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SUBSCRIBE HERE AND '" ig WIN THE MACHINE OF YOUR DREAMS YES! You can win the machine of your dreams--any motorcycle you desire, as long as it is available in the U.S. at the time the winner is announced on December 22, 1966. ~ AVisit To Jomo/BSA HeadquartersConsolidating the Boom • One fine day recently we up and decided to pay a social call on our new neighbors tothe north, BSA-Western, who'd just moved down to Duarte from Oakland. We found General Manager Pete Colman comfortably ensconced in one of the larger offices in the East wing. where he can direct the fortunes of both BSA and Jnhnson Motors Triumph. in the West wing. Both distributorships share the new building equally. Colman's success is in the true Horatio Alger tradition. Starting on MaY'17, 1933 at the old Long Beach Moto Speedway near where the Cycle News building now stands.Pete "blazed a trial of cinders· to the big number one plate in international speedway racing. Returning to active competition in 1946 after a wartime stint as commanding officer of an aircraft mainterr ance squadron overseas. Pete found the prize money was good. Tracks were opening all over California. offering large purses and big appearance mnney to the post-war stars. Even though 1947 offered five nights a week of racing in California. in 1948 Pete accepted the position of Parts Manager with Johnson Motors, the struggling young Triumph distributors, and hung up the handiebars for good. It's been straight up ever since. for Pete. He takes an active hand in tbe designing of Triumpb and BSA motorcycles. logging "more air hours than a War ld War II bomber pilot' in his fre- Quen! trips to Coventry and Birmingham. A man of prodigious energy and forthright views, Colman still serves as an important member of the AJ A competition committee and is an executive in the Motorcycle. Scooter and Allied Trades Association. Conducting us on a tour of the giant office, warehouse and service headQuarters. Pete led us first to the offices of Tom Cates and Eldon Wright. BSA service and Triumph Sales Managers respectively. Both gentlemen were vi~ orousb engaged in company business that they appear to have well under control. Pete paused to pen his signature to a couple of documents and we were on our way. There is a refreshing air of businesslike informality in the building but, Pete points out "Just because we share the same building doesn't mean the BSA side doesn't still compete with the Triumph people.' When Triumph beat the BSA's at Ascot twice in a row. a Jomo wag added a note to the Triumph' ad in Cycle News and pinned it to BSA's bulletin board. The note read. • Jomo Wrecking Crew Does it Againl' Behind the offices (both divisions have separate entrances and parking lots, by the way) we found an enormous warehouse. stacked to the ceiling with motorcycle parts. Dunlop tires. Bell Helmets. crates. boxes and barrels. all destined eventually for Western dealers. NO problem SuPplying the demand here! Way, way in the back we came upon the well-eQuipped service department, where test machines and guarantee jobs are cared for. There is no racing department in the BsAlJomo building as such. yet here and there we noted competitive touches, a national numberplate. Dan Haaby's TT-BSA. and outside. on the loading dock as if parked there to greet the new crated Triumphs. stood Eddie Mulder's blue and white road racer, still dewy with grit from the Des Moines champiorr ship. Just as these few racing mementos a re not only a grand te stimo nial to the fine machines bllt to the men who rode them to glory .. .Jomo!BSA. like Pete Colman, represents one of the finest example s of the American Dream Come True... the racer who made good. and s ta.v ed competitive. Top: Thl nlw Jomo!BSA facility In Duartl. 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