GRAND PRIX-VIEW:

LAGUNA SECA USGP

58 THE BEST ARE BACK • The fastest, the trickest

return to Monterey

61 THOSE DARING YOUNG MEN ON THEIR

SCREAMING MACHINES • Top riders talk strategy

67 GRAND PRIX TECH FILE • Speeding up the state of

the art

70 USGP FACT SHEET • Time, place, date, schedule,

tickets, camping

SPECIAL SECTION:

BUYING USED

72 BETTER THAN NEW • Used bikes cost less, are

cheaper to insure and offer options you can't buy with a

new bike

80 WRECK REHABILITATION • For sale, used

FZR1000, crashed only on weekends"

84 OLDIES BUT GOODIES • Those thrilling bikes of old

MOTORCYCLES

1 8 KAWASAKI ZX-7 • Team Green uncorks a world-class

superbike

30 HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLSTC HERITAGE SOFTAIL

CLASSIC • What Elvis would ride

92 HONDA CB-1 • A high-tech, widely capable 400 for

the rest of us

FEATURES

46 HELP FOR THE HAWK GT • Making 1988's

friendliest motorcycle even friendlier

1 1 1 GO TOPLESS: WIN A DODGE DAKOTA • Dodge is

giving you a chance to test-drive its new convertible

pickup—for as long as you like

121 WISE CRACKS • "Street Wise" for the first of April

PRODUCTS+

1 00 RIDER GEAR: SEVEN RAINSUITS ■ Make a splash

1 04 VETTER FULL-FLOW JACKET • Cool protection

1 05 BELSTAFF RIDING SUIT • Warm and dry

1 05 BATES ROADRACING GLOVES * Hands off

asphalt rash

1 09 BAGMAN DENIM SPORT BAG • Stow n' go

1 1 4 JUST RELEASED

ABOUT THE COVER: It’s very international this month. Englishman David

Goldman caught American Nick lenatsch in Portugal on the latest sensation

from Japan, the Kawasaki ZX-7. Nick is wrapped in American Bates leathers

and boots, Japanese Shoei helmet and the very same Italian Spidi gloves that

America’s World Champion Eddie Lawson wore when he won Daytona on the

FZ750. Nick’s underwear is French and his surname Is Swiss.

DEPARTMENTS

10 UP TO SPEED

14 EDITORIAL

113 AD INDEX

1 1 6 INFO PAGE

1 1 8 STREET WISE

124 BACKFIRES

126 LAST PAGE