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3D Yedr. Aqo...
Aprrl ZO, ,976
"King"
Kenny
Roberts was fea-
tured on the cover
of C/.le News 30
years ago for win-
nint a very bumpy
Dallas Short Tra.k...
On the motocross
front,
limmy
Weinert
and Tony Distelano continued
to stealthe headlines, this time in Phoenix,
Arizona, for linishinS l-2 at the AMA
National l'|x at Fastrack Motocross Park.
Bob Btose won the 500cc Support class...
We visited the Rokon faatory in Keene,
New Hampshire...
We
also
got
close-up
looks at the works l25cc motocross
bikes from
lapan
-
and Canada
(Can-Am
MX 125). Only one
was water'cooled -
the Yamaha Owl25
-
and disc brakes
were still on the drawing boards...
We
covered the Tecate 500
Enduro in Baja,
but a winner was still a
mystery
as
the
results
were still being
tallied.
We
tested
the
Montesa VA 125 Cappra MXer.
We
called
it a
"little
jewel"
but an expensive
iewel
at
$
1415.
ZO Years Ago...
Aprtl 23. ,gAE
The Sacramento
Mile, the St, Louis
500K endurance
toad race. and our
Husqvarna 510
Enduro tes( bike
got
on the cover of
Cycle Newr 20
years
ago. Team
Lockhart won rhe
road race
Scotl.
Parker fie Mile, and lhe
Husky air-cooled,
ovin-pipe four-stroke
got
a
rave review
despke
irs left-side kickstarter and hefty
$3295
price
tag...
We also did a drag-strip
comparison
of the Honda
VFR750F.
Suzuki GSXR750
and Yamaha F2750. And
the winner? The Honda... David Bailey
swept the Pontiac Supercross doublehead-
er over Rkk
lohoson...
Scott
Parker
edged Bubba Shobert
at the sacramento
Mile..- Dan Smith won
in the Califomia
desert,
r,vhile
Geofi
Bdlard won rn Lhe
woods of Kentucky.
,O Yedts Ago...
AFALD, 1996
Mick
Doohan
earned a spot on the
cover l0
years
ago
fo r
winn
in8 th e
lndonerian Grand
Prix, as did Ty Iravis
for winning the L.as
Vegas-to-Reno desert
race with teammate
Paul Kr.use...
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