Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

BEANS TO VALLEY ./e SCRAMBLES ROADRIDERS Phol.os & Report by Jobn Shedd Southern California roadriders. 320 strong. turned out for the Artesia Motor Jockeys' 11/h annual poker run. This group of hungry riders consumed in its entirety one large European Bean Feast, which contained 65 pounds of beans. 25 pounds of sausage. secret ingredients. some very good buttered bread and plenty of punch and coffee to wash it down. It was my pleasure to cover this run last year, and at /hat time I told ·Cycle News· readers about /he Motor Jockeys' delicious bean feast. This 200 year old Portuguese recipe was better /han ever, and the riders again licked their plauers clean. riding roads. one should use a bit of caution. SOme of these turns are Quite tight and come upon you very rapidly. The hills are short and steep in some places and often don't let you see very far ahead. We too soon left the hills behind, and after passingthrough some very tempting orange groves, we began to hit the busy city life and the four lane madness of the urban area. We were not far from the second and final check point. and from there it was only a short trip over the city streets to the finish at Artesia Park. The parking lot at Artesia Park was soon filled with motorcycles and they overflowed into the street. After parking their machines, the riders signed in, played one hand of draw poker and hurried over for a dish of delicious beans and sausage. The park had pi enty of tables and benches but many believed that the proper place for a picnic was on the ground, and soon the grass was covered with blankets with riders eating. talking and napping. The air was a bit chilly as the riders gathered atLong Beach Harley-Davidson for the sign-in. It was one of those mornings when a CUP of hot coffee and donuts really hit the spot. The coffee was good, and L.B. H-D made sure there was plenty for all. The sign-in opened at 8 a.m. and 1'l2 hours later over 300 roadriders had signed in and were on their way to enjoying a pleasant 90 mile ride through some of the most beautiful country in SOuthern california. After leaving the sign-in, the riders journeyed south on Long Beach Boulevard to Pacific Coast Highway. The directions led the riders to the left, following Coast Highway to Laguna Beach. The ride to Laguna was a pleasant one. The beach breeze bad a bit of a niP. but a bright blue sky promised warmer weather abead. The beach area was covered with surfers. and as I watched them skimming along the white capped breakers in the chilly morning air, I shivered in my leathers and wondered how they kept from freezing. Picturesque Lagaaa Laguna was as pictureSQue as ever, and I longed to stay. The directions, however, said to hang a left on Broadway, so I complied, leaving Laguna and the pounding Pacific behind. This part of the run was the same as last year except we were traveling in the opposite direction. Broadway soon turned into Laguna Canyon Road, and after about a three mile ride we turned on El Taro Road which led us to check point #1 at Cooks Corner. When I arrived. there were motorcycles all over the place. There was hardly enough room to SQueeze in one more. Most of the riders let their mounts have a rest while they stretched their legs and bad refreshments. The sun was. a little higher and the ocean breeze far behind, but as the riders left the check, jackets were still in order. We left Cooks Corner on Highway S18. This was by far the swingingest section of road on the run. If you have ever ridden a bike here, you know what I mean. It's one of those little two lane country roads that winds in and out, up and down, around and over the hills. Althou gh it's one of tht> better fun -.,. , ",,' .. ,', .\'~~:"~~~f''i'If:~~~ , .' By Carolyn B. Richards Scrambles are always thrilling, but those held Sunday. February 26, 1967, at Cycleland Speedway, between Oroville and Chico, were more exciting than usual. There were some last-lap position changes during the all-class Valley M.C. program with 48 riders. When the 250cc class took the white flag, Bob Vaughan of Oroville. 7R, took a spill in the first corner. When he remounted his. Honda. he was last rider in the nin man field. Vaughan took one man in the second lap and another in the third iap. As he got the yellow nag at th end of the seventh lap. he was in sixth place and riding hard. During the eighth lap, the expert sportsman rider took one man in the track's dogleg, another on the jump and still one more in the last corner to make place third and trophy! In the fi rst heat race of the 500cc class, novice rider Duan Sanden of Nevada CHy, 137R, was right with the pack on the first lap when he lost controi of his Maico and took a ride through the track fence. 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