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, WHAT TO SEE AT THE CYCLE WORLD MO TOR CYCLE SHO W Once you have made it past the turnstiles and melted into the with-it young crowd on the mezzanine 'wheel d. the Los A~les Sports Arena tb1s weekend, bedaZZled, you may risk missing some of the good tb1ngs there displayed. Tb1s guide, then, wUl serve as a handy checklist of the tb1ngs to see and the map on llage 9 will show you where to find the exhibits. \ As you enter there'll be, on your lett, the British exhibit, teaturing NortonVUliers-AJS and Greaves motorcycles. Marvel at the cunning design of the racing machines here and make a date with a dealer to ride the powerful Norton Commando before you move on. Directly across the aisle you'll come upon the Yankee Motors display. Here'S where the new Ossa's and, if luck and the Teamsters are with us, the fabulous twin-cylinder Yankee 500 are holdtDg forth. Say hello to Ken Clark and ask bim to show you the Ossa Short Track Replica ridden bY Dick Mann. Still proceed!Dg lett, yOU'll tind the Yamaha international booths, with two strikingly colored Daytona racers, fresh from the battles at the Speedway. They'll be there along with all the new Yamaha models. You may be surprised. Next to · Yamaha Is the Steens accessory display, teaturing the custom racing Rickman Metlsse trames and Cer1an1 suspension equipment. Check the new lightweight frames tor l00cc engines and gather up all the llterature on the rest of the neat tb1ngs in the Steens catalog. Don't miss the Cycle ShIrt Shop, snugged in between Steens and the Triumph motorcycle display. The Triumph booth will be featurtog the 165 mph TrIdent d. Gene Romerofastest qual1f1er at Daytona Speedway tb1s year, and wb1cb brought Gene in second at the 200 m1ler. Look at the new styles and Improved Bell helmets at the next display, and ask the man at Visco Products what they've got tbat you've been needtDg. Then Bli Blakeslee at U.S. racers should be looked in on. He'll show you a line of accessories for the serious motorcycle rider tbat will blow your mind. Next to Bm Is Barnes Enterprises, with a line of high quality accessories tbat you need in the dirt. Before long, you'll be at the Cycle News rotunda, where you can helP yourself to free sample copies of back Issues, and subscribe to any or all three of the newspaper editions for a special, low, show price. Say howdy to the staff, too. They'll be glad to meet you. Across from Cycle News Is the German exhibit, teaturing Sachs, BMW, Zundapp and Matco motorcycles,including the first BMW ever bu1lt. Don't miss the Flanders Accessory booth. This may be your only chance to see the many Flanders items all in one place. Since we won't know what's in the Bassan! Manutacturing booth until showtime, we'll be there, just like you, to watch them manufacturing Bassants, or whatever they do. We know what Grant industries Is so industrious about: making American and Rebel helmets. Try offering them contederate money tor the " Stars & Bars" model. Growl hello to the bears at GrIzZly Engtneertog. They've got all the neat, shiny Betor forks, control levers, wheels, brakes, all tbat good stuff. Check the Journeyman Trailers. They are a great answer to brtDgtDg the indoors along outdoors, Farther along, pay some attention to K.E,N. Products and see what they do, then say hello to AMA President B1ll Bagnall at the Motorcycle Dealer News booth and tbat hrings you to the American Motorcross Team display, where you should renew your membership and learn all about tlie team's plans for 1970 and '71. Then you are there! American Hondasville, where the Daytona winning Dick Mann Honda dominates the display Check the new 100cc Penton-style Honda, too. It's a gasser. Along the way, you'll have noticed the Yamaha double-engine streamliner of Don Vesco, an Allison engined motorcycle of 2,000 horsepower, 25 lovingly orlg1na1 antique hikes, a slew of sidebacks and, if all goes well, Norm Grabowski's .new Corvalr-engined 6-Pack with sidecar. Back to the commercial exhibits, you'll drool over the Harley-Davidson, with Bronson's rig and the new XR featured, pick up a #1 sticker and make it on around to the Bultaco show. Linger awbUe amid the bright Spanish scenes and then groove on over to the Triumph of Burbank and Pie Enterprises booth, with the " Sunset Tripper" chopper for sale on display. This hrings you right up against the Hodaka display, with neat Tiger Distributing Hodaka accessories ~~d c~~;foe::, B~~e:n~~~~:~, l~:ar~ & More Motorcycle s and soon around to the SuzuJd booths, where Ron Grant's ChampionshiP Suzy looms over the scene. Somewhere you'll have passed the Kawa.sald display, with Rusty Bradley's Daytona Amateur winner (a $5,000 b1ke if aver you've seen one) and 93 (count 'em) custom bikes, mostly choppers. There'll be a Speedway hike exhibit by 'Gr ea t Bear Enterprises there too, and six prize w1nn1Dg drai bikes, includtDg those of Jim WIsmer, Joe Smith, Sonny Raslawski's and Boris Murray. That is 'not all, by a long shot. There's still ZDS Motors with their Ducati and Guzzi wonders, Montesa Motors with pretty bikes and girls/. as well as North American Imports \Mavrlck shocks, Akront wheels, etc.) and BSA Western's new model display (do you suPPose they'll have Hallwood'S Daytona bike ?) By now your feet must be tired, so it's time to settle down at the Clyde Earl movie theater, where three new Bruce Brown cycle fUms (Baja, Corriganville & Desert) are the featured flicks. Don't miss the six new commercial fUms by Castrol and others, and the 10 minute movie fUmed at Saddleback Park by Mr. Earl. The show Is almost all new this year. By now it's late, and there's just tlme to pick up an autographed copy of the new Joe Scalzo book on Gary Nixon at the Cycle World booth, and meet Gary if he's still there. But if you hurry, you can still take a spin around the new trials course on a real motorcycle, before you load your loot on your scooter and scoot for home. ************************************ us SPEEDWAY STARS SOUGHT Hours: Monda~, .. , ... ~O am-6 pm Tuesda~ .... :. ... ~o am-6 pm . Wednesda~, .:. .10 am-6 pm Thursda~, Frida~.. ... ,10 am-6'pm ,loam-8pm ,qam-6pm Saturda~ , . Sunda~ ,, ,. ,,. , ,, ,,. (Praise the Lord By Peter White Photo bY Geoft Davis SYDNEY, AUST. - Severallead1ng Californian speedway riders could be in line for a trip to Australla next October. Speedway racing Is currently experiencing a tremendous boom revtvalperlod Down Under, and promoters are sparing no e:xpense in contracting the bestavallable overseas talent to boost their tlelds. One venue vitally interested inAmerlcan .r ider s Is the Frank Oliveri controlled Liverpool City Raceway near Sydney, New South Wales. Liverpool Is now tamous, to coin a cliche, for its strong international line up during the main summer season from October through March. And Oliveri means to retain the reputation in 1970-71. The bulk at his imports will come, naturally, trom Britain and the Continent, but It Is hoped to add color to the Friday night shows by addtog one or two top Americans. Oliveri's track manager, Mike Raymond, revealed this week tbat he Is proceeding overseas early in June for the specific purpose of s1gn1ng uP talent tor the torthcoming season. After scouring England, Raymond will travel across to America.•.destinatloo: Costa Mesa and any other dirt tracks which may be running. All riders will come under his scrutiny, esPecially the Bast boys, Sonny Nutter, Larry Heinselman and, of course, DeWayne Keeter who Is nowacontlrmed favorite with Austalasian speed tans. Anyone showing UP particularly well could be signed uP on the spot, tor there Is no doubt about It, Oliveri and Raymond do not beat about the bush if they spot a possible attraction. SaId Raymond: "With American suddenly emerging into international speedway this could prove a unique opportunity t or riders to pick up valuable experfence. Already DeWayne Keeter and Japanes rider Jlmmy Ogisu have gained contracts to race in England after tlrst displaying their wares in Australla." Certainly It would be the trip of a lifetime for any rider who Impresses Raymond. and Pass the Competition) oo~~!,~~~~!~~!-td. Los Angeles , Californ ia 90064- Telephone : (213) 475-4541 Sales - Service - Accessories - Parts Rivelts Champion Leathers c- HUSQVARNA' JAWA /CZ' SUZUKI· PENTON ' MZ, MONTESA ' ZUNDAPP ' MINI-TRAILS open monday through saturday , BASSANI MANUFACTURING bp.ls;ol C'••• ers Speci.lists WE'VE MOVED 1164 "c" fOUNTA'N WA '-ANAHE'. (714) 630-1821 VISIT BOOTH 66 CYCLE WORLD SHOW