TESTS____________
30 Kawasaki Vulcan
For all you green-blooded
Americans.
51 KTM250MX
Orientally oriented.
58 Suzuki GS1150E
Less really can be better.
FEATURE___________
37 Good As Gold
Touring from Coast towns to
Ghost towns.
TECHNICAL____________
54 White Po wer Fork
Bottoms up.
67 How Motorcycles
Work, Part 6
How to figure configurations.
72 Pipes For The Yamaha
RZ350
Unconverting your catalytics.
ROUNDUP
19 Will Triumph Be
Buffaloed?
Bloken dreams.
19 Will The Buffalo
Triumph?
Facing extinction all over
again?
22 Better Beemers For
’85
A rematch for the Boxer.
DEPARTMENTS
7 Editorial
Revving out the soapbox.
10 Letters
The final word on Roper.
15 Follow Up
The issues of past issues.
18 New Ideas
How to spend your
motomoney.
76 Service
Talk from the shop.
80 Racewatch
Trackwrap.
85 Summary
What the record shows.
90 Slipstream
Ted topples again.
COVER_______________
Kawasaki’s blazing
hew 700cc V-Twin, as
glimpsed in the fiery
domain of Vulcan, the
god of fire.
Photographed by Stan Sholik