Retrospective: Yamaha RD350: 1973-1975
Clement Salvadori
August 25, 2008
(This Retrospective article was published in the August 2008 issue of Rider.) STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CLEMENT SALVADORI Nicknames can be good, flattering, positive…or quite the opposite. In the case of Yamaha’s RD series, the Chef Boy-Ar-Dee moniker—say it slow—was greeted with less than enthusiasm... Read more »
Retrospective: Yamaha FZ750 Genesis: 1985-1986, 1988
Clement Salvadori
June 25, 2008
(This Retrospective article was published in the June 2008 issue of Rider.) STORY AND PHOTOS BY CLEMENT SALVADORI It was the early 1980s when the Japanese really got their sporting act together with liquid-cooled engines, single-shock suspensions, and frames that could handle the power in the corners. Yamaha... Read more »
Retrospective: Ducati Paso 750: 1986-1988
Clement Salvadori
May 25, 2008
(This Retrospective article appeared in the May 2008 issue of Rider Magazine.) STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CLEMENT SALVADORI You just bought a famous motorcycle company, and you want to make a splash, a big to-do at the annual motorcycle show. No time to do anything really new technically, but maybe a stylish... Read more »
Retrospective: Yamaha XJ900R Seca: 1983
Clement Salvadori
April 25, 2008
(This Retrospective article was published in the April 2008 issue of Rider.) STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CLEMENT SALVADORI This was a good bike at a good price, as $3,700 (MSRP) would roll this 900 Seca out the dealer’s door. The performance was not too shabby, with an 11-second quarter-mile and a chassis... Read more »
Retrospective: Kawasaki KE175: 1976-1982
Clement Salvadori
March 25, 2008
(This Retrospective article was published in the March 2008 issue of Rider.) STORY AND PHOTOS BY CLEMENT SALVADORI This little woodser was a tribute to good engineering and an American passion for motoring through the semi-wilderness. In the 1960s the Japanese were selling a heckuva lot of little bikes... Read more »
Retrospective: Sachs K-125GS Boondocker Enduro: 1968-1971
Clement Salvadori
February 25, 2008
(This Retrospective article was published in the February 2008 issue of Rider.) STORY by CLEMENT SALVADORI • photography BY Gary Rosa The Europeans took off-road competitions very seriously in the 1960s, especially events like the International Six Day Trials. The nice thing about the ISDT and similar... Read more »
Retrospective: Suzuki GT185 Adventurer: 1973-1977
Clement Salvadori
December 22, 2007
(This Retrospective article was published in the December 2007 issue of Rider.) STORY and photography BY CLEMENT SALVADORI Get on this little Adventurer, turn on the gas, flip the choke, push the button, and that cheerful two-stroke burble comes out the well-muffled exhaust. Cruise down the suburban... Read more »
Retrospective: Norton Classic, 588cc Rotary Engine: 1988
Clement Salvadori
November 22, 2007
(This Retrospective article was published in the November 2007 issue of Rider.) STORY and photography BY CLEMENT SALVADORI When Norton announced in December of 1987 that the company was going to produce 100 motorcycles powered by its air-cooled rotary engine, they were all spoken and paid for up front... Read more »
Retrospective: BSA B25 Starfire 250: 1968-1970
Clement Salvadori
October 22, 2007
(This Retrospective article was published in the October 2007 issue of Rider.) STORY and photography BY CLEMENT SALVADORI This little machine was an anomaly when it appeared on the showroom floors in 1968; though it was a rather attractive motorcycle, it was powered by an old-fashioned single-cylinder... Read more »
Retrospective: Honda VF700C Magna: 1987
Clement Salvadori
August 22, 2007
(This Retrospective article appeared in the August 2007 issue of Rider.) STORY and photography BY CLEMENT SALVADORI If it succeeds the first time, make it even better—that could have been Soichiro Honda’s motto. When Honda revamped the Magna for the 1987 model year it did a heckuva job, turning a... Read more »
