1980 September Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Carlsbad Motocross Yamaha TT250

Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. 1980 September Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Carlsbad Motocross Yamaha TT250 Have the Honda's CB750Pentroof combustion chambersand all-ways adjustable shocksgiven it the edge? Is the50-pounds-lighter Kawasakinow in front? Will TSCCgive Suzuki the 750 crown?Read on. All is revealedjust nine pages from here.Photo by Art Friedman.TESTS10 COMPARISON: THE SPORTING 750sHONDA CB750F, KAWASAKI KZ750, SUZUKI GS750EWherein high technology meets low weight47 IMPRESSION: YAMAHA TT250GThumpthing new for the serious play riderFEATURES23 THE WHEELIE KINGHe’ll dazzle you with one-wheeled motobatics.26 HOW TO REPLACE FORK SEALSThe right tricks make the job much easier.28 THE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY CONFERENCEIt takes less time to read this than make a coffin.35 WHITE LINE FEVERThings to know before you start splitting traffic.38 A MONTH IN THE ALPSOne Canadian's adventures on Europe’s hills40 THE $1000 EUROPEAN TOURThe price tag even includes the motorcycle.44 A SCHOOL FOR SLIDERSOr how I learned I couldn't ride a speedway bike.50 PRODUCT EVALUATION: THE SWARUPAt last, high performance for your waste basket52PRODUCT CLOSE-UP: MICROLONA new snake oil that might actually work.53WILL A NEW FRAME SAVE THE NR500?Help for Honda's 32-valve (?) factory racer54MICK GRANT TALKS ABOUT THE NR500What's it like to ride a 20,000-rpm four-stroke?56 THE HESKETH SUPERBIKEWill a Ducati clone save the British bike?58 CRAIG VETTER’S MYSTERY SHIPThe Windjammer's inventor unveils a $10,000 flyer.61 MOVIE: TAKE IT TO THE LIMITIt brought Mike Hailwood out of retirement.SPORT64 CARLSBAD 500cc USGP MOTOCROSSAn unknown Californian stuns the world.66 BAJA 500The winners survived two head-on crashes.70 WINSTON PRO SERIES UPDATEThe other Scott aims at the crown72 SUPERBIKE ROADRACING UPDATEA three-way battle erupts for the title,DEPARTMENTS2 EDITORIALCongress goes after outlaw motorcycle gangs.4 HOTLINEIs this finally the end of Triumph?6 LETTERSFlack about Full-Dress Face-Off and flat tires8 ACCESSORY SHOPSwollen head? Check out this Bell helmet.60 CATALOGSYou may be green, but not from envy.75HOT LAPBig-buck bingo: The Bell/AGV sticker game76THE LAST PAGEA list of the ten largest motorcycle states.Carlsbad: MysteryMan Moates MaulsMotocross MogulsThe Bel Ray USGP of Motocross,America's only points-payinground toward the 500cc WorldChampionship, has until now beendominated by the Europeans. Onlytwo Americans have won motos atthis event in the past, Jim Pomeroyin 1978 and Brad Lackey in 1979,both aboard factory machinery.With the 10th running of the event,a lot has changed. Not only did anAmerican take the first 45-minutemoto in the sun-drenched hills inlandfrom Carlsbad, California, but thesame American won the secondmoto too—a first at the USGP. Thereal shock is that the guy who single-handedly held off the best motocrossracers in the world on the abusivelyrough 1.3-mile natural terrain coursewasn't a “Big Name" rider like BradLackey, Chuck Sun or Danny La-Porte. in fact, the guy didn’t evenhave a high-dollar factory bike; herode a modified production YamahaYZ465. That's an even bigger first-no privateer of any nationality hasever won a world championship race.Who is this guy?Marty Moates' LOP-sponsoredYZ465 got the holeshot in both mo-tos, thanks in part to Marty's years ofexperience at Carlsbad. While manyother riders swept their starting areasclear to expose bare concrete, hepiled dirt under his bike with a shov-el. then packed it down. Needless tosay, it got him off the line first, thenhis Laurens Offner tuned Yamaha didthe rest.The sun-baked crowd howled theirapproval as Moates sliced throughthe 150-degree first turn ahead ofKawasaki-mounted Goat Breker, RexStaten’s Yamaha and the rest of the40-bike field By the fourth lap,Moates held an eight-second leadover Breker, who was now beingtailed by Hakan Carlqvist aboard afactory Yamaha and American DannyLaPorte on a Suzuki. MeanwhileBrad Lackey was playing catch-up... And much more! mb5223s-1400g 13808s-1729g 17285 rl- mb5226

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