Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

"THE VOICE .................. CAU ~c AI IlIuaIer ••••••••••• CIIMIea C. ~ IIII10Iia 1lI_1II!I"•• SIlMOtI ~ Circalatioa Mer••• (iQe 'l1Iama_ Editor. • • • • • • • • • • • ClIIOl smas PlIoto Edi Deluds Greeae EdIIlndU lIoIIert BauIIard dYertisillc As5*. • L,.. Lucas&er Published weekly except the first aDd last week of the calendar year by C&S Publishing Co•• Post Offtce Box 498. Long Beach, california. Second Class postage paid a t Long Beach. Calif. AIl 01 os at A" A Motors took great pride In Rllger's success. Not oa1Y Is . . 0IIe at tile best-liked riders In district 37, but be Is tile 2nd JUcbest Amueur In National point standIDCs- 1be week atll.ls accldeDt be placed 2nd In tile MaiD at Lancaster 'I1lursdIJ DJcht. then down to Ascot wIlere be WOD !be !1attraclt Fr1day night (that's 5 MaiD EftDts) 1be next night at the TT be WOD his beat, but the motor went sour In the Main. 'I1leD tile motors were loaded up for the trip back to SaD JoIle SUDcla¥. As was 5tated In your ACCEPTABLE LE&lSUnOI Now that the furor over tbe • bellaw has subsided some. the tbougbt occurs to me that UlIQuestionably some enterprising legislator will whip up a new and perbapsmore acceptable bill. To whom the bill is more acceptable hecomes an important point for the motorcyclist to consider. We can he sold down the river for very few dollars. and if we are. it will be hecause of our own indifference. Tbe first defense to whatever bill is devised is generally sarcasm. and while it isn't completely without merit, suggestions that all legislators are idiotic or that tbe drivers of all vehicles including borse drawn carts he required to abide by tbe saine laws with wbicb motorcyclists must comply. Tbe real trutb is that motorcyclists should now be working with legislators to de ve lop a good bill. A bill whicb has logic and is based on tbe needs of the motorcyclist. A bill wbicb is acceptable to motorcyclists. We must do tbis or be saddled with some kind of law tbat is not acceptable, for the simple fact is. that we eventually WILL HAVE some kind oJ gpeclal laws concerning us. It is odd that with such a large number oJ cyclists there are so few tbat will take time to put into writing their views on any subject. I wonder if through Cycle ews and with your influence, you could solicit suggestions and act as tbe vox pop at tbe cyclist, forwarding sensible suggestions to Ie gislators known to be friendly to cyclists? W.C. ·WALLY· 'WEISLER Saratoga. Calif. (·We are prepaJ'iac to oIfer StIcces-me~ to tile Lecislators rttiJlc _torcycle la Saccestio.s from feaAlefS ill be ._ec ted.·) U lIlA IS Fa C 1be members of tbe So. CaIH. Ro8d Riders Committee wants to tbaDt; 100 for your assistance aDd cootrlllutioD to tile RRC Dual Benettt RlID aDd Rally, satarda7, Aurust Z6tIl. The Cycle News s1lblcl1ptloas were won by tile Stoddard FamJ.J:y aDd Mr. and Mrs. Del J>ee''CbMne 'I1IeT were chosen by Mr. and Mrs. Pruitt and Mr. Anderson of tbe L.A. Times, tile baDetlclaries of tile nm aDd rally. 1be event collected $249.OC for David Pruitt aDd cmlr $250.00 for tile Los ADpJes TImes summer Camp Fund. We especlany apprec1_ your mat1Dg up our Certlf1cate of CommeDdlltloll, an lten tbat we IIaYe needed for ORr seYeJl years. TbanIt you very mucll. S1Dcere1y Yours, Byrd, secretarJ, SCRRC AIb.m..... Calli. Bever., BE T 0 &OL AITE I lboucbt I would drql you a note on Racer GoJdtbwaitlle, as I mow III&IlY at your readers must be WOIIder'ing olll.ls COIIdItioB Ilfter II.Is lICCjdeat at SaD Jose 1/Z mIle. Be Is stUI uncooclous in tile SaD Jose BDspIuI (14 dI1S DOW, S ept 18). It Is to lID tell I f be bas lID)' ..noaa braiD ear., dI-ee. paper "Ros-r Is doInc amazlne thiDes witll his Royal Entte1d." AIl of us are bql1Dg "Ros-r Ramjet'· a speedy recovery. We are plIMI'\lr a benefit scrambles to help cover hospital bills. Any donations would be greatly apprec1Med. They can be sent to" Ros-r % A" A Motors, 2771 El C&m1Do, Redwood ctt;r, CallIornta, 94061. TbanIt You Cbarlle Wbeeler Redwood Cit;y, CalU. OUAYER'S HOME Inasmuch as my SOD, Chris Draayer, is receiving loads of mail from fans all over the IIltion, tbought i~ best to now notify you that he is over the critical period and we have moved him here to saIt Lake City. If you could make mention of this in the next issue, then they can write him bere instead of the bospital in Mo. The following address is oka..Y. Thank you mucb CHRIS J. DRAAYER Cllris Draayer Motors H-D Headquarters 872 SO. State St. S&.lt Lake City. Utah 84111 SKAMROCKSUPPORTER This is an open letter to the Shamrock M.C. I rode the calif. state Championsllip Hare & Hound. sept. 10. It is the first california event for tllis Oregon ridge-runner, and it was great. Marked perfect, excellent check points. just perfeel! I had a lBil! 1 also wish to thank the Checkers M.C. for gassing my bike at tbe gas check. 800 miles each way is a far piece to drive on a weekend. but I will return! Enclosed is a check for $7.50 for one year of Cycle News. Thank you. LARRY ULRlCH Bend, Oregon HAAIY FA. 1bere Is 110 credit to tile best allaround racer In the U.S.A, I am a racing faD and have been for l11lID)" years but wheD I read tile report in tile San Jose Natloaal"Were Roeder bad tile race in tile bag from tile start, due to 10 more horse POwer In the 14thIap. Where was the 10 horse power in tile beat race, when Dan's ~ was runn1nlr good? WIly not print the truth, you know as weU as tbousllDds of otIIers, If Dan's BSA bad run Uke it did in the Heat Race, Roeder would not ban bad a chance. We'U read about the Ascot Race and how the rest of the bikes ran, especiallY the HarIey- DavidsODs. ''lac I.lls - Evet ·TIIe Ibl. . Is _ .... _ I slsIIN III Ilv. fSSA's, II Editorial stories. cartoon. photos. etc. are welcomed and will be Paid for llPOn publicatioD (except press releases and ·Voice· letters. A~ dressed, stamped envelope assures return. Slacle copy price • • • • • • • •• ~ Sltbscriptioa: ODe e. Zad class IlIaiJ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • S'7oM ODe Year First Cia MaIl.. 14.00 (Sltbscribers please allow three eelIs for ad*e s ctIIlaCe.) Advertising rates and circulation information will be sent upon leQuest. Anybody wbo rides a motorcycle knows that he is only safe as long as he is in control of his (or ber) machine. Modem motorcycles are manufactured to perform like a prosthetic extension of the rider's mind. SOoner or later, bowever your mind may become clouded by an overdose of speed and you may find yourself on a bad trip. heading for a fall. It is important at such a time to keep from thinking· bere's where I get burt,· or other negative ideas. Most crasbes are caused by negative thinking on the part of the rider. Don't think cras h. Pretend instead that you are your favorite racing Expert and that you. by Aggie. will bring this motor under control or your IIlme isn·L . (fill in tbe name of your fa verite racing bero). Then if you must crash. at least tIy to tuck and roll (think of a someJsault) and pull your leiS and arIDS in to reduce injury. Aren't you glad you are (or don't you wisb that you were) wearing that nice. heavy jacket, belmet, boots and gloves? Don't stare at the ground approaching. Shut your eyes and duck your head Like you were being born again. You can now safelY believe that you are out of control. Nothing to do but wait until you come to a stop and hope it doesn't happen too abruptly. Now you open your eyes. A crowd bas gatbered around you, expecting the worst. You can start to cry now. baby. You eet another chance aDd now you have to face responsibili~. You broke the physical laws, arrested yourself and delivered your miserable balk to the mercy of the same laws youviolated. They let you off easy, you know that, don't you? Motorcycle racers have made a systematic art out of tugging the physical laws by the beard. A race track is a laboratory for learning bow far buman obstinacy can get in the face at these immutable laws. If you want speed. you'll have to learn the limits. By comparison with the permanent laws of gravity. centrifugal force, cycle dynamics and buman nature the traffic cop is a sympathetic friend, trying. by his lectures, example'and ticket book to band you a reprieve. from that bigher court of no appeal, wbere ignora~e is no defense, eIther. .***************************************. • • • • • • • • • • : : • CHAMPIO SHIPS : : A ROW! • • : CAIJFORNIA STATE CRAIlPlONSIDP RARE II HO~ SIIuuocks mrcycle CI b .y, September 10, 19&'1 : 1st - ~ AND JACK MORGAN WIN ~ • : • • • : : • • : • • : • • • • • DlS'l'RlC'l' 37 CHAMPIONSHIP HARE SCRAMBLES- Aalelope : Valley Raablers MlC Clab • Soday, SeptelDlier 17, 1961 • • • • • • • • • • • • .... _ T......·) COLMA ,FULTOIl VISIT ENGLISH E.W. ·Pete· Colman. General Manager of BSAoWester:n and JohnSOD Motors, departs for England this Friday in company with Jomo's new saIes Manager alt Furtodor a twoweek tour of the factories. • : JACK MORGAN : - HODAKA : Robert Patterson Fair oaks, Calli. ...... ~ lie.. _ . H.., s ft c-. HoO's, _ &lItl1d FACTOIY ~ SH111. . CIIif. LEAVITT POWER TOOL co...c:. s-t_ al" c....... c..... 22i5 It_ _ PIIeatl 1'15) I3SoeJl . . . . . . . . . . . ., PAIATCI • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • •

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