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Motor Cycle Weekly Magazine (UK) 1978 to 1983

Motor Cycle Weekly (out every Wednesday!)
Year	Month	Date	Vol	No.	Front Page Highlights	Condition	Comments
1978	June	10			Triumph & Tragedy, Hailwood Exclusive, TT chat	Average	Tabloid newspaper style
1979	June	9			Magic Mike, Hailwood shatters Snr lap record	Average	$10
		16			Honda GP racers for 1980 TT, Graeme Crosby	Average
1980	June	14			Noyce breaks leg,British hopes dashed atItalian GP	Average	$10
		28			Absolutely Randy, Mamola at Donington	Average
1981	May	16			Moriwaki, the man and machines, "Cat" takes cream	Average
		23			French GP, TT stars and pay challenge, Hesketh	Average
		30			Noyce wins, Hudson second, Soanish GP	Good
	June	6			Taste of the TT, Freddie for British GP, Bulgarian GP	Good
		13			Hot Cross Croz, Crosby F1TT, 113.7mph last lap	Good
		20			Com'on Honda, Smile!, Black Friday for Haslam	Good
		27			Hudson moves on up, Noyce keeps chipping away	Average
	July	4			Lucky Streak, Marco with Dutch 500 TT win	Average
		11			Spa-Rring partners..Roberts & Lucchinelli at Belgian GP	Good
		18			Anti-Lock Breakthrough, Lucchinelli at San Marino GP	Average
		25			Now the Heat's on Noyce, Dutch motocross GP	Average
	August	1			Barry is the man to beat at British GP, Suzuki quits GP	Average
		8			Jack's Flash, Middleburg pips Roberts, Silverstone	Average
		15			Another Black day for Honda-RAC reject TT plea	Average
		22			Positively Hudson!, Hesketh hits the road, Swedish GP	Average
		29			Honda Lure Lucchinelli, Thunderbird returns	Average
	Sept	5			Dave Potter "critical" after crash at Oulton, Manx GP	Average
		12			Police guard Vernon Cooper, My top Ten,	Average	$10
		19			Sheen joins our team, Btitain pipped by a point	Average
		26			Water-cooled 650 vee from Yamaha, Barry Sheene	Average
	Oct	3			Honda's V-4 Sabre dances in, New Yamaha's	Average
		10			Heron Suzuki GP Team saved, Simon Wigg	Average
		17			Hondas Tag on Turbo, Barry Sheene writes	Average
		24			Dunlop Quit Britain, Sheene rides Yam's XZ550 V-twin	Average
		31			Graeme Crosby sacked by Suzuki, what now?	Average
	Nov	7			Ago offers Sheene heaps,Rob Hooper rides Yam's	Average
		14			Ferrari teams with Mamola, Ride the Honda Turbo	Average
		21			Herron widow cash fight, British Trials final round	Average
		28			Mamola clause says "No Croz", Stu Avant talks	Average
	Dec	5			Team Sheene for the GP's, London's Pride	Average
		12			Croz signs for Yamaha, Suzuki's new Brit team	Average
		19			Lucchinelli's GP Honda, Yamaha XJ650 Turbo	Average
		26			Fast Freddie Crashes NS500, Christmas TT game	Average
1982	Jan	2			Hesketh:Huge losses on V1000, 1982 Harleys	Average
		9			Race widow slams Herron fund delay, Mamola	Average
		16			Police fall out over "safe" Bonneville, Trollope	Average
		23			Roberts: I was misled over Herron fund, Hansford	Average
		30			XS on Ice, British racing-stark realities, Yam's RS100	Average
	Feb	6			Heskeths hit the shops at last, Schlachter	Average
		13			Yamaha face law suit over poster, Cyril Neveu	Average
		20			Argentine & Austrian GP's, Ekerold-boxing clever	Average
		27			Cooper is voted off ACU, Daytona '82, Suzuki's GSX400T	Average
	March	6			The Million Dollar Look!, 120mph Triumph 8Valve	Average
		13			Croz captures the "200",Schlachter in 250, Honda GL500	Average
		20			Springboks showdown, Lightning Beemer	Average
		27			Smokin Sheene lands six-figure deal with John Player	Average
	April	3			Bully for Barry!, First test of the Laverda Jota 120	Average
		10			Triumph's eve of the Show Surprise, Roberto Pietri	Average
		17			Transatlantic Trophy, Britains match race, Keith Huewen	Average
		24			Roberts gets GP V-4, Toast of the Trophy,Roger Marshall	Average
	May	1			French boost TT, ride with Barry Sheene	Average
		8			Sheene squares up to Roberts, Monte Carlo busted	Average
		15			No-go at Nogaro, Graham Wood's Yamaha TZ500	Average
		22			Newbold killed at NW200, BMF Rally, 4 for the road	Average
		29			Roberts rules Jarama, Thorpe beaten by clock	Average
	June	5			Hesketh in Cash crisis, Big names in TT preview	Average
		12			Grant urges ban on TT "slow men",	Average
		19			Hesketh calls in Receiver, Classic TT reports	Average
		26			Learners win three month reprieve, Malherbe breaks leg	Average
	July	10			Honda markets NS500 replicas, Belgian GP	Average
		17			Yamaha snubs Sheene, Kenny Roberts' Yamaha	Average
		24			Honda tempts Roberts, as Sheene gets V-four	Average
		31			Ballington to quit 500 chase, British GP preview	Average
	August	7			Sheene: I'm sickened, Franco wins 500 at Silverstone	Average
		14			Fan slugs Noyce in GP Debacle, Honda's XL125R-C	Average
		21			Taylor Death Furore, No lucky streak in '82 by Marco	Average
		28			Donington stirs up Political Storm, Honda's CX500 sports	Average
	Sept	4			Penhall's Prize!, Brands comeback for Sheene	Average
		11			Star's Double money Demand, Wimmer on Winner	Average
		18			Contract row rocks British Enduro Team,ride a BMW outfit	Average
		25			Godden grabs World long track title, Cologne Show	Average
	Oct	2			TT 350's in class of their own, Hockenheim finale	Average
		9			Ago, Crosby rift grows, Vesterinen British Crown	Average
		16			Chrome it, tune it, spray it, light it, chop it, plate it!	Average
		23			Team Green cries stop!, Mighty Mouse rescue	Average
		30			Free-for-all Floors TT, Kenny Carter, Ballington	Average
	Nov	6			Too-Noisy exhausts outlawed, Brendan Quirk 10	Average
		13			Yamaha OK Carter for Ago's team, Gliiter gluttons	Average
		20			Andrea gets her money!, Toning up the CBX,	Average
		27			Mang to HB Suzuki, Laverna's RGS1000, Clobber capers!	Average
	Dec	4			Bike sport banned by Dutch, Changing for the Challenge	Average
		11			Cops collar Norton's Rotary, The Ally Frame-Up	Average
		18			Sensation: Sheene to race Suzukis,	Average
		25			Accidents take a tumble, Santa on a Solex!	Average
1983	Jan	15			Island plan tp quit ACU, The Roost Rulers, Peter Clifford	Average	$20
		22			Fired Sport Chief vows Court fight, Marshalling facts	Average
		29			Ton-plus RG250 for the Road, BMW R80ST	Average
	Feb	5			Sheene: my GP breakthrough, Keeping up with Joneses	Average
		12			Sheene tests RG500, "Uncle" slips US Customs	Average
		19			Suzuki's Cut-Price Cover!, Roost Rulers	Average
		26			Dunlop Tread on doubt over racing future	Average
	March	5			New-look "Daytona" for Brum! Rickman's Predator	Average
		12			500s Face power cut, World trials Yorkshire Dales	Average	End Tabloid News style
	March	19			Racing, Riding, Touring, Testing	Good **	Magazine style * - in different box to News style.
		26			South African GP, Honda CB900, Cagiva SXT125	Good
	April	2			Exclusive tests, Kawasaki Z1000R, Harley XLX1000	Good
		9			French GP, British Road Racing, Motocross	Good
		16			Swiss Motocross, GP Report, MAG, Taiwan	Average
		23			Interview: New England Speedway Team Boss	Good
		30			Italian GP, England v USA, Testing Kawasaki & Honda	Good
	May	7			Translantic Trophy Report, Kawasaki Turbo	Good
		14			BMF rally preview, Ducati 900S2, West German GP	Good
		21			Road Racing: North West 200, World Endurance	Good
		28			Yamaha's power valve RD350LC, Spanish GP	Good
	June	4			TT Race Preview, Austrian GP, Yamaha XJ900	Good	$20
		11			Dunlop's TT Formula One Victory	Good	$20
		18			TT Special, Yugo GP, Island Race Action	Good	$30
		25			British 250 Motocross GP Report, Island round-up	Good	$20
	July	2			Dutch TT, American 500cc Motocross GP Report	Good
		9			High Speed Euro-touring, Belgian GP Report	Good
		16			Interview: Chris Morton British Speedway Champ	Good
		23			British Motocross GP, Touring in the Sahara	Good
		30			Silverstone Showdown, Bitten by Hesketh's Vampire	Good
	August	6			British GP Report, Eddie the kid goes West	Good
		13			GP Reports, Swedish road race, Belgian Moto	Good
		20			Reisten v Johnson in Dutch drags, San Marino	Good
		27			Ulster GP, Dutch 500 Motocross GP, Honda CX650E	Good
	Sept	3			British Champs road racing & motocross, Stefan Reisten	Good
		10			Spencer takes Title in Imola Showdown	Good
		17			Egon Muller:New Master Racer, Manx GP	Good
		24			Bol d'Or Endurance Report, Bike Industry Slump	Good
	October	1			Paris Show:RD500LC fashioned for the Road	Good **	last edition

* They changed from tabloid newspaper to magazine format on March 19th 1983.
** March 19th to Oct 1st 1983 missing (@ 28 magazines) - 1207

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