Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

... "What do you want me to do with these?" asks tile aston1shed doorma n 1oo1dDr at the hlkes at the frOllt door. "Park them. of course. " Desk clerk: "Caesa r's Palace ls lD favor of lDformallt;y but this ls, is... quite out of nne." "Are you dlscrlm inating aralDst minorit ies?" 'lbey switcb to stratrbt s. pull off the robbery , call1ng Sonny for belP on the excuse that tbey are beinr rourbed uP by the cops with tbe claim of a "maxim um emerre ncy." Cops, Angels and the boys arrive at tlie same time and the club is &1ven an escort to the county llDe. But all ls not well back at the rancb. Anrered at belDr called out 011 a false alarm Sonny tells the outride rs to &pllt. 'lbls !bey dO. According to their plan, dirt bikes were waiting at a friend17 a.rby dealer. Leavior their cboppe rs in front of the sbop, they take off on a Triumph Bultaco for a Sunday desert ride. The Anpls, by now apprise d by the Sheriff (who seem s to be an old friend) tbat they bave been used for theretaw ay, decide to "ret them olD'selves" aDd are lD bot pursuit . Spott1ng the chopper s they converr e on the same friendly nearby d~r and excbanr e their bikes for buzzlDr BuUacoe, lDformtnr tbe proprietor s, "You Just went lDto the rental bUBlDess••.lD a bi& way." Away they all roar through the sagebrusb and the cactus. One almost expects them to pick uP a mark at tbe next checkpoint. 'lbe pollce, not to be outdone, order every availab le helicop ter into the search and apprent17 come uP with one[:w tch vallant17 takes off to search tile Mojave for everyone else. When Anrel8 catch UP with the lhleves there ls a spectac ular stunt scene b1 Joe Hooksr, some poetic justice and room for your imaglDatlOll. , ~"'--' ..... HELL'S ANGELS,. 01 • OFF THE ROAD 11TH CAU FORIIA'S BEST KIOIN MOTORCYCLE CLUB From morie vt11alDa to morie stars, "bars" to "tacor ', from outlaw to rirlJant es; ls tile world ready for tbe Bell's ADpls? ProIlab1J DOt, but tbe ADpls are rad7 for tile world aDd tbe1 maD all tbll. . traIlS1t1011S plus tbe molt lmporta nt 0DlI to tile b1IslDess end of tbe morie world byco-w rttlDr, co-Produc1Jlc aDd co-starr lDc lD !be cbllerf\ll flIntasy froIII "lIeU's AQI81a, '69." I'andoXScsl17, lIIls fUm ts tile least YloIeat aDd lila molt humoro us of all the 000d of qeIe mories. U should bave bad a G rat1Dc ~ of M. Aoy Dleht>s TV ts more barmfII l for tile 1d.dd1es. There are DO c~ of rioIeDce, DO strawberf')" Jam smeare d 011 'tile rlass, DO whoIlPlDr ba::Pr~~~sit1atlo n. stroar Ions IOCId yarn of a ftI'7 or The plot concern s two bored rich bolts, well P!a1ed by Tom Stern aDd Jer&Jl1)' SJata, wbo baft IIlIttI1DC better to do \:baD rob Cusar 's Palsee lD Las V......Just for Id.cb. BelDr brtCbt boYS, tbe1 plot tile perfect aDd wildest wq to commit «be "crime "; by joIDIDr lila Hell's Anpis for a MIll aDd 1ettlIIr tbe club cover B1 Jean Potter TtJLAR E, CAL., AIIlf. 18, 1ge9 - MIIlfIY aDd hot _Iller mat baft accounted for tile laek of riders at «be Tulare TT llaturdaT but the nctnr was excelle nt. CIIUlDr Don Emde but never rea1l1 lhr"ten 1nr hlm lD the f1r1t Novice qaallIJlDr beat was Bultaco mounted Robert Morran from SluI Leandro . Tnd Sloan plded h1s Bul to a wlD the second beat aDd let Randy Smith's thr.ts pusb him 0 ace:omp11sh lIIls tbey lhe1r esc:epe. learn to ride cboppe rs (tbe lead chopper was by Cyclera ma of GIendaJe), case tbe Anpls for web, cr_te outlaw 1mare for themsel ves (salem Witches, Boston) aDd use a poor lDDOcent citizen to maneUVllr a connection with the club. (The citizen dido't suffer too rreatl7' ) Had tIley put lIIls much ellerl)' lDto some constru ctive end_vc r tbey mtcht bave become Governor of Califor nia. Getttnr lIIamse1ves accepted by tbe club iJmllves some IOCId natured rourbhouslDr, remlD1scent of boys on a scbool playrro und (called violenc e lD !be advertisem ents) after whcib tbey conv1nce the Anpls tbat V.... ts prefera ble to BIc Bear for tbe MIll. It ts hirb1Y unlike17 that any newcomer could influence tbe club as much as lila.. two or tbat Sonny Barger wouldn·t IaIow lbat tbe Salem Witclles were tsss !ban rMl, but as was said, lh1s.ls an imProbable yarn. Once lD V...., or on a l'lUICh near V..... «bey fetra boredom with tbe rustic life (ridlDlr a cow, for 8umple ) aDd propose to sojourn at Caesar 's Palsee. The Anpls are properl y startled at tbe id_ of a motorcy cle outlaw rerbler lDr at Caesar 's Palsee aDd warer 011 tbe1r success . Of course tbe boys IaIow ropes that the club doesn·t and, armed with a conftrm ed resena tion, tbey erriTe lD rr_t st;yle on tbe1r choppe rs. Hane" Hatele, Tops At Tulare to a faster time tban Emde's b_t. Talented John Hateley ran awq from hls beat and rave everyone a taste of lhlDcs to come. Triump h mounted Mike 8aDeJ of Gerd_, Cal. bested Expert Robert Ferro, the Trlumpb scramb les ace from Sherman oaks, Cal. 'lbe second Amateu rElQlt!rt quaIJfyt nr h.t was the moet competitiYe. Paul Bostrum and Nationa l number 33, Bob Bailey had the Tulare race tans on their feet for all five laps. John Hateley' s smooth style and flawless ridinr _ t one of the nation's rreates t all-arou nd Novices, Don Emde, lD the next qua.\UylDg b_t. Ferro put on his best profesa ional Dleht of racing to edge out Larry Wilburn lD wtnntng a comblDed Amateur-Ellpe1't beat. In fronl of Rober! F...ro and the Mlk. Hane, adjusts 1II. Irlm lab I Oft hll mUllache and peels off rest '!.f the pack at TUlare. ILE BIKE TRAUsed RS New & One, two, , & thre, ,all mod,11 $14 9.95 & up SInd for Info. SoIlllY Barger ls very IOCId as llonn1 Barger . Terry the Tramp, poet laur-m of tbe Oakland club, ls equally rood as himseU . Skip, Ttnr, Macao, Winston, Tommy. and other membe rs pop lD and out of tbe picture , playtnr themsel ves with style and bumor• They Improved the fUm. It would bave been nice to have them and the oakland "old ladies" in the picture more. 'lbe club attracts some of the nicest and best looldng &1rls outside of Hollywood. Stunt work for the movie was performed by Bud Eklns, Jerry Randall , and Eddie Mulder lD additlon to Joe Hooker. Dirt rlding was done by the Anrels !bemse lves and by the Viewfinders M.C. Pbotography Is good, the directio n holds the parts together well and much of tbe dialog was improri sed on the spot (You can tell wbat wasn·t). 'lbe morie is better for so much ImproTisation. It is, lD fact, a very IOCId movie. It Isn't a rreat morie for !be same reason that none of the motorcy cle mories so tar has been rr_t. We bave not yet seen a marie about human beings who happen to ride motorcy cles. But "Hell's Anrels, '69" is a IOCId marie.. .. pleasan t trip to a never-n ever land and that's wbat entertalDment Is r.ny all about. A rr-t morie potentia l is be&1Jminr to emerre .The motorcy cle asanlD strument of violence ls &1Tinr away to r.ut;y. The motorcy cle is fUn. No matter how you frame it it ts fUn. It ls UrhtDes s and joy and freedom . Motorcycle people IaIow lh1s. And to the extent that they control a morie this qua11t;y comes through. It 18 lh1s, not the strawbe rry Jam and closeuP violence which has made a raft of medioc re-to-Io usy motorcy cle moY1es as popular as tIley bave been. TheHel l's Anre1s, contrar y to ada and imares , brtnr lIIls qua11t;y throurb abundant17 lD this fUm. Venrean ce takes a back_ t to the fUn of ridinr a cycle tbrouib the c~ desert air • Hateley ntrht saw a continuation u John ran awq with the Trophy Dub, almolt out of strht of Emde. Haney kept h1s streak alive by laIdnr the comblDed dUb from Ferro. Bostrum and Bailey were far I».c:k lD the dUSt. Hateley fu1fl11ed the promis e shown earlier and ran away with the Norice main. He flDisbed a wtre-to -wtre MIll 'a half lap ahead of Fresoo' II Tnd Sloan. 'lblrd place was a hot contest between Emde, Randy Smith, and Bill Marcan. Emde flDisbed ahead of Morpn and Smith. A compar ative newcomer to racIng. Dick Allan, rode his Yamaha to a creditab le seventh place. Mike Haney's raclDr career stretcb es farther than his mustacb e and he took hls second Ellpe1't MaIn wlD. He was first lDto the corner and stretcbe d h1s lead every lap. Amateu r Ferro held cozily to second place while the ttrbUor lhlrd beld went on behlDd hlm. Bailey took lhlrd flnally and Ron Pierce edred Paul Bostrum out for fourth in the last turn to the flar. Larry Wllburn continued his streak of bed luck by falUnr off in the malD event. His prlDtable comme nts were, "It cost me money and it burt." 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