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WANT TO DO WHEELlES? FIRST INSTALL A BARNETT CLUTCH MEET SUN YOUNG CHOY YlIIIaha Production 250 to Englllld " Mis sah Choy," as he is alle ct ionate ly known, s pea ks and rea ds Ja panese Ouently. Tra veling ahout the west ,calli ng on deal ers for his distributin g rinn , Young' s Cycle Supply, Choy is forever being as ked ques tion s about the motorcycle trends originating in J apan . as an air mail s ubsc riber to the J apanes e equivale nt of CYCLE NEWS, Cho.v keeps up with the lates t deve lopments from Japan , and has agree d to share his infowith CYCLE NEWS readers. This is the first of a regular bi_eekl)' column tellin g the lates t. . ... A new v er s i on of the Yamaha 250cc TD 1B production rac er s have arrived a t L ond on . Six of them wer e tested by Paget bro the rs on March 26th. T he new TD1B tu rns 10.000 to 11.0 00 rpm and 35 hp c ompared to 8 .500 rpm and 32hp of the 1965 mod el. It produce s the maxi mum power at 8 .500 rpm an d according to th e rid er s, the fro nt whe el was up in the air when they we re chang ing from 2nd to 3rd gears . T he price in England is $1 ,500. AVAILABLE NOW , BT & E VILLIERS & DUCATI CLUTCH PLATES ~1:tB~ ~rooL RIDERS SEE VDUR DEALER, W E DO NOT SELL RETAIL. • • ••I....t • • 4915 PACIFIC BLVD" VE RNON, CA LIFORNIA, PHONE: 589-5488 W orld Motorcycle Production (1965) Tot al Tot al {1964) Above 51ec Scooter Under SOcc 243,053 239,444 Germany 230,450 9,786 2,817 207,240 172, 218 Spain 65,183 44,028 48,029 1,122,412 1,132,741 France 1,111,867 10,545 96,494 99,52 1 3,815 38,445 64,234 En&l and 561,870· 588,500 Ita'y 250,000 311,870 35,569 2,212,784 2,110,335 J apan 645,601 1,531,6 14 . Scooters Included In 51ec and up In Ita ly Month ly Motorcyc le Production In Feb. , 1966 Under Above Scoot- SubHonda Provides " Conmunity Sales SOcc 51cc ers total Room" for Dealers 34,325 83,306 117,631 Honda Honda Motor Co. opened another 5,680 21,925 27,60S Vamaha s a les room at Osaka on March 27th 11,719 15,452 27,171 Suzuki 454 5,149 5,603 which is similar one to the Number 1 Brldge stone 252 5,994 6,246 Kawasaki Sal es Room in Tokyo. The ne w build1 1 Lil ac ing has thre e-storie s an d a basement. 2,050 2,050 Fuji F ir st and 2nd fl oors will be us ed as Grand Total 186,307 s a les room an d 3rd floo r for Honda bran ch o ff i c e s a t Os aka and the bas emen t for the parkin g lot . Th e purp os e of the sales room is that all dealers in the are a can us e it as s how room, an d s ales room. In the buil din g the re are re ta il sales co nt ract rooms, c at alog stands, meeting rooms , snack stands and el a borat e displays of Honda motorcycles as well as fou r whe elers . Th ere are also pus h button movie scree ns to watch gran d prix ra c e s an d factor y faciliti es , acc essory co unters , an d machi ne clin ic s where customers can test the new ma ch in e s be fore buyin g the m. Honda lIld Suzuki low car prices Both Honda and Suz uki low er ed their automobile prices in April Honda Car New price S600 S600 Coupe SM600 SM 600 Coupe 8800 8800 Coupe SM800 SM800 Coupe $ 1.6 00 .00 1.670.00 1.69 0 .00 1,800 .00 1.81 0 .00 1.890 .00 1.950 .00 2.05 0. 00 Reduct ion $11. 00 11.00 11. 00 120 .00 14. 00 14.00 14.00 14.00 Su z u k i Car Su zulite FEA 360 1,0 55.00 8. 40 Suzuki F ronti er ClOD 1.500 .00 14.00 APRIL 24 BAKERSFIELD CALIFORN IA, ARIZONA & NEVAD A Third Annual Tri-S tate Classic SAFE RIDE TO CW SHOW Yamaha International Corporati on, last week announced plans for the Second Annual Yamaha Safety A-Go-Go to be held at the U.S. headquarters , 7733 Telegraph Road, Montebello, on APril 30 at 12 noon. The party-rid e is free to al l owners of the tunin g fork brand. Las t year Yamaha's Director of Publi c Relations, Jim Jingu , dreamed up the idea of an event which could be a great deal of fun and yet would have an emphasis on safety. He decided that the logical time for this event would be otorcycle Show when the Cycle World M .was bein g held at the Los Angel es Sports Arena . At the time of its conception . Mr. J ingu and his s taff had les s two weeks to plan and put toget her this event. SOme 1200 people at tended and were treated to free Royal Crown Cola, W ilson's hot dogs, prizes , favors , balloons et c. County Supervis or Ernest Debs spoke to the group on s afety . and Donny Brooks and his band provided the ente rtai nment. A Yamaha Catalina 250 was given to a lucky go-goer, with second prize being a Riversid e 55. Thi s year with more time to plan and with the s uccessful experie nce of the pas t year as a guidelin e, Yamaha is conse rvatively predic ting tha t so me 2500 Yamaha owners will be their guest for it s Second Annual Safety A-Go-Go. Free SCRAMBLES AT SPROCKETS PAR K located at the bonomof China G rade Loop, near Bakersfield STARTING TIME: 1 a.m. Smal! Bi~es 0 12:30 a.m. Big Bikes Sponsored by the Sprockets Motorcycle Club for the benefit of . BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA -(MAIL ENTRY BLANK WITH ENTRY FEE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER POSTMARKED BEFORE MIDN IGHT 18th APRIL) Deadline for tech. inspecti on r 9:30 am, and 12 noon day of the races. Mail Entries to Sprockets M. C., P.O. Box &132, Bakersfield, Cal ifornia.) ENTRY FEE (MAIL ENTRIES ONLY) $L25 ------------------------~Official EN'!'B'! ...ANIl CIRCLE ONE••• Novice•••• Amateur• • • • Expert I. • .• Expert II • I " ,... For y o u r new ~ '-~p, YAMAHA ~ HARRY FOSTER MOTORCYCLES 10425 SO. 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