1968 Bonanza Mini-Bike with the "Pert Miss Bert"

Cover Photo: "Most in Mini's" featuring Bert Post and the Bonanza Mini-Bike. The pert Miss Bert hails from Venice, California and is the "Girl Friday" for Joel K. Rubenstein public relations agency in Beverly Hills. This particular model Bonanza features a Hodaka Ace 90engine, which obiously makes it a little bomb. (Miss Post's features speak for themselves!). The structure in the background is the Anaheim Convention Center, site of the "dealers only" Motorcycle & Accessory Trade Show.

Contents: Yamaha YDS5 Electra Test; Blown Vincent Lightning; Future in Motorcycles; Good Ol' Scout; Three-Wheeled Tractors; Sidecar record recalled; Hare Scrambles; On the Record Trail; San Francisco Show; Death Valley Tour; more

YDS

1968 February Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

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1970 Ruppster - the mini dunebuggy from Rupp

It's the movin'est little fun machine yet. Tackles the toughest terrain - muddy meadows, sand or light snow - with surefooted ease. Charges slopes up to 45'. Goes 40+ mph flat-out. Turns tight. Stops on a dime. Available manual or electric start. And it's yours for about $1000.00. See the Ruppster at your nearest Rupp dealer.

Also on the same page is an ad for "Lil" Indian, Michrina Enterprises, Inc. The Outlaw (chopper mini-bike), Series 6000 mini-bike and Fun Cart.

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1969 Benelli Mini-Bikes / Mini-Cycles - Buzzer, Hornet, Maverick, Dynamo & more!

It's easy to see that these "experts" spotted some of the most obvious advantages of a Benelli mini-cycle. The biggest advantage is the fact that the mini-cycles shown below come out of the same factory that produced the fabulous "$70,000.00 Benelli 4 Racer" plus production cycles that set both speed and endurance records. We think you'll find it comforting to know that this same skill and workmanship goes into each mini-cycle. We've got the big line. The line made by the motorcycle people for the cycle generation from ages 8 to 80.

Shown: Buzzer, Dynamo Compact, Dynamo Trail, Hornet, Maverick, Super-Mini

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1969 Bonanza Mini-Bike ad with Gary Nixon

Announcing Bonanza's 1969 Line. "The first minibike I've ridden that really feels like a motorcycle" - Gary Nixon, 1968 AMA National Champion

What did we do to merit praise like that for the BC1500SH - top of our '69 line? Took advice. From experts like Gary. The said, "Why don't you put more rake and trail in the front end?" So we did. Then we made the tires round in profile, rather than flat. And increased front end suspension travel, and put double-rate springs on the rear to prevent bottoming. We added adjustable, motorcycle type handlebars and a front mount saddle gas tank with built-in fuel gauge (how many big motorcycles have that?) Combine all these and you have much more than a mini-bike; you have a compact motorcycle with a much better ride on the rough stuff and on the road. Let's not forget that "big bike" power! The five-speed 100cc Hodaka engine accelerates this lightweight from 0 to 50 faster than some 650's that cost $1000.00 more. Gary liked that very much. It takes a lot of mini to please a motorcycle champion. That's why some features of our BC1500SH are now being built into the rest of our line. So you can hardly call them minibikes anymore.

BC1500-SH BC-1500

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1969 Benelli Buzzer folding mini-bike

The Benelli Buzzer: Here at last, here at last. It folds down to a size of 10" wide, 22" high, and 40" long, its clutch and transmission are automatic, it weighs 68 lb. and cranks out a top speed of 35 mph. And it's street legal. Contact Cosmopolitan Motors, 5521 Wayne Ave., Philadelphia, Penna. 19144

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1967 Bonanza Ace 90 Mini-Bike Road Test / Specs - the mini-cycle with hair on its chest

Cover Photo: Sammy Tanner, "The Flying Flea"; Features: The Circle Burners - thrills and spills of oval tracking; Desert Warfare and the bike that revolutionized it; Adventure in Baja California; Bike Building Italian Style -a visit to Benelli; The new breed - a streetable chopper; Road Tests: Kawasaki 650 W2-SS, Bonanza Ace 90, Kawasaki 238 Scrambler; Buying a used Harley - testing a nearly new XLCH; Competition: Mosport G.P. - Mike "the Bike" Hailwood wins a double; Salinas TT Scrambles benefit race; Technical: Cycledelic Tanks; Moto-Beta Teardown; Minarelli Modifications; more

W2SS 650W2

1967 December Cycle Guide Motorcycle Magazine Back Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

1968 In Memoriam - Johann Attenberger and Joseph Schillinger

Johann Attenberger (pictured) and Joseph Schillinger died in the crash of their sidecar racer during the GP of Belgium.

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1968 Rickman Brothers Street Metisse

Contents: Road Tests: American Eagle 750, Rickman Street Metisse, Zundapp ISDT 100, Bonanza Ace 100 Mini-bike BC1300SH; Technical: Righteous Frames; Mind Bender part 3; Hodaka Overhaul; Features: Cycling's safest riders; Custom Via Racer; Trophies for the table - hunting by trail bike part 2; Carry a Spare - odd happenings at the Island (Isle of Man); Something Different - custom chopper; Competition: Isle of Men; Viewfinders G.P.; more

BC-1300 BC1300-SH

1968 October Cycle Guide Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

New 1969 Triumph Trident 750 three-cylinder - three of a kind beats a pair

Contents: Road Tests: Sprite 360 Motocross, 1969 Bultaco Pursang Mark 3, 1969 Triumph Trident 750 three-cylinder, Hodaka Ace 100; Features: Amol Precision -something more than a cycle shop; Custom Plus - Jan and Dennis Rury built; Sammy Miller Trials School; A mini-bike in your future? -don't laugh just read; Kenny Brown profile; Chef's Special - Chester Grimes 1958 Sportster; Technical: Harley rim to Honda Hub; Tame a Frame - how to salvage a thoroughly bent bike; Competition: 1320 Pictorial - drag strip action by Bob Braverman; Grafton Motocross -end of an era?; more

Mk III

1968 December Cycle Guide Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue - Triumph available at www.DadsVintageAds.com

1962 Yamaguchi SPB Scrambler motorcycle road Test #124

Cover: photo was taken from a calendar sent to us by the Greeves factory in England. The riders and the course they're scrambling on is unknown, but you can be sure that the motorcycles are Greeves.

Contents: Yamaguchi SPB Scrambler road test; Italian Show; Minutes of FIM Meeting; Service Tips; Details of 1962 Triumph; Boswell Travel Story; My Greatest Thrill; Resume of Ascot Park 1961; World Wide Cycling Highlights; Triumph Sales and Service School; Micro-Cycle Mini-Bike Test; more

1962 February Cycle Motorcycle Magazine Back-Issue available at www.DadsVintageAds.com