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PEOPLE PLACES THINGS AUTO ENGINE DRIVES SUPER DOOPER CYCLE AT 1&1 M.P.H. TrlU,,1td by a 400 H.P. fuel-laJICtId Cb__ let .&10. bunlial alcollol. ArYlI Potter bums up *alstrlps at tbI rate of bitter tIIan 158 .lIes per 0_. TItNe niDI oa a " .11e !rack cbews up til. re. tire, an 1.15 x 500 which _Id run 40.000 .lIes aM lIIOre oa a Pas_I" c •. Th. tire Is a Firestone S-r. To let lbe mammolb cyele started. Porter ilas a pipe bandle tllat nts Into a . .'........ socket on tb. klcll slMli. By puslllal down on til. ilandl•• tbe .acbln. Is ralSld _to tile slMd. " pair of callill from tile cyele .e ....Itd to a batlIfJ and with tile ,.. wIIeeI acl· lal as a nywil.... tbe IlIcla. Is starlld. TIle callies . . dlsconnectld from tlIe baliif)' via qulcll·snapplnl, easy-off clamps. MIl Port" Is on bls way In a cloud of alky . e s and rubber smoke. Pori... a dral racial buff and motorcycl. and airplane mllChanlc for a decad•• desllned an d buill lbe macillne. uslnl lbe fork of a motorcycle as lb. oaly c.ulae cycle componllll He "aurll he has $3.400 Invllted In the macblne and he Is In demand for exhibitions on dral strips across the couatry. THE TUNER By Bill Harmer Numbers Klal Wayne Ker_ !races a cardbo.d template to crut. a p.SOIIallzltd nWllb" plate for a dlscrlminatlnl rider. Wayne Kerner By Terry Pratt The next time you're at Ascot Park for the motorcycle races take a close 1001< at the number plates. Do you suppose that the riders and tuners that do the mechanical race preparation are also skilled at number pa1ntl.ng? Probably not. Chances are, the more eye catching number plates are done by the talented hands of Wayne Kerner. Wayne works out of the Ace Sign Shop 011 Market Street in Long Beach. He bas been in the sign painting and lettering trade quite a wh1le; his fatber started Ace Sign in 1929. That.makes 11 Long Beach's second oldest sign shop. Commerical sign painting bas become less a part of Wayne's work lately. 10 the last year he has done studio and location work for cm, Samuel Goldwyn and otber TV and motion picture producers. And of course he has his numbers racket going. "Lots of riders like personalized numbers", Wayne says. "So when they come 10 I design sometblng and they like to keep 11 for a few years." "Sometimes they have an Idea about what they want to 1001< like and I draw 11 out OIl card board." 10 the case of a rider that Wayne has already made numbers for and now needs replacements, Wayne goes through his large f1le of cardboard templates and picks out the ODeS marked with the rider's name. Eddie Mulder, Dusty Coppage, Eddie WIrth, GeDe Romero and many other well known riders have their names OIl distinctive number templates. Wayne's number Plates are made of a sheet of fiberglass that he cuts to siZe and tben rounds the corners. The number is traced onto the plate and then he paints 11 in. Wayne bas many friends racing at Ascot and in 1963 raced there himself for a year before a broken leg put him out of action. An active ten year member of the Htllloppers Motorcycle club, Wayne frequently rtdes Distr1ct 37 desert events. His desert sled TrtUD1Ph takes uP ODe at the better kept corners of his shop. As well as working for the studios Sayne says he is going to stay with the numbers because 11 lets him be around racing and the people in the sport. And U there ts any doubt about Wayne Kerner being the numbers bog, remember tbat for the last two years he bas sUk screened over 30,000 stick-on numbers yearly for the District 37 Sports Committee. H~PERFORMANCEKAWASAKIHEAD FROM WEBCO A new club for hIllclimb entbusiasts, AMA hIllclimhers Assn., bas been formed in ca1Uornta and the President is almost- undefeated slant artist Frank Durso. They have scheduled twenty hIllclimb meets for 1970. flrope Tries _••, ••to-I Webco 1oc. of 218 Main St. in Venice, Cal. says tbis high performance head is desigDed to improve speed and cooliDg at Kawasaki 238 and 250Cc machines. The heads are machined for compression releases and retail for $39.05. LOlITA HONDA SailS. Parts Servlc. 0 Complete line of Sp.ed Equlpmlllt Custom Paintlnl, Frame Works, Frame Dlllllllni & Bulldinl Discount Prices on All sales .. 2073 Pacific Coast HW)';..._ _. . 32603810 or 326-3816- ThIs week a promoter in Belgium will stage Europe's first night motocross. Top-Une entries include Dave Bickers, Roger DeOoster, Torsten Hallman and Adolf Wen. The idea is to encourage a circus-type atmosphere with sideShows and other entertainment, according to the British paper Motor Cycle News. imichrome Ines Saddenly Slmlcbro.. Is a hon.y Cleans qulg. as a bunny OMPEnfioN Tube 8St CHEMICALS Can $2.9 704 Washington A•••• C Iowa Fall s Iowa Jon Knapp, who is responsible for the preparation of the very speedy Yamaha that Ward Ring used to capture the District 38 Point lead, has been in the motorcycle business for oniy about five years. In that time he has become very knowledgeable about how to make them go. Having previously operated a small airpori and charter service where he did his own mechanical maintenance, he was of wllere fbe QUALITY is B.ltacos Only. Parts, Service Bell Helmets II Bacs - Torst. Hallman, Gines, Leathers Cerlani SaspeRsions - K.ni Shocks - AII AElIPallsion Cmers - BilE Filters - Filtrols - Plues, NGK, Aa1olite, Lofee- •••••••••••• *.*** PROOf .f wIIere JON KNAPP no stranger to air-cooled engines when he came to Luc!l;y Yamaha of Lemon Grove as manager for owner, Charles Winters. ' Winters agreed to sponsor a couple of racing bikes In the San Diego area, and "Ohuck" gave Knapp the green light. "Go all out for racing", were his instructions. Not only do they extend every effort in behalf of their own riders, but they sponsor a Sweepstakes Race at every District 38 TT Scrambles, and donate valuable merchandise orders for prizes. The Sweepstakes has been so well received that they are planning on sponsoring a 250Cc Grand Prix next season and offering $1000.00 in prizes. ThIs season their No. 1 rider, Ward Ring, is leading in District 38 points and their No.2 pUot, Carl Byers, is in the top five and is favored to fin1sh second behind Ring. "It gives us a lot of pleasure to help out the Sportsman Class Racers" says KnaPP, "and we're going to do all we can to attract the best riders to the 250Cc Class". Sp.cialized Triumph - Honda R.pairs 0 Custom Racing· Enginos Machin. Work· MetisSf Kits Cyl. 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