1968 Cycle World Show
1968 Cycle World Show
Barnum himself would have torn up his dictionary in disgust if he had tried to describe the 1968 CYCLE WORLD SHOW at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
OI' P.T. couldn't have predicted the 108,000 paying customers who spun the turnstiles to view the 400 private entries—from super chopper to sleek streetster—and the 44 commercial entries from throughout the world, a number that makes CW's show the only truly international event of its kind in the U.S.
Sweepstakes winners were Gordy Glad's handmade Royal Enfield in the show custom class, Larry Craig's outstanding Triumph in the street custom category, David Prey's display of desert Triumphs in wheelie action, Mike Mioli's wood paneled H-D three wheeler, Bob Michael's superbly engineered Har ley-Davidson competition machine, and Frank Conley's Excelsior Manxman as best classic.
Show sweepstakes went to Bob Ludvigson's Har ley-Davidson custom, mounted on a magnificent trailer.
The special CYCLE WORLD Award for Outstanding Effort went to Felix T.R. Gordon for his beautifully prepared, finely engineered H-D XLCH.
Beat that, Barnum!
