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A photo of Honda teammates Tommy Croft
and Marty Smith was featured on the
cover of Cycle News 50 years ago... Inside,
we tested the Honda CB 400, which we
dubbed the son of the Super Hawk... We ran
an interview with Gene Romero, which
was titled: From "Sweet Burritto" to "Angry Romero"... We
also covered the Alabama ISDT Two-Day Qualifier. Kevin LaVoie
managed to keep his Ossa running long enough to take the overall
win... We had photos of a new Can-Am prototype street bike.
We interviewed Freddie Spencer 40 years ago,
who was pictured on the cover... Honda's Ron
Lechien dominated the Orlando Supercross.
Honda-mounted Larry Brooks won the 125cc
Pro-Am class... Kevin Schwantz won the
second round of the AMA Superbike Championship at Willow
Springs. The Suzuki rider won both legs ahead of Fred Merkel
and Wes Cooley... Eddie Lawson won the Imola 200... Scott
Head cleaned up in the opening two rounds of the AMA
Trials Championship in Texas.
We interviewed
who was pictured on the cover... Honda's
Lechien
Honda-mounted
Pro-Am class...
second round of the AMA Superbike Championship at Willow
Springs. The Suzuki rider won both legs ahead of
and
Head
Trials Championship in Texas.
May
6, 1975
Tommy Croft
was featured on the
50 years ago... Inside,
, which we
dubbed the son of the Super Hawk... We ran
, which
was titled: From "Sweet Burritto" to "Angry Romero"... We
Kevin LaVoie
managed to keep his Ossa running long enough to take the overall
May
8, 1985
LOOKING BACK
(Left) Suzuki ran
this ad in Cycle
News of the
manufacturer's first
RM motocrosser,
the 1975 RM125.
(Right)
Larry
Brooks won the
125cc Pro-Am
class at the Orlando
Supercross in
1985.
