Just how light was the new Honda CR125M? We demonstrated by
lifting the 180-pound bike by hand on the cover of Cycle News 50 years
ago. Utah Inter-AMA MX winner Pierre Karsmakers and San Jose Mile
winner Gene Romero also made the cover... Karsmakers swept both
motos in Salt Lake City at the "Inter-Trans-Arama" motocross, the first
of the Inter-AMA series; Brad Lackey and Jim Pomeroy rounded out
the podium… Jim Lunde topped the 125cc Senior class at Mammoth
Motocross, Doug Grant won the 250cc Senior event and Ken Zahrt
won the Open Senior event. Each won $500...
50
YEARS AGO
JULY 10, 1973
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LOOKING BACK I
We featured the Yamaha XJ900RK Seca on the cover 40 years ago
to accompany our riding impression of the new machine. We said
that it oozed sensibility, which wasn't something we were seeing
much of at the time... David Bailey took his first outdoor win with
a double-moto sweep at the RedBud Track 'n' Trail MX over Scott
Burnworth and Billy Ules. Broc Glover won the 500cc National and
Johnny O'Mara won the 125cc National... Bubba Shobert edged
out Ricky Graham and Scott Parker by inches to win the Indy Mile...
Kenny Roberts won the Dutch TT.
40
YEARS AGO
JULY 13, 1983
(Left) Aussie
Stefan Merriman
wheelies his
way to the World
Enduro 250cc
Two-Stroke crown
20 years ago.
(Right) Tom
Norton walks his
bike through a
water crossing
at the GNCC
Blackwater 100 30
years ago. He took
third overall.
