Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

c:> ~ Q, ~ ~ ... I:tl tJ District 36 Assi. Road R er Goes Moto-Cross, Wins Of CI.6s for ed SAN RAFAEL, cal., Dec. 19- 0IIJl six clubs showed up for tile meet1Dg that spaWDed tile new District 36 MotorcYcle Assoc1atton , a group trying to per88de wUb a united voice. The1r persuasion will be directed at parks and recreatton and slate otnclals Involved witll giT1Dg OKa OIl pubUc land ;)., U for bike use. '1bey taft tile eardJamesE. Warren. cb1ef d plann1ng and development for tile Slate. '1be new asaociatton 1s asIl:ing that new parts be opened on a COlDlq-COOtrol basis, ratber tban tile present statecontroi system. The latter provides just two parks for bikes - Point Mugn, nortb d Los Angeles, and Henry Cae, soutll d san Francisco. '1bey want tile State to tell tile counties to tree land now used by _ter and utility companies, leased by bus1ne88eS, or DOW owned by tile State; tills land to be cooverted to recreational rldJDg and tra1n- InC areas. '1bey want 2000 acres d suell land In every county, rotated eacb year to m1nImize erosion and sustain tile protection d wildlife; and tIley're also going to ask tbat trails be created tbrougilOllt eacb c:ount;y for touring and trail-riding groups. "'Intell!lnce will be done by tile recreation ~ent, under tile new ass0ciation's proposed scheme, and sanitary facWtles provided. lIalco pilot Tom Rapp I. sbown her. I.dlnl Husky lIan Lan Lar.on. L••on went on to will. IIIJ11tJ' III'" ~, ao'-d raalk_, . .nt ..ot_OS.lnl .d picked up a first In tile Sec Julor clan. CARLSBAD, Cal., Jan. 19 - When a deluge of raln hit tile Carlsbad area tills morning, tile moro1ng' of tile scheduled AMA-sanctloned mota-cross, tile Brushbuoos M.C. decided to call tile raceoff. A road race had also been SCheduled, by tile CMC, and It was also cancelled. But many moto-cross riders showed at tile track entrance that moro1ng. It was decided that If tIley wanted to ride, The Brushbarons wiil try to get a mota-cross sanction for March 9. '1be few road racers who mowed were allowed to practice througbout tile day. Little 127 year-old Marty Tripes whipped his little 100 Penton around tile Carlsbad circuit to snatch well-earned first place honors In tile 125cc junior class. Bruce Baron and Jim Ruhlc, botb Penton 125 mounted, grabbed second and tblrd eYen with shUting problems tbroughout the three-mota race program. Rick Vesco showed tile way In tile 125 senior class aboard his Vesco-Sachs special witll tbree wins. MIke Lane, who came down for the cancelled road race, pulled out his Yamaha DT-1 and proceeded to win tile 250 Jr. division. Lane and fellow Yamaha-rider Mark Blackwell put on a good show witll tIleir dlcIDg Jack and fortb throughout tile muddy tbree motos. Lars Larson brought out his Huskys for a bout in tile modified terrain, and paddled his way to first In both the 250 Expert and tile 500 Exper classes. Tom Rapp was tile only rider In tile 500 Expert who could give Lars a run for his money, and In fact led tile Swedish star rider several times tbroughout tile day. Rapp Is a Junior rider, but had decided to ride Expert tills time for a little excitement. (Results on page 16) Manteca Winter Scrambles January 5, 1969 100cc Novice Class Bridge.lone 171+ Dual Twin 1st MIKE ROWNEY - BRIDGESTONE You expecc power and performance unequalled in its class when you ~-------------------, I I Rocif«d MOl"'. Inc. buy a Bridgestone 175 Dual Twin. That's what made its reputation. I I 1911 ltIrr,soo A_•• Rac:icflIId. Illinois 61101 And you expect unique design features from Bridgestone -like dual rotary valves. dual carburetors. oil injection and hard chrome cylinder PI.... Send Blld9·R... inl,"mion 10: bores. The 175 Dual Twin has 'em all. And more. In fact, when we I ~rn I introduced it, the 175 Dual Twin was hailed by a leading cycle magazine as a "breakthrough in motorcycle design." I~ISI I But here is the big plus. the fringe benefit: parts and mainteCi~ I nance service. Only Bridgestone gives its dealers overnight delivery on I S'". Zip repair and maintenance parts from 26 warehouses located across the 0 Send dillenbip information I width and breadth of the United States. That means when you want service. you get service-not excuses-and you get it NOW! . ~Cotnp.ny I -1 Whether you are an old hand at motorcycling or considering your first ~j machine. check the power. performance-and the fringe benefits-you get with the 175 Dual Twin. It's at your dealer's now. along with 5 other great models from 50 to 350cc. See them today. or send coupon for r---~ information and name of nearest dealer. I I I ! I N.... .----------- ESTONE Specs in brief: Engine: Dual Rotary Valve. 2-stroke with oil injection. Horsepower: 20 HP at 8000 RPM. 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