Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

" A Q. «J Jftl\~~ 1963 TRIUMPH Desert bike, 650cc with all extras. (213) 767-7265 $600.00. HARLEY-DAVII:SON 5OOx16 tires, slightly used, 5 doz. to choose from. $1.00 to $5.00 no ups. Fiberglass-saddle bag s with brackets $20. Wlndsbleld $10. mis c . (213) SY 8-2958. 1966 SUZUKI 80 dirt bike, good condition $150. evenings (213) 679-8688. FOR SALE: Aria! Sq. 4, mint cond e-' 56 restored, engine In good shape , $1, 195.00 fir m. Culver CityCycle, I 0248 Cul ver Blvd. , Culver City. (213) 8399000. FOR SALE: Honda 305 eng. & bike parts. Bullaeo 200cc Matador frame, etc. Hodaka set up for desert $350. Want Sherpa 200cc pipe 27-30mm amal, mag, wheel, swap or chisel. (714) 531- 2618. FOR SALE: '62 Ford Econolln e, '67 engi ne & campe r $775/00. Call: Mr . Gately days (213) 685- 513S-nltes (213) 361- 6857. '66 VICTOR Engine, co mplete, new barrel, piston, valves $350. (714) 377-2371. FOR SALE: '66 Greeves Cballenger, top shape, Nicholson pipe $550.00. Call (714) 825-2007. FOR SALE: ' 65 Hodaka, big tires, e tc . $200.00. (213) 965-1461. TRADE: Yamaha nattrDcker with gearIng & spares for Bullaeo PurSang. Ken (213) 591-2972. ------'!~!a~~~!?o!~~·I wardable. Send us yo ur new address as ;;oon. as poss i ble, so yo u won t mi s s an Issue. I I..·~ , I IIEW ADDRESS: ••••••• CITY : • STATE:. • • • • • • ZIP: • • TRADE: Gons et 6- ban d transceiver, AC power s upply?speaker, mi nt condition, for late model 90cc Honda In same condi tion. (714) 828-1 622 after 5. KE N YON, JOHNSON EXCHANGE HAYWARD WINS (h ....... l -el " L,.. ZIf c-..J '.1 .1 Allow two wee ks fo r add ro s s ch ange, THE TWO-WHEELE R T~p~, 68 , ReacIJ Fir IllIIIeiliate DellYery! 167 w. Colton Av.. San aemarll no, Cal. (714\ T U 5-3445 Siory by La rry. Stewart Most of District 36' s top Experts we r e am ong the 337 r iders competi ng a t Hayward Speedway on Saturday night, May 18, and they put on qulte a s how for the 1,000 spectators present. In the first Open Expert heat, 1967 high poi nt man Jim Rlce pus hed his rapid BSA to victory, but Allan Kenyon and Paul Johnson s tayed close behind on the ir 380 El Bandidos, Harr y Dring won the second heat by a comfortable margin, thus setting the stage for a four - way hattle in the Matn Eve nt . And that's just what it was. Kenyon, who Is pr esently leading the dis trict In point s , grabbed t1r st place ott the li ne In the matn, but two riders went down In the t1rs t corner. Rice got a good jump on the restart and seemed to have the win sewed up when his BSA expired In a belch of exhaust fiame. Kenyon took over the lead with BSA-mounted Dring a close second and Johnson an even closer third. That's the way it stayed until the last lap when Johnson squeezed by Dring to take over second place. No more than five feet separated the three young Experts at the nntsn, They all will have a lot to say about who will win ne xt year's low number plates. Kenyon's win In the Open Expert MaIn avenged his deteat by Johnson In the 250 Expert race. In that one Allan led for the entire race on a PurSang until Paul managed to ge t by him on the next to last lap. Johnson Is second only to Kenyon in the Dlst. 36 point race, but from the way be rides it Is obvious that he does not Inte nd to stay there. Jack Paro, who won last week at Rlchmonds rough s crambles course, showed that he can also move on a smooth track by riding his Triumph Meti s s e to victory In the 500 Amateur class. Rich Wymer, who bas been a cons istent winner on his Gold Star , took second after battling his way up fr om the middle of the pack. The 350s also put on a good show. BIll Groce won the Amateur class after a very tough battle with Ver n Tranberg and Willie Foster, who followed his Honda as If the y were tied to Its rear fender by a very short rope. Say about six inches long. Groce's win was especlally admirable since be had been Involved In a bad cr as h during the heat. Len Mortenson won the 350 Novice class, but he had to come from the cheater's box to do It. He picked off one r ider a lap for the whole race and won by a good margin. The Hayward track bas always drawn a number of very fast 100cc ma chines, and this year's crop is no exc epti on. Bob Watts, who took the 100 AmateurExpert race on a Bridgestone , recorded faster lap times than a number of r iders on much larger motors . Derek Olsen, who bas been winning easy victor ies In the 100 Novice class on Rick Schell's super-tuned Suzuki Van Tech, got quite a surprise when Barry Webb thor oughly trounced him on a li ttle Kawasak, ; (Results on page 20) MAKE IT OONG with the A.C.E. ADJUSTABLE FORK CROWN made to fit all motorcycles and all lorks PATENT PENDING 11I&1 RETAIL PRICE 50 - 200cc $62.00 250 - up $12.00 SPECIFY M KE, M A OOEL& FO RK S When 0rdering Dealer - O st. Inqui ries Invited i 5046 Cl amview St., Baldwin Park, Calif. (213) 962-4319 THE PROFESSIONALS RELY ON BEL HELMETS SHOULDNT YOU? Indianapolis 500 Race May 30,1968 1st Bobby Unser - Bell M agnum 2nd Dan Gurney - Bell Star SEE Y UR O BELL HELMET DEALER! ... 0> 1 Attach he,. old address labe' 'rOlII CYCLE IIEWS 00 se ~ By R. A. E be ll ne One class specifically designed for large d isplaceme n t HarleY-Dlvidsons was t1lled with eight entries at Lions Drag Strip, June 2. That's a large fiel d of stock machines to match an Individuals' abilities rangIng from r eaction time to the know-hows of super tuning. One man bas been known to do It before an d let no one down this ti me as he shut ott the co ntenders with wha t appeared to be an easy style. Speedy High rode his stock division 74Inc her to a best elapsed time of 13.99 seconds and passed all con tenders on the top end with 94.1 4 miles per hour . There were five class winner s In the stock street division, one of which was the prim little fem ale, Robe r ta George. Robe r ta stands about fi ve-feet- two and the little 200c c Suz uki s he was riding kept her feet off the ground. In fact, Zeman , this week's acti ng pit director, had to hold the bike upright at the staging lights s o that Robe r ta wouldn't have to lean a t a near 45- degree angle until the yellow coun tdown r eached the gr een bulb. Roberta turned a be s t time of 19.47 s econds an d 69.01 miles per hour for her class trophy . Her husband owns the bi g twin -engine Harley that bas been seen many times at Lions Drag Strip. The twin engine machine Is being fi tted with a set of disc brakes and a 7-lnch M&H slick. We may see It liack out In three weeks and I wonder If Rober ta' s husband will give her a go? Three other contenders took home the stock trophy gold - Sprague, Sommers and Decker, mounted respectively on Triumph, Suzuki and a Honda. An attempt was made to dete r mine who r ode the top s tock machine and sprague put down Decker's 350cc Honda and Sommers thirteen-second Suzuki. His best ea1psed tim e of the day was three-tenths quic ker than Speedy High' s Harley-Davidson but it took so long to wrap up ' the big Harley class eliminations, ther e was n' t time to make the final top bike ' round. I wonder If Sprague would have, or may be Speedy would have. Well , we will never know unles s the re co uld be a one match sudden death runoff ne xt week. Modified Miller an d Bracket's Harley-Davidson street Sportster turned in the day's top elapsed time and miles pe r hour at Lions drag strip. MIller turned In a timing card and claimed the pri ze trophy with t1gures of 11.81 and 117.00. The Clos es t c onte nder was a 74-lnch Harley gas dragster that clocked 11. 94 E .T. and 114.50 miles per hour. That big Incher won its class under the able rider, Cha.tnbers . F ielding was another of the modlt1ed class winners and his 650cc Triumph turned a 13. 14 E.T . at a nat one hundred miles per hour. Charlie .Cash put one over on Jack Lynn and took the class gold In 12.82 seconds at 101.91 miles per hour . Lynn is also Suzuki-mounted and may with a short bit of extra work t1nd the few porti ons of time that are miss ing from the Chronde x ticket. There was only fue l bike entry and its elapsed time was slow enough to give the Impr es s ion he was b ur n in g molasses. Va ughn' s little fuel class Yamaha turned 18 seconds nat, at 69.01 miles per hour• Bristol There will be a missing column of drag racing In next week's Cycle News as I shall be In transl t between these Pacific shores and the mountain roads of Tennessee where I have been told white li ghtning liquor runs like water. Maybe l'll find some fuel burning machines at the A.H.R.A. Nationals us ing It for an Ignito r . Maybe even a few r iders nipping at a 100 per cent mix . It Is going to be a grea t three-day event that bas treasure coffer s filled to the brim , thanks to these con tributor s to thi s gr eat s port of drag racing: Grant Industries of Los Angeles; ABC Leather s of South Gate , Callf., Bonanza Industrie s of San Jose, Calif.; Pe trochen of Santa Fe springs; Rydex corp, of Los Angeles, C:iJIf.; North American Impor ts of Garden Grove, Calif .; Safe tecb of Paramount, Calif.; Cycle World of Long Beach , Calif.; an d the distribution compan ies of Kawasaki and Yamaha. Cycle News will br ing comple te results from the spring Nationals and a look at the types of ma chin es that run In those hills of Tennessee. (Results on page 20) -: "" ~ .:; ' CI) ~ :<= [oJ ....:l U t; •

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