A couple of snow-capped motorcycles made for a wintery end-
of-the-year cover 50 years ago... We looked back at some of the
highs and lows in motorcycling of 1973... We interviewed Al Eames
and Giacomo Agostini... We took a spin on three Grand Prix
motocrossers: a Montesa 360, Roger DeCoster's works Suzuki
RN370 and Brad Lackey's works Kawasaki 450... A stock Honda XL-
350 was compared to one that was modified by Gene Cannady… We
rode the British Tyran 125 and a pair of mini racers from Honda and
Suzuki.
YEARS AGO
JANUARY ,
P174
LOOKING BACK I
The artistic cover 40 years ago was a watercolor of Freddie Spencer,
Shawn Moran, Randy Goss and David Bailey... Votes from readers
were tallied and they chose Kenny Roberts as the 1983 Cycle News
Rider of the Year… Bernie Schreiber landed his seventh win at the El
Trial de Espana…We visited with Eddie Lawson and took a look around
his garage at his SoCal condo... We went to the headquarters of Team
Tamm Honda, one of the first major privateer motocross teams, to
interview the team's owner, Bob Tamm.
YEARS AGO
JANUARY ,
(Left) Thirty years
ago, Jeremy McGrath
racked up 10 wins
to land the 250cc
Supercross title, and
said "I just want to win
it again. I want to be
remembered." (Far
left) Larry Roeseler
(pictured) joined Scot
Harden, Paul Krause
and Casey McCoy at
the Baja 1000 to finish
11th overall in the bike
class 20 years ago.
