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8 WANT TO DO WHEELlES? FIRST INSTALL A BARNETT CLUTCH - ... Tho conti nuing cross-coun try adventure s of Journa li st/ racers Jim Nicholson an d Marty MacDona ld. In Okla homa City . M arty MacDonald tak.. over the writing chores: April 29, 1963 - M onday MARK'S JOB Jim got up about 7:30 . I got up at 8:00. I really like my job. I work with a guy named Gene . The owner's name is Mr. Janderbeur . They are both real nice guys. Gene is a real good mechanic. I am slowly but surly learning about Hondas . I ha ve put ab out 10 of them togethe r. I only make $50 a week but if I sell a new bike I get anywhe re from $30 to $40. I haven't sold any yet. Gene said his brothe r is a mechanic on cars. He is going to talk to him and see if he will tune up our truck for us . Afte r I got off work I went hack to Jim 's house a nd ate supper. Then we laid aro und and watche d TV for a while . t hen went to bed . April 3D , 1963 - T ue sd ay AVAILABLE NOW: s 6T E V ILLlERS & DUCA TI CLUTCH PLATES RID ERS SEE YOUR DEALER. WE DO NOT SELL RETAI L. ~iJB~ .. . .. ~,.o G • • • • •• • • • • • • We got up. Went to work. Came home and ate supper. Watched TV for a whil e . Jim rea d hi s book (Swiss Family Robinson). We all had a bee r talk for a while and decided to go to bed. Good ni ght. Ji m Nicho lson' s turn to write In t he log: May 1, 1963 - W nes day ed SOM E PEOP LE ARE FUNNY WHY Went to work. I'm getting a lot of NOT UNLOAD SUnday, May 15th, Las Vegas , Neva da By Reg Shel dri ck n ... I. Lonpr l oellell Items TIIroup • • • CYCLE NEWS WANT ADS · ·· · ·ERTSUZUI I HIGH PERFORMANCE 9lee···· · YOU R 80ee TO A OWNERS·· CONV • ComDoUtlon Cyllndor porting • SUZUKI & BULTACO • Spood Equlpmont, Spood tuning • • ON E OF THE MOST EXCITING DAYS OF TRIP 4915 PACIFIC BLVD" VE RN ON , CALIFORNIA, PH ONE: 589-5488 THIS INCLUDfS: • experience in painting al though I ha ve to be told how to do e ve ryt hi ng about t en tim es by my bos s . He got mad th e ot he r day when he found out that I ha d no previous expe rience in painting. I was goi ng to tell hun 1'got a n "A" in Ar t i n the thi rd grade," but he probably would have fired me. It 's a rea l crackup when P et e " my boss " gets all excited when I paint something I ain't supposed to . He stutters like a broken record whenever I do this. He says " I to-told y-you ra-ta pa-pa-paint th-the stu-stu-stuc-stucco na-not th-the da-dadam ro-ruff- rof - not the da-dam ta-top of the-the how-how-house! " After all this he takes my brush and shows me what and how to paint. He paints for about five minutes, "talking like 60 , " I can't understand him 50 I just sit down and watch. Mark came home, he had gotten a hai rc ut . He said ail the barbers in Oklahoma City a re women . (Contin ued Next W ) eek Precis ion Cylinder Boring Boofod up Cylinder Now Jumbo Domod Piston New Rings, Wrist pin & Koepo.. Export Insta llati on ~' .. t I ONL Y -. ~ $34.50 r l) EXCHANGE ) B & WENTERPRISES, INC. 128 SO, PAC IFIC AVE, SAN PEDRO 832- 534 ~ F or y our n e w ~UNP. SE ~gA E T hi s weekend saw the Day Dream Ranch on W m Sprin gs Road in Las ar Vegas s witch from hay- burners to gasburne rs , as t he Ri di ng Roul e ttes M.C. played host to 485 road ridi ng mot orcyclists from four states. Alt hough it seemed at firs t that confusion would rule the roos t, due to a mix-up in R.R.C. dates, co-o peration between the Roulettes a nd t he Lu cky Wheels of Sant a Ana, Ca li fornia led to an enjoya ble so lutio n and to the pleasu re of a ll co nes rned.Club presidents , J. M. J ones of t he Lucky Wheels and Jame s Ce cil of the Ri din g Roule ttes , are planning to combine t hei r 1967 Vegas Run into a giant two- day meet. If this can be worked out , the joint efforts should lead to a tu rnout second only to the Deat h Valley Run . The Roul ette s held their di nner from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m , on Saturday a nd their trop hy presentatio n followed. Larry Suit (Kustoms M.C. ) and his • wife highlighted the affair by taking the trophy for Bes t Dressed Couple. Larry looked sharp in his white tuxedo jacket an d black pants, his wife was carefully atti red i n a blue formal gown. Judging th e rid ers an d the i r machines were Bill Hurl e y of Phoenix. Chuc k Smith, Sheriff's Dept . , F loyd Radk e a nd Lou L ea vitt , the latte r two are 25-ye a rA .M.A. members . The Ha rd Luck T rophy went to Mr. and Mrs . David Miller who went down after a flat ti re on the rear orlheir new Harley. Over 30 motorcycle clubs were repr e s en t ed in the L ucky Wheels srouo. A vast ma j ority brought al ong their camping equip ment and t urne d the ranch into · Pup T ent City.' Th e W el s had a trophy ha ndhe out before moto ring over to t he Bona nza for t he i r di nner. Sunday, a t 8:00 a.m. , a pa rade formed up at Kner r' s Ha rl ey-Da vids on shop on first street. T he combined clubs , led by fi ve motorcycle officers , rode along Fremont street , a lo ng North Las Vegas Blvd. to Bonanza , wher e ride rs lined up for the L ucky Whe el s tr ophy pres en tation i n the Me moria l Bld g. pa rki ng lot. (Conti nued on pa ge 9 ) Y~ AMAHA HARRY FOSTER MOTORCYCLES 10425 SO. VERMON T AVE. 754 -2811 • .. 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