Now for something really weird.....

[mx250]

.............and Rare.

Last time I saw one of these, or at least it's kissing cousin the Sachs Hercules with the Earls forks, was at the Qantasic at Orange, circa 1978(??). It was a quite comical scene. There was a 'Y' intersection at the base  of a small gully. Three bikes come down each of the trails at Blitz speed arriving together to a dust billowing halt inchs from each other. One rider was Winston Stokes on his distinctive little Herc. Much arm waving and gestures, a quick navigation conflab and mutual cursing of the organisers and we each set off in our own direction.

I musta got it right; I arrived at the checkpoint on time .

Anyone want a better copy email me.

[evo550]

I always enjoy reading the old T&T tests, 4 full pages of text that's actually a real seat of the pants article.
Not like the regurgitated, generic spheel we get in modern bike mags.

[PEZBerq]

I agree evo.  The modern reviews are a disgrace .  One page if you are lucky and nothing in depth.  Written for those who have very short attention spans I guess.

[mainline]

The modern bikes are probably all so similar it's hard for them to come up with something new to write