Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

Corduroy Is Pen'on Benefi' HOW DOES THAT GRAB YOU, BRAND LOVERS? W hat' s in a name, Shakesp ear e mused . We as k you , does a motorcycle by any oth er name run as sw eet? Here are some rather weirdly named brands of motorcycle that were actually built and .s o ld , and probably gave their owners just as much pleas ure as the familiar brands of today. How would you like to take a ride on a N.U,T,'? T hat might not be as embarrassing as wheeling up to the l oca l drive-in on a Baslert, which was manufactured from 1949 to 1955. P erhaps you like to take a ni p of the jug now and then . In that cas e, you dese rv e to own and ri de a BlOtto , but get the 125cc model , the 350cc would be too fas t for someone in your condition. If you were tran scendental , you mi ght choose to ri de the OM, if patriotic , the J.F.K. Cy cle Wor ld s ubscri ber s might prefer the SoN.O, B. but they 'd have to be sati sfi ed with a 1926 model ••• that' s the l as t y ear they wer e made . .., Si err a Cl ubbers wo ul d probably f eel at home on a Horsy and wha t H ells Angel wouldn' t sw ap his hog f or a Devi I'? If y ou tr aded a Hasty for a R.I.P. it might Hurtu or you coul d end up with a Jlftlcker tha t you would hav e to Fix, and that woul d be a Pitty. But les t thi s choice of brands co nf use yo u, remember , that y ou can alway s choose a Scylla, fo r th ere never was a motorcycle call ed Charybdis. P er sona l ly, we don't give a R.A.P. ~ Complete results from the Corduroy 0> Internati onal Trial sponsored by the Canadian .... ~e~t~~~~le~'i%~~~;;ts~':u~~~~: ~ Qj San Francisco Trials Winners Jones&Keeter ToAustralia California professional rac ers Chuc k Jones and Dewayne Kee te r will leave s oon for a ser ies of races In Aus tralia . Cycl e News will be reporting their adve ntures. Winn ers of the Sammy Miller English Trials held near San Francisco recently were (p ictured, le ft to r ight) 1s t Expert, Jim Wilson, 2nd Ex. Bob Grove, 3rd Ex. Bob N1ckelsen, 4th Ex. Bill Brokaw, tst Novi ce Phil Jacobson and 1st Girl, Mrs . B111 Brokaw. There were seventeen traps, two ten mile loops, and about 150 riders competIng, It was foggy and misty; there wer e wat er, rocks, mud and red wood trees. It was great! COMMIES MUST WEAR HELMETS Acc ording to the German cycle magazi ne .. Das Motor r ad ," all European communis t bloc co untri es except the Soviet Unio n hav e c omp ulsory helmet laws. None of the western European democ racies do. It seems that In a totalitarian regime, the citizen's life belongs to the s tate s o comp letely thatit must be protected at the exp ense of freedom . Tracldn' TIle Big Orange ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. Sept. 25, 1968 - The heroes of Wednesday night's short track at Or ange County Speedway were Jimmy Raymond In the 100cc class and Stan Rogers In the 250cc class . Jimmy captured the 100cc Main Event and Trophy Dash and Stan Rogers repeated the wins In the 250cc events . Nelth Jim nor Stan had an easy time of It however . Keith Mashburn and Chris Sml th gave Ji mmy a lot of trouble In the 100cc Main . A fellOW who Just started flattracklng and carne out of the TT events was R .W. Ring fr om San Diego on a Yam aha. To everyo ne' s surprise, Ring fi nished fourth In the IOOcc Main and did It qui te handily, beatin g out old ti mers such as RandY Layn e and Ran dy Ellis. In the 250cc MaIn, In s ec ond place was Randy El11s on hi s Bultaco and right bebind Randy, co min g on strong In the finis hi ng laps was Bob Ba ll e y on bts Honda. ACA flattrackers and TT riders will hav e two mor e meetings this season, and the events will conclude on Oct ober 7th . (Short track res ul ts on page 16) the Pento n Works Team from Amherst , 0., ran off with the ballgame. The Pento n Team, consisting of Leroy Wmters, Tom Penton, John Penton , and Ed Towne, won th e High Point Team Overall Trophy . Lero y Winters captured the individual overaD hicll poin t on a l2Sce Penton, Tom Penton, piloting a 100ce Penton Berkshire, won first place in the IOOcc Class and Joh n Penton , also riding a Penton 125, took home the Open class win and second over all. This is really a fantastic performan ce when you realize that there are only two classes at the Corduroy ; lOOcc and below and Open class, which includes everyth ing from 10Icc to infinity. It might also be taken into consideration that John took a tumble after the first forty miles and rode the rest of the race with a broken collar-bone, Canadian Bill Sharpless won the special hill climb section on a 250cc Bultaco Metisse, John Penton set fast time on the five-mile cross-country race and William Peck of Latham, Mass. and John Penton both cleaned the special trials section. "Tom' s horn Is on the bum, daddy. Can he borrow your tralf1c whistle?" Live the TriUMph Life GENE ROMERO WINS ASCOT HALF-MILE SEPT. 27, 1968 EXPERT MAIN EVENT GET WITH THE '68 T IUMPH T100RDAYTON R ASUPER S O P RTS T MACH THA TOOK GARY NIXON TO THE HE INE T GRA D NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP N SEE YOUR TRIU PH DE LER TODAY! DISTRIBUTED IN TH E W EST B JOHNSON MOTORS, INC. PO BOX 215, DUARTE, CALIFORNIA Y .Q .9 <.l 0 CI:l El:: [oJ ;;;:; :3 U :>.. U

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