Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

a. a. -. f ; ; PURGES CLUBS lIy Ro b.. rt O . F e e Membership of the Southern California Road Riders Committee was l opped to 17 cl ubs Sep tember 9th , when the gr oup ga the red at the Po mona Harley -Davidson shop for the ir regular mon thly meeting . Confusion was the order of the night as motions were offered on top of motions, poi nts of order thrown about like bri ckbats , an d s ticky sarcastic exchanges indul ged in be tween the r epresentatives . The a ssessment contrczery was r eviver! and the r anks deci ma ted. The Califor nia Rainbows s ubmi tted'a letter s etting for th their feelings : " Th e California Rainbows Motor cycle Club feel s that the $20 assessment by the R.R. C. on the mem be r clubs is not the pop ular feeling of all that wer e affe cted . " The Califo rnia Rai nbows hav e always worked thei r share and more on R.R .C . runs an d our r eferee s ha ve s tepped forward to help on other runs . We have had close to perfect attendance at R. R .C. me etings. We certainly do not feel we are dead weigh t. We would prefer to conti nue to s upport the R.R .C. as we have in the past but we feel that if It comes to the point where we hav e to pay a $20 assessme nt, that is unfai r an d unj us t, to get r td of the de ad weight or be dr opped from the R.R .C ., then we prefer to be dr opped. The deci s ion is yours ." Then There Were 17 The club then moved to vote on the bylaw change that woul d drop fr om RRC me mbers hi p those clubs that had not ye t paid their $20 assessme nt . During the roll call vote , the Rainbows r eps made notes of who ca s t the 23 ayes and 10 noe s . " We ' ll not be s uppor ti ng many r uns nex t year," s aid one Rainbow as the motion pa s s ed • . When Chai r man Jo nes ann ounced the r esult, ab out a dozen Califor nia Rainbows rose from their chairs and quie tly fli ed out of the stor e, pu shed their motorcycles out to the alley before s tarting the m s o as not todts tur b the me eti ng, and took their leave of the RRC . Ten other cl ubs a uto ma ti cally lost their me mbership when the motion pa s s ed . Th ey are the Col oramas M.C., El Ti gres M.C. , Kings Men M.C., Married Wheels M.C. , Playboys M.C., Santa Ana Cruisers M.C ., Silver Wheels M.C ., Sociables M.C. , Spinn in' Spokes M.C., and Victor McLaughiin M.C . P articipating r iders ·...i ll ha ve to join a motorcycle club in good standin g with the RRC in order to contin ue in the activi ty poi nts conte st. Th ose cl ubs are the Ace of Cl ubs M.C., Califor nia Motor MaidS, Hi- Way Kings M.C ., Jasper s M.C .,Lance rs M.C., Lucky Wheels M.C., Nor walk Cen taurs M.C ., Never Ready' S M.C., Over landers M.C ., Pa c if i c Coaste r s M.C. , Rebel Rousers M.C ., Silver Ea gl es M.C., Topper s M.C., Califor nia Eagles M.C ., Channel Rider s M.C. and Ma je s ti cs M.C. The California E a g I e s speclflca lly men ti oned that they are on a members hip drive an d would wel come compatible r iders with motorcyc les gr ea ter than 250cc . Telephone (213) 862- 5355. Clubs which were dropped, tha t have a point ev ent still on the RRC Calendar ma y find their atte ndance down as the RRC will not a cc ept an y points earned by riding the ir runs . No Blood For Sports Committee Th e old old que stion of the motorcyclis ts' blood bank came up again. Chair man Jone s was unable to co ntact oper a ti on Motorcycle co - chai r man Ken Jones by either telephone or messenger. The Stod dard family had finally r eceived their blood (af te r 8 mon ths), and the Jaspers reported that Larry Le wis ( the origi na tor of Oper a ti on Motorcycle an d a co -chairman) had refused to is s ue the Jaspers blood . Denni s Lau s che (Nor walk Cen taurs ) reported that Le wis had mi staken the Jaspers for a Spor ts Committee Cl ub (who are evidently a no- no when it com es to blood). Th is time the RRC put its coll ec ti ve foot (feet?) down - and hard - on a motion by Big Daddy Miller . Unless Larry Lewis i mmed ia tely gives up his chairman s hi p an d allows complete control of Ope r a ti on Motor cycle t o be exercised by the RRC, each RRC me mber will with draw their ac cu mulated blood on an indi vi dual basis and the RRC will start a new bl ood bank. The motion passed unanimous ly . Th e r egular mee ting of the HRC is the fi rs t Monday of each month, 8 p .m , a t the P rudential savi ngs and Loan Assoc ., 1300 E . Valley BlV , Alhambra, Cal. d. All visitors are welc o me . has) finis hi ng close be hind him. In the 250cc Senior TT Main , Bailey an d his Gr eeves made up for the 10Dec class defea t by taki ng the win. Wilde came back again in the 10Dec Short Track Senior Main Even t to take anoth er win . Th e IODec Junior Shor t Tr ack Main Event featured Ma rk Blackwell ha vi ng his r ev e nge as he pushed hi s Yam aha to the win and maldng Gene Cannad y settle for a hard- fought s eco nd place . (R es ults on page 16) r-; ll> ~ Q., ~ ;:; .... C\> Q; .Q S <.l 0 BAIRD AT CAYUTA At press-ume complete results had not been tab ulated for the ISO Mile National Ch ampionsltip Endurance Run held at Cuyuta , N.V. Unofficial results show Bill Baird Overall High PoinI winner on a 500cc Triumph with a score of 959 . 0-20Dec Class A was won by Tom Penton on a IOOcc Penton Bershire and O-I OOcc Class B was also won by a Penton Bershire, ridden by Craig Maxwell. The 100-2oocc Class B winner was Mike Blackburn on a Pen Ion 6-Day 125cc, 200cc-400cc Class A went to John PenIon on a 360cc Husquvarna and the Senior Class was won by Sal Scirpo on a Harley-Davidson Sprint 350cc. This event put Bill Baird in good position to retai n th e National 'Championship ' he perennially wins. Kawasalril new Ad Agency Kawasaki National Advertising in the U.S.A. is now be ing created by Gumper tz, Bentl ey and Dolan of Los Angeles, California, accor ding to an an nouncement by Alan Mas ek, Vice- President Marketing. Wilde Bea's Bailey in TT By Mike Capalite SOUTH GATE , Calif. Sep t. 27 - Pa ul Wilde did the see mingly impos s ible feat of beating out Gary Bai ley (Hadaka) in the 100cc Senior T T Ma in Event a t Trojan Rac eway. Wilde pus hed his Yamaha to the win, thus br eaki ng Bailey's long Main Even t win streak which had be en runni ng for twelve weeks. In the 100cc J unior TT, last week 's winner Gen e Can nady (Hodaka) topp ing It off again with Mark Blackwell, Dan Haz el, and Llo yd Quintard (three Yama- . ~ Move into the BOLD WORLD of ', /ff'f WINS ORANGE COUNTY TT - 9/18/68 OPEN MAIN EVENT 1st DAVE LENAR • ISA FOUR ACES TT SCRAMBLES - 9/29/68 500 Exper' Class BSA BSA See your dealer N Wfor Model Change Bargains O 1st BOB TRYON • 2nd DAVE LENAR • ~§A Western 2745 E. Huntington Drive, Duarte, California 91010 Ph (21 359-9271 3) :

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