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"I only go to see the boats,"
they were saying as they poured into
the Los Angeles Sports Arena last
weekend. But all 91.000 who attended thronged in awe around the
mezzanine where the motorcycles
stole the show.
Trials and Teaclling Macbine
The bikes were ranged around the
Sports Arena like the rim of a giant
wheel. Outside rose the roar of ringdings as the "trials course" offered
rides to showgoers for 501t a throw.
Everyone who took 'advantage of this
opportunity to tryout the bikes got
a button that said "I did it at the
Cycle World Show."
The motorcycle simulator or
"teaching machine" developed by
Cycle News made its first full-scale
de but at the show with private dem?nstrations given for government,
lDdustry and education leaders. Neal'"
ly everyone who took the simulated
ride made one or two errors that
could have been dangerous if it had
been in real traffic instead of a movie.
Attendance broke all records for
a three day show. Last year 100 000
viewed the bikes in four days. New
models outshone the glittering customs, amoung them the giant German
Mammut four, distributed by Floyd
Clymer, the new 360 Bultaco. Greeves
and Montesa scramblers. the nifty
100cc Moto Beta and the 50cc Mondial teacup racer, as well as the new
White scrambler in roadgoing trim.
the Norton 750 scrambler, the new
Van Tech and the Honda 450 scrambIer. For your unhurried view of the
show. see the pictures on these
pages.
