25 Years Ago January 1987
"The calendars have to be 1 wrong,” wrote Editor Paul Dean. "Cycle World can't possibly be celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. Surely, 1962 was not a quarter of a century ago.” In fact, 25 years had passed since Joe Parkhurst “sold his car and his boat, took out a mortgage on his house, and...became the book’s publish er, editor, art director and chief-cook-and-bottle-washer.”
•To celebrate, the editors created a 33-page special section: “25 years of motorcycling, a celebration.” Things got personal with “The Bikes We’ll Miss the Most,” wherein the staff looked back on “the good times, the good rides and the bikes that made them so
good.” Capping the entire section, appropriately, was “The 25 Best Slipstreams.”
•All this, in addi|F^S^3¡ÍBD tion to publishing J if' J the latest moG /? f torcycle news, road tests on a | Harley-Davidson ^j|| Custom FXLR lp| new-for-1987 *—— Honda Fours, three product evaluations, plus “Business in The Fast Lane,” a profile of winning drag-racing duo Terry Vance and Byron Hines.
•“Although I don’t expect that I’ll be reporting the results of the next 25 years,” concluded Dean,
“I fully expect that someone will, that this magazine will persevere. Because just as Joe Parkhurst did in 1962, we believe in you; that’s still the best way to keep you believing in us.”
•Twenty-five years later, we still feel the same way.
—Matthew Miles
