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50
Years Ago
FEBRUARY 3, 1970
LOOKING BACK
We featured young road racer Harry Klinzmann on the cover of Cycle
News 40 years ago. We chatted with him about his latest ventures… The
third round of the CMC/Can-Am Golden State MX Series visited Fremont,
California, where Rex Staten won both the 250cc and Open Expert
classes. Jim Holley won the 125cc class… We tested KTM's latest 250cc
motocross bike… We showed you Dick Mann's latest creation, a Honda
XR500-powered motocrosser houseD inside a Mann-designed chassis.
40
Years Ago
JANUARY 30, 1980
The Bay Mare Team Prix was coming up and one of the prizes was this
Maverick Mini Bike that was pictured on the cover 50 years ago, along
with Miss Team Prix, actress Lynn Gall… We reported that motorcycle
historian and publisher Floyd Clymer had passed away… Mark
Blackwell won the 500cc Amateur-Expert class at Saddleback Park
Motocross… Mark Brelsford made it eight wins in San Francisco while
Evel Knievel made it over 11 cars at the Cow Palace.
Yamaha created this
ad for winning the first
Supercross of the 2000
season at Anaheim.
Forty years ago,
you could send Dick
Mann Specialties
your XR500 engine,
and he'd install it in
his own Mann-built
chassis.
