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a; .... ... SAMMY MILLER TRIALS AND SCHOOL Story and Photos by Tom Culp Cl> .Q s IR VINE, Cal ., Aug. 24 & 25 - The trials mast er Sammy Miller concluded a very 'successf ul tour of the U.S. here the past weekend with Cycle ~ World Magazine and the Southern r.:l California Trials Association hosting Z him at Sa9dleback Park. ~ & r.:l ..::I C,) ~ C,) The activities opened Saturday with a brief talk by Sammy Miller on the fine points of trials r iding. Questions wer e asked by those attending the school. The class was li mited to 50 riders for better ins truction and the So. Cal. Trials Assoc. members made up most of this with a number of San Francisco trials riders attending. M iller Shows ' Em Ho w We then moved to the real s chool area with Sammy setting up traps and making it look just too easy, after negotiating a trap three or four times, for the beneflt of his pupils and a large crowd of spectators. Sammy would then watch the member s of the school as they came thr ough the trap, pointing out where to put the front wheel in the more diffic ult areas and s howing wher e mistakes were made. NEW WEBER HIGH PERFORII ANCE II0TO RC YCLE CAli H A N D B O OK O N L Y 5Qe Here is a ha ndbook n eed ed by every b ike o wne r . E:lC pla in s in d et ail ho w ca ms are eng ineered tor racing . Tells ho w a motorcycle eng ine works . Expla ins Hardw eld Process and shows you how to g et t he r iCht cam f o r your bike. Eas)' to unde rst a nd . f u n t o read . Send on ly 50¢ fo r yo ur co py. ~ SPEED EQUIPMENT 310 S. Center Stree t Santa Ana20, Cali f orn ia 92703 phone 714 547·2595 RIDE BRONCCO THE MIGHTY BIKE BRONCCO MI N I-CYCLES &ACCESSORIES On a couple of occasions Sammy departed his usual mount, a Bultaco Sherpa ' T' , to ride a pupil ' s machine. This proved quite cr owd pleasing and was about the only time he had any trouble in the traps. ENGINE SP EC IALTIES. IKC P .O. Bo x 600 BELMONT , CAL . ~~-94002 DEALERS MWANTED- Miller Truly Unbelievable ALSO GARELLI CYCLES & PARTS NOW AVAILABLE FROM ENGINE SPECIALTIES, INC. The Master Sammy Mille r up and over rock ledge at end of gulley with eUorllus ease. ARE Y UON A O WIIN , ? • ER NATIONAL SHORT TRACK 8·21-68 Santa Fe, Illinois lst PI. 250 Am . M Brelsford . •. •• •• • • . • • • • • • . .. ark PurSang SPOKEB ENDERS EUROP. SCR. 8·25-68 1st PI. 250 Ex. 3rd PI. 250 Ex. 4th PI. 250 Ex. Larry Bergquist • •..••. • •. . • . •.. • • Gary Griffin •. • . ••• •• : .•. • •. • • •. R Thorwaldson • • • .• •• . . • ••• •• •• ich Sammy looked for ar eas of greater difficulty as the day went on and took sections in unbelievable ease showing the gr eat balanc e and coordination which has enabled him to win s o many champ ionships. In one section, a gully gro wn high with weeds and brush, the master looked it over, then starting at one end, crossed from side to side, rode along .the si de then down to the center putting the front wheel from bank to bank then out over a rock ledge - all this time in a ar ea 50 feet long and 20 feet wide at the top and 2 feet wide in the bottom . . Sunday Big Day Sunday saw 121 riders descend on various traps with Miller riding for exhibition only and losing 15 points, to cheer s of over 2,000 spectator s. The clos es t competition came fro m Jim Wilson and Bob Gr ove, So. Cal 's #1 and #2 . r iders r es pectively, with Vic Boocock rounding out the Masters Class . Vic, originally from England, is the top r ider in the San Francisco area. (Res ults on page 20) PurSang PurSang PurSang CARLSBAD M TO X 8·25-68 O · I lst PI. 250 Jr. Kurt Lohmeyer. • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • PurSan g 2nd PI. 250 Jr. \ I . J. Kulek P U rSan ~ 1s PI. 125 Jr. I t Ku rt Lohmeyer. • • . . . • . • . . . . • • • • . S a S' herp NOTE: Th is'Sherpa 'S' 125cc 5'speed is th e only one in the L.A. area, next shipm ent'due9·7-68 t PERR ISNITE TT SCR. 8·24-68 .,1 1st PI. 250 E~. 2nd PI. 250 Ex. '. 1st PI. 250 Am. AMoto 1st PI. 250 Am. BMoto 1st PI. 125-200 Comb. 1st PI. 100 Ex. 1st PI. 500 Am. v. Graves• • •• • • • •. •.. • ••. •. •• • • L. Taylor• • • • • •• • . • • • . • • • •• : • • • H. Long • •• • • • • • • •• •.• • • • • ••• • T. Hochgesang • •. •• .• • •.. •. • •• •• M. Kruse . • • • • • • • . • • . • • • • • • .. • • K. McDowell • ••• • . •• • • • •• • • • • • • K. McDowell •••• . • •• • • • • •••• . • • PurSang PurSang PurSang PurSang Sherpa Lobito EI Bandido FOR YOUR NEAREST BUlLT-TO-GO DEALER CALL TR. 7-2400 or PO, 9-0441 SIUdents li st en with Inte ntne5S a s tile muter briefs them prior to attempting tile next tra p.