A second XS650 gets bored out to 750 and fitted with nitrous oxide injection. My first magazine articles – Sahara XT500 and Ducati 900SS – get published in March Bike and Which Bike. The future looks bright.
The year ends with a trans-Sahara trip to Dakar on an XT600Z. Painted black, naturally, as Mad Max would have wished.
Nitrox power spike
