Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

Sheriff, Fire DfPartment ad Rescae Teams Enthused at •Cyclists' Abilities ad Potential [or E ergency Service ... ClO : ahead. the trio beaded b8ck down. Jut Q, ~ ... s.dnr DeplItJ Don GI.non look 0_ p.- KrizBan bad nade the -u. 0Il1,y to be direded Iaclt bJ a Sberift"s Weasel track-la7er ere•• Unable to comect UP 0; t- wi th Wbeeler 8 0 ea e CD TRIUMPH ""' IRfAIS UID SPUD RfCORD (191.302) AT IONIWItU' .Q fI) CaJIlaI- G-. V lDp. Bud Dins.Steve IIcQueen and Jack CCl 0> ... bad filled in over the road l18SS8Ce was iJIlpossible. Tbey boled-up in an abBDdOlled cabin and waited. Help came Wer that Digbt wben Fnmk Wheeler relumed to 1I0jave and lOnDd tllem missill& Witll a -eat"' crew in a Fire DePt. lilIrite (badled vehicle). be retumed to tile ......aiD lDp. found tlJ CbiDa Lake Naval Ordnanc e Test Station and the Ridgecrest Search and Rescue Team with its four-wheel drive units. Working in an area about thirty miles long by ten wide, the groups were split with the FWD units carrying fuel, tools. etc. for the riders. plus radios for instant intercom in case the car was sPotted. With the jeeps working as -mother bens· along the main road. their two-wbeeled -charges· scurried UP branch roads and canyons, along hogbacked ridges and into gullies, converging periodically on the mobile base stations to report findings. gas UP. and go again. In the rain-soaked ground tbeir tracks became prominent. RESCUE COIIitimaed tile and The tum of Marra, aad Cook bit tbe sa" • ~vllI. to lIruk til. land spud ",cord for U1Istreamllned motoreydu. n., also hold th. quart. mil. dral strip record • 157.19 (E.T. 9.67). ~ r&I :z: r&I tnIS WlIiting 110 far _s T.e M w.o ••" T.e Reco~· IfNie, •• Heads Up 0" Tri•• p. Dept,.e., ~ >.. to) Boris Muna" the man who built, tuned ..d _vleed the _ d bustlnl TRIUMPH buds up our TRIUMPH snee ..........t. You eel th. . . . .lqI.rt workmanship on JOur eJCI. that -a Into til. ma"'", of a cha..plon. Stop In todaJ! Boris bas all the 1111 .......fOOTHILL MOTORCYCLE W. ~E!!!fl .,.d. -U...... foo"iII 912-8951 Having Clutch TroubleJ Install A BARNETT CLU CH T -,---- {:'~ . ~""'~'1~ K as a I I"cates location 01 fInd all ..ssllllllles _ . I.vetl,ated. ~ the dlil.Ied lbreesome and brought them AVAILABLE NOW: out down Ban:is Grade. the easier desceDt. ITlE CLUTCH PLATE KIT III. 211cc -lI5cc _1Ie1s. __ Also 10. for H-D Sports'e, r'~ lllDERS SEE YOUR DEALER. WE DO NOT SELL, RETAIL AI ~ . . . . . . . . I. _ ~ .... _ ~"'--101 -,.=..E~._ ,_ Witll liWe to go on. SIIeriJfs lIIIII Fire Dept. om.cers bepn saatcbin& at leads. Residents at Gadock. lIiI old IIIining lxnm near~ abondoDed. iI!lIOried talking with the m.issiDc fu8aD. All COIIclusive evidence IJQiDted toward the El Paso "lW'nQi os east of. Red Rock Can,yon. Back in Los An&eies. more riders .ere alerted fm the sardL. Tbe Toes- 011 anta map.. Just after noon the search larties returned for food and new instructions. Lt. SIIuell bad driven into the area and remarked that -every road and side road bad cycle tracks on it.• The fou rwbeelers were ecstatic. -They cover more ground in two hours On two wheels than we can in four days on four,· one rescue team driver stated. 'Copter pilots also noted that from the air. the hills '1Dd canyons were blanketed with hike tracks. Even so. not one shred of proof 4915 PACIFIC BLVD .. VERNON. CALIFORNIA. PHONE: 589-5411 HARLEV- DAVIDSON OF " SPECIAL" ONGBEAGl Man, New ILCH's Now In S'.l 3654 No. long Beach Blvd. 426-7101 AI." .., s 6ralIe ......dI, ClInek.s Le. m ••b.s J.N• lb•• ,. II . . Trlup\I tII_p de.p drift.. After - . . . - ~ ,..... s..-a , ...... ......., at 8000 ft. altitude plnllot . . . . . . . . . lee _ , ••a t _ l I . - -'lall1II _ . Shades of til. BII Bear Run! ..-ts fII Plate ..,.. fiala _ to cIi.J emw '1nLS' !altered and wet. but a few sbued on. Wednesda.Y morniDg (ound a luger DIIDIber of. riders 011 band. Clubs represented .ere the Cbeckers. Sbamrodts. Prospectors. Buzzards. Simi VaIle:/' JIC. SlID Gabriel Valley JIC. ViewfiDders" AJ&el

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