Road Tests: Honda V45 Interceptor VF750F, Suzuki GS650M Katana, Honda XR350R; Features: Yoshimura Buddy Bag; Moto Photos – getting you and your bike in focus; Cold Truth and little known fact about motorcycle dealers; Double Dealing – the case of the disappearing dealers; Supercharging; A Better Pump – the pros and cons of unnatural aspiration; more
V-45 VF750-F VF-750 GS650-M GS-650 XR350-R XR-350
1983 May Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Honda available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Road Tests: Yamaha 550 Vision, Honda CB650SC Nighthawk, Suzuki RM250, Benelli 900 SEI; Features: Craig Vetter; Castre Gloves; Better Vision – a 20/20 XZ550 thats faster steadier and built for the racetrack; Shocks – overhauling Ohlins; Different Strokes – an engine thats part 2-stroke part 4-stroke; Sport: Magoo; Hard Times in Top Fuel – what do you do when your wallet runs out of power?; more
CB650-SC CB-650 RM-250 XZ-550
1983 February Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Yamaha available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Road Tests: Kawasaki KZ1100, Suzuki GS650E, Montesa 200 Cota; Impressions: KZ1100 All Dressed Up, Suzuki GS550T; Features: The 24 Hours of Nelson Ledges; Racing on Dunlop’s New Elite; Q&D III – a Kawasaki GPz550 for Nelson; Sport: GP Roadracing – Kenny Dethroned; GP Motocross Spectacular!: 500 – the power and the glory; Brad Lackey – Bad Lucky?; 250 – Down to the wire; 125 – Team Suzuki’s private class; Winston Pro; The Budweiser Riverside 6-hour; more
KZ-1100 GS650-E GS-650 GS550-T GS-550 GPz-550
1981 November Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Kawasaki available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Road Tests: Yamaha XV920, Yamaha IT465; Features: Building a better Yamaha 650; The composite age – will your next bike be made of graphite?; The Hesketh V-Twin; Improving the IT465; Mecca of Motorcycling – The Isle of Man; Sport: Isle of Man TT; Winston Pro – the title drive begins; Laguna Seca roadraces; Superbowl of Motocross; more
XV-920 IT-465
1981 October Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Yamaha available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Looking for someone to show her the finer points of scootering is Jayne Mansfield. After her first ride Jayne said, “You have to be careful on those curves.” The motorscooter? A Lambretta, of course! (If you want another peek at the Lambretta, see page 46).
1962 October Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Dick Hammer astride a Harley-Davidson at the AMA National TT at Peoria, Illinois; California Road Racing; World’s Fastest Motorcyclist; Watkins Glen Grand Prix; Buco Helmet Production; Bonneville Speed Week; Summer ride thru Austria; Short Track National; 50-Mile Nat’l at Springfield; Jayne Mansfield / Lambretta Pin-Up; Peoria T.T. Nationals; Bonneville Fashion Show; more
1962 October Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Laconia winner Dick Mann setting a blistering pace on his G-50 Matchless; Contents: Penton Enters 6-Days Trial; Thru the Gears; Greenhorn Recap; Mann wins at Laconia; California’s Freeways; It Happened in Monterey!; The Isle of Man T.T.; Back of Mexico’s Back Country; Markel Shines at Heidelberg; The Hap Jones Story; The Eyes Have it!; Columbus Confidential; Picnic in the Park; more
G50
1962 August Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Road tests: Ducati 900 SD Darmah – It’s a desmo, tiger…, Yamaha XT500G, Honda CB750F & Suzuki GS750ET – a comparison, Suzuki RM250T; Features: Midget Millions – awash in a Japanese sea of 50cc buzzers; Notes from a Mudhole – Why New Jersey enduro aces wear jock straps; On the Trails of the Apache – Western adventures in Big Sky Arizona; Technical Analysis: Inside the Bombardier-Rotax 125; A Brief Two-Stroke History Z to L (Zoller to Lippitsch); Dynamite Engine Piecemeal Racer; Product Evaluation – Mugen ME125RZ; more
XT500-G XT-500 CB-750 CB750-F GS750-ET GS-750 RM250-T RM-250 ME125-RZ ME-125
1980 April Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue – Ducati available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: “Solid Silver”, Flip’s Turbo Charged Sportster; Feature Bikes: Solid Silver – Flip’s Turbo charged Sportster; Rocket Welch – world’s fastest rocket powered cycle; Crazy Joe – Maryland’s loose nut on two wheels; Desperado; Hot Trick ’76; Death Dealer; Special Interest: CB Helmets; A behind the scenes look at the people that make Maryland biking happen; Technical: Turbo-Charging the Hondamatic; Spring Time in HarleyLand – machine process to get the most out of a high lift cam; more
1976 December Custom Bike Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: actress Debbie Burklind atop Dennis Bryant’s ass-kicking panhead; Feature Bikes: Class-N-Color Harley for Show & Go – Dennis Bryant’s yellow Panhead drag bike; Brass Monkey Beezer; A Long Story from Arkansass; A definition of the word “Custom”; Rudy’s Starship 2001; Special Features: History of the Crocker Motorcycle; ’76 MMA Toy Run; Putting up a Fatbob Honda pt. 3; Two-Page color poster – poetry in the snow; Technical: K.V. Electronic Ignitions; Steeling a Line; Harley-Davidson Wiring pt. 2; more
1977 April Choppers Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Boyd Lindquist’s Triumph; Feature Bikes: Amen Amen Amen Brother, Yech of the year -if you don’t have intestinal fortitude don’t look at it, Green Thing from San Jose, Oregon Indian, The Magic Pan; Special Features: Perils of Riding in Winter; Bah! Humbug! Cheap Christmas Junk Guide; Rat Bike Review; Run to the land of sombreros -the hunt for the great white shark; more
1975 December Choppers Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Staff Sergeant Bud O’Connell’s “Fort Bragg Honda”; Features: Bent-In Bend; Deep Neck; The Boss’s Bike; Metamorphosis; Hidden Away; Junior’s Supernatural Thing; Bike of the Future; Robber’s Nightmare; Cat-house Honda; Good Vibrations; Deal Seeker; Fort Bragg Honda; Tech: Installing the Sebring PC Unit; Instant Hardtail; Op-Art from spray cans; more
1976 May Motor Cycle World Special Choppers Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Howard Deguara’s “Frisco Scoot”, “Skylight” (Inset); Features: Hairy Triumph; Night Stalker; Indian Plunger; Distinctive Changes; Butte Exhaust Systems; Yamaha 650 Chopper Material; Skylight; Vet’s Pet; Flick Bike; Lunch Bucket; The Inn Frame; Frisco Scoot; Resurrection Honda; Very Delicious; more
1975 September Motor Cycle World Special Choppers Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Coy Vance’s “Organic Spaghetti”; Special Section: Harley Power!; Reader’s Bike – Glide; Two In a Row; Run to the Redwoods; Organic Spaghetti; Hard Times; Features: Rip-Off; Butterscotch Sundae; Clovis – the rodeo of national runs; Norton Cafe Racer; TR-6; Nymphomania; The Executioner; Built by Feel; Well Done and then some; Tech: B&B’s Total Disc Brake; more
1975 January Motor Cycle World Special Choppers Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Mike Huggins, “Streak’s Bike”; Feature Bikes: Streak’s Bike, Donahue’s Panhead, Rasmussen’s Wheeler, Candied Lady; Technical Stuff: Choppers 4000 Mile Test – Takin’ a peek at Project IV’s Heart; Choppers 4000 mile test – Sebring E-3 Power converter for Hondas; Extra inches the easy way; Special Features: The Way it Was – where were you in ’68; more
1974 June Choppers Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Bill Drysdale and Chuck Lopez practice for their upcoming feature role in “Two Motorcycle Rowdies Meet Andy Warhol and Practice Several Unnatural Acts on Viva”; Feature Bikes: Magnanimous Fatbob, 80-inch Shovelhead Casserole, BSA Feature of the Month, Rat Bike of the Month, Green Honda Death Wish; Choppers Product Tests: Barnett Honda Four Clutch; Tro-Cy’s Hot Rod Petcock; Phase III Belt Drive; more
1975 February Choppers Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Tony Abrew, “Mucho Dinero”; Special Feature: MMA – a voice for biker freedom; Special Interest: How to make 3-D tank art; Technical: Inch your way to more power & glory – everything works better with big jugs; Free the friction; Building a mercury manometer; Feature Bikes: Mucho Dinero, Hanoi Hooker, One-for-two Sporty, Barry’s Budget Bike, Jaws II – man eating show trike; more
1976 May Custom Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Cover: Paul Durfee, “Moonlight Special”; Special Feature: Trikes and Bikes to Baja; Special Interest: It was called Detroit – post mortem of the biggie of the year; Technical: How to eliminate bad vibes; Bye-bye Blowby; Feature Bikes: A Tool For Escape, Moonlight Special, Orange Sunshine, Aphrodisiac, Bad News, Blue Goose; more
1975 July Custom Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Technical: Building the Indy Tri-Cycle; How to Handle Bars; Special Features: Minnesota Fats; Smith Brothers & Fetrow; Special Interest: No-Slop Tank Cap; Feature Bikes: Hap’s Happening, Indy Cycle (cover), Meanyapolis, Head Start, Strip Teaser, Minnesota Mindblower, Beginner’s Recipe; more
1975 February Custom Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
Technical: The Search for King Carb – the moment of truth for aftermarket carburetors; Special Features: Scooter Sculpture; Run to the Redwoods; Bluegrass Hoedown; Special Interest: St. Louis Cycle Show; Sacramento ’74; Meet Mute Ron Weissman; Feature Bikes: Krazy Baby, Fatbob & Li’l Linda, Mute Ron’s Scooter, Dragonfly, Axe Man’s Chop; more
1974 October Custom Chopper Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com
