This is one of my great memories from the early 80's, when I was an editor at Cycle News East. We had a test bike from the Montesa importer. I think it was a 360cc Open class bike.
What makes this photo interesting is that the test rider is none other than MX legend Barry Higgins. Barry was excellent at coming out and thrashing our test bikes in photo sessions. I think this shoot produced a cover shot.
The bike was eventually awarded to Marvin McDaniel, a top regional pro out of the Atlanta area. Marvin and his crew (i.e. his brothers) worked over the bike with some modifications but could never get it to perform as required...so the Montesa went back to the importer and Marvin when back to his Yamaha YZ.
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