25 Years Ago July, 1967

25 YEARS AGO JULY, 1967

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For fans of Indian motorcycles, the July, 1967, issue of Cycle World was a collectors' edition. On the cover was Lysle Parker's 1934 Four, and inside, five feature stories-including tests of the classic Four and an 80 cubic-inch Chief-were devoted to the great old American marque, which had been out of business since 1953. In one of those features, Sam West Pierce, a dedicated Indian fanatic, summed up his passion with a simple poem:

You can't wear out An Indian Scout Nor its brother The Indian Chief They're built like rocks To stand hard knocks It's the Harleys That cause the grief

• Road tests of Norton's 750 P-il Scrambler and BSA's baby Gold Star, the Starf ire 250, also were conducted. Both met with fine re views; the Norton was deemed "Un burstable," while the BSA was considered, despite its limited dis placement, "a real motorcycle that is going to remind a lot of sophisti cates that those chaps across the Pond still have some idea what mo torcycling is all about."

• Racing was also featured, with reports from both international and domestic venues. Yamaha's Phil Read captured the Spanish 250 Grand Prix while BSA-mounted Sammy Tanner won the Ascot Half Mile. And in California's then-unde veloped Lucerne Valley, ABC's "Wide World of Sports" covered J.N. Roberts' domination of desert racing.

Matthew Miles