SPECIAL SECTION

27 The Ten Best Bikes of

1988

It was a very good year. Again.

32 Our Ten Favorites

The bikes we like the most

aren't always the best.

33 The Ten Heaviest

Hitters

The people who shape the

sport.

36 Ten Races To

Remember

Race riot.

38 The Ten Best Rivalries

Head-to-head greatness.

40 The Ten Greatest

Bikes of All Time

The ones that mattered most.

43 The Ten Best

Technical Innovations

Hi-tech hall of fame.

TEST____________

50 Yamaha FZ750

The 90-percent solution.

FEATURE

46 Saxophones and

Sabres

Back in the saddle again.

— by Phillip Doss

EVALUATION

25 Michelin Small Tire-

Pressure Gauge

Inflated opinion.

ROUNDUP

18 The High Cost of

Plastic

What price style?

20 Letter From Europe

A future for Moto Morini.

RACE WATCH

53 Thunder On The Magic

Mountain

Cycle World goes roadracing

Down Under.

—by Steven L. Thompson

DEPARTMENTS

7 Editorial

8 Leanings

10 Letters

15 New Ideas

16 Summary

72 Service

79 CW Showcase

82 Slipstream

COVER__________________

Cycle World’s 13th

Annual Ten Best Bikes

Awards

Illustration by Steve Ellis