1977 Kawasaki Z1-R – motorcycling’s first 11-second 1/4-mile stocker

Cover: Kawasaki Z1-R

Contents: Road Tests: Kawasaki Z1R, Suzuki DS185, Husqvarna 125 CR; Features: Beating the deep freeze; Competition: The St. Petersburg sand trap blues; Champion Spark Plug 200 – Aksland Eats ‘Em Alive; Fifty Days to Victory – that’s how long it too Pops to build the Laguna Suzuki; more

1977 December Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Kawasaki available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1978 Suzuki GS1000 – the most complete of the new Maxi-Multis

Cover: Suzuki GS1000

Contents: Road Tests: Suzuki GS1000; Can-Am MX4 250, Honda GL1000, Honda CM185-T and kawasaki KZ200; Features: Interview: Brad Lackey; The Great Bonneville Drain-Down; Competition: Trans-AMA Wrap-Up – again, DeCoster; Technical: Morbidelli – the cutting edge of two-stroke technology; Stress – what it is and how to control it; more

1978 March Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Suzuki available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1978 Ducati Desmo 900 SS Super Sport – Rocket for a mountain road

Cover: Ducati Desmo 900 SS Super Sport

Contents: Road Tests: Ducati Desmo 900 SS Super Sport, Yamaha YZ125-E, Honda XL250-S, Suzuki SP370, Suzuki DR370; Competition: Transatlantic face-off – the British had strength down the middle, we didn’t; Forty minute gold rush – when the rest of the field finished, Bob Hanah was already cooking on his barbecue; Technical: Yamaha SR500-E Hop-Up part 1; more

1978 July Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Ducati available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1980 Kawasaki Z-1 Classic – a fuel injected first

Cover: Kawasaki Z-1 Classic – fuel injection makes LTD beauty more than chrome deep

Contents: Road Tests: Kawasaki Z1 Classic, Can-Am 250 MX6, Honda XL500-S; Features: Arrow CettaCycles 3; The 1980 Dollar chase; A taste of Nova Scotia; Mechanics Schools – profiles on institutes of wrenching; Honda GL1100 Interstate; Competition: New Season, New Hope; Technical: Belt-Drive Motorcycling; more

1980 May Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Kawasaki available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1977 Yamaha RD400-E – Sterling silver and sneaky quick

Cover: Yamaha RD400E

Contents: Road Tests: Yamaha RD400-E, Maico WR 450 (WR450) Cross-Country, Yamaha XS500-D; Features: Two for the road – Jeff Gundlach does some pencil engineering; Mighty Ninety – Honda Trail 90; The ferocious world of mini-motocross; Competition: Sears Point and Pocono Road Race Nationals; more

1977 November Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Yamaha available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1977 Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans – a flash bike for the thinking man

Cover: Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans

Contents: Road Tests: Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans, BMW R60/7; Features: Honda MT125-R Road Racer; Browne on Tour; The Suzuki GT550, 10,000 miles later; Technical: Off-Road Towing; Coils part 4; The Lectron Carburetor – where it came from; Competition: San Jose Mile – Springer breaks, Scott wins, H-D dominates; more

1977 August Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Moto Guzzi available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1977 Husqvarna 390 CR – Bags of torque…yards of travel

Cover: Husqvarna 390 CR

Contents: Road Tests: Husqvarna 390CR, Honda CB400-F, Penton 250 MC6; Special Daytona Section: Daytona ’77 – a Baker beauty; High Speeds, low mileage; It was no fluke – Bob Hannah won the motocross making it 12 in a row; Florida shorttrack racing is as good as it gets; Alligator Enduro; The Daytona Ducati; Features: The even better Yamaha TT-500 (TT500); The Yoshima CB400-F (CB-400F); more

1977 June Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Husqvarna available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1977 Comparison Test: The 4-Stroke 400 Twins

Cover: Yamaha XS400-D, Suzuki GS400, Kawasaki KZ400, Honda CB360-T

Contents: Comparison Test: The 4-Stroke 400 Twins – Yamaha XS400D, Suzuki GS400, Kawasaki KZ400, Honda CB360T; Road Tests: Yamaha DT250-D, BMW R100S, Bultaco 250 & 370 Fronteras; Features: Interview – Pat Hennen; Puffer Power – take a supercharger, Honda Dragster and Ron Teson Mix to get a frantic, thundering stampede of horsepower; Technical: Fork Tune-Up; more

1977 May Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1981 Ducati Pantah 500SL – all new, and showing what Europeans can do

Cover: Ducati Pantah 500SL

Contents: Road Test: Ducati Pantah 500-SL, Honda CB900-F, BMW R65; Features: Fantastic rides – Seeing the bumps inside Jeff Gundlach’s head; The Hemispheric Motor Marathon – Alaska to Argentina? Yes!; Competition: Single-Cylinder Racing; Technical: The Ignition Update; more

1981 May Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Ducati available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1981 Honda CBX Touring Motorcycle – a little less sport, a lot more touring

Cover: Honda CBX

Contents: Road Test: Honda CBX, Kawasaki GPz550, Maico 490 Mega 2; Special Features: Riding Suzuki’s Finest – RGB-500 Mk II; Turbocharging – where it stands; Turbocharging – future-think, future do; Turbocharging – on the boost; Turbocharging – Encounters with owners; Turbocharging – the fool’s paradise; Features: Vesco’s 400-mph Express; The 1981 Price list; more

1981 April Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Honda available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1981 Suzuki GS650EX – Running proof that smaller is smarter!

Cover: Suzuki GS650EX

Contents: Road Test: Suzuki GS650-EX, BMW R100RT, Honda XR200-R; Features: In the eye of the storm – Kenny Roberts between seasons; Superbike Collison – the 1980 Championship; Antique Grace – Riding a 1936 BMW Classic; The 99 percenter – positive thinking in enduro riding; Krauser MKM 1000; Technical: Anti-Drive Braking; Vee Engines; Competition: Champions – who the victors were in 1980; Race to the Clouds – Pikes Peak – the ultimate hillclimb; more

1981 March Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Suzuki available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1981 Yamaha Seca 550 – a lightweight sensation with 750 sting

Cover: Yamaha Seca 550 XJ550-RH

Contents: Road Test: Yamaha Seca 550 XJ550RH, Honda CR450-R, Suzuki GN400-XX; Features: Watch-Fob Racer – the dandy MR30; Ducati Apollo; The balance factor in crashing; Competition: Carlsbad Casino; The Atco Battle; O’Brochta’s 7.08 pass; Cordial Enduro; more

1981 February Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Yamaha available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1980 Suzuki GS1000GT – shaft civility, superbike force!

Cover: Suzuki GS1000GT

Contents: Road Test: Suzuki GS1000-GT, Maico 250 Mag-3, Yamaha XT250-G; Features: Yamaha TT250-G; Miser Bikes – what you’ll ride when Armageddon is only history; Technical: Product Evaluation – Mugen ME125 W1 Banzai Kit; The Demon Fix -grafting the GS1100 suspension onto Suzuki’s GS750-ET; Competition: Ontario Six Hour; more

1980 August Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Suzuki available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1980 Moto Guzzi Le Mans CX100 – the 949cc Flasher

Cover: Moto Guzzi Le Mans CX100

Contents: Road Test: Moto Guzzi Le Mans CX100, Suzuki PE175-T, Honda CB650; Features: The Grand Prix riders rebellion; Suzuki RS175-T / RS250-T; MZ ISDT ETS 250; The Solid-Gold water pumps; more

1980 July Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Moto Guzzi available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1980 Brad Lackey aboard Kawasaki’s KX420 Uni-Trak Missle

Cover: Brad Lackey aboard Kawasaki’s KX420 Uni-Track Missle

Contents: Road Test: Kawasaki KX420, Yamaha XJ650-G, Suzuki GS250-T; Features: The Petrol Pinchers – twelve bikes, 73 mpg, take that OPEC; Competition: Daytona by Survival; Siege at Daytona; Daytona Supercross; Technical: Uni-Trak – could it be future shock?; Daytona Tech Talk; more

1980 June Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Kawasaki available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1984 All New Honda Nighthawk S

Cover: Honda Nighthawk S, Yamaha FJ1100, Kawasaki GPz900-R

Contents: Road Test: Husqvarna 500 WR and 500 XC; Special Features: Eye on ’84 – the view from Westlake village; Honda Preview; Kawasaki Preview; Yamaha Preview; Harley Preview; Can-Am Preview; Husqvarna Preview; K100 – BMW’s Four-Cylinder Future; Features: Braking – four riders try panic stops with some amazine results; Messenger in red – Ducati TT2 600; Technical: Chassis & Suspension part 3; more

1984 January Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Honda/Yamaha/Kawasaki available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1982 Yamaha Seca 650 – a speedy sport in luxury lane

Cover: 1982 Yamaha Seca 650

Contents: Road Tests: Yamaha XJ650-RJ Seca, Moto Guzzi V50 Monza, Honda XR250-R; Features: Moto Guzzi V50-III; Competition: Bo O’Brochta – quick made easy; Of men and mountains – a tale of Pikes Peak and two kinds of ascents; Laguna Seca; Unadilla USGP; Technical: Sixteen Inch Wheels – what’s the deal?; more

1981 November Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Yamaha available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1981 Kawasaki KZ1000-J – the finest Zee ever made

Cover: Kawasaki KZ1000J

Contents: Road Tests: Kawasaki KZ1000-J, Husqvarna 250 CR, Yamaha XJ550-H; Features: A world apart – Ken Howertona and Bob Hannah – no love lost; Randy Mamola – steel tempering; Streamlining a Yamaha YZ465; A modest alternative – The Honda MB5; Yamaha XJ650-H; A Practical guide to reading results sheets; Technical: Survival of the Fittest – The Evolution of the Yamaha TZ250; more

1981 October Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Kawasaki available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1981 Honda GL1100 Interstate Gold Wing – what’s Plum-Red and rode all over?

Cover: Honda GL1100 Interstate Gold Wing

Contents: Road Tests: Honda GL1100 Interstate Gold Wing, Suzuki GS750-EX, Yamaha IT465-H; Features: Scooter Madness; Special Feature: Preview: Honda CX500 Turbo; Technical: Single-Shock Systems; Competition: Carlsbad USGP – the toughest Grand Prix; more

1981 September Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Honda available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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1981 Yamaha XV920RH V-Twin Boomer

Cover: Yamaha XV920RH V-Twin Boomer

Contents: Road Tests: Yamaha XV920-RH V-Twin Boomer, Suzuki GS650-GX, Comparison: 125 Motocrossers – Honda CR125-R, Suzuki RM125-X and Yamaha YZ125-H; Features: Perfect Timing – the life and sport of Marland Whaley; The street riders survival guide; Racer Transplant – Kenny Roberts’ School; Three-Wheelers; Technical: Reed Valves; more

1981 August Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Yamaha available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the “ Motorcycle Magazines” category

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