The ISDT was coming to America for the first time, and we were excited
about it. Our feature story 50 years ago was our preview of the ISDT
that had just gotten underway in Dalton, Massachusetts... Carl Cranke
won the Hungry Creek 100 o‚-road race in Tennessee... Mitch Mayes
out-dueled Tom Brooks in the Southern California desert at Lucerne...
Yvon Duhamel won the AMA National Road Race at Charlotte.
YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER ,
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Our Kawasaki 750 Turbo test bike was pictured on the cover of Cycle
News 40 years ago. We weren't impressed with its $4500 price tag,
"turbo or not" ... Jimmy Filice won a thriller at the San Jose Mile...
Kawasaki's Wayne Rainey won everything in sight at the AMA
Superbike Championship at Willow Springs... Danny Chandler, Ron
Lechien and Johnny O'Mara were the big winners at the Mammoth
Mountain Motocross... Mike Melton clinched the AMA National
Enduro title at the Black Coal Enduro in Indiana.
YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER ,
Our Kawasaki 750 Turbo test bike was pictured on the cover of
News
"turbo or not" ...
Kawasaki's
Superbike Championship at Willow Springs...
Lechien
Mountain Motocross...
Enduro title at the Black Coal Enduro in Indiana.
KTM-mounted
Kenny Coolbeth
won the Vernon
Downs Mile 20
years ago.
(Right) Kenny Roberts Jr. (left) consults with
his father, Kenny Roberts, at the Laguna Seca
U.S. GP, where Jr. made his GP debut.
