AUGUST 1975 VOLUME 14 NUMBER 8

CYCLE WORLD

ROAD TESTS

33 HONDA 550 SUPER SPORT/Four-into-one exhaust and flush-mounted gas cap set it apart from its predecessors.

42 YAMAHA YZC125/Five more horsepower than last year and Monocross suspension to boot.

58 BULTACO 360 ASTRO/Our resident racers track-test a potent slider at Ascot. 70 MONTESA 250 ENDURO/The Spanish can do things up minds to it.

COMPETITION

right

when

they set their

50 TRANSATLANTIC TROPHY, PART V/Privateers do their part for the American

cause.

54 HANGTOWN NATIONAL MOTOCROSS/The pros search in vain for sun and fun.

TECHNICAL

66 CAN-AM FACELIFT/More experimentation and lots of success.

FEATURES

39 DUDLEY PERKINS/At 82 he's no rocking chair racer.

75 TRIALS NOTEBOOK/ The important points of unweighting. 80 PRODUCT EVALUATION/Nitro shocks from Red Wing.

4 Up Front

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Products

DEPARTMENTS Feedback 31 Round Up 78 New Models & 79 Crossed Up 90 Road Rider 99 Index to Advertisers

101 Slipstream

COVER

100 Classified Advertising

Honda's 550 Super Sport photographed by Fernando Belair.

Illustration by Bill Neale