The "Flyin' Hawaiian" John DeSoto was pictured on the cover of
Cycle News 50 years ago... We had coverage of the last annual Dirt
Diggers Hopetown GP Scrambles and "People Show" from Simi
Valley, California... Bultaco-mounted Bernie Schreiber won the
ATA/V.O.T.E. Trials by one mark over Montesa rider Mike Gritts... We
had coverage of the 125-mile Checkpoint SoCal National Enduro... We
tested the 125cc British-made Rickman/Zundapp enduro.
YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER ,
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LOOKING BACK I
Our 1985 liquid-cooled Husqvarna 250WR test bike was featured on
the cover 40 years ago. It weighed 238 pounds and sold for $2995...
We had race coverage of the Baja 1000, where Honda's Chuck
Miller and Randy Morales combined e–orts to take the win... the
Superbowl of Motocross returned to the L.A. Coliseum. More than
62,000 fans bought tickets and watched Jeˆ Ward take the win...
We also had coverage of the Japan GP International MX from Suzuka
City. Jeˆ Ward and Rick Johnson were the big winners.
YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER ,
(Left) GasGas
rider Cody Webb
won the Fall Pro
Trials round in
Oklahoma 20
years ago.
(Right) Randy
Morales and
Chuck Miller won
the Baja 1000 40
years ago.
