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, DAYTONA Eof C PROVEN " THE 32 TO 40 The Choice Is Up to You TO 1 LUBE I have been interested in buying a motorcycle but with all the different types and styles I can't decide which would serve my purpose best. I would be very grateful if you could send me your ideas on tbe best cycle for my specifications. My use for one would be mainly on paved highways and touring in the price range between $500.00 to $1,300.00 and would have to be able to pull myself at 6 ft. 185 lbs. plus aoother passenger or camping equipment. I know it makes a difference if the purpose of the cycle is for a beginner but I am not a begirmer and have been riding a 350cc Jawa for the summer. Would you please as soon as possible advise me on what make would be best in yow opinion. DOUG ADAMS Burlington, Onto P .S. UP here in Canada the number of motorcyclists are getting greater every day and the price of Hondas went down $20.00 last week to encourage future Honda owners. EDiTOR- Ask us something easy. like who you should cboose for a wire. Buytng a motorcycle is Just too personal a thing for us to recommend one machine over another. Best advtce we can give to answer to yours and several other similar questions we ba ve been asked is, read the ads tn Cycle News. Since we are a weellly publication, the brands advertised to our pages are usually available for immediate delivery, and the distributors and dealers who advertise in Cycle News really want your business. You can co..,t OIl them to gi ve you the deal you want and the service you may need. and SUPER FILM ""E."'~AI.AII" ~~ Extremely clean burning ADDZIP ADDITIVES 1433-1437 FIRST ST. ESCALON. CALIFORNIA. UNEQUALLED f.INJECTOR Ir GAS-OIL MIX CYCLE WRECKING YARD Allllak.s All Model s TOM CLARK'S Cycl. Sp.claltles 725 8th Str••t (209) 524-2955 IIodesto, Calif. LARGEST SELECTION OF USED CYCLES r THREE lOCA TIOIIS AT YOUR SERVICE ~ \ Nonn Reeves Anaheim 224 N, Anaheim Blvd. 535-3641 MUST BE! Nonn Reeves Downey Of \ 153& E. Firestone Blvd. Pof-SO'" MY husband and I have just discovered ~'" \ B&9~&OO the "exciting world of motorcycles" and particularly racing. We enjoy reading yow accounts of the races and recognizing the names of the few racers we know. I can think of no better way for people to get together and have a wonerful time - sport and competition combined! And also it is a very easy way to meet new friends - what makes these people so friendly? There must be something about this sport! :.~ "U~· Norm Reeves Paramount 1~\ \ ,1, 15145 Lakewood Blvd. ME. 0-4313 HONDA. BSA • BUlTACO • BMW. HODAICA Jerry & Eileen Wagner Los Angeles II E - HOTSHOE T- SHIRTS ......... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • BASS SEASON • • each • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• FIND CHECK OR 110. FOR .~= _ • • (C.O.D. ORDERS ACCEPTED WITH $1.00 DEPOSIT FOR EA. SHIRT ORDERED) • • • • • PLEASE NOTE QUANTITY AND SIZES OF HOTSHOE T-SHIRTS SHIP TO: Stat. Zip Cod. ......................................................... We stayed around the house until afternoon. We shoot Sams pellet pistol for an hour or so at some targets we set up against the side of the garage. Sam kind of showed us up. This afternoon we all went over to Andy's house by the lake. We went for a ride in Andy's boat then after we went fishing until sunset. We hardly cau ght anything. Mark caught a 12" bass which was not in season (bass season that is), off the shore where Allen caught a cat-fish earlier. We had coffee and cake at Andy's while watclling television. We went home, watched T.V. some more and went to bed. Monday, May 27. 1963 JIM GOT HIS SUNDIAL --=,..,.-:-:---,-,..-----------------Please print name Address City (Continued from last week) Mark, Danny and I went down to Clark Lake, We dug up some worms so we didn't haft to wy any. We unloaded the boat and went out a couple of hundred feet. Danny caught the first fish, lt was a good sized blue-gill. We didn't catch much until about 4:00 Danny brought in a pretty large rock-bass. Just after Mark caught a similar one to Dans. Danny caught one more, after which I finally caught one of them. We drove home about six and cleaned the fish. The guy that owns a Bonneville came over with his girl friend. We talked for awhile. Had the fish for supper. Sunday, May 26, 1963 2.00 CYCLE NEWS 64n LONG BEACH BLVD. LONG BEACH, CALIF. 90805 JIM GOT WRITERS CRAMP CAUGHT SOME FISHIES ONLY ~ • • • • • Th. rec.nt adv.ntures 01 Jim Nicholson and lIarty (llark) lIacDonald slow down lor a I.w days. But stay with us, there Is more ml schl.1 ahead! saturdaY. May 2:1. 1963 Here's a Inlld new item made available to you from Cycle News... atop-quality, c.bed cotton T-shirt wi1ll a rider in red leathers hotshoeing it on 1IIe back, The number plate is blank so you can ink-in your own or your favorite racer's nllllber, Available in sites medilll1, large and extra large. Quantity is limited, so get your order in now! Nice Hospital Years ago. I had the very demoralizing experience of hauling a boot full of broken toes to a hospital out in the area where we desert race, and then being refused admittance because I hurt myself on a motorcycle. The reason given me was that motorcyclists are a bad financial risk. The only way that I would be admitted would be to put up a bond of two hundred dollars. When was the last time that you took two hundred dollars to the desert with you? Of course I couldn·t get in, so I had to drive all the way to Los Ange les for treatment. I've suspected all these years that the only place this so called hospital had the Hippocratic Oath printed was on the rags used for cleaning the bedpans. Last weekend, in a fit of overexuberance, I did myself in, and again needed the services of a hospital. A state policeman who was busy giving a ticket said that the nearest hospital was Swan Memorial in Palmdale. I had never heard of the place, but by this time, my co-conspirator who had a broken shoulder, and I, were in so much pain that we would have gone to the neare st car wash if we suspected they would have treated us. From the moment we arrived at the night emergency entrance, the whole thing was like a dream. I have never met so many nice people in one place at one time before. Immediately, they did everything in their power to make us comfortable. Within ten minutes of our arrival, both of us had been X-rayed and knew what we bad broken. Just in talking, it seems that almost everyone who works there owns or is going to purchase a motorcycle. We were still dressed in our grubby riding clothes, but still we were treated with politeness by one and all. Another source of amazement were the two Palmdale policemen who came to the hospital to take the accident report. Two nicer gentlemen would be hard to find anywhere else in Californla. This epic drama could go on forever, but please allow me to get just one point across. This small hospital out in the middle of nowhere is a place that we should all support. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying to go crash off a cliff so they can haul you there for treatment, but I am saying that the next time your zYgomatic mandible gets stuck on a rock, or you leave a large sheet of your epidermis in the sand, go talk to them at Swan Memorial Hospital, 1212 East Avenue S, Palmdale, California. The phone number is (805) 947-4155. JIM DAVIS North Hollywood I finally received my watch in the mail and Mark got a letter from his mother. We went out looking for jobs. There Isn't much work here in Jackson. We didn't get anything. Tuesday, May 28. 1963 .. Looked for jobs again couldn't find anything. I wrote a wnch of letters and post cards to everyone. we didn't go fishing because it was threatening to rain outside. Wednesday, May 29, 1963 HAD PANCAKES FOR BREAKFAST Got upwent down and got a paper. We went down to a department store where we took a stupid test. The reason I call it a stupid test Is that every time I take one it makes me feel stupid. Thursday, May 30, 1963 INDY RACES We got up perty late, Mark started up his bike and went riding somewhere. I laid outside on a table and listened to the Indy Races on-the portable radio. I decided to go fishing so I asked Dan if he wanted to go. He did, so we drove down to Clark Lake. I went in the store and bought some new batteries for the radio. Then we drove the truck down to the bank and unloaded the boat out of the back. We went out to the same spot where we caught the bass last time. We got several strikes on artificial nightcrawlers. I finally hooked a large mouth bass. It jumped about five times while doing actrobates in the air. I caught several more bass. Dan didn't catch any. After a couple of hours the fish stopped biting and I just laid in the sun listening to the races on the wireless. There were lots of water skiers on the lake, sure wished I was with them. We drove home to clean ow fish. The one I caught measwed out to 17 inches. June cooked us some hamburgers after which we had some choclot cake, and boy was it good. Mark played wha-hoo with Sam & Andy. Parneli Jones won the Indy "500" I was sure he was going to wt I think that Clark did the greatest job by finishing second. He drove a Lotus-Ford and did great for a rooky from Scotland. (Continued next week) .. • • .