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DRAGS racing took plac d re fore the winner could claim his trophy IBId cash. The number of 3 entries in "A'· division forced the flipping of coins to determine an odd man and give one the priviledge of making a single nm. Leo Payne won the toss and the twin engine Triumphs lined up for the fIrst nm. The bikes were towed down the strip and turned about, filcing the starting line to tow for a start. As the tow cars reached a peed of 30 mph or better, both riders cast off and dropped their clutches and the engines broke into stuttering roars as they caught and tried to lcear their cold, niu&-filled cylinders. When they turned again in the staging area to approach the s.tarting line ·the engines were cleared and sounded in tune for a great race. PelTY reached • '. as I I t By ,Jim ilia... .. '. , I ~ • , • fI'IIt NI There may be other ways" but gettling 10 know California by illke must lJe tile best. Being new to California. ~ fIrst gol my feel wet by packing myself. my wife and my camping equipment aboard the BMW and striking out nortb 10 wards Big sur with the notion of looking for the Loners MC. JtI'St the day before I !lad seen a brief art'cle iln Cycle Ne1l's saying that Illey wollld be spending the Labor Day weekend at Lime Kiln Creek. We headed out the Pacific Coast Highway on. a bright and sunny Salmtlay afternoolll bnt soon ran into fog ami chilly weather. That night we camped at Pismo Beach late so had 10 spread OUl! sleeping bags on a childIens playgronnd. We thought the little monsters would never go hack to their OWlil c.amps and to bed. Later thai night, two more cyclists in the same situation pllll1ed in, so we shared our playground with them. The next morning everything was soaked by the fog,. We couldn't even light newspaper to start a fire for coffee and breakfast. And so we had to give up and make a quick stop, at a cafe. As we rode all towaurds Big Sur the fog opened ap occasionalLy 10 big patches of blue sky and sunshine. AS we reached the Big SUr area, however. the fog moved in again, but this time we were too preoccupied by its effects to he cold. TheEe was the road ahead of us and l:1ehind us. TO one side was the rock wall of the mountains and on the other was a milky white sea of fog. Below the fog we could hear tbe surf as it brok.e on the rocks. As Ihe fog lifted some we gave way to the sensation of swooping around endless turns, with tlie fog and tbe mountains. one comd well imagine lliimseli astride a racer in the Isle of Man TT~ When we came to Lime Kiln Creek, we were informed that all the motorcycles had left. SOmewhat disheartened, we rode back down the road to a combination cafe and filling station to have lunch and decide hat we should do. We were just about to !head oul for Pfieffer Big Sur state Park whenill walked a person who. by the sublle hints of his dusty Cycle Ne ....s T-sh!rt, wedgies and helmet under his arm, we could tell was a cyclist j ast off the trails. As it tamed out, he was one of the Loners and the camp hadn't dissolved at alL Everyone had merely eilher gone trail riding or hiking. we were cordially Iuvited to join in fm the rest of the weekend. and we readily accepted. Back at the camp we were first gIeeted by one unlucky fellow who had managed to pull the top off the carburetor on his mounl and subsequently went hounclng off across the boulders'. The resul t of this was a brokeD arm" He was being an awfully good sport about It thoLlgh. and be sure wasn't going to let it spoil the weekend for him or anyone else. I don't hesitate to say that the Loners my wife and I met that day are among Ihe most pleasant if disdisorganized, people we have ever met. Of course.I suppose that wOllld be natura! since they were all'cycle enlhusiasts. 1 might add tbe' Loners are proud to claim the world's recoro for being the most disorganized club in the world. We spent that afternoon attempting to swim in an lFnbelievably cold ocean. Afterwards we took a ·hot· bath in a mountain stream-the same one we IIsed to keep our ·goodies· cold. Taat evening was singularly pleasant. being spent around a glowing campfire amid a protective ciIcling of tall pines with Ihe stream burbling by not, ten feet a way, The next morning, and Ihe last day of the outing, we all thought it would l:1e a capital idea to take a hike up Lime Kiln Creek. Legend has it tl'lat there were still lime kilns at Ihe head of the C8lllYon. We never did find the lime k.ilns. but the scenery we saw is impossible to des£ribe in any worthy mWlJler. There were places where the canyon would widen and quiet, crystal clear pools would form. Ferns and mos,s grew everywhere and moss hung from the trees. At the head of the pool would be a small waterfall or a series of waterfalls three and four feet high. Evenlually we had to tum ba'ck and leave all this as we still had to pack and go home. The next day meant back to work for everyone. Back at 'camp we enjoyed one more friendly meal and then proceeded to pack. As we departed for homes. it was sad to say good-bye to Big Sur, for this weekend was now tbe past. But there will be many more, and California and we will get 10 know each other better. the line fIrSt and was staged while Jim Cook was still moving forward. The starteF did not notice JDn'S position and started the lights on the way to green too soon. Perry smoked off the line while Jim watched him leave. In a va,in effort to catch up the throttle of M & C's "Flustration" was tumed full on and the Avon Slick's billow of rubbersmoke helped show the effort that ooth engines were making. Perry and Scottys "Stagefright" took the win turning in a low ten-second tim e. Leo Payne fired wil.hout trouble and made a single of 10.38 elapsed time at a speed of 144.00 miles per hour. Perry and Scotty changed their GO PER FAST wi1ll CYCLE CITY Os.sA - BE.E LU - SUZUIO COIllpIIlt. Madllnt SMp Zl42 Lonr Il'acll """v.d Lone E1eacll - 591-lJI9 ATTENTION! Clearance SaIl' 011 all '60 ...al. MONTE A - (Coatioued OD page 10) •••••••••••••••••••••••• i~OOR! • 1fOP-UP 101 • SCWIIIfI srKW I i • • PORT & POLISH CYl DER HEAD, IIiCLU 6 VALVE GRillO" EIlG E TUI.EUP....... $U.. • • • • • TOIIAICf A 11411 HAWTHORIIE BLYO.. TORRAIlCE CAUF. 3TI-753J (3 BL.. S. OF AR'TESIA IILVD.) •••••••••••••••••••••• 0 PLUS PARTS o THAT A.P. Lu#t4HAS AIL rlE Alln rAilS AVAilABLE ErEI? WOULD YOU BELIEVE... 0 E THAll AlTO E EVEI DIEA ED? rlJ US AID FI D 0 TI II.J. Lt tS MACRlNE SHOP AND GREATEST MECHANTCS • S. ATLAIITIC BLVD. 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