First Test: 1980 Yamaha XS Eleven XS1100 - it's still tough to find a better touring bike

Road Tests: 1980 Yamaha XS Eleven XS1100, Husqvarna 390-CR Motocross; New Model Previews: The 1980 Suzukis; The 1980 Hondas; Impression: Suzuki RM125; Features: Thunderheads - how to bolt on more power to your Sportster; Ten Years After -recalling the best decade in motorcycling; The ISDT -our trophy team got 6 golds but Italy won; How To - Braided Steel lines; Sport: Eklund wins #1; Bol d'or;Bernie Schreiber is a world champ!; Marland Whaley wins at home; The Indy Drags; more

XS-1100 390CR

1979 December Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue - Yamaha available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

1988 Honda's New VLX Shadow - Honda Pins a target on Harley's Softail

1988 February Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com in the "Magazine Back Issue Index" category

Road Tests: 1988 Honda VT600C Shadow VLX, 1988 Suzuki GSX-R750J;;;Shorts: Yamaha Riva 200;;;Features: The Champions- John Kocinski; Wayne Rainey; Tokyo Motor Show; On a Roll- RE-5 Rotary; The Rotarians- a brief scrapbook of rotaries past and promising; Bol d'Or; Wayne Gardner- Assault on '87



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Vintage Motorcycle Racing Article: 1974 Bol d'Or - The Day Long War

1975 Bol d'Or 24-Hr Bugatti Le Mans Motorcycle Race 7-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

The Day Long War

Bol d'Or. It grinds on for 24 hours. Every minute of every hour punishes the production machines which lap the circuit Bugatti again and again. Daylight evaporates, leaving a chill damp twilight hanging over Le Mans. At last the Sept. darkness overwhelms the circuit and from a distance the French countryside cool and wet and black seems to soak up the race's noise and light with an absent-minded blankness.

Photo captions:

(Above) On left is the official Kawasaki GB entry; cdnter, a Honda 750; right, the Japauto 1000 which finished fifth.

(Right) The Clive Brown / Martin Sharp Laverda 1000 was housed in a Difazio center-hub-steering frame; the beast retired after losing its oil.

(Above) Egli-framed Kawasaki winner had perfect balance between speed and reliability.

(Above and right) Guili / Choukroun Kawasaki had the race under control until a frantic front tire change - followed by a thumping crash.

Early Sunday afternoon the Luc / Rigal BMW 890 led, but the engine began to falter; its slowdown put worried faces o BMW's Helmut Dahne (looking right) and Engineer Von der Marwitz (with sunglasses).







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