Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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35 years o ld - so what ?' , , , What good is it all? Your family , your frie n ds . vir's all th ere, man ," Right O rl, Larry. Righ t 0 11. • Cycle News bids welcome to Long Beach, Motorcycle Grand Prix ByCC from • Here we've got racing down Ocean Ave nue , scrubbing speed off , Goodyear road raci ng slic ks in to , t hen wheeli ng a lit of the t urn dow n Queensway , past the Queen Ma ry wi th her three huge .. xha ust Slac ks swe pl ba ck against th c wind : Try an d tOP that , Los Angeles! Long Beach should name its streets after the heroes who will be conquering them com e April first and second . Barry Sheene Blvd . , Gary Nixon Alley , Gary Scott Street. What will these prosaic street names mean to us after we ha ve seen Pine Street ch a insawcd and Locust Ave . cut down ? The roar of O ce an Av.... will seem like a wh isper aft er we ha ve heard th e TZ750s and th e RGA500s snarl ing in hot pursuit. What vou will wit ness -in th e st reets of LonK Beach A p ril First a nd second is t he biggt'st th in g to hit -A m erica sinc e m otocro ss , bi g g e r than ' Mon a co , , b e t t e r than M ont e Carlo , more meaningful than LeMan s. Do I exaggera te? No . I d o not exagg e r ate . " Com e see for you rsel f April One a nd Two. These are th e world's greatest roadra ce cha m pions on th e fas te st g ra nd prix motorcycles, racing o n th e streets of a big California city . The very same st r c c ts a nd co rn ers that you and we hav e to drive every day of th c wee k goi ng abou t o ur business . A nd there '11 b e Formula One cars doing th e sa me t hi nK (onl y not .a ll at th e sam e t ime, fortunately), so yo u'll be ab le to see an d co m pa re th e d ifferen ces bet wee n the famous four-wh eelers and t he r el a r ive ly unkn own ( to t h is mom e nt ) two-wh eel gen iuses. It will am aze you . Nobody has ever see n a nyt hing like it. It 's new , a nd diffe rent . C ycl e News pred ict s that th e Lon g Beac h Grand Prix will take its p lace in leg end as th e Monaco of Am erica . th e Daytona of the W est . a nd th e LeM ans of Long Beach . For it is not o n ly a roadra ce t h ro ug h the stree ts of a n int ern a tio na l port cit y, it is a happen ing like Woodstock, a part y lik e Mard i G ra s , a br and-n ew impression a ll its own . Don't miss it . Order your tick e ts now , T ell you r fri ends about it. Be then' for ih .. fi rs t Long Beach World Invita tio na l Motorcycle Grnad Prix April I an d 2 . Ti ckets for the motorcycl e portion of the Long Be ach G ra nd Prix April I and 2 are ava ila ble to Cycl e News re ad e rs for only $7 .50 both da ys t ha t's a saving of $2 .50 off th e regular ticket pri c.. of $10 and it includes grandstand sea ting . Ti ckets for a ll t hree da ys of th e LBGP ( iocluding th e Formula One car races Apri l 3) a re o n ly $12 .50 to C ycle News read..rs (a $2 5 va lue) . . 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