Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

l PEOPLE PLACES THINGS ~ ~ STAN IRYAN ~ CYCLE 'IOf'LES by B1ll Harmer Ban oteeo accessory dealer Stan Bry- i3 an bas been an active motorcyclist tor U bua1Dess s1Dce 1930 as a salesman or a >. 4S yeu-s. He bas been employed in tile de8ler. Be reealls ltIat be courted b1a wite .IIa1s 011 a motor-bike dariac tile early . . . . .1011 yeu-s wbeD be was an 10dlaD de8ler in Butfalo, N.Y. Tbey baft been IIIUTled tor 34 yeu-•• SlaD opened a dealership in Ban otero, cal. in 1048, "" IICllI ac tile VlDeeat and B8A llDa. In 1956 be opeoed b1spr_nt ICC.lory sbop 011 lDdla Street across trOlll b1a bold trle!!CI Leoaard ADdreos Barley-Davidson mop. Becaose be really loves tile sport, stan Is alway. an euy toucb 'IIbeD work or asslslllDce Is Illleded in .taelDc various motorcycle l!V1IDts in Ban oteeo, • wbMIIer It be amoac tile competltloa riders or tile rOlld riders groups. 8laD bas acted as Master at Cere1IIOIIl.. at tile lilii1ii1 Ban oteeo Sports Commltble award beDquet tor tile lut 14 ,.rs. SlaD sttn rldM; be bas a 650cc PIIDIb8r .mcJe wIIlclI be rldes to work lJI fatr -*IIer. Tllere Is ootb1IJc Stan enjoys more lbao to baft! cyc:llsts drop lJI and do a little .. B8acb ractOC" or "Table tql tourtoe" • LYNN WINELAND PROMOTED By WUI1am Tbyrde Art By B.E.R. Service The motorcycle bas to _r, too. Now recOllllllsl&DCe platoons at tile U.s. ArmY's 25th DtvlslOll in South Vietnam drift! 175cc Hoadu over cOlllltry rOlIds aloac tile border with Cambodia. "NaID's Ancels" Is tile olckname at tile new cycle operattaa. SP4 Jame. G. Tomusko at Lorain, 01110 waxu ftry entbuslUtlcaboutdrlvtoe b1a Honda tor tile Army. "Surebeats ~ over tIIese dusty rOlldS under a bot SUD." Drivtne a motorcycle makes tIIese soldiers teel mllCb more at home in Vietnam. Four scouts driver over tile countryside 011 tile mission aI .JlQttloc COIIImuolat coacentralloos at men and eacbes at supplies. BeIIlod tIIem, and provlc11DC tire cover tor scouts, are three jeeps with mOllDflad macblJle It Is enm and deadly work. Tbe recOllIWI_oee cycllsts haft been credited wltb a IRIIIIber of .\lCCe..... On ODe mtsslon lbey PlJI-polJIted an _my Il;lIlly at rockets. At thls writlJ1c, tbey .bave not cOllIe UDder enemy t1re. ODe explaoatiOll Is that coastant patro1llDc of tile border bas not ctveo tile RedS a cbaoce to build Former promotional department bead Lyon WIne1aDd-bas been named MarketIng Dlrector..t Steen's--JIIC. WIneland bas done tile firm's adVertlslJlc and promotional work slJIce 1958, shortly uter tile comPIIIIY'. loeepttoa. jolD1Dc tbem on a full-time basis lJI January, 1966. SlDce ltIat time, be bas served in prodllCt developmeot and oecotlatloas tor new 1lJIe., as well as in IIdvertlslng. Formerly with Petersen Pub1lsb1Jlc Company as Art Director, and EdItor of varlous autOIIIotivemapztoeeandbooks, Lyon lett to free1aDce lJI 1964. Aotbor at TIle Complete Bonk of Motorcycllac, and Motorcycle Sport Book, as well as ap.: pearlng in prlJlt In every American m0torcycle mapzloe, plus major toreleo journals, be Is best recocotzed as an authority 00 tile InteroatlOlJ8! Six Days Trtal. WIneland rode with tile U.S. team at tile •64 lSDT in East Germany, carry- cone euos. up .treocth and eet entrenched. Tbe Army cyc1lsts . - r beavlly camoutJaced helmets, pack 45' s, and . - r tIak jackets and tattcues. MaJ.otsoance Is a problem. TIle c:Joads at dost they cbUrn up 011 tile S1DI-seared country rOllds make tor a coastant need of spare parts. Tbe Army bas been trylor to keep tile cyc1lsts .upp11ed with parts from motorcycle shops in V1etnam. Rlebt now tile Army doe. not stock cycle parts: Tbe cyclists bave been clamorlnc tor touch scramblers, with more power. It Is expected tIIey will eet more powerful bikes as they contloue to demonstrate that motorcycles can do a real job in warfare. Iretz 80rl 30 Y.ars Soo. Now 57, busky Ed Kretz Sr, sUs In b1s Monterey Park, Ca11t. motorcycle SboP these days and woaders if bewasn'tboro at tile wroac time to become a cbamplon In tile wrane .port. Ed Is a teceod in b1s own time, the greatest motorcycle rOlld racer, mile track rider and TT racer of all time. He raced tor 25 years, woo a national cbamploosbtp at 43, took eleven national titles, was Pac1tlc Coast cbampion 14 years and coached bts son, Ed Jr. who won two national UU8s. Ed Sr., bowever, never won more than $800 prize money In one race in bts ille. Usually be was pa1d $300 tor w1ns at Daytona, crosstoe the country to eet ltIat mllCb tor 200 mile. of grue1llDc competWoa. It was almost routine tor Kretz, olcknamed "Iroo Man," to tlJIlsb a 200- m1ler oyer rucced bUts and flats tour laPs abead In a race that took tour hour. and a halt. He . , . tile ak10 was worn off both bls baIIC1s. Kretz bad ace1deots, suffered cooeDSROllI, cracked rlbe, lJIjured sbou1ders and cuts and bruI... plore. Be once was 1eadlJIc I race at oaJdand'. mile '.peed_y wilen roUDdtoc a turn be saw a rider down In front of btm. He was traveltoc 105 ml1es an hour bat so great was b1s master1 at bts bike he laid U down and emereed with ootb1nc more lbaoasboulder Injury. He was back ractoe a month later. Old time motorcycle race mecbaolc and crltlc Joe Walker, DOW tile B-D dealer in Slota Ana, Ca11t.. says Kretz bad more str-etb and stamlJIa lbao three men bts size. He .tood 5-8 and wetcbed 180, a tormer baY truc:k driver and a ball at a mao. ~'-, Ing a belmet-mounted 16mm movie cam- era. Not an "armcbalr quarterback", Lyon'. 1Dvoh'ement in d_rt rzc1Dg and motocross keeps adS and products cm-rent with "wllere It'. bIIlPentoc". Be Is a director and recent afttcer at southern Calitorola'. American Motorcycle Assoelation sports committee. JESS PITTORE JESS Pl'M'ORE Is a member at tile NlIpl M.C. d Napa, Ca1ltclnda and ... been a cyclloc enthuslast tor almoet 5 yeu-s, r1dlDC a BMW, Wbeo b1s job as an ......meot clerk tor Napa COUIIty permits, he loves to pt out 00 tile rOlld tile CClUIItryskte 011 b1a bike. Be and _ doeso't tb10k ltIat tile rOlId rider pta proper represeotatlOll trom tIIeAMAand tor tile amouat d dues and other t_ collected, be thlJIks lbey could do a better job d 1ol:lb1lIIc aplJIst aDtl-motorcycle JeciSlatlOll and anotber petpeeyels tile dUcoatlIPWoee d tile "y..,- numbered" P1DS with eacb membersblp reonaL Be also beuen. ltIat Itsboald DOt be ma!!CMtory to beJalc to tile AMA to partlelpate in tours. PRE-DRILLED R. Dlf. HUI S. .IIII. - Illy 11, 11&9 KNURLED EDGES 1st OVERALL TralllllkI Jack MIrIII- HIMIra 21l111a Ra. - HllIIka Ini Jeff IrIIId - H_1ra 1st u.... Trallllike All. PI".I - H.MIra F. a fi~"" .....stmt... If :CN······································ : s.M . . 25< .. HODAKABIUTY, visit ,tar : '·__ .,.., .......... ",_ ...... s..r,:o " ••• I.est lIeal. fir a FREE t.st : _., . " : $hoM" ri.... . made of duraluminum '-:2.1_.90 cr=.~=s DEAl£R INQUIRIES S17.oo to INVITED Wrile NOITH AMDICAN IMPOITS . : City ..........................................••................. : s..te Zi, _ P. O. lOX .21 .AaDEN HOn, CAL t2640 . -:::.r::,=t::. PAUATCO··~::·:;~ .. :~·~·:., - Ii

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