1976 Penton 250 MC5 Motorcycle Road Test / Photos / Specs

Buying the best motocrosser is no simple task these days. Time was, only a few seasons back, when price for the most part indicated which race bikes were superior. The expensive European mounts were clearly better motocrossers than the less costly Japanese bikes. But the tide has changed, and price alone no longer singles out the best - or worst. Honda started the change with the Elsinore, Yamaha emphasized it with the YZ series and Suzuki's RMs are tearing up tracks from coast to coast. Still, the Europeans have not been sleeping, though their bikes have sen less dramatic improvements. Maicos, Huskies, Montesas and Bultacos are proven machines, and finally Penton has developed its first real motocrosser - the Grand Prix replica 250cc MC 5. 1976 Penton 250 MC5 Motorcycle Road Test 7-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com CLICK THE PICTURE TO "BUY IT NOW"

1974 Dirt Bike Test - Husky 450 Motocrosser - saga of the hump-backed whale

Cover: John DeSoto hangs it out for Husky lovers everywhere; Dirt Tests: Husky 450 Motocrosser; Yamaha DT250-A - son of DT1; Penton 250 Powerhouse; Yamaha 100MX - screaming yellow zonker; Competition: Aztalan, Wisconsin; Technical: How to make a killer 450 Husky; Gas Filter Shootout; the Steel Wombat - Alex Steel's Krome Kolored Streamlined Baby; Trick Fork Kit for under ten bucks; Features: Inside peek at the six-days Jawas; Russ Darnell MX School; Dorky Dog and Rubber Ducky; Oh Danny Boy - Dirt Bikes's token flattracker makes good; more 1974 February Dirt Bike Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com CLICK THE PICTURE TO "BUY IT NOW"