Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

You'll always Cbarles Clayton •••••••••••••••••Editor Sharon Clayton ••• Business Manager. C. Clay •••••••••••••••Managing Editor Gil Brown ••••••Advertising Manager D. B. (Dutch) Fielder .Asst. Ad. Mgr. Dennis Greene Photo Editor Gay Thomason .Circulation Manager. see it FIRST in 6411 N, Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, Calif,90805 Or: Box 498, Long Beach, Calif, Phone: 423-0431 (Area Code 2131 From L,A, Phones: 636·8844 Guest Editor ial THE RIDERS CONCERN Part II By R. O. Fee Hints and tips on safety Cor riding motorcycles are legion and can be had from several sources; one of the best is a booklet called· Freedom of the Road" put out by Suzuki and the So. Calif. Automnbile Club. I personally feel that this booklet should be required reading for novice riders and reviewed yearly by all riders. Withou t getting into a lis t of riding do's and don'ts, there is a basic concept that must be grasped by every rider in one form or another if he is to survive in todays traffic conditions. I was very recen tly privileged to sail on a Navy Minesweeper. On no less than two occasions during the day; once in the Long Beach Harbor and once on the great expanse of the open Pacific, the ship's engines were stopped dead when the OOD sighted another ship that might have come too close for safety. The Navy is so concerned about constant attention to safety, that in several place of prominence on the bridge this phrase is engraved; "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Safety!" "Knees make poor fenders", "They'll Kill you if they can ," Watch for fools, "Drive for everybody ," "Ride defensively," are some of the phrases that express various riders' concept of safety. However verbalized, they all boil down to one word - ATTENTION. The motorcyclist must be forever alert to threatening situations and circumstances that might even remotely endanger him. The automobile provides a protecti ve cocoon of steel that insurance can repair when damaged. The cyclist has no such protection. His only defense is using his wits and judgement to prevent a collision Or upset by avoiding dangerous situations long before they become a threat. Textbooks call this "defensive driving" and it applies to riding, driving or walking. The problem is how to keep a new rider alive or uninjured long enough to have a sufficient number of close calls and realize that he must be thinking at all times of safety, his safety, or he won't win todas's daily game of survival. Education is the answer. The new rid er mus t be told what is going to haPpen and how to benefit from what does happen. More is involved than mere operation of his machine, although this is of great imPortance. A thorough study of do's and don'ts will help shorten the trial and error learning period. But only if someone has told that rider (or he is sharp enough to realize it on his own) that he is going to have close calls and that he better stop and analyze each one, not to curse the other fool, but to consider how he could have avoided the situation. Who is going to educate the new rider? The dealer is the first to come to mind. However, the dealers seemed to have failed in this respect (although there are exceptions to that generalization). The legislators only think they have the answer. Just clamp a helmet on everyone's head. The easiest place to introduce rider education is to the students in the driver education classes. Long Beach, Los Angeles and Gardena are starting such programs. The next logical place to start is in the community. It is here that organized motorcycle clubs can function. Mickey Green, who rides with the Golden state Motorcycle Club, bas approached the City of Azusa with a proposal to pre sent a program to th e community's new riders, young riders and their parents. Temple City and Arcadia have also expressed enthusiasm Cor his program: a film on safety, short talks on safety and displays of damaged safety equipment along with a demonstration of riding skills. One man can't do it all. Mickey is setting up the program and will soon need volunteer help from veteran riders to get it rolling and carry it to new areas. You can help. For further information call Mickey Greene at Edgewnod 9-4726. What can the State do? Tune in again next week. Published weekly except the first and last week of the calendar year by C&S Publishing Company. P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, California. I STATEMENT Of OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION -t OrNlJrr 2J, (At' , "~i30'i6t. .= 1962: -I' $«,,.. 4J69. T,N, J9. U,II,HI S,.,n CWJ Publilher; tbit (C)ml File two ropiel o( with your poMmaun. U)(.jln(lM CYClE llE.lS 0I1NOWN 0MCf 01' ~notot ,$nwI. "'7. _"". _If... ItEAOQUAmt$ 01 01-...1. ~ ~I ClMCII Ol'?ttI PUII.l5ft8S ,,.., ,,"","I SAlll! 1'Ual"" 6. NAMES 1.1'10 AOOftSSU Of 'VIlISHfi. fOOOl:, AND MANAGING fClTQa (~_ s C I< .wlMltIfflI) 647/ N. Ulng Bolch ID.vd, Long _ , C&l1.tom1& Publ1ohlnl< rDnOi (NtI_ • • ..MIttIJJ/ l24 B. 68th Street Ulng Beach, C&l1!omia ebarlel C. Clo.vton ~1DITOll((Il,,_""/~/ Long Beach, Cal1!om1& Ca.ro~ Clq 16 1. OWNS (if _",,11 ., " e...,.r.';M. ;IS __ " ",,11 .,urnl N lliIktI ••11 .J.J. ;_.-11;'111, ,IHrY""tIn ,IH __n _II .-. tlrtun .{ ~ IIMtli., , /'"'MIl ~ _ .{ /ttJIiIJ ,,_., -Ind. II-:~;:~" ~.., ,IH ___-" 12th PlaCI _i., _ - " lIS _"I' .{ ,IH _ws _lUI N 6_. II_Hi.,,, ,IMJ -I ... iwGtW-J ..., N 6n.-·) ~ ~ - ~C&s rJ.ee v. "h&1'Ul , . ,.~, •• u:mg l"4 ~.LI,YtOn • _ ~ ••; . fir-. '" _ -- -= lUW. COWl .,~. 1lOI1g _ II ",urns. _ u:mg a.ch, , a.aCC, cr IA~OmJ.& -- ~ ~~~:~~'O~~~T~f:~~ ~:;,II.~.Y:~:~ OWNING 011 MOlDING - '''''IS PUCfNT 011 MOll! Of TOTAl AMOUNT 10. 'Mt$ IT!/II MUST Ie CO/ll'lfUO '01 oflU. 'UIllCo\TIONS eXCfn tHOse WHICH 00 ...OT CAaIlT AD'ltITIIINO 0'"" '""'H l)lf 'UtuSHU'S OWN "''''0 WHIOI Aft NIoW.D IN lfeTlO"' 132.2SI. 132.212. "''''0 In.233. 'OStAl MAN"'..... ($NIH., 4JJ"'. 4J"., ••_ 4JJ6 _/ TJtk- J9. V.i,•• S14HJ CHk/ "'::~~'fi~IOD~::~' .... tOTAl NO. COl'IU I'ltlI'tI'fl) (NM ,.,.,., a...,1 OICUlAf1OI'oI TMKlUOH 0lAl1tU liND C4IIIUS, SlUT VlIolCIOU .....O ~ ,-(. tOI'4t o OMaUSl.lIPT.(J'iIIQ.~,SJOIll1).vTR1'llINTN) TO'..... (S- -t! 6 F-"'U..-J _ '"" ... . - - • AI a~ : z . = c me .utanant 1'Oe'" 3526 ... INS mllde by 1M above are 1,763 9,911 1,000 1,045 10,956 89 01 8,148 10,911 ,1 .... MAlt. CA-.: 01 OTHS /IIfNd 8,148 9,911 (_.,MI_., .... f. TOTAl OISTlllItlnOfol ($"." C __ •• 11,000 1,763 ,NlJ CJK:UtAflICliM o I'IfI Oln_UTIOM SIIolOl.! tUUll ~sr TO "UNO DAn 11,000 , ..... u.as ,AjD 44 11,000 ('OrftCC What a great pleasure it is to report that Mr. & Mrs. R.L. Burris, parents of young Ronald Burris, have decided to bring action against the party or parties responsible for killing their 16-year-old son with a neckbreaking device strung across a path "to keep cyclists out.' Cycle News has promised its wholehearted cooperation with the prosecution of this case in order to prevent similar tragedies from happening again. If any reader can tell us of other cases where hazards have been deliberately installed, causing death or injuries to cycle riders, it would be of great help. Please send any information you may have regarding injuries due to neckbreakers, pitfalls or other traps to me in care of Cycle News, Box 498, Long Beach. Calif. CYCLE NEWS 'ACTION ANNUAL' POSTPONED 9. Pana"'~ 7 aDd • mchlde. ia C&KI wbftoe the acock.holdn or MCUm., 1iloIdcr- a~ u.pon W boo..... o( ,he cO'*p&n, .. truW or In ..., ochn idue:-:t rdacioa. the _ oldie ~ 01' ~bon (or _ .uch U"II.tfft it acun,••bo die _~ _no '0 lbt twO pan,r'pbJ • 0_ the aLn,'. fv1I kaow ~ INld belief .. co tbe clrcum.lances .nd conditiON under which JCockholden ..lUI 1«\lI"'" ItoIder. who do ttOC .ppnr upoa e boo..... of tbt com~flr " Cl"ustft., bokl. .cock and Manic," in • capacity Other ,h.n ch.t of. bo.. ide owoer. N.ma INld .ddr"•., of indmd.uolt wbo .... fcockholden 01 • C'OCJI'O?'tion wbicb iuelf it a luockholder or bolder 01 boad•• mon,-.a or Otb« HC:uric~ ortbe publi.hin, corpora.tion h.ve bent Incl\lded in pana,napht 7 and • when me interact of .u.ch inchvtduab an aquivaJefl' co I pucenc or mo~ o( die tocal 'n:lOIUU oldie tfock M teaU'icia of the publitbin. corpontion. .. By Chuck Clayton PROGRESS AGAINST NECKBREAKERS Lone Beach City, IDI AngulO Coun~, C&l1.tomia 901305 647/ I:. 1=.0 Beach Blotl. S. UXA"ClN 01' ntt: Any part of Ihis newspaper may be used wi thout permission as long as credit is given. Editorial contributions. cartoons, photos are welcomed and will be paid for upon publication. Self-addressed. stamped envelope assures return. Single Copy Price 15¢ ubscriptions: One year 2nd class mail. . . . . . . . . . . • . . .. 7.50 Advertising rates will be sent on request. m'lLOIl'\IIt.ICAnoN l.~aolUUf , Second Class Pos tage Paid at Long Beach, Calif. 11,000 IJJI-- 'SlrJr'7"'-1"'" ~~~if:.~ "'-J '7 The directnrs of C&S Publishing Company last week voted to halt operations on theAmerican Motorcycle Annual which was announc ed in these pages some months ago. We decided to postpone publishing this first annml hard-cover picture book in order to clear the desks for more pressing business, chiefiy the preparation of a nationwide motorcycle safety Caqlaign, which I hope to announce very soon. So many excellent photographs, both black & white and color, have been sent in for the annual that we are planning a full-color, slick paper insert for our Christmas issue (Dec. 22, 1966). The same rates wiJl be paid to photographers whose pictures appear in our Christmas Color pages as were promised for the Annual. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Clubs please note: Send your information c/o Cycle News/Club Directory-P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, California. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• VOICE of CALIFORNIA EATS AND SLEEPS •EM! More Desert News! I have been a subscriber of your fine newspaper Cor almost a year nnw and happy to report nothing but satisfaction. At present, I OWn three bikes and am one of the many that li ve, eat and sleep bikes. I rarely miss a weekend race or meet, and make it into Santa Fe Raceway near Chicago on Wednesday nights. The real reason for this note is to inljuire into the possibility of being a correspondent for your weekly paper. I think your distribution would spread in the great Midwest and probably farther East with more coverage of Our regional meets, I believe I might be able to help In a llllnor way. DONALD R. ROSENE Rockford, Illinois We are sending you a contributors rate sheet, and hope that you will be ahle to send us reports on Midwestern events•.• il's people like you that help us make up a paper that is of interest to everyone. So far, we are primarily a Weslern paper and, of course, Western news is easier to come by, but we are gelting an increasingnwnberof Eastern suhscribers and would like to cover events that are of interest to them when space permits. -Editor. Although your paper is bigger and better than ever, I and many of my friends have nnticed a very conspicuous a~ sence of articles on the desert events. Last week, for example, there was not one word about the Antelope Ram~ lers Hare Scrambles or the Dusters H.S. Wben you started your paper you promised articles on the past week's events. You seem O.K. on Scrambles, but when it comes to small articles on desert events you are usually two weeks late. How about your promise? Although we ride desert for the fun, it's nice tn read about the run you struggled through for four hours, and not have to wait a month or two to see the results. ARDEN SCHUG He Gets It First You guYS have a great newspaper aod are a real asset to the motorcycle world. We here. in our family and club (Desert Challengers of Victorville) can hardly wait for each issue. I work at the Post Office and usually intercept it before it can be delivered to my wife •.• who, in turn gets madder than H - - ! WES MC ALLISTER Victorville And More Desert I want to thank you for the free ad you are allowing us to run in your paper this week. I enjoy Cycle News very much ... BUT the lack of desert news the last three weeks has left a giant hole... I also miss Larry Haley's excellent reporting. I know you will be on the job withdesert news in the future. DON BUHL Tus tin, Calif. ED: If you want to speed things lIP, how about becoming a Cycle News correspondent? We wiJI pay you for your eUorts and be more than happy if you can get copy to us by Monday evening, right after the weekend events... THEN we could publish it while it is still timely news. If you are interested, write for our contributor rate sheet. See what you can earn In cash as well as satisfaction. It would be nice to see your events appear earlier, and YOUR Dame In print! OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN Yesterday the Shamrock's held a State Championship race. My brother and I have been racing just one year and would like to comment on this race. As far as the course weot it was marked well and a good run. We were two of the many who made a false start and I would like to let you and the Shamrocks know whY we started when we did. After the rider's meeting we went to the starting line as we have done for the past year. The visibility was the worst we have ever seen, the banner was so far away that it was a blurr when we first started looking. We were down at the far end of the line and right behind the limed starting mark. From this position it waS impossible to see the banner at all. A Shamrock member came by and told us it would be alright to move up about five feet where we could see the banner. After we had done this another member came by and said we would bave to move in back of the lime whether we could see or not. We have never sat and waited as long at any race yet. The longer we looked, the more fussy the banner lonked to those who could see any of it at all. When they took the banner out of the truck the wind must have whiPped it because it certainly looked to us that it folded. So we went! The club could have waited another fifteen minutes and let us start again or better yet could have had us turned back at one of the checks. This was a Champinoship race and we think prnvisions should have been made. Our gripe is that we waited too long and the banner was much too far away. Why not a blown-up banner for the start, we liked the one where they did this. A race like this can only put the Sbamrock's in the same class as the HUItopper's and they at least gave us another chance. 373nn JOHN M. BEACH 1090m HOWARD L. BEACH Ed.-Thanks for your leller-we are glad to print it. Everyone should have a chance to tell his side of the story and be able to express his opinion.

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