Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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·THE VOICE OF CALIFORNIA' Pabltsber lIJId AdverUstng Ma.aapr ••••••••••• Cbarles C. Clayton Buslne ss Manager•• Sbaron Clayton C1rcuIatioo Mer••• Gaye lboma8OD Editor••••••••••• Rudl Hutmut Photo Eeltor••••• Oemls Greene Editorial Assistant-Rubert Bradford EditorW stories, cartoon, photos, etc. are welcomed and will be paid for upon publication (except press releases and -Voice- letters. Addressed, stamped envelope assures return. &411 N. LIII Buell BI'lL Slade copy price ••••••••• 2:i¢ LIII leacll, Calif. Advertising Assl.. • LYDJI Lancaster Subscription: One year 2nd class Dr: Btl _, Lilli Beacll, Calif. Mail •••••• , , •••••••• $7.:10 Published weekly except the first One Year First Class Mail•• $14.00 and last week of tbe calendar year P....e:42HUl (Subscribers please allow Ihree by C&S Publishing Co., Post Office (Area CHe 2lJ) weeks for address cbange.) BOJt 498, Long Beach, California. Advertising rates and circulation Second Class postage paid at Long FI1III L.A. P.... &3&-8844 information will be sent upon request. Beacb, Calif. _Ii es: BY CHUCK CLAYTON Legislative Battle Nears finish ENTHUSIASTIC SPORTSMAN While selling motorcycles some time ago in Orange County, I came across your very excellent weekly competition newspaper. I would very much like to subscribe to your publication, would you please send me the subscription rates? As soon as received I will send you the necessary funds so we can get this transaction under way and I can start receiving my ·Cycle News.By the way, I would like to mention that "CYcle World- magazine sent your address upon my request. I am an inmate at the state prison and couldn't locate your address, so I wrote them. Between the two publications (yours and ·Cycle World-) I should be able to keep well up on the wonderful sport of motorcycling. Enthusiastically , ALAN W. ANDERSON On Friday, the 28th of July, the legislature of the state of California will adjourn until next January. Unless a miracle happens between now and the 28th, the motorcycle sport and industry in the Golden State will find itself hamstrung by a new set of regulations which on the surface appear to be reasonable efforts to make cycle riding safer, but actually underneath, are cunni ngly designed to discourage new riders from taking to two wheels. New riders will be required to obtain a car drivers license before they can even begin to learn how to operate a motorcycle. If this isn't a classic case of putting the cart before the horse, I'U eat my eyeshade. By the letter of the compulsory helmet law, you can be arrested for riding without a helmet in your own driveway! Unless you are content waiting for a miracle, you should get busy right now writing letters. sending telegrams and making your opposition to A.B. 978 known to your state senator. Next hurdle * lflfesf ~ ~ *Reslllts FI(JIII Cycle SlidewflY··· One of these men might win theIntemational Wodd Championship and get to caress the coveted Desh of Miss International Wodd of 1968, Trophy Queen for thisCycle Slideway Championship. (Wait'll you see HERO Will it be American Barge Charger, the hotshoe of whom graces the foreground of our picture, or will it be the hope of Latin American, personified by cIean-livingPwnto Via, whom we wituess in a feetup cwssup as he feels out the fine, smooth track in practice. Or it could even be the English favorite Sir RUDJc.happe or the Oriental champion Takahashi who'll be coming out on the track to take their measure next week! s..I,.. ., C)cle ...., _ 1lle ~ . . . c.r. lOll _ . U.I a.dl, Calif. III _II IIIIt ..... u .. 1... QUESTION: Every time I go for a ride lately cops write me up for the most mickey mouse things. I mean moving violations. One more and I get a bicycle. I would plead Not Guilty but what's the use? I s there anything I can do to keep from getting tickets? I'm serious. J.5. - Orange. Senate Finance Committee George Miller Jr., Chairman, Martinez. Steven Teale, Railroad Flats Hugb Bums, Fresno Randolph Collier, Siskiyou Richard Dohrig, Athertou Douald Grunsky, Watsonville Robert Lagomarsino, Ventura Albert Rodda, Sacramento Jack Schrade, San Diego Alan Short, Stockton Walter Stiern, Bakersfield Howard Way, Exeter. Assuming that your machine is legal, Quiet and not a chopper, perhaps your problem is caused by "style- of riding. A conspicuous rider may be safer on the road, but he stands out in the eyes of traffic patrols. If there's anything about your riding that would cause others to be frightened for their safety or yours, you'll probably get a "mickey-mouse ticket- just to slow you down. By all means plead not guilty if you are sure you aren't. With your drivers license at stake, plus higher insurance premiums, isn't it wortb a few days in court? Letters or telegrams may be addressed to the Senators by name, care of the State Capitol;Sacramento, California. oil more often in summer than winter and why? J.1. - Chino. ~-_................~----~~-----QUEmON: I have a 1967 Montesa KAPiTOL KATZ MEOW FOR HELP The Kapitol Katz are in desperate need of a proper insurance' program for Sportsman Road Racers at Austin Raceway Park. The raceway requires 55,000 life, 53,000 medical and 540/ week for a manmum of 52 weeks coverage for each rider. The AMA has been unable to help us. What does the AFM do? This coverage is required for all participants at a NHRA-sanctions track. Turn us on immediately. JOHN BLANTON Austin, Texas (Insurance lDen arise! Please ligbt Bl.nton's rire.) danger bill is the Caillornia Senate Finance Committee. Let's try and bottle it up in there by communicating with the following members of that commi ttee. Incidentally, we are inde bted to Miss Bar bara Dah ms of Los Angeles for these senators' names and the districts they represent. to fit a slightly larger counter sprock· et, with a correspondingly larger rear dri ve sprocket to minimize chain wear. Also, use a good chain lube, like Dri-8lide on it occasionally. Don't worry about the Montesa frame. lt's sturdy. 250 which has been ridden mosUy on the road and a few timesin the trails. Now itgrinds and jerks going through the gears or when I turn the power on hard. I can't see anything wrong, butit feel's like tbe frame is bending. And I have to adjust the chain 3 times in 500 miles. Have you ever beard of anything like it? C.C. - Long Beach. ANSWER: Yes, it sounds like another case of ·Spanish Chain.Switch to #428 Diamond chain and be glad you've got a gear--driven primary. If your bike has run very long with the inferior standard chain, you may have to replace the countershaft sprocket. If so, it is advisable ANSWER: QUEmON: Isittruel should change AlSWER: No, in fact just the opposite! In the winter your oil is diluted by unburned fuel that goes ~nto the lower end when the engine IS cold, thus the viscosity becomes thin. In the summer there is not much gas going unburnt to the crankcase and oil changes will be as frequently needed. QUESTION: I would like to know the address of Zundapp and NSU. ANSWER: ZUENDAPP,Gesellschaft Fuer Den Bau Von Spezialmaschinen M.B. H., 16 Moltkestrasse, Nuernberg I, West Ge... many. N.5.U., Vereinigte Fahrzeugwerke, Neckarsulm, West Germany, F.A. Marrs-Long Beacb