Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

I. ... =» = ... .... '" a.=_ .'" .... The Poker Run and Field Meet P oker sponsor ed L ong sponsored by Long Beach Honda last Sunday was a success almost before s ucc ess befor e it started , if the participants' enthustarted, iasm may be take n as th e criterion . iasm taken as. the criterion. Also, by t he same criterion, I would the c riterion, I Also , judge tbat j udge that the Field Meet was the popula r W hile th e most popular part. While the poker run gave riders, and particularly gav e parti cul arl y many new riders, a chance to partima ny new rid ers, Oth er winners of th e field events Other wi nne rs the fi eld event s were: wer e: ~. O 25cc -1 o-lZ~cc Z. John Arnold 2. L a ngley 3. Bill Landey 451-900c c 4~1-900cc I. C ho vina rd 1. Vic Chovinard 2. Dick Paley Z. Di ck P aley 3. F.J. Clark F .J. BSA Tri BMW 1. Bill Bland I. 2. Don Rising Z. Ri s ing 3. Calvin Ha rri s Ca l vi n Harris LADIES LADlES CLASS (Open) I , Isabel Vettick I, Vetrick 2. Diane Harris Z. Dian e Harris 3. Naomi Becraft Bec ra ft Hod Hon Hon 1. Russ Bakorjian I. Bakorj ia n 2. Robert Galoz Z, Ro be rt 3. Ed Heath Ed 126 - 250 c c lZ6-Z~Occ 251-45 0cc Z51-4~Occ Horr HOlT Hon Hon Hon Hon L.A. I DEALERS, DEALERS. I 1 I I ROBT.. M. LA W M/C Anaheim, MISROBT LAW M/ C SlON lOLLS M/CSepuIveda,, STEVE I Sl ON BlLLS M/CSepul veda • Yam Hon Hon I ~ ~ :> ~ l~ l ~ I I I I HURD M/c Montebello, HOCKIES Mont ebello, ROCKIES M/C Torrance, MASON MOTORS M/ C Tor ranc e, M ORS OT Pasade na , NICHOLSON MOTORS Pasadena, N.Holl y wood, TEMPLE CIT\' HONN.Hollywood, T EMPLE CITY DA Temple City, JACK BALDWIN T emple JA CK BALD\\lN I M/C santa Monica,, K & N MOTORM!C Santa Moni ca MO TORCYCLES Riverside, TRACY'S M/C T RACY'S CYCL ES I Burbank, BILL KRAUSE Inglewood, Bur bank, Ingl ewo od, I LAMOREAUX M/C Sunland, SHELL LA MOREA UX M/ C Sunla nd, SHE L L L yn woo d. MOTORS Lynwood. I I ~ I ~ I [.:J fotl I d • ...J I :.. ~ u o GOOQtjEAll GOODbaR BLUE STREAK. STREAK . Sa.fety's Up For Poker . By Jim Mann - And Run A port ion of the partici pants In t he fir st Funday check their poker hands preparatory to begi nni ng the Fi eld Meet conte st s. Deli ghtfu l get. h 'ands portion partlclpants the first to beginning the Field contests. Delightful getwi ll be bl-monthly affair together will be a bl-monthty affa ir for Long Beach Honda. Beach cipat e in an organized event, the cipate th e . Field Meet gave these riders a F ie ld ga ve thes e rid ers demonstrate thei r chance to demonst rate their prowess in handling their mounts. mount s . This was the first in a series of T his fir s t in se ri es co nducted such events to be conducted bimont hly. T hat this will be non-toomonthly. That thi s often may be demonstrated. by a ofte n demons trat ed. quote from one of the day's third from day' s place winners', " I could blow a Sunwi nners. "r blow day like this eve ry week." every we ek. " The object of these events,, aceve nts T he obj ect co rding to organizer Merv Pars o, will Parso, cording organi zed be first, to provide an organized outfi rst , ing for' the riders and second, to for ' th e rid ers s econd, promote motorcycling safety through motorcyc lin g safety the development of motor skills. ,All de velopme nt sk ills. All though thes e events are ai med p rithese aimed primarily at new Honda riders , all new riders, all riders are invited and encourag ed to encouraged attend. c an atte nd. Your correspondent can guarantee that a good time will be had ant ee tha t a l l. by all. The poker run itself originated it s elf from the Long Beach Honda shop on from t he Avenue. From Atlantic Avenu e. F rom there it made other L.B. the rounds of the three othe r L .B . shops, making for Honda s hops , maki ng fo r readily points identifiable check poi nt s and a fair afternoon Th e Sunday a fte rnoon ride. The original destination of the run was to be a desti nation dirt field the dir t fi eld on which th e Field Meet held Unfortun at ely , was to be held.. Unfortunately, the propos ed fie ld proposed field was sti ll inundated still inu ndat ed due to t he recent humidity (rain). the rec en t as space All was not lost,, however, a s spac e los t was obt ain ed on a paved lot at the obtained Long Beach Airport. Here th e winthe ners of the poker run were ann ounc ed announced competed and the riders compe ted in such events t he Slow Race eve nts as the Slow Race,, the Backwards Race (pus hing), Run and Ri de. (pushing), Ride. T in Ca n P ick-up. and Tin Can Pick-up. (To quote Speedy Th omas, "Right down tin can ti n ca n Speed y Thomas, " Right alley"-ugh!). All in al l, twentyall, all ey"- ughl). seven trophies were awarded in four in displacement classes and a ladies' ladi es ' disp lacement classe s class. cla s s . The winners Th e winne rs of the poker run were: first, William Overton: second, wer e: fi rs t, W illiam Overton; Fikenberry; truly; C. F ik enb err y; third, yours t ruly; Stewart; fifth, fourth, Lee St ewart ; and fift h, O'Neill. The, overall Field Th e ove ral l winner of the F i eld Meet and the firs t pla ce winner in th e first place the O-125cc class was R.W. Tillman O-1 25cc cl as s R. W. Tillm an on a Honda CliO. CllO. MOTOR RACER l'iow Availahle in These Sizes Now Available T hese Si ze s 2.75x18 & 3.00x1 8 3.00><18 3.50><19 3.00x19 & Spec ia l 3.5OX19 Field Meet SHELBY ~~~Wa~k Tires SHELS Y ComlOg Son. 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