P136
August 20, 1986
New Yamaha motocrossers were shown on
the cover 40 years ago, featuring the 1987
YZ250 and YZ80... We had coverage of the
rainy and muddy AMA 125/500cc National
MX Championship from Binghamton,
New York. Eddie Warren won the 125cc
class and David Bailey the 500cc class... Randy Renfrow won the
F-1 class at the AMA Camel Pro Road
Race from Mid-Ohio. Fred Merkel won the
Superbike race.
F-1 class at the AMA Camel Pro Road
won the
August 14, 1996
We had all things road racing on the cover 30 years
ago... Alex Criville won the Austrian Grand Prix... Pier-
Francesco Chili and Troy Corser split wins at the
Brands Hatch World Superbike... Colin Edwards and
Noriyuki Haga teamed up to win the Suzuka 8-Hour...
Andy Tresser won the Peoria TT... Je† Emig, Ryan
Hughes and Phil Lawrence made it an all-Kawasaki
podium at the Spring Creek National Motocross.
August 17, 1976
We featured the Suzuki GS750 on the cover of
Cycle News 50 years ago. It was one of Suzuki's first
four-stroke production streetbikes, and we went
to Helena, Montana, where Suzuki introduced
the $2100 bike to the media, and rode it... Steve
Stackable won the 500cc National MX at
Unadilla; it was his first overall win... We covered
the Aqua Fest Road Race held on the streets
of Austin, Texas.
