Road Rider
Rundown
By R. O. Fee
The Ace of Clubs found themselves
bumped out of their long standing mldJune rally date by thel Lucky Wheels
Motorcycle Club at the annual calendar
meeting of the Southern Callfornia Road
Rider Committee, Monday, November
3rd. The Ace of Clubs, third on the bidding list, then chose the long Memorial
Day Week-end to stage their 15th annual
High Sierra Tour at Lone Pine.
The sports calendar Is the main accomplshment and nearly the sole reason
for the RRC's existence. Throughout the
year, member clubs earn points that
determine which club has first choice of
the new calendar dates.
When the bidding was complete, the
1970 Sports Calendar showed twentyone events:
1969 LOS ANGELES ROAD SPORT
CALENDAR
January 31 RRC Dance and Officer Installation
February 8 Majesties 2nd Royal Run
February 21-22 Motor MaIds 7th Colorado River Run
February 23 RRC Blood Bank Collection
March 8 Jasper's Ralndrop Run
March 22 Hi Way KIngs Pol
tangled traffic, often get their users to
and from work much quicker than those ~
with cars. Furthermore, motorcycles ~
eliminate long search, for parking -J
spaces, and paying parking fees, and C,)
high garage rents."
The motorcycle makes possible a
wider job choice and more freedom by a
third factor: For those on the farms or
in country villages or towns, employment In factories many miles a way becomes possible and practical, thanks to
the motorcycle."
A commentator on the French scene
offers his observation, "Motorcycles
are popular because of the typical
Frenchmen'S penchant for compete independence and freedom, including the
posslblity of moving about as quickly and
easily as possible." He lists as among
the most avid cyclists, both men and
women for commuting to their jobs,
housewives for shopping, mail and delivery men for reaching outlying villages
and remote countryside, and parish
priests and nurses for making their busy
rounds.
For the future, the leaders of the
French motorcycle industry say that
they intend to seek more of the American market and boost exports to the 111
nations with whom they have overseas
sales.
"We are confident," an industry
spokesmen declared. "There is an expansion each year in the number of young
people buying and riding motorcycles.
For the worker, the cycle is becoming
indispensable, though in many cases,
simply to complement the car as a much
less expensive means of daily transport,
and one that allows them to avoid the
frustrating urban area traffic jam."
For France, iL is forward into the
future on more motorcycles., .
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Tops Four
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CBM CARRIES ON
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By Berwln Bylle
Art By B.E,R. Service
PEREIS, CAL. Nov. 8, 1969 - The frost
was on the pumpkin Saturday night which
may be the reason why the racers felt
they had to go so fast. A few of the riders forgot that it's really easy to crash
that way.
Debbie Sanders who has just left our
Novice ranks was in a real spill on her
first heat and spent the rest of the evening at Elsinore Hospital getting herself
put back together. Debbie doesn't realize
what a fan club she has in her fellow
riders and spectators. Two concerned
riders came in after the races were over
to make sure the bikes and trailer would
be taken care of. Both commented on how
much they enjoyed watching, Debbie race
and thought she was great to get out there
with the guys and not take a back seat to
any of them. Debbie suffered a broken
collarbone and broken toe so she will
be out for the rest of the season.
Dan and Craig Johnson are an uP and
coming team on the Perris scene and a
little different as they compete in the
same class. Dan is fifteen and Craig is
fourteen and both rIde bikes wljlch have
been built by Dad. Dan's is a 100Cc
Kawasaki in a Van Tech and little
brother's is a Suzuki 100cc in a Van
Tech. Dad comes by his ablllty naturally
as he used to own Johnsons Cycle Center
in Oceanside. Dan said he felt sick to
his stomach his first time on the line and
it was full of butterfiles.
Both boys can crack a book as well as
a throttle and they have B-averages at
Oceanside High School.
Bob Greenstreet rode himself to a
Perris Amateur rating Saturday and
Dottie, his wife, said it was due to her
folks. Since they came out to watch Bob
race be has been on a winning streak.
Yamaha of Montclair has just turned
Its service department over to Hugh
Tidwell who has come up with some
really sharp ideas. The one that Is going
to make it with those who have competition bikes is that on Saturday all service
work will be devoted to those who race
and need a repair In a hurry. In fact, the
service department will try to get the
job done while you walt. Hugh will work
, on any brand of bike so if you have a
problem you now have an an~:-ver.
Gerry Burton had his lawyer out Saturday night to see exactly what iL is all
about. They left during the races to go
around and see how much noise there
was. The night was very cold and clear
and in the loudest area he said it was
loud but you had to roll down the windows or get out of the car to hear anything. One thing the lawyer and his wife
were impressed with was the high caliber of the youth and the family atmosphere.
A special thanks to the Bob Sanders
family for bringing the trophies.
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