YEARS AGO
JANUARY ,
YEARS AGO
JANUARY ,
Grand National Dirt Track champ Ricky Graham was named the 1993
Cycle News Rider of the Year and was on the cover 30 years ago with
his Honda RS750... We featured interviews with three-time 500cc FIM
Road Racing World champ Wayne Rainey, AMA Superbike champ
Doug Polen, FIM Road Racing World champ Kevin Schwantz and
Hare & Hound champ Danny Hamel... We also interviewed Jeremy
McGrath, who won the 250cc
Supercross title in his first year
in the premier class… A Honda,
Kawasaki and KTM were
compared in our 500cc MX
shootout.
Matt Mladin won his fourth AMA Superbike Championship 20
years ago and was featured on the cover as the 2003 Cycle News
Rider of the Year.... We interviewed World MX and ISDE overall
winner Stefan Everts, Hare & Hound Champion David Pearson,
GNC Champion Chris Carr and 125cc MX Champion Grant
Langston... Steve Hengeveld and Johnny Campbell teamed up
to win the Baja 1000... We sampled the 2004 KTM Supermoto
bikes and reviewed the 2004 MV Agusta Brutale S and Valentino
Rossi's Honda RC211V.
who won the 250cc
Supercross title in his first year
in the premier class… A Honda,
compared in our 500cc MX
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VOLUME ISSUE DECEMBER , P175
Grand National Dirt Track champ
Cycle News
his Honda RS750... We featured interviews with three-time 500cc FIM
Road Racing World
Doug Polen
Hare & Hound champ
McGrath,
Supercross title in his first year
in the premier class… A Honda,
Kawasaki and KTM were
compared in our 500cc MX
shootout.
(Left) Californian
Bernie Schreiber
navigates an
obstacle at the El
Trial de Espana 40
years ago. (Right) Al
Eames, organizer of
the first ISDT in the
USA 50 years ago,
inspects trails for
the 48th edition of
the event.
