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50 Years Ago March 31, 1966
With April Fool's Day just around the corner, we had some fun with it, which
might explain the doctored photo of an elongated drag bike (and rider) on
the cover 50 years ago, though we did recognize some authentic drag-race
overachievers in the issue… The Lost Angels M.C. hosted a hare scrambles in
the California desert and everyone did, in fact, get lost. We said that riders were
coming into the finish all over the place, except straight down from the sky…
Triumph ran an ad with a picture of the Mona
Lisa, saying "you'd smile too if you had a new
Triumph."
40 Years Ago March 30, 1976
Our cover story was the two-day ISDT Qualifier from Ft. Hood, Texas, that was
won by Dick Burleson… We covered round three of the Supercross series
in Dallas, Texas, where Jimmy Ellis came away with the win in the four-race
format… It was a Honda sweep at the Red Garter National Enduro held in
Ballinger Canyon, California. Jay Tullis took the win over Rick Munyon and
Mike Adams… CN Editor Jody Weisel wrote an article entitled "Freelancing
Is A Dirty Word." He spoke of the difficulties of making a living being a moto
freelancer.
20 Years Ago March 27, 1996
It was the closest finish ever of the Daytona 200, and we showed you
just how close it was on the cover 20 years ago. Miguel Duhamel
edged out Scott Russell for the win by .010 seconds. The race ran a
week late when rain postponed the original event… In Houston, Jeremy
McGrath chalked up his eighth win of the AMA Supercross Series. Kevin
Windham won the 125cc main… Alan Cathcart tested the Bimota
YB9SRI 600 "Junior Superbike."
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30 Years Ago April 2, 1986
We tested the Kawasaki Voyager XII tourer and what better way to do that than
riding it from Kawasaki's Lincoln, Nebraska, factory to Los Angeles? Before we
hit the road, Cycle News Editor John Ulrich took a tour of the factory. The bike
was featured on the cover… We were on hand to witness Terry Cunningham's
win at the Cherokee National Enduro in Georgia…
We also cover Jacky Vimond's victory at the
Dutch MX GP… Dan Smith won again in the
California desert.
LOOKING BACK
