Rider Files

A Suzuki motor I'd forgotten about is the big 1300cc+ liquid-cooled V4 they made in the mid1980s for its big touring bike (the Cavalcade I think?). Did they use that engine in anything else?

(Turns out it is in fact Michael Johnson out of Alameda, California, who scored a podium finish in the BOTT Stock class that weekend.) Anyone know who raced a Yamaha Vision in AMA Battle of the Twins at Sears Point in '83? (Michael Pons photo)

You've heard the rumors and here's proof that late-night wrenching sessions in Daytona hotel rooms were real. In this photo it's Nicky Richichi's TZ750 getting hotel "room service" at Bike Week '83. Nick Brown at the head of the bike and Nick Richichi on the bed. (Michael Pons photo)