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The people, the products and the quirky all made the 60s, 70s and 80s some of the most interesting in motorcycling. From the innovation of Jim Weinert's supercross paddle tire, to the heroic, colorful characters who produced some of the greatest competition yet seen, the period between 1960 and 1990 were motorcycling's golden years.

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Getting Armed: The DG Mini-Bike (1977)

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Want a mini-crosser that acts like a junior-sized ICBM? Pick up your phone and dial the arsenal.
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Hodakability (1980)

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The Marvelous Marsupials, and How They Made Off-Road Riding So Much Fun.
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Honda CX500 Longterm (1980)

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Completely in keeping with its reputation as an intriguingly different motorcycle, Honda's CX500 has set three records during its term of service as a longterm workhorse. 1) It's attracted more letters from interested owners, 2) suffered the only authentic breakdown in the history of the program, and 3) rolled up more miles than any other longterm machine we've had.
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Honda: The Human Factor (1976)

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Honda Research and Development Company invited a group of motorcycle magazines to Japan, and then threw open the doors to the Holy Inner Sanctum.
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Husqvarna Race Face (1982)

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Building a Jeff Jennings Replica.
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If Classic Is Your Bag (1973)

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Classic racing motorcycle prints for the super-enthusiast.
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JD Suzuki RM125B Package Racer (1978)

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The tidiest way yet to buy a large selection of well-balanced 125 motocross parts: already attached to a brand-new motorcycle.
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Kawasaki KX250 Long Term (1980)

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Race Testing the KX250: Kawasaki's Motocrosser Holds Ups Up Well.
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Kawasaki KX420 (1980)

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Bodybuilding with the Jolly Green Giant.
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Kent Howerton (Dec 1980)

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Kent Howerton bridges a gap that says a lot about motocross in America during the past decade.
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Kent Howerton (June 1980)

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Putting It (Back) Together: Howerton finds his way back to victory circle.
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Leoni: The Italian Connection (1983)

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In America the first bikes with Leoni's stamp were indecently fast Ducati singles. For almost 20 years, the same things propelled Leoni's various bikes: clear thought and good ideas.
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Mark Barnett (1980)

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Riding straight ahead.
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Mick Andrews (1970)

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Mick Andrews can make a motorcycle go most anywhere: over enormous, mossy tree trunks; over boulders; through deep-running streams; up vertical cliffs and down again. He is Ossa's star; champion in trials riding.
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Mike Bell (1982)

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Making A List: Checking It Twice.
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Mikkola's Year (1977)

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Total domination is the only way to describe Heikki Mikkola's world championship winning 1977 season. The ex-Husqvarna rider not only won the title but also developed a better machine. Courtesy of Yamaha Japan, we present a rundown of the sensational season.
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Moto-X Fox Honda CR250R (1980)

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Only major motocross surgery can cure the 1980 Red Rocket.
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Much Neater Singles: AJS & Matchless (1957)

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Progressives often complain that the only visible difference between one year's models and the next is in tank decoration or something equally superficial. That criticism certainly cannot be levelled at the A.J.S. and Matchless ranges for 1958.
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Number One: Jim Weinert (1975)

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It is 3:00 on Thursday afternoon in early Autumn, and Jim Weinert, the new open class motocross national champion, of Goshen High School, Middletown, New York, class of '69, is absorbing one of the indirect rewards of his championship.
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Pierre Karsmakers (1975)

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Motocross, Money, and the Mafia.
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