Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

c:> Mel ClIIIIa. first, and Gord8D MWer, secoad, ftnlsbec! tile 351-5OOcc witb tbetr usual t:teht footage. Thtrd _nt to CbucJ< Key. Robert LoguIdice came tn first Norice tn the 650 class, wh11e Frank Durso COIItinued on for aoother forty feet to receive the first Expert position of tbat climb. Ray Hestand, Dick Oxford, Ed Schweitzer, aDd J1m Thompson tied for second at the 125 marker. Revelier. M.C. :: Last Hillclimb i• Cl. U) ik 60J ~ By Margie Oxford CJ BAKERSFIELD, CALIF., SePt. 7,1969A1Ier _en fall2lfUl years at Outlaw CanJOII in Bakerstteld, Call!., the Revellers fhdsbed ott their last h11lclim b yesterday 011 a brand new, sl1cked out hUl. San Jose's Frank Durso only managed 170 feet on tile razor sbarP hlll, but h1s tootaee was tops for the day, making him cbamp of the Call!ornia hillcllmbers. Larry Sm1th's three cylinder BSA IIIlIde tile 150 footer, learing him top rider by tile eDd of tile first roUDd. How__, a wreacbed Ialee-cap d1sabIed him 1« tile seeood ride. New locals Bud Key, BID Steagall, and JIm Harwood bad tile 100cc.1batfatber_ compeHtton tam Buzz aDd Robert SI1ft wttII Gorden M1Der, all uorthern81'S, 8IDJe tile ZOO. First Amatieur Mel CIIIIba and Norice r1dlIr BobRe)'DOldscarrted the 250 c1ass. Racw Voyles topped Buddy CbrtstatD by ~-tlft feet in 1M 350. :.. PUBLIC RESPONSE COULD CREATE SCENIC CYCLE PARK ·Sllck· was tile word III tla by at akin, E ropea 8)' CMr1 Dt.nIell I am wr1I:IIIC tbU article tn the hope it wJI1 8IIClIlII'aP and tntorm some wives ol ncers like 1II)"NIf, w1Iose Iwslw Dds are «N.lrtnc: ol IJ1ClIriJIc tbetr famtl1es to Europe. First ol all, [ think the ltfe here is ftIT exdttnc, different tn many _ys, , . Uke !lome tn oIhers. and [ live tn a 14 toot house tra1Ier. Ltvtnc speee J.a cut sbort tns1de '" Ids 400cc H. .qnna wIW:b is stnpped to tile tIoar tn trollt. I cOok all our meals l1li a 2 bUrneI'- atoM (Crill Wlderneatb) tIIat rueti off lntenIatIoaal Gu ($2.50 per bottle wtdcb lulB about two to three WMb). OW IfChts also nm OIl PS, We arrtved Ia Europe to lanuary (still winter) and immediately IIm!sted tn a p.s a- '-ter. 9q. Geat, BeJclum J.a our "borne-base" tn Europe. 1be people speaJc Flemtsh, a laIIcuaee much like Dutch, and baJf at. Re'c bOil BPeaks French. It is dU!Icu1t to Jeern, to say the least, but [ .... found EacU* apeeldnc people ~ly every~ Amertcaa teJetUioD proare PlIIlUIer bere: rlZorro" and "'I1Ie Iund!lI"s'· 1W8a1" wttII aad FreacIl subtitles. 1be people pick lIP Eac1isII quickly in this Wbea Encll* tIdJII kI eet a re~, a uttle French wW ~s do the trick. SIIaAIInc: can be a real lIdnDtare. 1be . . . . . are -.Jly very AWl, and tile .eIectica ol ltenw are trtmlDlld do'tnI to -.,be _ GC two branda. Ma.t caIID8d &'DOdlI .... a coJorful Picture ol c' lII....ts 011 e. Jebel, tIIank cnod_1 Same are ....... erema ne:n... -r. SACHS TRAIL BIKES Out~w More than seventeen hundred acres are anila.b1e for exciting, scen1c touring trails over cal< aDd pine forested mountain peaks in Kern County, Call!. Crystalaire Land Co., Inc. has proposed a new cycle park on these beauttful Iands situated about forty m1les east of Bakersfield and twenty-five mlles north of Teha.chlIpi. Plans are to proride parking, sanitary and camping tacillties tor the general pubI1c, in addttion to racing courses for tnterested motorcycle clubs. The proposal now awaits a respoase from the pubItc to determ1ne wbether these plans sbouJd become a reality. Anyooe interested tn seeing the 1760 acre sec-• tion may do so by contacting Bill Paulsen, at. 1. Box 24, Llano, cal. 93544, or Pboo1nc (805) 944-2555. C.,•. otocross AFa.iI, Affair _n American brands, with Enc:ltsh labels. I bad a btt at. trouble wben I first started sbopptng. I'm UAd to marketing once a week or "80 once every two weeks. [ cot a surpr1se wben [ pUbed both my task8tfuI1II ol grocer1e!I to the cbeck-out counter, placed the ltiems l1li the cOllVl!Jer-be1t and llancedaroundfor a box boy. When [ rea11Zed that box boys were non-ex1stent, [ Jooad frantlNlJly for the SIIIlPly ol ~ bags or hollies tbat are J1SuaJIy at bome to bec1n pack1nc them myself. Unfortustely for me, it is the custom bere to carry a 1aree •'beachtype" bag to put your groceries tn. [ bel1eft people bere most .... to sbop everyday. Anyway, "va yOli eRr at.tempted 1lO carry a two-week sqpply ol food tn two oatstretcbedarms?lllOW'take a 1aree _ved bag every oIher dIU' to sbop. Another problem [ bad at first was the metric system. Meat, veptabIes, and trutt are scaJed tn IdIograms. After Iearntne ooe IdIogram was ecpal to approxtm.tIIIly 2-1/4 pounds it became eu1er 1lO bQy food tn tile proper qI.ntItlf.... BabJ food can be found e'.illben, aDd ther.. are two or thr¥ different braoda. DUpoable dltIpers, bottles aed all oIher tnfant -.dB are alsoanUabl8. Some bally bottles are marked tn liters 011 oae s1dtI and ounces 011 the otber. Much of e. m1lk bel'e Is raw(non..puteurtzed), so cbecldac the 1abet for this 1ntormation sbouJd be ol tmporta.noe If you are buJ1ng for a eIItId. Raising a ch1Id tn Europe wb1le 011 the move to races each week can preseut many problems,but llOlIe tnsurmo"nteNe. School aced children would make the mobUe motocross ltfe almost tmpoeAbJe unless you conld afford to place tbem to a private Enc:1tsb spes Irtnc: lICbool ~ your bome base. Having a "bome-base" is very important. To"va IICmep!aee to return to after each journey, wber'e all your mall can be sent, wbere you can makefrteods and just relax Is a necesstty. Our ''bomA!'' is Gent, a city ol about ZOO,OOO people. It is small enoucb to feel comfortable tn, yet large I!IlOIICb to furD1Bh lIS with all tile eotm!IIIeDces ol a 1arge city. Gent bas nine or ten a-ters featurtac American movies (no drlYe-tn's, tIIoagb. Uafortunately, the rainy watber tn BeIctum does not make them veryprantable),aDd many EDC'llsb book stores. Mostlmpon.. ant ol all to us tn Gent Is the Molly' GaRee. Mr. aDd Mrs. Molly (both ol wbom have ~ motocross; JtlB, I said botIV, and tbetr six c:IIUdren "va bee really WODderfJl1 to lIS. AU our mall is delivered there,aDd Ben\cDa, the KoI1y's 21 year old cM'IPter, beJps us to treII5late our letterstromprolll!ltlllrs. spaks tlve 1aac1acM, so • bas bem an 1nft1uab1e aJd to us. Having a1readT IIIlIde tile m.lstPJIie myself, [can tell you not 1lO tJrtnc _ PIQ' itanw ol cltlCb1nc: that require IIlDCb IrIIIIing. Also. a few malrMnr ~ aDd skirts 01' pants lIat are 1ntIIIJ"cI!p'll""Ne are much more prad1cal tbPa br1JICtDC over tmlJj' item tn your ~ '1bIIre Bent.,.. s C S WI S just tsn't mach room tor ~ cIotbes tn a tra1Ier. CoodenpHoo of motsture tnto the storqe COJIlP&r1ments can he a big problem too. I bPewnppedallswaters and clIamlIpBbIe items tn plastic bags to preveot mold from torm!Jlc. There are plenty ollauDdromats tn Eurclpe, altbougb some are oId-tasblODlld, aDd all are rather expensive. There are many bardsIIJps wblJe tra-. veJlnc. [ like to tb1nk [ am a ~ map rMder. but there are times wbeD we are w1ncI1nC dowII ooe-wy streets the wroac aDd drtv1ng tn circles trytnc to ftod the bighway wbeD I just give \Cl, throw the map on tile floorboards, and feelUke CI')'1nc. ODe time we were lost tn Parts two boars trytnc to ftod the autotlalm Dllrih. We baft IIOW bem tbroagh Parts so ma.ay times we can zip tbroacb tn 30 1Il1mdIes. ADoaIer problem, If yOli an1ft tn w1ntBr as we did, is icy ra.ds. PuW.nc a tra1lel" (caIII!Id acaravan tn Europe) COIIlp11cates tile matter. On the trip to S..-Ien to tile BJISQftJ"1I& Factory tn March, I kept my ll)'e& closed baJf tile ...,. 1be caravan was sUdtnc ODe ..., and tile car tile otber. Somebow, throacb my bustlPDd's sIdD1ul cIrtvtng we arrtved tn oae pI.ece. We like to arr1ft at each event the day before tile race. 1bat ..., Russ can ~ tile course, pndIce, and relax, tn that order. 1be marJIbJC ol the race we __ \Cl kI IIlJISIc bIer1IIc 011 tile p~. systIIIm at aroaod • a.m. I flx br'eUfUt aDd tben start my ldare ol tile sport. WuIdnc c:attIIIc oat DIIpr-sMped budae-, and ~ all the bettie par taU8 \Cl1llOllt ~ tbe mCll'llblc ualDpractit:e U-, JISally llo'c:Iock. tice heciIIII I'm rteIat a..e _ Irbtnc, ....,._ I taow I'U be qrdzzed "Wbo's COUIc IuIar and wIIere?" • I try and compare ~ to tile otber r1dIIn and lift as mucll cAl6& .eat IIIIormatiaa as I cau. Dartec Cbe IDB'ftl practleeaDd tile ftrst lee, sometimes a two 01' _ three boar ..u, I ..... the IIlIIIIber pIetes oil., and e--allY b8IP to ~ tile tIDe. Dartec tile race I take ~ and IIIIlIIIl track ol a.6s poettlm Be~ 1M recetS I try and !lolslIlr .... sptrtis and IIIIlIIIl blm • --d. Sometbnes tIds cae be qaMre a jab as tile compeUtklD lB'e U 80 creet. AftIlr' tile raee we CO to tile pre. 'pHon ...... tile pr1Ms are awarded. 'lbIa U, 110 doet, tile IIlOIlt dr-sed pert ol atlday.EftryODe e:rowds . . a IIIDOb tWed cate ~ tile raee aDd 1IPItls. A few tim. we'ft w1ted tInree GC fear boars. AJIoIIIer tIdDC I mJcbt mcmtk!D bere is tile dr_ attlle presertlll H C415. 11Ie _ _ -.lly ~ sId.rts and blouses 01' a dress and the riders ~ suits or sIacb and a sport sbtrt. A1Ier collectiec start IDOII8)' and prize m~ we bMd for Gent. I hoPe this bas been ol IIOIDe beJp to you, and If there are any~, as I'm sure there must be, please write 1lO me at tbts address: Mrs. Russ Darnell 11471 casara A.._ Lalrerie1r Terrace, C&llf. 91342 Or pboDe me at lIi6-9221. We sIIPU be IIome SePen'ber 25, uatn March 1970, 'WIIeG we return to Europe foI: ano8IeI' _ _ at. tamfJ:J -r, eoas-, _prac- w- ....1CtIrS I.e. IIIIMnss "''''-1Il 12Icc s.tw Class 1• .II, Velll. - Slels M BeII4I. Rilil-" 2INI 24 Ell -11Sl I III 1st l2Icc I 0 1 T_ .. &., 5&" I J.J. ~. - SIcn Sachs' new 1969 Enduros, K-100 and K-125GS, are successors to the famous Boondocker K-8OGS, which won the 9reatest number of national events in the 1967-68 season. Whether your ba9 is !rai ling, racing, Of general fun, check out the new '69 Sach s at your deal er • ~SJ SACHS Dealer In(JJlfies 1.1V1ted Importer and ,estern Distributor HERCULES DlST. LTD. IS: tl12 Colorado 51. Sanu Monica, e.II!. 9040-4' PH: (213) 451~721 Motocr_.

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