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Clubroom => Bike Talk => Topic started by: Stewart Allen on October 25, 2007, 09:51:56 pm
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Hi all, a test to help solve my own personal mystery. I brought a mag back in about May '74 (school holidays) and drooled over it for ages, it is now regretfully long gone. It would have been an early 1974 mag from US and it had a 125 shootout which I think tested 7 125's including both MX & YZ Yamaha's, CR125M plus a heap of others. Again from memory the front cover had a shoot with all 7 bikes.
Does anyone know which mag & issue this was, I have been looking on Evilbay to no avail.
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Hmmm... did it look like this one?
(http://www.ozvmx.com/images/forum/mag.jpg)
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D-rool! D-rool!
i'm writing my letter to santa right now!
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Spot On Graeme thats the one, now all I have to do is work out how I can get one.
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That might be harder than it seems, that was not a real popular magazine and I am guessing closed up shop donkeys ago. See how you go doing a bit of a search, but if no luck I *might* be able to have my arm twisted into parting with it. Is www.motorcyclememories.com completely closed down now? He used to have a huge range of stuff.
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Hi Graeme,
any chance of scanning it onto the web site like you have done with a couple of other
article's
cheers
Noel
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And the YZ is already in last place... ;D
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...and the Rickman and MX125 are at the front? :o
;D
Love to see a scan, Mr Webmaster. ;)
Let me guess:
CR125 wins by a mile.
YZ125 good but let down by only 5 gears and only average suspension.
Rickman handles the best, does everything else ordinarily.
MX125 a good, simple, relaible plodder, but outclassed as race bike.
TM125 is a faster version of the MX.
NFI how the CanAms would have fared. Didn't even know they made 125s back then... :-[
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Orright, I'll scan it in over the weekend... Can't say what they found out - the only bit I read was where they reckoned the TM was a bit of alright. Tho, they did say the CR was really fast and the YZ surprisinlgy slow and had bad suspension. God, it must be really bad if my TM is anything to go by.
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Hi Graeme,
If you are really looking to get rid of it Iam keen, but if I was you I'd be inclined to keep it. It might be one of those things that once its gone you wish you still had it.
Damn I have probably talked you out of it, offer still stands if you still want your arm twisted.
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Believe me I'm not keen to get rid of it at all, it's not a bad magazine and has a few interesting articles in it. So what I am saying is, have a hunt around and if you don't have any joy drop me a PM. Note though it is a little water damaged so it's not pristine, but everything is there and readable. I'm off to a swapmeet on Sunday so will keep my eye open, you never can tell...
Update - just did a search thru eBay for it, and found a couple of Cycle Riders from 73/74. No July tho, but at least they are out there.
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The bloke on the Rickman has one of those new Fan-Dangle full face helmets, Hot , Heavy , cant see out of them. surly will never catch on.
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There is a copy on Ebay currently.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260186623415&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=016
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And the YZ is already in last place... ;D
Even the MX125 is blowing it away. :o 8) ::)
We might just have to wait for the YZ to find some traction and to 'come on to the pipe' ;) ;D
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There is a copy on Ebay currently.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260186623415&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=016
"This is a Warehouse Find, never opened and read through, stored away for over 30 years" I wonder how many copies the seller has?