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·THE VOICE OF CALIFORNIA· serving all1be West Publisher aad AdverUstng Manager ••••••••••• Charles C. Clayton Editorial stories, cartoons, photos. Business Manager•• Sharon Clayton etc. are welcomed and will be paid Circulation Mer••• Gaye Tbomason for upon publication (except press Editor•••••••••••• Carol Sims releases and ·Voice" letters.) AdPboto Editor••••• Dennis Greene dressed, stamped envelope assures Editorial Assistant-Robert Bradford return. &411 N. Leag Beaell BI,'" Single copy price , •••••••• 2a¢ LOII& Beacll. Calif. 50815 Subscription: One year 2nd class Published weekly except the first Mail •••••••••••••••• $7 .~O Dr: Box UB, LOig Bea«*, Calif" and las t week of the calendar year One Year First Class Mail•• $14.00 by c&s Publishing Co., Post Office PIIHe:42H4n (Subscribers please allow three Box 498. Long Beach. California. week ror address change.) (Area Code 213l Second Class postage paid at LODg Advertising rates and circulation Beach. Cali!. From L.A. Ph.-es: &3&-8844 informatio" will be seDt upon request. BY CHUCK CLAYTON MACHINE OF YOUR DREAMS CONTEST CLOSES DECEMBER FIRST... GET YOUR ENTRY IN SUDDENLY Stop whatever you are doing! Get a pencil and turD to the "WIN TH E MACHINE OF YOUR DREAMS" contest blank in this issuel Write why yon like riding motorcycles in the space provided and go W.F .0. to your nearest mailbox and post it! There! Now you have a cbanceofwinnlngl) a new Norton 750cc P-ll road/scrambler or 2) a new 100cc Yamaha trail bike or 3-52) a cycledelic Cycle News T-shirt of many colors by Hogan. What's that? You are Dot a subscriber to Cycle t'ews? You'll never be a winner that wayl Turn to page two of this newspaper, get out your pencil again and give yourself a gift subscription (don't worry If you are short of coins. We trust you. Just tell us to bill you later). Gobbuckety-buck to the mailbox again. There. Now you can be a winner! TOYS FOR TOTS As you no doubt know the U.S. Marine Corps bas their "Toys for Tots" drive every year prior to Christmas. Again this year the members of the Oxnard Motorcycle Club are going to put on a "Toys for Tots" Poker Run. This run Is a little ditferent than most lnasm u.ch as we accept all size bikes and car entries. The doDation Is 50 cents and one new or repairable toy per persoD, with all proceeds going to the Marine Corps. In past years we have just drawn riders from this area as we didn't advertise any place but around bere. This year we are adding Field Events to the run and we are going to try to get riders from all of the Southern California area. We feel that runs like this endeavor to help better relationships between motorcyclists and the public, and also help to make a better Christmas for a lot of little kids that otherwise might not have any toys to play with. The date of our run Is set up for December 10th, 1967, sign in begins at 8: 00 a.m. Further Information available from the address below. RON SCHALL President, Oxnard M.C. P.O. Box 1094 Oxnard, Calif. 93030 NOTE TO BOB EBELING I just read your article In Cycle News In your Drag Scene "HONDA BEATS HARLEY". Well, I'd like to give you the facts behind this as Tommy Conner didn't seem to give them to you just right. I had to "spot" this l60Cc Honda over "SIX SECONDS", not FIVE, as you stated and also we use the Christmas Tree lighting system and when the last yellow light "went-out" I dropped the clutch and the BIG RED EYE "caught me, but even at this I passed the Honda and put more than THREE Semi-Trailer Trucks between us at the finish. My E.T. was 11.41 at 119.35 mph. So, please put this In your next Issue to let the Harley boys know exactly what happened on the "HONDABEATSHARLEY" Bit. Yours in Drag Racing, DAN JAMES Austin. Texas WHERE'S EVERYBODY GO? Enter Cycle News' New Subscription Contest! PRIZES GRAND PRIZE 8 Brand New NORTON p.l1 Dual-Purpose SCl8mbler. Waillil you gel the pink slip on this brawny, mal'\osized cycle! Ride lion the road as a line louring Norton, or lake oH the lights aoo PRESTO! Irs a gaspinaly fast P-ll Scrambler. Guaranteed to crank off 9Qoplus quarter-mites and bring home the trophies fOI you, If you're the winner. nasT PRlZI-- Yamaha TraUmaster 100. Perfect for one, two or three- bike families. The in-demand. best handling bike In its claSSo-on or 011 the road. Has Yamaha"s standard featules such as famous single rotary vallie engine prOIl1lfl oil injection system, easy shifting 4-speed gearbox, and water-and dUS~ prool brakes, plus special features lor oll·tt.road riding: Double sprocket for both street and trail ridin&. adiustable rell shocks, strong engine lUard plate, easy electric starter. and large knobby t.!.!!!:-- RULES Entries will be jadced on originality, sincerity and aptness of thought. Contest ends on t.hlklight, December 1st, 1967,and entries postmarked after that date will not be eligible to WIn. All entries become the property 01 C&S Pubhsh109 Company and none will be returned. In case of duplicatIon the earHest post· mark decides, the winner. Contest not open to employees 01 C&S Publishing Co. 01 their famlhes. HOW TO ENTER "R.~T-Subscllbeto It IS Cycle News. This is NOT a subscription blank. an entry blank lor the contest only. If you ore already a subscriber, please attach address lobe I from CYCLE NEWS here. S£CX)NI)- Complete the toUOWln, statement In 25 words or less: -. Like Killia, Motorcycles Beause . • .............................................................................. fUse thiS blank Of a leasonable fac".le) Thars all there 1$ to do. II you're I subscnbe' )'0tI have • dlance of wlMIOllhe -rudune of your dreall5.,· the IlIalrnhcerU Norton P·ll, or any 01 50 other valu able, unique pozes. Mail to: CYc....... S11lt1Crt., c...... Ilea. a...1IJNdt. C..",..l I live In an Isolated area, Westend, California, In the Mojave Desert. I go down below about once a month. There are times when I come Into the city that I would like to socialize with cyclists. I bought your paper to see If maybe some bar, coffee club or night club owners a d v e r Ii sed their places as gathering places for cyclists. There were no such advertisements. A cyclist gave me one address in Hollywood but It turned out to be a gathering place for homsexuals. I have nothing against homosexual motorcyclists' but I prefer the company of women, or men who are attracted to women. A plain old bar. I've only had my cycle for six months, a R-50 BMW. My first major contact with cyclists other than the ones in this area was at the Death Valley Run. I'm shy by nature and I was too embarrassed to ask where any of them hung out in the city. I even feel silly writing this letter. Can you help me? Whether you can or can't f enjoy your paper. I wish I'd come across It sooner. I would like to subscribe for one year. I enclose my check. Thank you. CHUCK BARAN P.O. Box 15 Westend, Calif. • Why don't a (ew ri ders drop Chuck a line and invite him down to their (avorite hangout to bolst a few next lime he's in town?") DYNA-MITES ASK HELP FOR TAYLOR Concerning !he December 3rd scheduled run sponsored by the Dyna- Mites MlC; due to events beyond our control, the forthcoming run must be cancelled. Persons having planned to ride the run, however, are being asked to send the money they would have spent on the entry fee to Willy Taylor, 15565 E. Garo, Hacienda Heights, Calif., who was severely injured while laying out the run• PHIL HOLCOMB Recording Secretary Dyna-M1tes Mlc Temple City. Calif.