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i 605 Good Guys & Gals Ride And Entorclll1lnt p.trolman stOl'1I his riot stick whlll not In USI. Twenty-nine Palms Is a quiet community In tbe high desert that bas a variet:y ot attractioos for tile desert lover. Torsten Hallman Racing, Inc. Wist Cout DlsL for PENTON Motorcycles Torsten ".lImn splcl.1 lIullll I.....s .. r.clnl equipment DIsL for Tralilbarl Mato-Crou tlras Far lIuler Info. wrltl or c.1I 5345 Tlmkln St., L......, C.I. 92041 (714) 4&0-1402 u.s. C5 ~k. II BATTERY ELIMINATOR Rapl.cI your malorcycll INItt.y with a vlllr.llon rlslsllnt Illclranlc unlL Frll brochurl. CONDUCTOR SYSTEMS, INC. P.O. Box 1154 pomona, calif. 91769 The location was known to the Indians as "a place at mucb grass and little springs." The willows here are not native to tbe area. Sometime In the pasta mule driver pushed his whip band1ed Into the soft moist ground and It sprouted Into a tree. It Is also here that tile plooeers counted tbe orlg1na1 pe.lm trees that gave the community Its name. At 1 p,m. the matn street of tbe town -.s blocked ctt. and tbe Huntington Park Elks Drill Team put on a running display at breath-taking stunts tor tile townspeople, and then led tbe long parade through town, up tile hill and down Into tbe valley to tbe Knott Sky Park where tIIey entertained tbe tour members who San•• Hlnry rode h. own chopp. to 1111 m.L Thl Fallbrook, C.I. miss c.n't slllrt 1111 bll were assembled In tbe bleachers. m.chlnl bul she lacks for volunlelrL 'Ibis team a abIIol~ without equal In. doIni stunts with multiPle riders that By Bill Harmer for breakfast, we were joined by dozens defy description. One 01 the most thrillat other desert-bound cyclists. By tile Ing was two cycles riding close tocether 29 PALMS, CALIF. AprU 26 &. 27 - The time we reached the Twenty-nine Palms with a third rider suspended between tile telephooe between friends was kept busy ott-ramp, tile highway was a steady , two motors. A clown wandered out OIlto all week as we charged tile lines with stream 01 motorcycle riders and passthe track directly Into the path at the excited plans to meet at a central locaengers who were out to do their bit for speeding machines. As tile crowd tion to make the "Twenty-nine Palms sweet charity. scramed a warning, be suddenly droPped Run" toeether. It would be tile ninth When we arrived at ·the park about two . prone and the two bikes passed 00 either annual runn1ng at the Los Angeles Road mUes outside tile town 01 Twenty-nine side at him and the poor rider In tbe Riders Committee for tile benefit at The Palms, tbere was already a beehive at middle narrowlY missed being brushed City at Hope Hospital. activity. New arrivals greeted old frIll11da ott. At Beaumont, Calif. where we stopped and exchanged pleasantries as tbey stood Saturday evening from 5 to 7 a deliIn line at tbe s1gn-1n desk, already makcious barbecue was served. The quality Hodaka Motorcycles GreeVf;S Ing plans to meet at ,future tours: Las ct tbe food was perbaps the best ever Montesa Kawasaki Vegas, Hemet and Elsinore. So anotber found at an event such as this, but tile ct Southern California's great desert Westminster Sport Cycle quantity lett many hungry afterwards. tours was under way. Guy R. Louis .v., (714) 893-70S7 7574 Westminster Ave. Westminster. Cal. ....-, -.'.'.-.- '.' . SPECTATOR LIABILITY AND PARTICIPANT INSURANCE FOR TRACK OWNERS, PROMOTERS AND CLUBS ~ BUSINESS PACKAGES- MOTORCYCLE & AUTOMOBILE - LIFE & ACCIDENT. See 'em Ride at SADDLEBACK PARK! May 11- Mini-Bike Meet; SCTA Riding School May 18 - 5adtlellack G.P, May 25 - ACA Motocross; SCTA Riding School Ride'e. Yourself at SADDLEIACI PARIl Open 9·5 daily, except Tuesday and Wednesdays Admission 52.50; Juniors & Minis 51.50 s. HARlUS·~I.SI(Y OF MICHAEL BENDER .. ASSOCIATES, INC. 5225 WILSHIRE IOULEVARD. Sultl 717 L.A., C.llf. 90036 (213) 937-2011 BROKER INQUIRIES INVITED. I - Circle Spear Cafe Thl f.mlly motarcycll mlltln, piaci Cornlr - 230th & w. Hwy. 138 Lancaster ar.a Fine Food & Cold Drink Phon••vallabl. lor EmlrllncllS 01•• Intlr. 5 to 138 Hwy-ApproL \61/ml. --10lD NEW IREED 8ROI((0 powered byGARELl' CYCLES 0 MINI-BIKES - . Mi'es of Trai's Acres of fl• Box 2455, Orange Cal. 714/639-5832 PARTS ACCESSORIES NEW WEST COAST WAREHOUSE ~ ENGINE SPECIAL TIES. INC. P.O. 801 ~oo 8ELMOflT. CAL. 94002 4\5-593-769\ ATTENTION DEPT. LS DEALERS & DfSTRlBUTORS WANTED I