Mr. Motorcycle Archives No. 5, August 1976 (No. 4)

Mr. Bike was first published in April 1976 (May in the monthly issue), ceased publication with the July 2010 issue (book code = Mr. Bike, since apparently it is not called discontinued as long as 08489 is still alive), and is now somehow surviving on the web. It may be long or short, short or long, but in 35 years, we have published 420 issues (not including extra issues). I am not even sure if this is too many or too few. We have picked up interesting contents from the first issue to the last issue, and we would like to introduce some of them. The 416 more issues are too many, so we will be updating them irregularly.

The Truth Comes to Light in Issue #3 (......)

Aside from the orange vest, he wears a necktie. Since he is on the cover of Mr. Motorcycle, he is a well-known figure (although we will gradually start to see regular people on the cover, but that is still a long way off). To the uninitiated, one might think, "Are you from JAF? Who is this gentleman? Those who know him know him, of course, and those who do not know him cannot possibly know him. Even those who don't know him might think, "Oh, he is that gentleman. Of course, those who don't think of him won't. The clue is the bikes: BULTACO SHERPA T and MONTESA COTA247, a trialler. This is also a maniac, but at that time, trials were booming, and the fact that it was a foreign bike was a high price to pay for it. The grips on the Blue Taco are probably Tomaselli's raw rubber. The photo was probably taken on the banks of the Tama River, which was close to the editorial office. Why the tie?　The answer to the question, "Motorcycle riders have an image of being untidy, but that is the rider's own problem. British riders wear shirts and ties when they do trials. Really?　Really?　I can almost hear you saying, "Enough! I'd like you to read to the end, so I'll tell you who it is later. → Read the whole thing

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