Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

....... ......... .......... '..- ...... ....... .- - -~ .. • "iDiJ, ~ ~ "~'. . NEV.-DULL Magic I'rIsb NEVR.ouU IS so EASY TO USEJ IT REMOYES RUST, WILL NOT HARM FINEST FINISH NON AeRASIVE SAVES TIME •.• SAVES 'NORK ••• SAVES MONEY . . . . . . - . . 101 "7. IIU.. CALI'CHt.,.. DlstrlllllDr/Dul. 1 ....lrl.. 1.,,1t... ALI E -LAYER LOOKS AT GREENHORN by Bob Greene TII,re always lias 11 lie Ole, .Ie m tlllt lOt oily Illes fbe pII,nial • •aliac actlletwe.. ~e . . al" lie lIIys, but lie rul fbat pes en against all Hils ultll it beClmes kiall .f a legeall. Like lIIe ilClllll.allle Big Bear H., 011 HIIIIIlI au lIIe Jadt Piae EadlN, • • "III ,ast IistlrJ, fllis y.rs 21st _ _ .....ag (J. . I .11 4) .f III• •"'Ie Gre nI EIlI. . ,.ses a rilfllll cllallllgl 11 eIlI all cIIaIleages. ribbon, lime, or arrow marking cards. A Greenhorn Priller .***************~ I TIff rwo-wHEnEI A: * SUZUKI ~: * Really fw c..... DeI',ery! t I__at, * * W. cal. * * ,,*****************.' 1655 La (714) 616-0604 RI.ral .... CANOGA PAR T~ 7233 CANOGA AVE. 346-3700 ••• • • • •LAST• • • AT • • • • • • •au) 2Il-llU• • • • • ••• • HI~ pistons For Honda 450' II What's the combination to finishing Greenhorn? Well, it's kind of a three-point program that we might as well kick around right here and now: determination, lots of cool, and proper machinery. First let's take big point number one: deiermination. Som e guys call it guts but that's really not the word; determination is what it takes, and you might find you have a little more than you thought when you consider that back in the Fifties the boys used to go the route in Greenhom on those big police model Harley and Indian 61's and 74's. Suddenly that lightweight of yours feels kinda like a toy, doesn't It? Some folks lost their determination when they lost the course or missed a check. Don't make that mistake. Retrace your steps and pick up the course if it takes an hour, or press on regardless. Sometim es sections of the course are thrown out same for checks, if course marking's are obliterated. And no matter how discouraged you become from fatigue, remember that the guy next to you is probably feeling just as wiped out. Only on one occasion sbould you allow determination to wane; when phy leal ubaulltlon endaneers your well-belne or coatlolof U1e machine. The rule book says that the course must be marked every two miles, so if you go over two miles and don't spot it, turn around and go back to the last ma: rker • , The mamstay of the marking crew will be lime, but remember that the marking crew cannot always carry as much lime as they would like on a run of this distance, and sometimes they run out. You can tell when they do, when they are forced to go onto the lighter cards or ribbon, so don't depend ,exclusively on lIme. But even markIng cards have their, limitations, for th ey usually requIre a wooden stake for support, and wooden stakes, like lime, can only be carried in relatively small quantities. So it boils down to the ribbon as ~ing ~he course markers' emerge~cy kIt; WIth half a dozen rolls of nbbon he can go on forever, but you:ll really have to look sharp to spot It, especially ribbon that is a couple of weeks old. Also in the Cool Department, if your bike is a gutless wonder, or if you have trouble keeping on schedule for any reason and are fallinlf close to an hour behind, try leaVll.lg the lunch or gas checks up to 14 ffilnutes early. You'll probably take a penalty of 2 points per minute early, but better to lose points than to be disqualified for arriving at the next the hills or bottlenecks, and ride to finish rather than letting a mom ent of reckless haste or misjudgement knoc k you out of con ten tion, Should you become an hour late, don"t let it bug you, but press on for the experience or the chance that the dirty check that did YOU in will be tossed out for some reason. It has happened! Final point, Proper Machinery: Don't go out with your bike hanging by a thread. Bad clutches, worn rings, and thin skins will eat you up in the desert when the going gets tough. Try to have traction and gearing compatible for steep hills and deep sand, especially if you're new at the game. Sure I ran over mo 51 of my section with a stock Hodaka shod with street tires, but to do it you've got to keep the engine on the boil most of the time; besides, this was a month before the run, when the weather was relatively damp and the san d much more firm. And Finish! As for the course, I don't know what those wild men on the Saturday morning section have in store for you, but if you make it to the Saturday lunch stop, I guarantee you'll go the route, for I feed you the worst bill of the afternoon in the first 20 minutes, and although it's a \

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