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Issue Six is getting ready to head for the printers! Read about what's coming in the News Section.
If you've found your way here, you're probably a little like me: a longtime enthusiast who's become bored with new bikes, and who jumps back into the '60s, '70s and '80s time machine as often as possible to ride, race, restore, fix, fettle and just yak about the bikes, events and people of those three magnificent decades.
Whether it's RD350s and Z-1s, RM125s and Elsinores, Super Rats or Mini Trails, Maicos and Huskys, DeCoster and Hannah, Roberts and Lawson or Carlsbad and Unadilla, it's all good in my book. And I suspect it is in yours, too.
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Click any image on our Table of Contents to preview an article in Issue #5.
Issue #5 has a ton of cool stuff inside, including features on Yamaha’s RD400F Daytona Special, the very first Superbowl of Motocross (you won’t believe the photos), Yamaha’s OW27 water pumper (on which Hannah won the 1976 AMA 125cc title), Kawasaki’s G31M Centurion 100cc racer, Mid-Ohio Moto Park in Lexington, Ohio (home of all those Trans-AMAs and 125cc USGPs), and a special feature on Honda’s VFR750F – and the world speed records it set when it was introduced way, way back in 1986. I took part in all that record-setting, and it was a crazy experience. I’m thinking the content we’ve put together will satisfy your retro urge, at least for a while.
Issue #4: Honda Z50. Honda V45 Interceptor. Suzuki RM125. Suzuki GSX-R750. Kawasaki Avenger. Kawasaki 903 Z-1. Soichiro Honda. JT Racing USA.
Issue #3: Motocross in America - the early days. Mike Baldwin and Honda's 1982 Superbike. Gold Wing's 35th anniversary. Rupp Roadster. And more.
Issue#2: Kenny Roberts, then and now. The 1975 Indy Mile. Yamaha's DT-1. Honda's SL70. Carlsbad, then and now. Suzuki GS1000S. And more.
Issue #1: Eddie Lawson and the epic ELR. Yamaha's first monoshocker. CB750 on Route 66. 1975 Unadilla Trans-AMA. Jeff Ward. And more.
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