Bill Meyer
Cruisin' Guzzisti
I grew up in So. Cal. riding all those roads. Out Malibu way I found the Rock Store in 1968 while riding my Ducati Diana.
Great roads and great times.
Great roads and great times.
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Vintage Racing in SoCal
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Where is She now ??? 
Bill Meyer
Cruisin' Guzzisti
She is long gone. I built her into a racer and ran in AFM club events in So. Cal. for two or three seasons. I couldn't afford to keep racing and traded it off. It stayed on the track for a couple more seasons, then who knows......here's a pic of me and the bike at Orange County Raceway in '69 or 70.Where is She now ???
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Awesome Bill, thanks for posting the pic. Love seeing these. Where was O.C. Raceway? I did get to ride Carlsbad before they buried it, and in my youth I dreamed of riding Ascot as a kid dirt-tracker, but that disappeared before I could ride it. Same with Riverside. I see that's under a housing tract now.
Bill Meyer
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Carlsbad was kind of Mickey Mouse but a real hoot to ride. I last raced there in '74 or '75. My buddy Keith Code and me took a couple of CB 500 fours down one weekend on a lark. I managed to win the 500 production class and almost T-boned Keith in the hairpin on top of the hill. Keith went on to a pretty good race career, then he started California Superbike School.
O.C Raceway was down toward the old Lion Country Safari. I think we exited the freeway at Sand Canyon and the track was right near the interstate. Riverside was a good one but my absolute favorite was Willow Springs.
O.C Raceway was down toward the old Lion Country Safari. I think we exited the freeway at Sand Canyon and the track was right near the interstate. Riverside was a good one but my absolute favorite was Willow Springs.
I'll have a look on Google. Riverside looked a lot like Willow... which you likely know is still alive and well. This one was added right as the '07-08 economic crash happened; chuckwalla.com -- and this one is a high-$ big D extravaganza; thermal.cc -- south of Palm Desert.
You guys are making me homesick!
Keith Code was (still is?) the coolest racing instructor that ever lived.
I attended California Superbike School Levels I - IV at Willow Springs.
His “Twist of the Wrist” was my bible for many years and Willow Springs and Streets of Willow, were my favorite places to blow my paychecks at.
I love those tracks up in the high desert.
Oh, and I was there for the last night of flat rack racing at Ascot Park in Gardena.
I was there and I will never forget the roar, the smells and the shaking of the stands and the very ground from the flat-trackers and their super machines. It was a glorious end to an age long gone…
Keith Code was (still is?) the coolest racing instructor that ever lived.
I attended California Superbike School Levels I - IV at Willow Springs.
His “Twist of the Wrist” was my bible for many years and Willow Springs and Streets of Willow, were my favorite places to blow my paychecks at.
I love those tracks up in the high desert.
Oh, and I was there for the last night of flat rack racing at Ascot Park in Gardena.
I was there and I will never forget the roar, the smells and the shaking of the stands and the very ground from the flat-trackers and their super machines. It was a glorious end to an age long gone…
Bill Meyer
Cruisin' Guzzisti
I was a wrench at Hollywood Honda '68 through '74 and one afternoon a guy on a Norton Atlas pulled in and parked next to my Commando. We ended up bitching about British bikes and made plans to chase each other over the Griffith Park "racer road". That
Norton rider was Keith Code. We hit it off right away and a great friendship ensued. Keith is still director of the school although his son Dylan does most of the administrative work. It's a terrific operation that runs like a well oiled precision machine.
Hollywood Honda was a fascinating place back then. An amazing variety of people traded with us. Some of them were even sane.
Norton rider was Keith Code. We hit it off right away and a great friendship ensued. Keith is still director of the school although his son Dylan does most of the administrative work. It's a terrific operation that runs like a well oiled precision machine.
Hollywood Honda was a fascinating place back then. An amazing variety of people traded with us. Some of them were even sane.
That is AMAZING!
Keith ROCKS! You do too!
(And so does that sweet Bull Terrier in the avatar!)
Thank you so much for sharing this tasty history. Great stuff indeed.
Keith ROCKS! You do too!
(And so does that sweet Bull Terrier in the avatar!)
Thank you so much for sharing this tasty history. Great stuff indeed.