1974 Yamaha RD350 Street Bike - Same basic designs as Kenny Roberts Road Racer

"I've alway raced Yamahas. I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid." - Kenny Roberts, AMA Grand National Champion

..."You don't need the biggest bike to win," Kenny says. "Just the best bike. Last year when we raced our 350cc Yamahas against the 750cc machines at Daytona and Talladega, we swept the first three places. Simply because our Yamahas were the most reliable bikes on the track. If they weren't I'd be stupid to ride the way I do."

This same reliability is built into all Yamahas. For example, our RD350 street bike has the same basic frame, engine, transmission and suspension designs as the road racer Kenny's riding in the picture above. Which may be what prompted one motorcycle magazine to name it "The bike most likely to lose you your driver's license."...

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1974 San Jose Mile National: Kenny Roberts Lets it Out

Reaching deep inside himself, Kenny finds what he needs to win his first National of the year. 1974 San Jose Mile National: Kenny Roberts Lets it Out 4-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com CLICK THE PICTURE TO "BUY IT NOW"

1975 Cycle Magazine Rider of the Year - Kenny Roberts

"Kenny Roberts is nothing less than a phenomenon, and he may have brought to racing the quality of inexorability, like tides and earthquakes. So it is with a disquieting sense of committing presumption that we have chosen him to be Cycle's 1975 Rider of the Year. Kenny Roberts may well prove to be the rider of the century." 1975 Rider of the Year Kenny Roberts 2-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com CLICK THE PICTURE TO "BUY IT NOW"

1979 April Cycle World - Kawasaki's 1300 Six - Bigger means better for touring riders

Cover Photo: Kawasaki KZ1300 Dressed for the open road Road Tests: Kawasaki KZ1300 - luxury superbike; SWM 250GS; Suzuki GS750-EN; Honda XR185 / XL185; Touring Feature: The French Quarter Connection; Taking it with you; Craven Classic Saddlebags; Silhouette Fairing; Protecting your Rear; Vetter Accessories; Take Along Cycle Cover; Technical: Beyond Teledraulics; Features: The Professional - Kenny Roberts; Yamaha IT250 / 400 Long Range Test; Better Riding Through Chemistry; more 1979 April Cycle World Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com CLICK THE PICTURE TO "BUY IT NOW"

1994 December Cycle World - Kawasaki's Triple threat for 1995!

Features: New Bikes '95: Kawasaki; Kawasaki KDX200; A Bike to remember: Honda CB750; Smokin'! - Kawasaki H1; Conversations with the King - Kenny Roberts; Big-time racing on small-scale bikes; Honda Mini-Trail 50; Long-Term Test Wrap-Up - Honda CBR1000-F - 13510 miles the easy way; CW Project: The Kawasaki KX80 Caper; more 1994 December Cycle World Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com CLICK THE PICTURE TO "BUY IT NOW"

1973 May Motorcyclist Magazine – Kawasaki 500 Triple Street Test

Cover Photo: Yamaha-mounted Kenny Roberts roars off the jump in fine style during Houston Astrodome TT National; Road Tests: Maico 501WR; Kawasaki 500 Triple; Harley-Davidson SS350; Suzuki 50 Gaucho; Features: How to ride dirt; Houston TT and Short Track Nationals; Action Showcase - Mark Brelsford; Touring Alaska; Rollin' at midnight - Crotona Enduro; The Animal - super trick cafe racer; Will the Feds kill off-road riding?; more 1973 May Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

1975 Popular Cycling - Yamaha 400 Monocross - the test and the cure!

Cover Story: Yamaha 400 Monocross - the test and the cure! Plenty of grunt and with a little help, lots of suspension; Road Test Kawasaki KT250; Features: Inside Opener - race action at Houston's Astro Dome; Kenny Roberts - Yamaha's #1 Salesman; Enduro timing - the complete how-to; Enduro riding apparel; Score's Parker 400; Technical: The Rear Chain; Yamaha 400 Fork update; Supertuning part 1; The monoshock cure; Racing crank for the Ellsie; Reservoir colers for your Konis; more 1975 May Popular Cycling Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com CLICK THE PICTURE TO "BUY IT NOW"

Kenny Roberts Photo History

Cover Story: A look back at Kenny Roberts' No. 1 years - the King's reign of terror on both dirt and tarmac; Features: Give me Moe Guzzi - California's Cycle Garden serves up some tasty Italian dressings; Time Traveling - SRM Engineering - Wales' best kept BSA secret; Esoteric Enduro - Cathcart on a Matchless G50 Metise Mountaineer; more

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1979 Suzuki GS1000 Sport - a taste of Europe in America - Road test/specs

Road Tests: Can-Am 370 Qualifier, Triumph Bonneville, Suzuki GS1000S Sport; Special Fuel Ecomony Section: how to get 60mpg; Why bikes differ in mileage; Big Tank Buyer Guide; Special Safety Section; Features: GS550 Endurance Racer - MC project bike makes good; History of Triumph -an amazing story of birth, death and rebirth; XS Eleven Turbo; Honda NR500 GP Racer; Sport: Kenny Roberts; Brad Lackey; Scottish Six Days; Springer on the boil; more

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1989 Classic Bike Fever - Exploring the new interest in old motorcycles

Cover: Kenny Roberts, 1951 editiion, poses with a 1959 Norton Manx while a 1957 Bob Hannah holds up a Rickman Triumph, 1964 Vintage

Contents: Special Vintage Revival Issue: Features: Classic Bike Fever; Blue-Chip bikes - motorcycles worth restoring; Manx Magic - Kenny Roberts rides the definitive roadracing single; Full Circle - Bob Hannah rides a Triumph motocrosser; History for the riding - motocross a quarter century ago; Rivals - The Harley vs. Indian controversy; Monument to horsepower - a six for the eights; CW Project: The raising of CB34-GS-361 - a Goldie no longer moldy; more

1989 November Cycle World Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com