Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

EASTER SCRAMBLES AT DEHESA j HO N DA a la ASCOT RJ R. G. Goodi ng W heelies . slide and spill . plu s an Easte r egg hunt fo r the little ones all bJ Georg e B. Maness served up by the Hi Boots M.C . of San Di ego. greeted -one hundred and fifty holiday weekend riders . / Any F riday night during Ascot's 2 week season , y~JU can see the Novices competing on every thi ng from Aermacchi (Harley sprrnt ) to Z undapp . F or Th e events started smoothly at all practical purposes though . a select group of brands carry the wi nn ers. one , and gained moment um until five , One of the most popular of this group i s the ubiquit ous Honda . fe at uring many moto-cross as well as T he ex periences of L on g Beach Honda show why . In 1963 . only t wo th e usual heat races. ye ars after th e shop opened, they spons ored Dou g Chris toph er .who ended the , Over ~ive hundred. spec t ato rs ~ ad season as th e ei ghth rank ed Nov i ce in the nati on , The followm g ye ar , Glen a good v i ew as th e nr st 90cc novice Hayes was th e number 10 Novic e ( fifth at As cot ). L ast year , Ron Kru seman got of f the line. th e even tua l winne r carrie d th e col ors of L on g B each Honda to th e third spot i n nati on wide standbei n g T . Mulley . Th e next e vent was in gs and was the number t wo man at the l ocal oval . . the 90cc ex pert mo t~ :V i th ~tan WhitF or 1966 J i m Deeh an is up and in t wo starts has taken a Iirst and an ten ch arg ing and s I id in g hIS Honda , eighth against a very i mpressi ve bunc h of a~ p re ntice racers . A ~ the . L on g but unable t o ma~c h the pow er ~f B each Indoor Short T rack. J ack Simmon s (National 1188) , placed fIr s~ i n th e Robert Sharp and RI ck F oster on their T rophy Dash and sevent h i n the " A " main event on the nInth of Apri l . hot lOOcc Yam ahas. Th e meh behind the machines Called to the line nex t were the 200cc riders, of whi ch J ohn K eny on res ponsibl e for this env i able record are B ill B ell and Cl yd e L itch . B ell. on a new Bultaco completely dominat ed the c l a s s . . . who has tw isted wrenches on the The l ar ges t class In San DI ego • BSA ' s of Don Spar gur, Jack O' Brian th es e days i s the 250cc no vic e group. - Signed CYCLE NEWS and Dic k Hammer. jo i n e d L on g ~====~~~'~=~==== =~ Many _ re su~rt s ~ ~ w ai~ Rkk Vesco. younge r brother of road ra cin g star Don Vesco. as he rolled up t o th e start on a new Mont esa , and promptly " c l eaned hous e " . Myron Cart er took firs t amoung the 250cc amateurs and Jim McMurr an , f ormer nati onal rider , won the 250cc expert class as the stage was set for the bi g cycles . Riding hi s l ast novice 500cc race, Gary McElrath rode in fin e sty le on his Gold star . Th e cro wd stood agape to see . Chu ck "Feets " Min ert , who had trave led 190 miles to sh ow his new BSA and famous ri di n g to the l ocal s . F'eets , the eve n- tual wi nn er may have had a mild heart att ach when he was beate n in th e first mot o by Honda mount ed Geo rge Admire who s howed the ol d pro so me new tric ks . Dal e L ance w on the fo rty i nch novi ce mot o, as all eyes now moved to th e forty in ch expe rts as they l ef t the pits. All were anxious to see i f L eo St. Germai n ("erazY'" would kn ock down the fence again. they were not disappointed. Travis P et t on won this event. followed by hard ch arg ing Vern Gillih an, who had unknowingly broken hi s wrist during practice . The l adies ' "P owder P uf f" race, which i s a h otly contested event i n this area , wound up three moto ' s f or th e days ac ti vit i es. Marsha Whitt en took home this l ast trophy for the day . ( Results on page 12) DRAG NEWS IS STILL CHICKENI Beach Hond a four years ago . He cre dits Fred Mox l eJ with starti ng hi m i n his ca ree r as a racin g mech ani c. Litch came on the sce ne two yea r s ago from McL aughlin Moto rs of Duart e, Cal ifornia. T hi s will not be a step-by-step how to do it analysis of the L ong B each Hond a. Bill report s that he has provided many racers throughou t the west wi th his engines but no one has been able t o duplicate the m. Mes srs . Bell and L i t ch start with the engine and 6 0 shall we. Basi s for th ese winn ers is th e 250cc CB72 . Star tin g wi th th e larger CB77 woul d prov ide no advantage and the bal ance factor built into the flywheels would cause des tru c ti ve vibration at the smaller piston size. A standard c rankshaft , con ro d, and beari n g assembly is the hear t of the engi ne and is connected to a lightened pair of stock pistons. B ecause the l ef t side of the cases must be t r i m m e d for clearance i n the turns, the centrifugal oil fi lter i s ~ ~rd ANNUAL NATIONAL NEXT WE EK, OILERS TT REPO RT / You're in • Good Company CYCLE WORLD RECEPTIONIST M ARY ELLEN BIRMINGHAM T he voice wit h a smil e and a face to match , ready to put through your message at LONG BEACH HONDA 5105 Atlan tic Blvd. 438 E. Anaheim St. 423-1433 439-0943 BSA Headquarters in LDng Beach 431 W P acific Coast Hwy. . • For Yamaha Pa rts • For Yamaha Service • For New-Used Yamahas 5_ So. Ca lif . Oldftt l a _ ho o.a ~r Pierce Motor Center 921-933 So. So n Gabri.l Blvd . 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