven years Selling LighlWeiglrts All paris in slock, S. See us or Your Greeves Dealer NICK NICHOLSON MOTORS 11629 Van Owen Slreel, Norlb Hollywood ~:!g~ ~ , " ~~ GREE\'ES Dea lers Allied Cyc le Alli ed Cycle J ack Baldwin Hous e of Yamaha Hackle s Steve Hurd K& N Bill Krause • • • • No, Holly wood Newhall Santa Monica West Los Angeles Torran ce - Montebello Riverside , Inglewood Lamoreaux ' Sunlan d Robert M. Law ' 0 Anaheim Mas on M otors - P asadena ISs lon Hills - Sepu lveda Shell Motors Lynwood Temple City Honda Temple Clly Tracy' s M C / Burbank 0 0 0 0 0 SUZUKI SETS WORLD DRAGSTER RECORD I STREET TRIM LIONS DRAG STRIP, lmingloa, Cali"mia Sunday, March 27, 196&. Young SIeve Rowles, all-year 0111 Glen.....a Hid! Sch I s1UdeIIt bas SIlIIeIhing proad 18 sbow his friends. II is a certificate from the American Hoi Rod ASSlcia1i1B confinning thai he set a new werJd's Recerd fer 251cc _l8rcJcles for accelleration in the 1/4 miles, Last SlIIday, from a s I and i ng start, SIeve gpaed bis 19&& Simi Hustler ugIIlbe a_ed IA _i1e allbe A.H,R.A. kill Recenl Meet ia exac1lJ 14,74 seCMIds, the quickesl any 111'crcle il his class lias eYer gIIIe. R wles' rapilllJ accelleraliag lillie SImIki left ils nenst rival quile a dislance llelIi d eyen 1belIgb il was ~eliRg in the stripped dragster class with camplele road equiJmenl still installed. Headlighl, tail-lid!l, ImIffIers and 111m ,roved no bandicap 10 the h.ling HIsiler as if rapidly streaked 10 the new elapsed lime record, (The lime it lakes 10 cover the 1/4 mile dislance, nol the speed al the finish, delennines the winner of a *ag race conlesl,) R.w1es' higbest recorded I8p speed at the lIId of the 1 mile was 87.4, higher lIran most ,4 slandard 500 and 65l1cc RIOl8rcycles, Steve ere its lIIe skillful lUning by fbe Glendora Cycle Center and a basically SIIJIerior engine design for 1IIe record. DISTRI BUT ED BY U.S. SUZUKI MOTOR CORP" 201 W Cenlral , Ave" Santa Ana, Calif,

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