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18 WIND TUNNEL what you can’t see won’t hurt you, but it will slow you

down—by David Dewhurst

21 TUNNEL VISIONS windows on the wind—by Jim Miller

23 AERODYNAMICS LEXICON the tunnel of babble—by Don Fuller

24 AERODYNAMICS: BLASTS FROM THE PAST a history of wind-

breakers— by Charles Everitt

26 THE WINNER IS the tyranny of numbers—by Don Fuller

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TESTS ~

37 EML SIDECAR more than training wheels—by Jim Miller

57 SUZUKI GS700E 1983 revisited—by Paul Van Zuyle

51 HONDA VF700S SABRE tariff-buster for sport-touring

—by Charles Everitt

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FEATURES_____________________________________________________

35 INTERVIEW: JEAN-PIERRE BAILBY the head of BMW North America

speaks his mind—by Michael Jordan

42 IRONBUTT a blurred’s-eye view of America—by David Mallet

58 HONDA XR250R On the trail of reliability—by T. J. Rafferty

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PRODUCT EVALUATIONS

48 BMW MULTIVARIO TANKBAG bottomless Bavarian

—by Steve Thompson

50 WOLF PACK leader of the back—by Paul Van Zuyle

60 HONDALINE RAINSUIT duckwear-by T. J. Rafferty

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GUIDE LINES____________________________

29 COMING SOON 1985 Yamahas, from V to Z

34 RUMORS Interceptor Mk. II

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SPORT LINES

62 WINNERS AND LOSERS 1984’s heros and has-beens

67 PIT BITS from behind the banners

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COLUMNS & DEPTS

6 CYCLE GUIDE’S CYCLE GUIDE the numbers racket

10 CONTACT POINTS shortchanged by the double nickel

14 THOMPSON AT LARGE the ERA of two wheels

16 MOTOMART where money goes fast

17 WISHBOOK ask the genie

74 LETTERS write on