SPECIAL EDITION: FAIRING FANTASIA

97 FAIRING FACT & FICTION all about types and tips

100 HANDLEBAR FAIRINGS quarter, half, touring & transparent

110 FRAME-MOUNT FAIRINGS from 3/4-touring to full-racing

116 COMPOUND FAIRINGS all of the above all in one

TESTS

49 HONDA GL-1100 INTERSTATE henceforth, all other touring bikes will

be obsolete—by Michael Jordon

52 THE INTERSTATE PACKAGE over the road and over the

counter—by Michael Jordan

58 MINITEST: YAMAHA XS400SG the smallest 650 —by Dain Gingerelli

64 YAMAHA YZ250G Aha! So that’s why Hannah wins —by Paul Dean

69 MINITEST: SUZUKI TS250T middle of the road and

trail—by Larry Works

72 HONDA CB400T HAWK looks and tastes like the high-priced

spread—by Dain Gingerelli

HOT AND COLD RUNNING MOTOCROSSERS

82 LIQUIDATING THE HOTTEST PROBLEM IN MX water cooling

comes out of the moto-closet—by David Dewhurst

85 SPORTVIEW the waterpumper unpopularity contest—by Patrick Behar

PRODUCT EVALUATIONS

62 THE BULL a tank bag of taste—by Michael Jordan

78 TOUR MASTER SUIT it’s June in January—by Dain Gingerelli

90 SHUTTERPACK CAMERA GEAR closing the case

on your bike pix—by David Clark

GUIDE LINES

27 COMING SOON new BMWs,

Kawasaki KZ550 LTD

41 RIDE/REPORT Kawasaki KZ750 Four

44 THE GREAT INSURANCE SCRAMBLE

47 RIDE/REPORT Yamaha TT250 thumper

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117 SPIKES AND ICE world-championship ice racing

124 EARTHQUAKE CITY' four-stroke motocross nationals

130 DAYTONA PREVIEW Cooley vs. Roberts, two-strokes vs. four

132 WINNERS AND LOSERS Kehoe steps into the big time

COLUMNS & DEPTS

10 EDITORIAL the UJM dies dead

WEST’S SIDE kicking the XT to excess

M0T0MART feeding the gimmes

TECHSPEAK assault on battery charges

LETTERS sic transit paranoia, labeled liabilities

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COVER: Robin Riggs’ photo rendering of Honda’s Interstate, what the Gold Wing

should have been all along and what its competition will wish they were.