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Cycle News 1967 06 22

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T. BIG PUSH FROM IIOlfTESA- .....u . _ s stan (II,,) ext_s '_-'I and wi she I III success to .11 sales ..d s."lce representatl"" _0 are Pial on tour all 0". the U.S. to .e",lce pre ... ant lIontesa deal. . . .d sip .. ones. 1If01'- Is all pa1c1 the BII Pusll fromllanteu for 1!l67 til 1M ludlnllmport house Ellropean IIlhtwellht IDOtorcycles. Dolnl the pushlnl la .....,al partl of tile count" will be Larry Bessey, Happy iloplllns, L.ry Jobnson, Dick SteJr, Ed A1111utt Ta Gifford. Bill Sbatner, Capt. James Kirk of the populaz NBC-TV series -star Trek. - leads an exciting life off camera as well as on. The Canadian born ac,tor finds motorcycle riding, especially on dirt roads Wld in the wide open spaces, stimulating and yet relaxing_ -The excitement of dirt-bike riding takes my mind off the problems and long hours of the series, - says Sbatner. -The only trouble is, 1 have so little spare time. My five days on the set aze from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. and if 1 don't spend one day with my wife and three daughters they forget who 1 am when I see them on weekends. -1 usually ride on the, desert with friends in the entertainment business on Sundays. This doesn't giv·e me much time to rest but somehow I manage.. When DesHu Studio found out .5balner was motorcycle riding. they requested be desist from same as means of transportation until be had finished filming the serie5-40 weeks later! But two of Sbatner's riding cronies happen to be his lawyer and his agent and between the three of them they wrote a nice letter to Desilu informing the studio tbere was nothing in his contract to prohibit bim from riding_ To date, Bill's extra curriculaz riding has not caused any production protlems. But it was a little hard for 0' TWO INA RO WATCH CHUCK BAKER GO BAKER WINS ASCOT TT NOVICE FINAL (otlter Montesa goers) BAY MARE TT SCRAMBLES JUNE 6, 1967 115 Main Moto 1st Place Miciey Allola 2nd Place Chuci Partinson ATASCADERO RA BLERS SCRAMBLES MAY 28, 250cc Novice 1st Place Rodney Morton 250cc Amateur 1st Place Ted Sloan 250cc Expert 1st Place George Omo "' SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TT JUNE 10, 1967 Novice Main 1st. Place Chucle Baleer MESA SPEEDWAY MAY 28. 1967 250cc Novice 1st Place B. Richardson SIt_ CIRIe s lID... hi ear1II Ii 111 iii s MIlItesa. Shatner to take falls in a fight scene one Monday when he had flipped his bike that Sunday and bruised his leg. -That was one daylhe 'bad guys' almost won,' Shatner noted. ...flnd mllcllfJ /IK),e ./ .MONTESA MOTORS, INC'. °S.Ie U.s. Distributor, 3657 Beverly Blvd., los Angeles, Calif. Telephone: NO 3-B258-Dept, CoB.

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