Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

ARMCHAIR MOTORCYCLE TOUR MAR. 30 IN GLENDALE, Ted Van Der Kolle, the traveling Dutchman who hosts three motorcycle tours of Europe every year, will show movies of the most recent trip and the public is invited. The time is 8 p.m, and the place is 400 N. Ce ntral Ave., Glendale, Calif. Ted will tell all about the coming Isle of Man Tour this year, scheduled to take In the fmous Tourist Trophy grand prix races. Ted' s tours come free with the pur chase of a motor cycle, which you pic k up at the factory In Europe. HAL f-SHIELD fROM BELL ,., ~, .- "Man, I' ve seen tracks with a GROO VE before, but this Is ri diculous!" Th i s new half-shi el d from Bell-To ptel off ers prot ect ion f rom the sun's glare, comes In gr.en or yellow, and can be trlmmed to length desired. The shield Is used with Bel Ps 520 vis or, and there Is ample room for goggles, glasses or face mask. It Is sullable for both the professional or occ.aslonal competitor. _L -P K STOSS FAST MOTO-CROSS SO O E By Larry Brooks The moto - cr oss presented by the Lo mpoc SIo-Pokes at the Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway started on a flat grassy area and covered varied terrain including sandy hills, wet green flatlands , steep downhllls, 180- degree t urn s around trees, third gear stralghtaways and a typical mudhole. When starter Fred Lindemann began the events on Sunday , February 25, over sixty riders were on hand to compe te in three classes around the tight, rough two- mile course. The tremendous success of the races was partUy attributed to the beautiful summer-like day, but the action was even more stimulating. Second place went to Tom Davis r idi ng a Sachs, followed by Bob Miller (Hodaka) and Joe Brown (Yamaha). So Was Brown The lightweight class , co ns isting of bikes 125cc to 250cc was won by Joe Brown riding a C Z. Joe, who had two first and a second In the three motos, is another r ider people like to watch - he rides hard with a style all his own. Brown was followed by Rex Lewis on a Greeves, George Etheridge (Husqvarna) and Bill Harris. Balley had two fir s t and a third to win the big bike class. George Etheridge placed second on his Husky ; Stu Peters (Malco) third, and Tom Stockstill (Honda) fourth. Bailey I mpressi ve Slo-Pokes Hustle Gary Balley, who came up from Long Beach, r ode awa y with a first place in both the small and big bike classes, riding a Hodaka and a 360 Gr eeves, respectively. He mi ght have made It three for the day had he not developed engine trouble with Is 250 Greeves . Gary really moved through the paces and Impr es s ed the hundreds of spectators with his wheelles and stand-Up riding style . He won the small bike class by taIdng two first and a second in three motos . Many fa vorable comments were heard from the riders about the challenging course and the speed an d or ga ni za tio n with which the races wer e run . The y started promptly at 12:3 0 p .rn , an d were r un like cl ockwork, with th e final r esults pos te d an d trophies a war ded by 5 p.m , The club plans to hold another moto- cross at the Santa MarlaSpeed way later in M arch, Watch Cycle News for the announcement. (Results appeared last week) leiflr Mashburn 20 Lap .o¥ice winer relies on 8ell. GAR National Champion Insists on BELL. 2850 29th SI" Long Beach, Calif, !lJ806 BELL-TOPTEX r INC,POSTS $1,150 FOR A,M.A, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP M OTORCYCLE EVENTS IN 1968 In a tedlnl cal question and answer period, during the Oucatl portion of the Berliner Dealer Schoo l on the East Coast, Engineer Georgia Stancarl, Reina Leoni and Gerald Clement discuss the operation of the new Ducatl desmodromlc valve assembly. Ber liner Motor Corporation' s technical s taff , Incl uding Reino Leoni, Heinze Kegle r an d Service Manager Henry Riss mann supe r vi sed the technica l ins truction per iods , cove ring cu rrent and new mode ls In the Ducat!, Moto Guzzi and Nor ton li ne of motorcycles at the 1968 dealer ser vice schools In New J er s ey and Kans as recently. The Berliner Deal er banquet was high lighted by the presentation of the 1968 Riedi & Freede Award to Mr . and Mrs. Cecil Holland. who fiew to New Jersey fr om Col umbus , Geor gia for the occasion. The Riedl & F r eede Award, presented to Berliner dealers in the East, Central and Wester n United States, Is given In r ecognition of the most outstanding promotional effort made by a dea ler In a given te r ritory . Sim ilar a wards were mad e to Ken J ohns on of Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Kansas City Banquet, which was als o attended by over 200 Berliner dealer s, and on the West Coast to Jack Simmons, Berliner dealer and successful competition rider . 57 ,150 i n co nti ngency priz e money for lhi s se aso n's AMA Nati onal Championship e ve nts is be in g o ffe re d by Bel l-Topte x , In c. , L on g B each , Califo rnia, manufacturer of s a fe ty h elme ts . $6 ,15 0 will be pa id to winne rs of various AMA National Champi on s hip e ve nts during the s easo n , p roviding the y a re wearing Be ll Helme ts throughout th e e ve nt . At the e nd of th e s eas o n. th e Grand Nati onal Champi on will b e present ed with an award of $1 ,000, co nti ngent o n the fa c t th a t he wo re a Bell H elme t t hro ugho ut the se ason i n those e ve nts th a t co unt tow ar d t he Gr a nd National T itle . The co mp lete pri z e mo ney schedule Is as follows : DATE EVENT t st 2nd 3rd Feb, 10 Houston, Texas Short Track S200 S :;0 March 17 Daytona 2 0D-~lI1e 300 S:;O 200 SI OO Atlanta, Ga. i-Mil e 200 :;0 April 27 May 19 Richmond, v a, t 3-Mlle 200 :;0 :;0 May 26 Read in g, Pa. 12-Mlle 200 :;0 Jun e 2 Detroit, Mi chi ~an :;-M ile 200 :;0 June 9 Loutsvtlt e, Kentuck y t :;-Mile 200 :;0 June 16 Loudon, New lIampshi re 10D-~lI1 e 200 200 :;0 Jun e 23 lI eidelber g, P enn. RR July Portland, Orego n 2D-Mlle 200 :;0 J uly 20 Ca s tl e Rock , W sh. 30-Lap TT a 200 :;0 Jul)' 2i Gar de na, Ca li fornia :;O -Lap TT 200 :;0 :;0 Indi anapolis, Ind. llO-Mll e RR 200 August.. IIin sdale, Ill. Short Track 200 :;0 August 16 :;0 200 Augus t 13 P eor ia , Illi noi s 2D-Lap TT Sedalia , M 1:;-M o. ile 200 :;0 August 2:; :;0 Sept . I Sacramento , Cali f. 2:;-Mlle 200 :;0 lle 200 Sept. 2 Sa n Jo s e, Calif. 6-M :;0 200 Sept . 8 Salinas, Calif. lI-Mll e Sept. 22 Oklahoma City, Okla. 9~l lle 200 :;0 :;0 Oct. 12 Gardena, Ca li f. 8 -~lI1e 200 :;0 ~I uskegon , ~li chi l:lln AIIC 200 August NATIOSAL C II A~t PI O S SI .000 TOTAL S7, 1:;0 NOTE: Awards are subject to change if racin g sche dule Is c hanged by the A.M.A. =--=,--- ----- - -

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