Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

-THE YOICE OF CALIFORNIA- 1411 N. L_C BeacIt 11ft. L_C BeacIt, Calif. 9DII5 Or: Bel aI, L-e Beaell, Calif. PIlIae: UHal (Area CHI 2U) F.-L.A......1: . . . . . . COOLEY'S COLUMN MISSED I have a nearly complete files of Nat!. m/c mags and weekly local m/ c newsPllDer since 1957 when my son Paul started sportsman competition riding. Your ·Cycle News" bas shown most improvement (& longevity) of any of them. r Ithink omission of "Coolies Column" is a mistake. All news doesn't have to be favorable. Maybe Cooley has a fair number of readers agreeing with parts of his Articles. Why not continue to print his column, if ne cessary adding a note that· Cycle News· does not necessarily agree with all his stands on various matters. Congratulations anyway. OLINS. HUNT Woodland Hills (·Thanks, Olin. Fact is, Cycle News does oot necessarily agree with all of anyone's stands on various matters. see below.") COOLEY COMPLAINS so STOICHIOMETRISTS TAKE NOTE: Your answer to D.C., Hemet (March 23 issue) was but not strictly accurate. True, an engine will run hottest at "Stoichiometric" - which means that the fuel-air mixture is in theoretically correct ratio for complete burning. Note the word "theoretically." If an engine is properly designed and properly tuned, some running at stoichiometric fuel-air ratio should not prove disastrous. Maximum steady state power (top speed) is obtained at a fuel-air ratio aPproximat'ely 10% rich. At this ratio, peak combustion temperatures are about 2% lower than at stoichiometric. Due to the fact that gasoline has a hi gher density than air, and a correspondingly greater inertia, for best all-round performance, jetting should be .slightly richer 10% still. Jetting slightly leaner than Stoichiometric will result in a reduction of combustion temperature, and your best mileage carburetor setting is slightly lean. Further leaning can lead to such complications as burned valves or, on two-strokes. stuck and burned pistons. If you are prone to argue, I Quote as my source Dr. C. Fayette Taylor. of MIT, and his excellent advanced text "The Internal Combustion Engine." In any event, I do enjoy your paper, especially the calendar. ROB HARRlSON Pomona there is no misunderstanding, the following is a statement which I sent out to A.C.A. members: ·Many of you may have been wondering what happened to Cooley'S column in Cycle News. If you follow my column regularly, you will realize that several weeks ago I was criticized by the Editor for my views on the ANA and the Daytona race, and, in general because my column was Quite controversial. Because of the basic difference of opinion as to what a contri botor can write in his column. I feel if I am going to be censored, my column would be of no use or value to the reader, so I am temporarily discontinuing my weekly column in cycle News. I do intend to continue advertising in the publication, listing Our events in the Calendar of Events. and sending in results and articles concerning our events, and hope the publication will find space to run these." I have had so many inquiries in the last several weeks about my column that 1 decided to clarify the situation in my Bulletin. I think possibly this will get you off the hook, since actually you have been changing and censoring my column Quite a bit. This way, your advertisers won't be bothering you about Wes Cooley in the future. and since you don't have to read any other column as closely as mine, this will save you a great d.eal of time. It's been fun and I'm sorry it couldn't have oontinued. I think it was good for your publication, but naturally I realize you can't afford to be harrassed or pos- Publillber_••_ Chac.. Clayton Business Manacer••• .sbaron Clayton Circulation Manager,Gaye lbomason Editor•••••••••••••••••••••• Rudi Hartmut Associate Editor.••••••••••Caroi Sims Advertising Manager••••••• .Jac.. Dair Photo Editor•••••••••••Dmois Greme Ad & Edit. Asst•••••Robert Bradford Prodilction Assistant.•••••Randy say Published weekly except the first and last week of the calendar year by c&s Publishing Company, Post Office BOX 498, Long Beach, Calif. Please allow three weeks for w dress cbaDce. second ClUs Postage paid at LoDe Beach. caI1f. of this newspaper except copyripted matter may be used without permission as loog as cre~ lt is given. Editorial stories, caJtoons, photos are welcOlled and will be paid for upon pUblication. A~ dressed, stamped envelope assures return. Single copy price , •••••• , , ~ SubscripUClIIS: ODe year 2Dd clau aaiI • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• $7.50 AdverUBiDg rates will be seat on request. Any Part sibly associated with the ACA or myself since we are so controversial. Possibly in tbe future the situation will change and you might find a place for my column in your paper, only under a much different agreement than in the past. W.S.COOLEY President, ACA ("Cycle News employs 00 censors, Wes. However we now have some fact checkers. Your column is welcome any time. If you wish to bypass the editorial desk you might consider taking a paid ad to exptess your shakier opinions. That Bulletin must cost a bunch'") THE TIME HAS COME On APril 9, 1967 a most distasteful disregard for the majority was perpetrated against the real desert riders, at the Victors Hare and Hound. For months the run was advertised to start at 10 sharp. This never happened. The start was put off until 11, in order to allow the latecomers a chance to ride. The majority was not even taken into consideration. Gene Carter was informed that the run would not start at the given time. And what did he do? NOTHING. Is this the way a person who wants to represent us in Columbus should act? If he can not stand uP to one club, how can the riders of District 37 exp ect him to stand UP in Columbus? Let's set UP the rules so that majority will benefit: 1. When a club sets a starting time, the race will start at that time. If not that clu b will lose its points. 2. That the sign up will stop half an hour before the start. If not that club will lose points. 3. When the posters are made up, it will state how long it will take to arrive at the pits from a given point. BILL A. ZAREMBA Dynamites (One Of The Better Clubs) (·How do other Dist. 37 clubs reel about this?") EXPLORER SCOUTS Two specialty Explorer Scout posts for motorcycling will be formed for youths in the 14-16 year age group in Orange and Los Angeles counties in the near future. The Orange County post, scheduled to become operative next week, will he sponsored by local motorcycle dealers and will involve .a wide range of activities, including training for search and rescue missions, disaster communications. and teaching others motorcycle safety On highways and trails. The post will also en gage in En glish trials and rallies competition with other clubs. A plot of ground has been offered by tile Irvine Ranch for these purposes. Unlike the Orange County post, which is aimed primarily at youths already familiar with motorcycle operation, the L.A. County post is primarily for Explorer Scouts who do not know how to ride motorcycles. Training will be done by. a local law enforcement agency with the assistance of the Public Safety Department qf the Automobile Club of SOuthern California. For teaching purposes, BSA has donated fifteen new 250cc Starfires to the L.A. post. THE RUMOR MILL WOULD YOU BELIEVE? •••That Brigadier General Frank Everest, who commanded that all-important Safety Seminar at Norton Air Force Base last year, is the son of 4-star General Frank Everest who personally countermanded a directive requiring motorcycle riders in his European command to wear safety helmets? General Everest senior, a sports car buff, substituted choice for compulsion in this vital matter, as any enthusiast would. · . ...That Jan & Pat Ward, officials of the Auto-Cycle Union, were amazed on their recent SoCal visit at the variety of riding equipment available to us in the U.S? Seems the import duty in their native New Zealand cuts down on the new cars and IIi kes there, . ...... ..... .. .. .... .... ·.. ... .... .... .. ......... · . .. •••That Evel Knievel has already flown a Quarter mile with his jet bike? ...lbat leading expert rider Swede sa vage is being groomed for a lour-Mteeled future by none other than Dan Gurney? .•. that an American company is building sporting machines to represent the U.S. in the International Six Days Trial? . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . SACHS ENTERS THE U.s. MARKET Fichtel& sachs AG of West Germany, builders of sachs motorcycle engines have opened a direct factory branch for national distribution of their motorcycles and vehicle engines. The branch, named SACHS MOTORS CORPORATION will be operating out of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Sachs Motors Corporation will continue the sales and service of the former distributor Prior-Hercules Corporation. Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The motorcycle brand name HERCULES is being supplanted by the well established trade mark of ·SACHS·. SMC will offer a line of three mod.els to start, 50cc and 80cc street, and a competition model of the renowned SACHS ·Six Days Trials" machine. All models will have five speed transmissions. The 80cc street machine will introduce the new SACHS Automatic Oil Injection, first to be offered on a European motorcycle. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS By the Answer Man NOBODY S.d your qUlstlons to Thl Answlf Man, Care of Cycll News, Bo. 498, Long Beach, Calif, Sorry, Wllu... 01 l1li11 does Dot allow us to s...d Indlvl"'al feplilS. !lSKED.'

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