Jim Rice was pictured on the cover of Cycle News 50 years ago
while trying to keep his feet from getting wet during the Viewfinders
Grand Prix at Indian Dunes MX in Valencia, California. Tom Brooks
and A.C. Bakken battled for the win, with Brooks emerging on
top. Heikki Mikkola and Roger DeCoster continued their rivalry
in the 500cc MXGP Champion in Esanatoglia, Italy. They ended up
swapping moto victories. We tested the Kawasaki 250 S1B. Our
conclusion? It is "a reasonable motorcycle."
YEARS AGO
JUNE ,
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LOOKING BACK I
We pictured our 1984 Suzuki RM250 test bike on the front page 40
years ago, and we also compared it to the Honda CR250R... The
Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, hosted round 10 of the Insport/
Wrangler Supercross Series, where Jeƒ Ward won in front of 70,000
fans... Ted Boody won the Louisville Half-Mile... Kevin Hines was
the overall winner at the ISDE Trask Mountain Two-Day Qualifier...
Freddie Spencer out-dueled Eddie Lawson at the German Grand
Prix in Nurburg... We dissected Kenny Roberts' Daytona-winning
Yamaha OW69 factory racer.
YEARS AGO
JUNE ,
(Left) Doug Henry
leads Jeƒ Emig en
route to winning the
125cc class at the High
Point National in 1994.
(Below) Ted Boody
celebrates winning
the Louisville Half-
Mile alongside his
dad, Ted Sr. (right).
