Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

• • • The bar will be open for refreshmen ts all night. A Poker-run is set for Sunday. Oct. 2nd at 8-8:30 a.m. sponsored bY the Las Vegas Motorcycle dealers. Pick up #1 card at your favorite shop and follow directlons for the next 4. Trophies and merchandise prizes for high and low hands will be given.- Ride will eod at the Sunrise Raceway on Vegas Valley drive and the Silver City Scramblers M.C. will present an afternoon of motorcycle scrambles starting at 11:30 a.m. Hnw about that! An event for everyone who rides motorcycles. The Scrambles have been arranged for an open Sunday on hoth the California and Nevada Calendars. The response from out-of-towners to our last scramhles was terrific. I have received many letters and calls regarding our next event on that trae k and this is it. So come on up! Any of you that need help or assistance can write me at Cycle City. 19 East Wyoming or phone (702) 382-8156 and get track location. accommodation. bike storage and a run-down on who yOU have to beat for the gold. Over 80 riders were up for the last event. We plan to double that this time. (see calendar of events) That little shooting war in V.N. has started to cut into the ranks of local racers. Bob Niel sold his Triumph and started packing. Now comes word that Frank Rayhill has to put his 125 Honda in mothballs and ship out. Frank was just getting started. Last weeks meeting of the Silver City Scramblers saw Bill Hill elected Vice-President of the club. The highlite of the meeting was HerbHills shots taken at the mud scrambles. The club also agreed to put on a race later from which the proceeds would go to the Las Vegas Zoological SOCiety. News From Japan • By Reg Sheldrick Nevada heat bas caused a slow down in racing acti vities. The next event on the local calendar is a hare-scrambles set for Aug. 28th bY the Silver City Scramblers. Next week-end we plan to carry the fight to the "enemY" as a group of riders head out for California. A violent rain SQuall wiped out the efforts of the Silver City Club to hold a hare scrambles on JulY 31st. The whole Iayoot was completed Saturday morning and the rain washed out the lime trail. Big news from Nevada this week should interest all motorcycle riders. TYing in with the Cycle Action Theatre set for the Convention Center on Fri.. Sept. 30th. there will he a fWl filled week-end of activities. saturday morning the JWlior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a motorcycle safety and mechanical inspection. to he held at the Convention Center parking lot. Assistance will he rendered bY officers of the Nevada Highway Patrol. Clark County Sheriffs Dept. and the Las Vegas Police. No citations will he written but motorcycle laws will be explained and a check list of suggested corrections will be given. Those motors passing inspection will receive a sticker showing that it has heen safety inspected attached. At 2 p.m. a motorcycle road ride will go to Day Dream Guest ranch at 2465 Warm Springs road at Eastern. (This ranch played host to over 500 road rid'ers in May) where we have arranged swimming. dancing to a real "live" band. Ranch dinner. and a night hayride-- total cost $2.50 per adult. $1.75 for kids. There is overnight camping facilities availahle free to all those out-oHowners who bring their bikes to ride SUnday's scrambles - bring your tent or sleeping bag-this affair will start at 2 p.m. till?? Friday night has always been the racing province of the naUrack cycles at the 183rd and veriiiont Ascot course. But this Friday (Aug. 19) only. they'U defer to the iumpers and the touristtrophy meet. News [rom Japan By Sun Young Choy First-Hail 011966 Japanese Motorcycle Production 1I0torcyc Ie Scooter Honda 7~6.274 Suzuki 189.893 Yamaha 184.736 Bridgestone 41.461 Kawasaki 37.378 Lilac(Marusho) 94 Fuji (Rabbit) 14.806 Grand Total 1.225.3~1 First-Half of 1965 1.102.608 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Results l~cc 1. L. Taveri 2. R. Bryand 3. B. Ivy 4. H. Anderson 5. F. Perris 6. F. Coral Honda Honda Yamaha Suzuki Suzuki MZ ~Occ 1. M. HaHwood 2. P. Reed 3. H. Rosener 4. X. DufC 5. G. Malsalsky 6. F. stastoey 350cc 1. M. HaHwood 2. G. Agostni 3. H. Rosener 4. F. stastoey 5. R. PassoriDy 6. A. Pagany 500cc 1. M. HaHwood 2. G. Agostini 3. G. Malsafsky 4. J. Findrey 5. J. Arbon 6. E. Hinton • • , Honda Yamaha MZ Yamaha Bultaco Jawa Honda MV MZ Jawa Aennacchi Honda MV Matchless Matchless Norton Bultaco Kawasaki Wins All Motocross The 35th Suzuki Motocross was held on JulY lOth at Suzuki Circuit with several thousand spectators. As usual Kawasaki riders won all classes. UNDER lOOcc 1. Toshimori Kawasaki 2. Miyaguchi BS 3.000 8S 4. Yamamoto Kawasaki 5. Okamoto Kawasaki ABOVE 100cc 1. Toshimori 2. Yamamoto 3. Okamoto 4. Yoshimura 5. Hoshiao Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Suzuki K1lwasaki OPEN CLASS 1. Okamoto 2. Umetsu 3. Yoshimura 4. TsujilllOto 5. K.lmura Kawasaki Kawasaki Suzlki Hooda Kawasaki Success For Married Wheels First Poker Run The lady above looks quite happy to arrive at John Galvin Park on the Married Whft's first poker run. Below: some 01 the II.W. couples on the road. TT AT ASCOT FRIDAY CALIFORNIANS AT Pfleifie I( flee WflY, Wflsh. • By "Ma" Smith - - "Team Manager" Before we left. home, we had hei¥d of the hospitality of the people of the Northwest '" but they far surpass what we've heard. They have really opened their homes and their hearts to us. Tony Schatz at Sea-Tac Cycle in Renton. Washington has been an angel to us. We came up with a few tuning problems and he provided us with parts and a top-notch tuner named Don Davidson and didn't even charge us. Don Shode's Auburn Suzuki 'Center in Auburn has been equally kind to other riders from Southern California, Steve Pederson and Al Leonard from Long Beach and Bob Bender of Arcadia. We met a man from Vancouver B.C. who insisted we stay with him when we race in his town ... and we Wiil. Really, the hospitality of these people completely overwhelms us! It would be ditlicult to find a more beautiful setting for a race track than Pacific Raceway. Just outside of the friendly little town of Kent. Washington the track is surrounded by huge stands of pine that perfume the air with freshness. The climate is superb, and the lofty evergreens keep the area cool while shielding the track from strong winds. What a pleasant change from some of our" Sahara Desert" atmosphere tracks! The course can be described as moderate to hi-speed with extremely tight. fast. blind. low-gear corners and lots of ups-and-downs ... giving an elevation change of as much as 75 feet. My son. Dave. gave me a tour of the course in a Dodge van with a gearby-gear description following his line. WOW! Off the starting line you roar into a fast, right-hand sweeper even before you've had time to settle down then the track drops you into a fast down-hill stretch followed by a sharp right. A hard left then leads you into a blind stretch of fast. left-hand sweeper and a moderately fast uphill left. That' moderately fast left" suddenly becomes a very fast right-hander that leads to a three-quarter mile straight and the start-finish line where you gather your wits about you for another go. At every event several riders find good use for the many strategically placed escape roads. Several racers from Europe (England. France. Germany) and some from Canada said that the track is very much like many European courses, mentioning in particular the famed Nuremberg Ring. (The "Ring" is a 14 miletrack in the German mountains built in the early thirties, now a favorite of top road racers.-Ed.) The competition in all classes of this AMA sanctioned sportsman race was very close. The winning Manx Norton was clocked at 132 mph and the winning Yamaha at 125 mph. Makes were well represented. Honda, Tohatsu. Yamaha. Bridgestone, Bultaco. Harley-Davidson. Triumph, Suzuki and Norton all had well-placed entries. The promoting club. Sea-Fair City Cycle Club. and the Ninety-Niners M.C. deserve a round of cheers for this well-run event. Many people commented on the efficiency of the organization and the quality of the racing. The four Southland riders, Steve Pederson, AI Leonard, Bob Bender and my son Dave Smith, (who incidentally are all privateers) were each thanked personally for coming so far (like 1200 miles:) to compete. We leave this lovely part of the country with six trophies and hearts filled with gratitude and appreciation for everyone who has been so wonderfully kind and helpful. We can't thank these wonderful people enough for being so kind to out-of-state riders. Now we start loading up to invade Vancouver. Now starts the anxiety and wondering. What's the track line? What gearing? Is the tuning right? Only one way to lind out ••• Canada. here we come! By John F. Shedd The Married Wheels Mlc of Ontario sponsored their first Poker Run, unday August 14, since the reorganization of the club. The goal of 100 participants was barely missed with 93 riders and passengers signing up. Many clubs were represented and two riders from the Pacific Coasters traveled all the way UP from San Diego. The distance trophy, however. went to the Sil ver Eagles of Burbank wi th six members on three bikes driving a combined 480 miles to malle the run. The riders were welcomed with free coffee and donuts and after a bit of chit chat the first biker rolled out at 8:00 a.m. It was a warm sunny day with the mercury ris.ing to 97 degrees. The run originated at the Suzuki Sport spot in Ontario and headed south along hwy. 71 through Corona. The route then doubled back to the north passing Lake Mathews with the rendezvous point at John Galvin Park in Ontario. After a ride in the blistering sun the many trees in the park feu nd riders relaxing on the grass under their shade. The run was topped with a slow race which was WOn by Richard Hess mounted' on a BSA; and prior to trophy presentation a drawing produced 15 prizes for 15 luckY riders. It was a real fun day with 93 of the friend lies f riders one could hope to meet. .- MARRIED WHEELS Poker Run Winners MEN RIDERS N. Pat Sherm Ames E. Holmes full house Oush 3 aces LADY RIDERS Carol Seip B. McWhorter Judy McCombs 3 -5's· PASSENGER C. Young D. Porterfield Doris Grave nush 3 -6'5· 3 -S's· flush straight SLOW RACE Ricbard Hess MOST MILES Silver Eagles Mlc Burbank HARD LUCK TROPHY Dow Hess THE fINISH UNE Roxy Rockwood Is tourln. the National Circuit on vacation. His column will be resumed when he returns. -

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