VOL. 54 ISSUE 50 DECEMBER 19, 2017 P203
50 Years Ago December 28, 1967
We called our final 32-page issue of 1967 our Holiday Special Issue.
Subscriber contest winners were featured on the cover, as well as new Grand
National Champion Gary Nixon, and a photo of Dan Haaby and Mel Lacher
battling it out from Ascot… CN reader Ray Rieger won a brand new 750cc
Norton P-11 Scrambler for having the best entry for explaining, in 25 words
or less, why he loves riding motorcycles so much… We looked at two new
companies trying to resurrect the Indian brand.
40 Years Ago January 11, 1978
Our year-end issue featured on the cover a montage of souvenirs, stickers
and motorcycle paraphernalia that the CN staff had accumulated through out
the year… We showed you some of the hot new 1978 models from Honda, like
the six cylinder, 24-valve CBX1000, claimed to deliver 103 horsepower… In
Peru, Roger DeCoster dominated the Motocross de las Americas; top (and
only) American was 15-year-old David Bailey in sixth… Bernie Schreiber won
the Trial de Espana at Saddleback Park… Larry Roeseler won the Desert
Donkey Hare & Hound.
20 Years Ago January 7, 1998
Mick Doohan was our Rider of the Year 20 years ago… We featured
interviews with Jeff Emig, John Kocinski, Doug Chandler, Kevin Windham,
Mike Lafferty, Johnny Murphree and Ricky Carmichael… Our Time
Remembered piece took a look back at former supercross and MX champion
Mark Barnett… We also covered the Florida Winter Olympics. In 1997, the big
winners were Justin Buckelew (125cc 12-15), Travis Pastrana (125 B), Davi
Millsaps (65cc 7-9), Nick Wey (250 A), Ernesto Fonseca (125 A) and Bronze
Boot winner James Stewart (85cc 7-11).
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30 Years Ago January 6, 1978
We took a look back at 25 years of motorcycling in our year-end issue 30 years
ago. We featured, on our glossy cover, people who we thought were some of
the most influential racers during that span: Bob Hannah, Jay Springsteen,
Ken Roberts, Roger DeCoster and Dick Mann… We interviewed National
Enduro Champion Kevin Hines and 500cc Road Race World Champion
Wayne Gardner… We tested the 1988 Suzuki GSXR750 and Suzuki RM250
motocrosser, as well as the Yamaha YSR50…
Randy Hawkins won the Tecate 250 Enduro.
LOOKING BACK
