Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

. . . .. . ... ... . .... . . . ... .. '" 00 SUBSCRIBER WINS MACHINE OF HIS DREAMS T~ Nonda OS c.. C-z (t. H UMp;a rna Com plet e Service . Part s. '~Iin M 0 T!O • S Out of more tllaa ISO entries, W Ullom J. Abbot, shown '" rlpt, rlOCeh lne conerolulalioas from staff. Annettl Comp, won the machine of hi. dreams. !lIr. Abbot Is an aecoununl by profess ion, used to r id I a Honda 160. Soddle boe' werl only occessory chosen. Cycle New. will sponsor onother machine of your dreom. conte st In 1967. 2422 F_ n uxrrxcros DRIVE m :A HTF:. CAUFO R;liIA ' •• ephone 359-45... • .. or or " ". . • , " OLAW DALE CYCLE INC. . VA AHA e ):t" VELOCETTE - .. D ue A T I SALES"S RVIC PARTS· RENTAL E E" S 1532 4 H A W T HO R N E B OU L EVARD LAWNOALE CAL IF • os $P 2 1 822 , HE FAM ILY F U N 6 -.5018 .. CENTER GO SU PER FAST with CYCLE CITY Continued frem fnnt page OSSA- BENEL1.1 - SUZUKI Complete lIochlne Shop 2142 Lone aeoch BoulevMd Lone Beoch - 591-1319 Abnot said , when he heard that he hal! won the cycle of his dreams . " I've never won anything before in my life! ' Th e winner coul d have chosen any motorcy cle currently available in the U.S.. equi pped i n any way he chose. Cycle News had negotiations pendin g l or every kind 01 dream machi ne that a subscriber had ask ed lor. lrom a $1,500. 00 Triumph Metisse to a $2, 500.00 German Mammut or a lull dress 74. Mr. Abbot asked l or, and got, a standard Honda 450. " And Another One! , ...••..•. . . ClLSLom Seats - Mowrcy cle P ain ting Pick up & Delivery Service Second prize winner L. Darrel W IICOI Is a depar_nt cillef or the finn willch makes optical equipment for Ezplorer moon camera.. He cho.. a Hondo trail 90 for his prize. Winner of second prize was L_ Darrel Wilcox of Ros e me a d , Calif. , who got his c hoice of two lightweight motorcycles. Mr. Wilcox selected a Honda also. Winners were voted by the e ntire Cycle News staff without knowledge of ....n at machine was asked fo r. The 48 runner s - up will each rec ei v e a rare re co rdi ng of Nati onal # 7 Sammy Tann er s inging his own composition "I' m t he F lying Fl ea. ' The r e cord s should b e i n the hands of t heir wi nners by C h ri s t ma s. (Fo r wi nni ng en t ri es . see page 5 ) • a bes t elapsed time ofl4. 10 at9 1.89 mph. Top Gas at Irwindale The presents were placed under the Irwindale "Christmas Tree" starting lights and Triumph, Yamaha and Suzuki received them by winninl!: top fuel, top gas and top street classes. ATTENTI ON COMPETITION RIDERS! A & A MANUFACTURING I. Featlns a Select Lile If IIality Componeats fer All cycles AI R ClEAIE RS CO PRESSI O RELEASES ALT. COYER5-HONDA SCRAIIB. ....ere, MUCH MORE Cycle Ne s .... 1fri1i1lC A & A MANUFACTURIIiG "'!IIti.• 103& EI e-Iao Calif. Daler ,..,Irles hl'fll8d Il~ Cltr, : T ere was no evidence of Chnstmas n spirit i n the air as the class winners paired off against One another for the races that would provide mother with a small down Payment on he r shopping bike , or daddy with leather gauntlets for the winter weather. Earlier in the day , before the class eliminations had begun , ill luck rode with Dic k Strickland and his 650cc BSA . Dick arrived ea rly and began several repeated runs to correct his jetting, timing etc. Th er e was no indication of the impe nding disaster. At the start of this run every thing was ok , the machine came out of t he hole in a straight li ne a nd thr ough ea ch gear shirt there was not a mis s . As the BSA moved through th e timing li ghts its speed was give n as 102 mph and Strickland straightend from his tucked- in position. A gentle nudge was giv en the rear bra ke and all hell o r =:::::::::::::::~~s:o::e::.: ga:v:e~:s: . ~Th ~r:a r~ h:: m thin g~ loo e: :e e : w: e e l Having Clutch Ireublel Inslall A BARNETT .--_ _C _LU-----;TCH AVAILA8LE NOW: CLU TC~ PLATE BTlE fer Yamaha 19II an" KIT later 250cc - 305cc models. Also Now For H Sportster -D RIDERS SEE WE NOT 00 YOUR OEALE R. SELL RE TA IL. eA( ~ locked !'I'd smo ke bell~wed fr':lm the rubbe r like ~ AA fuel bik e coming out of the hole. Di c k looked as tho ugh he was astride the ~ck of a fish out of water and the machine moved towards a guard rai l. It took a lot of c rossing UP an d l~ng the rider' s wei ght to the outside (m th the help of a small praye r) to stay up and on asphalt. When speed was reduced to 20 or so mph the rider and machine met the pa vement and .an embarrassing end to a great rid e. Dick was not Quite cl ear or be hit th e pa vement hard with hi s an kl e and ,was ~hed to the hospital vIa Irwindale;; strip ambulanc e. Later in the day Dick called the strip and asked for a lift back. Harry COuch the C .s tr eet .bike class winn er volumte ~red hi s , ~ eIV1c e ,!,"d rushed .off to .rece ive the Pati ent . I saw Dic k Stnckland Mon~ morning , co mpos in g a tank to ass mth request for a gas l etter and Santa ort ed areplacement parts. The cause or all this was mechanical rallure or a backiD cplate. So , BSA riders make a che<:k on that rear assembly beroce taILing to the street or striP. Meanw hil e back at t he strip, Vince Rowl es rnde hi s 250cc X6 Suzuki to anoth e r underdog vict ory via th e ha ndicap system. Le aving t he line a littl e ea rlier or la ter than y our a dversary neither wins Or lo ses , it is only consistancy in ride r' s ability a nd the machin e. Vinc e turne d in -c, ~- ~ ~ . <: r ¥ ~~ ~E-J l7' T-=" ~, o~u . '.~ ' ." . I •• COMPLETE PORTING SERVICE FOR ALL BIKES OUR SPECIALTY ! ! Tues.· Fri. 9-9 Sot. 9- 7 ARTESIA Closed Sun. ond M on. (Y(1£;(OO'(, 4915 PACIFIC BLVD.. VERNON. CALIFORNIA, PHONE : 589-5488 12539 E. Corson, Arte.io, 1;0111. Tel. 160-1314 A fine field of race rs were repr es ented in this go for gold. Th e final round was lost by an ove r-eager shift an d won by the best perf orming 250cc Yamaha of Bob Bra vennan. The B gas class of 650cc machines was the hot spot , for here were the largest numbe r of ent ries. As Qualifying prog ressed it was all Triumph a nd finally a BSA and an Enfield came out to take a try at breaking that Triu mph Supremacy. Jim En z of Shell Motors had the Enfield and looked like a su re thr eat , but was forced to pack UP ea rly for an unknown rea son. The BSA was a scrambler and the owner decided it just didn 't cut the asphalt like it does dirt an d as the eliminations began it was a gai n all Triumph. Nira Johnson and his " Agtisi" sw ept the contende rs aside and won a class trophy turni ng 12.10 - 114.35 . I got it s traight from a T riumph header,tha t J ohn Hughes has de fina te plans on s topping ell, thi s "Agtisi" run of victories . W Nira was stopp ed whe n the rmal rac e was run, not by an oth er Triumph , but by th e Yamaha of Bob Bravennan. Bob took an early lead out of the hol e and Nira rea lly twisted the grip in an effort to ge t he r in the distanc e tha t sepa rated him from Bo b. When th e moti on for shifti ng was due Nira punched at the s hift lever with the effort of a flea trying to bus t a coconut an d the change never came until the second ti me and it was too l ate, fo r victory li ghts were in th e Yama ha' s lane at the end of a 12.49 105.92 mph run. " • " • Top Fuel - Irwindale And again, " F lus trati on", the twin Triumph of Murray & Cook ha s defeated the conte ndi ng Harl ey-Da vids on of SOnny Raslawski. SOnny and Jim Cook had all but drawn guns as the time for a great duel drew near. SOnny became a victim of an early de at h a s he forgot to load his wea pon. Actually whe n transla ted , it just means that each rider was eager for this race for the money in top fuel as their tow cars prepared to draw the machines Conti nued 00 p a ge 29 • • • • • • •• • : : : : • : SO ~ I .. ••••• ••••••••• a •• ER TUNE-UP SPECIAL NOW GOING ON 51.50 Discoun t with thl s Coupon. ALHAMBRA HONDA 1441 •• lIain Slrftl Alh_bra. Calif. (213) 211-7143 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ..

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