1981 Harley-Davidson’s Re-Birthday: Life without AMF

Cover Photo: The lovely ladies are admiring the new for 1982 all-Harley Harley-Davidson FXRS, a new series model that is fitted with an all-tube frame, a five-speed transmission and a whole lot of other new ideas coming off the “soaring without AMF” Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc. Full coverage on this bike and the new Sportsters as well as other ’82 H-D models begins on page 28. Coverage of the “signing over” ceremonies of ownership from AMF back to Harley-Davidson begin on page 24.

Contents: Preview – The all-new Harley-Davidson 1982 Harleys / FXRS; Mid-Size Bikes with Sport appeal – Kawasaki GPz550 and Yamaha 550 Seca; Yamaha’s 750 Seca – the “fourth dimension” motorcycle; Report – Suzuki GS650GLX; Riding Clubs; Happy Re-Birth day Harley-Davidson – life without AMF; more

GPz-550 GS650-GLX GS-650 AMF

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1966 Motor Cycle racing’s unluckiest star, Jimmy Simpson

Contents: Buying for Christmas; The Mini Menace; How do you ride?; Lamb, Irish Expert; On the four winds; The Jimmy Simpson legend; No Miller Double; Our Own Medicine; Letters to the editor; Japanese Trail Bike; more

1966 December 8 Motor Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

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1967 Vintage BMW motorcycle – when BMW riders meet, they become friends

In lion country near Mt. Kilimanjaro we met Russ of Salt Lake City. We rode the African veldt together for seven weeks before our trails parted in Rhodesia. Later Arlene and I received a letter from our friend, Russ Scovile, Associate Director of the Peace Corps in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: “…When I left you at Karila Dam I continued south to Basutoland and Swaziland before riding north again towards East Africa and Ethiopia. Seventeen thousand miles in four months. I carried full camping gear and a week’s supply of food. My R27 needed only a speedometer cable, a set of points, a spark plug, and a front fender job (my fault) during that period.” -From Danny Liska’s diary of his trip from the North Cape in Norway to the South Cape at the Southern tip of Africa – 40,000 miles on his BMW R60.

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1967 Zundapp KS-100 Motorcycle Ad – If all you care about is girls, you shouldn’t read this.

The reason we mix these two is that we want to show that Bavaria produces more than one kind of beauty. Take the Zundapp KS100 for instance. No compromises made here. It is all motorcycle. It had to be to win its class in the Greenhorn 2 Enduro Run. Here’s why: large wheelbase, enormous ground clearance, high torque, elastic engine and above all extremely good acceleration. The Zundapp is ready to go – on trail or track.

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1968 Road Test’s Quarterly Triumph Sport Cycle Magazine

A bicycle company located in England and owned and operated by two Germans hardly seems like a sound basis for a motorcycle manufacturing firm that was to have a proifound effect on the highly competitive, performance oriented motorcycle industry. But this is essentially what Triumph Engineering Co., Ltd. looked like when it began, although it wasn’t to acquire its present name until the mid ’30′s.

Triumph’s founder, Seigfried Bettmann, did a bang up job of making bicycles, beginning in 1885, and a couple of years later he enlisted the services of a young fellow countryman, an engineer by the name of M.J. Shulte, who had better things in mind than leg power…

Rare magazine – Riding the Wild Triumphs! Full road tests, specifications, data & more!

Contents: 65 Years of Experience; Road Tests: T120R Bonneville, TR6R Trophy Sports, T100R Daytona Super Sports, TR6C Trophy Special, T100C Tiger Competition, TR25W Trophy 250; Motorcycle Husbandry – improving the breed; Triumphs of Individuality; Gary Nixon – the man to beat; Daytona – the greatest test; Build ‘em strong, ride ‘em hard; How good is a guarantee?; Your neighborly Triumph dealer; Triumph specification; more

T120-R T-120 T100-R T-100 TR25

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1973 Honda of Mineola Motorcycle Parts & Accessories Catalog

Vintage 1973 Honda Motorcycle Parts & Acessories Catalog from Honda of Mineola, New York, 336 Jericho Turnpike, 11501. 63 Pages.

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1979 KTM 420 Motocross Road Test/Specs – it just about wrenched the dyno off the floor

Tests: KTM 420 Motocross; 1980 Honda CB750F Super Sport; The Great Bush Bash – three dual-purpose two-strokes tame the trails and subdue the city streets – Kawasaki KE250B3, Suzuki TS250N, Yamaha DT250F; Features: Ron Wood – a nice guy who builds nasty Nortons; Trailside chain repair; Gasohol – another good idea the government is botching; Racing in the streets – it actually happened in Terre Haute, Indiana; How to use the front brake; Helmet Buyers Guide; The Motorcycle in Literature – many writers penned memorable prose about bikes; Honda NR500 Update; Superbowl of Motocross; Winston Pro Series; Lackey loses to DNFs; Hannah clinches 250 title; Hailwood breaks collarbone; Kenny Roberts Fined; Americans dominate Mid-Ohio; Howerton upsets Unadilla; more

CB750-F CB-750 KE-250 KE250-B3 TS250-N TS-250 DT250-F DT-250 NR-500

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Great Bikes of the 70s – Tests and Specs – Catalog of the decades best motorcycles

Published in 1981. Editorial: …Rather than settle for less motorcycle than you really want, why not select a good used bike, and, if you need more performance, set it up with aftermarket gear so it will perform as well as the latest? That’s the purpose of this book. We tell you what we think the good machines are, and suggest reasonable prices for them. We select a number to reprise in reprinted tests and a few more for special update attention. We also tell you how to care for your bike to make sure it always runs as well as it can, and offer some examples of what you can do to an old bike if you’re willing to go all-out in performance and custom modifying. If you’d like to do that anyway, you’d be wasting your money to buy a new bike to metamorphose. Every motorcycle in this book is a good buy, even if you keep it stock. You won’t find any bombs, like Yamaha’s ill-fated TX750 twin, which wasn’t right when the factory put it out…nor will you find any mention of those Eastern European slugs that occasionally turn up in the classifieds for unbelievably low prices. You’ll only find the best bikes of the decade and the best information available on how they changed, how to fix them up and how to take care of them. If you already own one of these machines you’ll discover a wealth of information on how to keep it forever young and faithful to you…

Road Tests: Yamaha RD400, Honda Hawk, Honda CB400F, Honda CB450, Suzuki T500, Honda CB550, Kawasaki KZ650, Triumph Bonneville, BMW R75, Kawasaki Mach IV, Suzuki GT750, Yamaha XS750, Honda CB750, Suzuki GS750, Norton Interstate, Moto Guzzi 850, Ducati 860, Kawasaki Z-1, Honda Gold Wing; Catalog; The decade’s best buys; Updates: Yamaha XS650, Honda CB750, Kawasaki Z-1/KZ1000, Yamaha RD400, Triumph Bonneville, Norton Commando, BMW /5 and later, Harley-Davidson Sportster, Suzuki GS1000, Yamaha SR500 Hop-Up; Maintenance; Customs: The Silver Bullet; Kenny Roberts TT Replica; Pagan Special -a BSA Triple that once raced at Daytona; The Time Machine – who says the Old Honda 750 is out of date?; more

RD-400 CB400-F CB-400 CB-450 T-500 CB-550 KZ-650 R-75 R/75 GT-750 XS-750 CB-750 GS-750 Z1 XS-650 CB-750 KZ-1000 GS-1000 SR-500

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1981 Touring Motorcycle Comparison – Harley FLHS vs. Suzuki GS1000GX vs. Yamaha Seca 750 vs. BMW R65

Touring Motorcycle Comparison – Harley FLHS vs. Suzuki GS1000GX vs. Yamaha Seca 750 vs. BMW R65; Teeny, Meany, mighty motorcycles: Suzuki GS250T, Kawasaki KZ305CSR, Yamaha 250TH Exciter, Honda CM200T Twinstar; Features: New Wave Helmets – exotic head protectors; Trips & Tours: A Civil War Ride – Remembering Gettysburgh; City of the Ancients – Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park; Motorcycle Jamboree – SCMA 5th Annual; Alaska, now or never!; more

GS1000-GX GS-1000 R-65 R/65 GS250-T GS-250 KZ305-CSR KZ-305 250-TH CM200-T CM-200

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1967 Kawasaki Samurai 250 – It satisfies your passion for excitement

When a Kawasaki moves you.. it moves you! Nothing else triggers the same response because Kawasaki is totally unique…the only motorcycle built by an aircraft company to jet-age tolerances. Every Kawasaki power plant is finely tuned to deliver the ultimate in performance. For instance, the Samurai 250 by Kawasaki stands alone as the only 250cc dual rotary valve, 2-stroke street model sold in the US. And at the top of the line, Kawasaki’s masterful 650 unleashes 50-h, whips thru the 1/4 mile from a standing start in less than 14 seconds…attains a maximum speed of 115 mph to prove its claim as the fastest, biggest, most powerful motorcycle ever built in Japan.

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1967 Avon Motorcycle Tires Ad

Avon for action. Don’t let a little snow spoil your action! Slushy roads, rain-slick highways are no problem for Avon motorcycle tires…

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1962 New World’s Record for Triumph

Cover Photos: Carroll Resweber, Nation’s Number One in standings shows his “know-how” in one of the turns at Santa Fe Short Track National which he won. The Triumph record breaker at Bonneville; from L. to R. – Wilbur Ceder, President of Johnson Motors, Pasadena, Calif.; Bill Johnson, rider; Joe Dudek, owner and builder of the streamlineer and Earl Flanders, AMA speed record supervisor. Shown on the left and at the bottom of the page is lovely Mrs. Jimmy Butler winner of the “Best Dressed Girl Rider” Trophy at Dodge City National Rally.

Features: Publisher’s Column; Dodge City Races; Triumph Record at Bonneville; Santa Fe Short Track National; Peoria T.T.; Springfield 50-Mile National; Watkins Glen Races; Pioneer Harley-Davidson; Around the Circle; Trailer Caravanners take up motorcycling; Salinas Annual Scrambles; Racing Grandfather – H.J. Burt Munro; Jack Pine Enduro; Swapping Post; more

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1969 Motorcycle Buyers Guide – 200 motorcycles – reports, prices & specs

Contents: The Total Cost; Which Bike to Buy; Bikes Today; Motorcycle Catalog; Road Tests Revisited; Minibike Catalog; Marketplace; Hop-Up Equipment; Enthusiasts Corner; Towing Gear; Sparkplugs; Tires; Clothing; Helmets; Goggles & Shields; Tools; more

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1969 Cycle Racing Annual – a guide to motorcycle sport

Contents: Race-Goer’s Guide; California Dreaming -if you want to race; Build an instant winner; Accessory Marketplace; Buy it, Race it – Catalog of Competition Bikes; Specifications – instant comparison brand by brand; 1969 Motorcyle Almanac; Road Racing – how Harley hammered home; Dirt Racing; Viva Agostini!; ISDT; European Motocross; As Benno sees it; Motocross; Speedway Racing; Drag Racing; Ascot; Hillclimb; These are the men – Cycle’s Hall of Fame; more

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1978 Triumph Silver Jubilee – In honor of the Queen a collector’s dream

Cover Photo: Triumph Silver Jubilee Tiger

All Triumph Issue: Road Tests: Triumph Silver Jubilee – In honor of the Queen a collector’s dream; Triumph Tiger 750; Features: The Classic Marque – the story of Triumph; The Scottish Pub – Triumph’s historic trials bike; Triumph TR-6 Ten Years After; Triumph 1950 Thunderbird; Competition: Pocono Roadrace National – Roberts dominates, Nixon second again; more

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1977 Montesa Cappra 360 VB – Sensational Spanish Supercrosser

Cover Photo: That’s John Stein playing in the dirt again, this time on Montesa’s spectacular new Cappra 360 berm-disintegrater

Road Tests: Montesa Cappra 360-VB; Can-Am 250 Qualifier; Harley-Davidson XLCR-1000 Cafe Racer; Features: Hangtown ’77; Ossa / Champion ST-1 Shorttracker; Used Pricing Guide; Bernie Schreiber sets his sights on a World Trials Championship; Kawasaki KT250 Big-Bore Kit; more

360VB XLCR1000 ST1 KT-250

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1967 If it’s a motorcycle it needs Full-Bore motorcycle racing lubricants!

The machine shown in the photo is a special. But if it belonged to you, we’d be able to supply a Full-Bore oil to keep it running happily. We have developed eleven different kinds of Full-Bore, just to make sure that your engine can get the protection that it needs….

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1967 BSA Spitfire MK. III Special – Big-power on a BSA

Enjoy the kind of motorcycling that comes from massive power under sure and gentle control. This is what you get with BSA motorcycles – out ahead performance and superb handling. Shown below is the world’s finest super-sport motorcycle – the BSA Spitfire MK. III Special…

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1967 Batavus Flying Dutchman 50cc cycle

It costs a little more, there must be a reason! When you first see it, ride it, the reason the Flying Dutchman costs more is obvious. It sits on the biggest frame of any 50cc in the world. It is the only 50cc with a 5 speed transmission for faster getaway and smoother get-there.

(better built by Batavus of Holland (est. 1906))

Also: The Batavette “Glideaway” – America’s first true Moped from Holland. Pedal for exercise…Glide for fun…motor for distance…

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1967 Jawa Motorcycle Ad – Do blondes have more fun?

Do blondes have more fun? No, not on a Jawa! The truth is blondes don’t have an more fun on a Jawa than brunettes or redheads. Everybody has the same amount of fun on a Jawa. Jawa’s all-new Trials Model offered in 125, 175 and 250cc models.

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