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he Esinore Roadsters '0 By BWie K. Sager LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. July 12th and 13th: This sleepy lake-side town m~t have been surprised, as was the hostlnr club Pacltlc Coasters M, C. when over 400 cycle r1ders roared Into their peaceful cOlllmullU:y boClnnlnlr Friday n1cbt and contlnul.nr on through SaturdaY. Cycles and unltorms of every color and descriPtion were on every square incb of avaJIable camptng rroWld. Setttnc III tents &lid lean-tos In the tall tox-ta11 proved to be tunny - but It wasn't so tunny when bedtime rolled arolllld. Friday n1cb1 arrivals had the det1n1te advantllr. aver the others In that the heat didD't eet to them as they wrestled with the caDlP-e1les. They also had the opportun1l;T to rMt up tor the 2 day attatr, and to explore the vastness at the lake as well as obGJn samples at the warm hosplta11ty the to'tl1lS people offered. At one restaurant, a very younr renlal waitress ran out Into the street to 11ag down arrlvtnr members of a club who had a tew strays tnslde eatlnr already. Saturday morntne, the aroma of coffee brewiDC and bacon trytnc crisp In an old beat uP pan routed out any late sleepers tbat tboUCht they could just lle there, mce notb1DC was scheduled untlJ one 0' clock wilen a parade througil town Idcked off the events. Immediately to1lowinr the parade, lbe tabu10us Ace of Clubs M. C.&IId the remarkable Victor McLaueblln Drill Team mowed the1r true rrtt by performing teate of clartnC that brougilt m&DY a PSP from th. onlooldJIC crowd. Wb11e dotnc their famous "SulcJde Sp!1t", tbe Ace of Clubs almoot c!1dn't "1P!1t". But the.. JOWIC dare-devtls repeated 11 to pertecUon &lid cot a we11 A1JJ an... sa'. dU An KUSTDI KORIIER TIll . . . . ."'...'. _ . . . . . . pi • 10_ Mat 1Iel1ll' ...... ,..1111' _ . ,allllil plllfll•• "'. .1••••• to MCtI. tlIo ,.. lDp at Ii. I . . '....41 4" _til .,tII••let••• locatio.. wltII _ ••q ............... .wI.,__ C Hort., II SuI back _ T",,,,,, tIIo 11 • 41 ,..t01. IIct11M 1.11I..... ., 1_ _ I I. . .... ••• U" II , -'Oft...... lDp att...... ptt. at n VJ lI: IoJ ~ )., to) and dandY. Sunda,y (Dorntne toWld everyone jIIat strol11llg aroWld say1n& hello to old trlends or ~ new ones. Camp. were beinc broken down before tbe blat at the tast-rlstnc sun made tbe chore mlMrable. Conversations ftried tbrolCboul the area, cups Of coffee were extended to friends vtsltlnr other., &lid m&DY took a tIDal dip into the 1IJIII before PU1nc onto tbeir cyclu and be&dlnr home. Th1s was Ibe t1rIt 7e&r tIIat tbe EUl· nore Tour . . &II onr-DJPW, &lid ttae Paclt1c Cou.ter. did a t1ne job. Tbere weren't too~IJ'1IIIIb1e wb1ch _ _ .. 1nevttable ~ luch &II event. In faA:t, 8VV7C1111 SOUDded prett;r well pH.".., with Ibe wboIe shln-cliC. Maybe aut year thoueb, tbey wt11 coulder ttae semJ-custom cycle. that C&II't poulbJ1 compete with some of tboM IOI'poulJ Ctl8tom jobII - Rtcht? RadDe bas Its hoDored pw:. In Ibe cycle world, but Jet's not torpt the road tour1nc pocpIe e1tber. 'Ibey work just as bard to put OD tbe1r _te, &lid It you tb1nk it's euyto plase bundreds of rldera 1II111r~ tbe1r mecblnee or lIIIiforlDS, try it _ _ tim. &lid _ bow dltfteult it Is. Tbe bulc spirtt of the majorll;T cl- any bostlnc ellib the ambition !bey need to pIne on and on eoch year, never IaIow1nC tor sur.)l they c&II ntnc a run or .not. (Resulte on pqe 20) TIll. Col· ..... 0111. , _ H·D .".... fork .. .11I willi tIIo ....... 21" r-t It. tie Ie lIndJ'ciI" •• WIll an·s earned roWld of appla\181 from e\'lII'YClDI. Som. of lbe tricks doDo by MacLaueb1lD'1 team bad never bien seen before by IJIIa writer - and belleve me, they put a llllllP In your throat. It's hard to be11eft. There were no tleld evente, wb1ch.. a disappolntment to m&IIY, but lbe cycle judClnc and elUb judging went off rap1dJ7 and smoothly, thus giv1ng all an OPpOrtunity to dive Into the lake, wblch by tb8n was more vital tor actual 1IIrV1ft1 tb&II anyth1ng else. Sky-div1ng iDto lbe 1IJIII was announced early In Ibe dI7, but DO one ever saw any of It rotnc 011. One can only assw:ne tb1s atta1r was canceUld out at the last mlnute. ThOlCh the Coasters were pJacued with set-backs, they managed very we1.1 In(jeed. They had planned tor 250 entr*, so ran out of tood 2 hours ahead of schedule and had to refund money to tboM tbat missed out on th. barbeQU8d beet dinner. At short notice, also, Ibe !:and tbat was to play tor the dUce Saturdo,y nirht backed out, but a rroup of tIenIce boys tbat knew what to do with a co~ of ruitars and a set of drw:ns put out s.ome pretty good stompln' music, solbe planned dUce contest went off ftDe ••••n:v Greeves Factory mils for Incer-A. Promoter Ed1soD Dy. &lid tbe GreeftII faA:1Iory baYll lIlped a coatnct tor &II WIII&JIIod Gr.....a-spouored r1der to ~ tbe brlUId In tbe 1969lDter-Am motorcrou serl.. In Ibe u.s. HopefII1]y by tbe IJeC1.DD1DC of tbe lDW'-Am J'UU In OCtober, Gr_. factor)' rider 8rJU Wade wt11 baft beeII puD1Ibed IIIOIICbtor off.1Il!1qr Amertc&ll AFM rep W.. Cooley, &lid c&II rael In tbe u.s. aptn. Wade Jut week gratlbed tbe l.-d In lbe Brttllb motoeroel cbI.mPIoDSb1P pointe SPECIAL NOTICE staDdlDc·. BANKS AND U.s. SERIES Jolin Banks, the ElSA ace w111 not be r1d1nc In the Inter-Am series In lbe U,S, tb1s autumn. Apart from some contllslon as to whether an lnvitatlon had been orli1na11Y extended to Banks by the sponsors of International Moto Cross of La Mesa, CalUorn1a, a ElSA factory statement says that the American tour would clash with the British rider's UK commitment, Includlnr the television series. TIlE. 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