SPECIAL EDITION; FOUL-WEATHER FIGHTERS

97 THE ALL-WEATHER BIKER neither rain nor sleet nor snow ...

98 RIDING SUITS & JACKETS from simple to sophisticated

104 LEATHER the old standby

106 HEADGEAR keeping the dry look dry

109 ELECTRIC WEAR fruit of the wire looms

109 GLOVES dealing a hot hand for cold fingers

TESTS

49 YAMAHA XS850LG MIDNIGHT SPECIAL a gold-standard

Special—by Michael Jordan

56 MINITEST: HUSQVARNA 390 CR as stable as a Greyhound, just

slightly shorter—by David Dewhurst

70 CAN-AM 250 QUALIFIER III you don’t want to do what it

won’t—by Paul Dean

76 MINITEST: HONDA XR200 fun in the new .2-liter size—by Paul Dean

DREAMBIKES: ONE YOU CAN BUILD,

ONE YOU CAN’T BUY

80 HONDA CB900F incredible, but for Euro-eyes only—by Steve Thompson

83 VIEWPOINT: CB900F VS. CBX 95 percent isn’t enough—by L.J.K. Setright

88 BEHN/SUZUKI MONOSHOCK endurance-bred streetrace

kitbike—by Dain Gingerelli

PRODUCT EVALUATIONS

60 ROADMAN COLD-WEATHER GLOVES no frigid digits

here—by Dain Gingerelli

69 MASCOT RIDING SUIT 3 pounds of sheer magic—by Paul Dean

GUIDE LINES

:A 27 COMING SOON Harley Wide Glide, Kawasaki Z1-R2

29 PARIS SHOW Guzzi V-40 Imola, Honda MT5

W 36 BOOK REVIEW Running On Empty

38 10,000-MILE REPORT Suzuki GS850N

SPORT LINES

112 ESPRIT DE CORPS nationalization of the Six Days

119 PITBITS musical motocross rides

120 ROADRACING: news from the roadrace revolt

122 PROJECT BOSS STOCK strategy for speed

124 WINNERS & LOSERS Roberts revisits Astrodirt

COLUMNS & DEPTS

6 EDITORIAL time to draw the battlelines

9 TECHSPEAK making the right waves

13 WEST’S SIDE magic pants

16 MOTOMART just in case Santa forgot you

23 LETTERS Highway 61 prose and cons