Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

Meet Don Y BaCO -Dealer, Racer And Tuner By BW Harmer E1 cajon motorcycle dealer, racer, and tuner, Don Vesco, at 30 Is more successful 10 these tle1ds tban many men w1ll ever be. Rac1ng for more tban ba1f b1s years, Don bas made DIIytona for the last 7 years. His best f1n1sb there was tenth. 1& Altboqgb be 11kes road racing and good at It, be 1& best kDown and world famous for b1s speed records whlch be bas pU~ ~ onr tbe years at Bonnev1lle Salt Flats and other speed trlals. He set four new world speed records on Bridgestones 10 the 350cc and 200cc classes just last year and b1s 1963 - 500cc record made on a Matcb1ess, Is stWstand1ngas 1& b1s 1967 Moto- Beta lOOcc record. As you mJght guess Don sponsors several rae1ng bikes ('6 intact) 10 b1s local DIstrict 38 classes, and bis riders are p1l1ng IlP envlable results. He sponsors bis younger brother, Rlelt, wIlo rides TT and Moto-Cross on a sachs. Wayne HOsaD rides Don's Ossa 10 the 250cc TT's Jim Cbitwood uses a Vesco tuned Y~. Ray Vanderpool and Eric Crlppa both ride Motocross and TT on Sachs bikes. Don recalled that Vanderpool beat Lars Larson outofflrstplacelo the 125cc Expert Race at the recent AMA Motocross at Debesa. Mc Carley rides Don's Montesa 10 Desert Events. Don, of course, superVises the tun1ng of all b1s rac1ng macb1nes and tries to do the ma1Dta1nence work, but be says that most of b1s riders are gettlng pretty good at keeping their own mounts 10 top condition. In establl sb 1ng the records 10 1968, be used A von fairings whlch be mod1fied to bis own spec1f1cations. But wilen be goes to Bonnevllle 10 August to assult World WHY SACHS WINS . Ted LapadaJrts; President of Hercules D1strlbut1Dg, Western Dtstrtbutor for Sachs Motorcycles, polnts out snspension features that !lave belPed Sachs capture many of l!Ie1r recent w1Ds 10 Western Competit1ons. Loot1ng on are cb1ef engineer Spiess and two eng1neer1ng associates from the Sachs factory. The three eng1neers are w1nd1Dg IlP a vlsit from Nuremberg, Germany to get diret lnformation on the newest rae1ng tecbn1ques 10 the U.S.A. Don't Miss Giant Road Test Issue DIRT BIKES LEAP INTO PROMINENCE AT RIVERSIDE DEALERSHIP Skip Fordyce, Riverside, Cal., motorcycle dealer bas devoted an entire showroom to an impressive dirt bike d1sPlaY that bas been so successful be bas added sales personnel to b1s staff. FordYce's dealershiP bandIes Bultaco, Harley-DaVidson, Triumph, and Honda motorcycles and 1& located at 14th and Malo Streets 10 Riverside. He empbas1zeS the 18 dlrtbikemodels be carries by using a 50 foot long, 8 foot higb display of four motorcycles on a dirt b1ll. Tony WauklPaYu, art teacberl des1gned and bullt the display. Placards explaln the dUference between the var10us dirt bike events beld locally and a rear wall 1& covered with a trophy case ref1ect1Dg employee acb1evements 10 competition. Fordyce 1& giv1ng away a 1970 Bultaco Campera 10 a drawlng to be held August 16th. A complete l1ne of accessories 1& also on display. OON VESCO, Speed R e cor d s, be wW be taIdng "Streaml1ners". Don Is an astute student of aerodyDamlcs, and bel1eves b1s new des1gns wW perform satisfactorily. He Will take Yamabas to the flats tb1s year, and run bikes 10 the 250cc and 350cc classes. For the larger classes be wW !lave a speclally bullt 700cc macb1ne which features two 350cc engloes. As a dealer, Don bas done well 10 the five years sloce he started b1s busloess 10 a bole-lo-tbe-wall sbop down the street from b1s present spacious quarters. He sells and serVices Yamaha, sachs, Montesa, BSA, Ossa, Hodaka and Husqvaroa motorcycles. You'll usuallY flnd Don 10 the department that be knows and loves best, the serVice department. He tends to leave the responslbWty of the front end to b1s lovely wife, Norma, and bis gen1al sales IIIlLIIlIgl!r, Ron Cole, wIlo bas a raclng background. Don oploes that tbe bulk of b1s business comes from racing and desert riders, but a few of the larger street bikes are bought by the road riding types. Don Is well versed 10 all types of motorcycle actiVities and 1& loterested 10 all pbases of the sport. He Is a good l1stener, but wilen be voices an op1n1on, you can be reasonably certalo that it 1& based on personal experience and there Is very l1ttle that Don basn't tried 10 the way of motorcycllng. He Is a pleasant young man, always belpful to other cycl1sts and a real gentleman on or off the track. Don Vesco, active racer and dealer, 1& a man of wIlom our sport can be proud. 'tttrick's CD.petitiDn Enterprise ·Sot.. ·s........1'..u ...... _ . - 5<,-"" 1201 If. s,I_ (••• / • •7 ..... LEADING LINK FORK If. e...., e.Uf. 11900 W. Pica BLVD. W.L.A. - 477-0997 The Roehr Brothers- Van Tecb engloeers of Burbank, Callfornla recently announced the ava1lab1l1ty ofa competit1onproven leading I1nk front fork. A leading I1nk front fork system offers a more efficient progressive shock dampenlng for smoothing out the real rougb ones, giving more control over rough country. The Van Tecb design features a full Foot Pegs for Yamaha cn, An e'•• p;On Prese.f.f;ols Fits Models - DTlB, & 12nun x 1.25m ISO Thread Ligbtweight Low Cost Simi Valley G.P. - Whiteman Speedway 'Gary Bailey' - Sweepstakes Wimer 'Steve Bast' - Whiteman Trophy Dash 'Larry Shoemaker" - 250 Am Winner Ask lor the Choice of Champions _a.!_~~'!.r_~~Il!! D,al ... of lIIe _ok I Sam's Sportscycl.. : ~~W _ ~~_~_~. L~~~ .... six and one ba1f loches of fork travel and G1rllng sbocks. The fork's great torslonal strength adds to the rider's stab1l1ty and control 10 rugged country. The unit comes in two sizes to f1 t most bikes: Trail size retaUs for $99.50, with the big bike's forks se1l1ng for $114,50. DetaUed 10formation may be obtained by contact1Dg Roehr Brothers Inc., 317 North Victory Blvd., Burbank, Callfornla 91502 or by pboning (213) 842-4847. I N9,!BI!D~!OCK ~ 4915 Pacific Blvd., Vernon, California. Phone: 589-5488

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