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Baja & El Bandido Part 2
Part two of – “When Bultaco Should Have Won Baja” if you missed part 1 of the story read here As we have started to outline the scenario for the 1969 NORRA Mexican 1000, I ...
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1969 Baja 1000 and the El Bandido
When Bultaco Should Have Won The Mexican 1000 I have taken to collecting old motorcycle magazines. It has really awakened a sense of history for me. I have always had an interest in motorcycling ...
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New Bike Season
June, spring is fading as summer once again moves in to take over the temperate days. It is also the season of new bike introductions. And I find myself singularly disinterested. When I started ...
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1969 Stardust 711 Desert Race
Called by some the toughest desert race ever, the 1968 Stardust 711. NORRA promoted the 1969 event in Las Vegas. $25,000 purse, 711 miles, 137 starters, 30 finishers. It took overall winners ...
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Bultaco El Bandido Review
The Bultaco 360 El Bandido In the Bultaco world, there is the El Bandido and then everything else. It has a bigger than life persona in today’s world of Bultaco restorers. It was the great ...
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KTM 690 VS BMW 800 – Blast From The Past
I have written enough now that I forget some of the previous work I have done or been involved with. A friend sent me the link to this video the other day. Hard to believe it was ten years ago ...
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1968 Baja 1000 Cycle Guide Feature
As you know, I have gotten into collecting old motorcycle magazines. As if I needed more “stuff”, but I guess it is slightly more practical than collecting motorcycles. The great ...
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1980, Mexico and lust for the KLX
As a teenager I spent the summer of 1980 living in Mexico. Estranged from my homeland, garage and motorcycle was pretty hard to take at times. But I was also able to spend part of the summer with ...
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Chasin’ Shorty
The season of rally riding has come to a close. It definitely had some lows and highs. There is always more to learn about rally riding. That is certainly part of the draw for me. I am constantly ...
