Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

• America's Only Weekly Motorcycle Newspaper" Pu blish t'r• •••• Cha rles C. Clay ton Edito rial stories , ca rtoons. phot os , Bus i.... ss 'tlanagt' r•• Sharo n Cla y'ton d e. are wel comed a nd will b.. paid C.i rcula ti on Ml:r• •• Gayt' Thoma ';"n for upon publication (e xc ept pre s s Edi tor• • • • • • • • • • •• Ca rol Sims re lea s e s and ' Voice" let ter s.) AdAd"t' rtisi nl: 'tll:r••• • • • Tom Cul p dr e s se d, stamped .. nv e lope assu res P ho to Edi tor• • ••• Den ni s Gre.. n.. re turn . i\ SS' l. Bus . )l gr••• Mt'l inda Fost..r Sinltle ro py pric e • •• • ••• •• 25( Lab Technt ctan•• • •BiIl P t'ui l;rP" Subscriptio n: One y'..ar 2nd class Rt'c('ptioni s l. • • • •Loui s .. )ta rsh al l Mail . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7. 50 Publi shed wee kly exce pt the first On.. " par Fi rs t C lass Mail• • $1-1.00 and last wee k of the cale nda r year ( Subscr t bers pl e-. s e all o w three . by C&S P ubli shin g Co•. P ost Offi ce .. P .... " for a ddrpss cha n It ...) Box 498 , Lona Beach , California. Adver ti s ing rat e s and ci rculation Se cond Cl a s s postage pai d at Lon g tnrormauo n will be se nt upon reque s t. Bea ch , Ca lif. DID YOU KNOW? HOW DO THEY SCORE THE POINTS? If space pe r mits in the paper sometime, how about an article on the workings of the point system? May be both sportsman and Class C. How are points awarded and how many are required to move to Amateur and Expert? Keep up the grea t paper. Thank you . JAMES De LARGE Santa Barbara, Calif. (' Sco ring s ystems for both sportsman a nd professional AMA racing are included in this issue. And thanks for the sugeestion, " ) W HAT ABOUT A STRO"G ORGANIZATION? I get rather discouraged a t times . It seems tha t we ha ve too many people in the industry and in the publication field who would r ather shut up than put up. ' Thei r fa talis tic attitude of .. ...hat·s the use" will get us regulated off the highways completely if we don· t change the picture. Your editorials and efforts through your newspaper and through your perso nal contac ts ha ve been ve ry valuable . We need a strong organization of road riders - maybe a Federation of International Road Riders. or something li ke that. I would be very interested in helping organize and promote su ch an idea. I r etired from teaching last J une , and have so me ti me now. Have you cons ide red s uc h pos s lbl1lties? CLIF F BOSWELL 1177 As h St. Arroyo Grande , Calif. 93420 (" No, but it' s no t too late to s ta rt thin"Ing about it. II'hat do yo u think , readers ?" W ANT A DIST. 35 SPORTSMAN CARD? In case riders are interested in getting a Dis trict 35 Sportsman card applica tion . I will be happy to send anybody one who sends me a self-addres sed stamped envelope. CHUCK RAMAGE 2948 E . Carmen F r e s no. Calif. 93703 NATIONAL " UMBERS? Would it be possible for you to obtain and print a list of all the national num ber s. the me n to whom the y be long and the ci ty an d s tate in which th ey r eside? I'm s ure all your readers would appreclate an d en joy It. I've never seen a list before but I would like to, Maybe you could print a new one in your paper at the beginning of each new yelil" . ARDEN A. ANNIS Redondo Beach. Calif. ("1be co mplete li s tin g of al l Na tio nal Numbe rs, aJon g with their home towns. appears In this Is s ue." ) THE MAELY FLAT SPECIAL RACING .cxJTS. 8- h iah . I.e. d. we icht 2 Ibs . per I). if $15.95 plus e.e .e . post~ •• KEN shoeman M AELY the Route 2, Box 758, Corona, ~I il. let tit, ."" wit, /lJun Nil! $25. plus C.O.D. & Pastace S~d boot ar carboard cu\ll.t *-********* .. .That Cyc le News now has s ubs cr iber s in ever y s ta te ex cept Delaware? *••*••••****•*••••* ...You' ve hea r d abo ut Yamaha' s dive rsific ation Into s nowmob iles. gui tars, skis an d pianos, but did you know that the y al s o ma ke a flne outboard motor? • • • ! • * •• • •• *••••*•• ...A battle of the books may be s haping up on the r oa d r ac e cour ses of Ame rica . Cycle MagaZine wtll fie ld a thre e- man team in the Daytona class i c , with s taffers Gordon Jennings, Cook Nielson and Je ss Thoma s I.' n t I.' red . And Cycle Wor ld mon thly has recently engaged Canadian r oad racer Mike Duff for its editorial staff. ••*•*•••••••••*•••• HODAKA SERVICE M At4U AL AVAI LABLE TO INDI VI DUALS Ti ger Distr ibuti ng Co•• Southwest representative for Hodaka motorcycles ann ounced that the excellent 161-page service manual for the Hodaka Ace 90 can now be purchased by Individual owners . Formerly available only to dealers. the ultra-complete, fully tllustrated servi ce manual cove r s eve ry as pe ct of the Hodaka, r ight up to , but not Incl uding, the 1968 5- s pe ed , 98cc model. P rice Is $5.75 at an y Hodaka dealer ' s . SO. CAL. SCHOOL LAUNCHES RIDER TRAINING COURSE The course will be divided in to two section. one for persons 18 years or ol der with a dri ver's license and the ot he r section for those unde r 18 years who hav e completed both dri ver educalio n an d driver training classes . Classes will be held on saturdays. s tarting wit h Feb. 17. from 9 to 11 a .m, Classes will be held for six wee ks . By A. R. Rre tte A new cour s e in moto rcycle r iding is being offered at the Adult Occ upati onal Training Cen ter in Woodland Hills. Calif. Th e purpose of the program is to fa mlli arize tho s e now an d planning to r ide cycles in the best te chn iques for s afe oper a tion. Dr. Wl1Iard M. Edwards, dean of educa tional s ervices at Valley State c ollege . said that the need for su ch a cour s e i s becoming mo re urgent. Th e s tatistics show that 25 pe rcent of all moto rcycl e accidents occ ur on the driver's fir st ride . More than 1,500 cycli s ts were killed in the nation during 1967 . More than 70 pe rcent of thos e kill ed were driving a rented or borrowed cycle, which the dean said Indicated tha t the re was a decisive factor of unfamiliarity with a cycle and how to ope ra te and handie one . There are now 350.000 licensed motorcycles in ope ration in the state of California now and Dean Edwards predicted that thls figure would cli mb ove r the million mark by 1970. The motorcycle is popular not only for pleasure purposes but als o for its amazing economy of operation. " It was the opin ion of all groups concerned that learning to drive an a utomobile was not le arning to ride a moto rcycle . Handi lng, eq uip ment, cente rs of gravity, stopping dis tances and reaction to wind curre nts all are differ- ent." ENTRY DEADLINE MOVED UP fOR NOR. CAL. ROAD RACE John Re nesch, promoter of the Vaca Valley Raceway Grand Prix coming thls Feb. 18, has announced an extension of the pre- entry deadline from Jan. 31 to the 5th of F ebruary. ThIs firs t race of the projected s eries ....:111 be a money race . pay ing 40% of the gate to the riders (les s $300 fee to the San F rancisco AFM for pe r s onnel expenses) . A guarantee of $100 will be awarde d to the sidecars provided there a r e at least s ix en tries. See th e Calendar of Events this wee k for fur ther inf ormation. IS THIS ANY WAY TO WIN A RACE? BULTACO RIDERS THINK SO! Orange County Hare Scrambles J an. 28th 68' 1st P lace overall -- Larry Be rgqui s t 68 P urSang 5- sp eed 2nd Place overall - Mike Patrick 750cc Norton 4-speed Dus ters Hare Scrambl es Jan. 21 st 68' 1st P lace 250 ex. Gary Gri ffin 68 PurSang 5-speed So. Cal. European Scrambles Jan. 7th 68' 1st Place 250 ex. Larry Bergquist 68 PurSang 5-speed &t ''B~ - Sorry you missed out on the first shipment (all sold out). NEXT shipment arriving Feb. 16th 1968 See your BUILT-'TO-GO DEALER NOW! For your nearest BUlLTeTOeGO DEALER Call BuUaco Western TR.1-2400 or PO.9-0441 .'"

• Cover