38 Seven for Sturgis

Rally ’round the Black Hills.

-by David Edwards

43 Like a Sturgeon

Fish tales from America’s “other’’

biker rally.

-by Brian Catterson

47 Fender Wars

The Hydra-Glide as Industrial Icon.

-by Craig Vetter

48 Sturgis Survival Gear

Jackets that breathe.

51 Sturgis Scrapbook

Rally reminders.

60 American Flyers

Two Suzuki Superbikes, a new/old

Triumph tracker and a hot-rod Wing.

62 Letting Go

What’s become of the world’s first

Superbike? 

54 Triumph Tiger 955i

The sophisticated adventure-tourer.

-by Steve Anderson

70 Buell Lightning CityX

Bad-boy Buell.

-by Don Canet

78 Alpinestars 360

Drystar Suit

Aerostich alternative?

80 T-Bags Magnetic Tankbag

Quality kit that sticks and sticks.

80 Hyperpro RSC

Steering Damper

Headshake be gone.

88 Piuck of the Irish

Roadracing in the Deep South of Ireland.

-by Ganr Inman

14 UPFRONT

The remarkable Mr. Desmedt.

-bv David Edwards

16 LEANINGS

A minor odyssey.

-by Peter Egan

18 TDC

Heavy duty.

-by Kevin Cameron

20 Hotshots

28 New Ideas

30 Roundup

86 CW Library

! 12 Service

118 CW Showcase

I30 Slipstream

YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T SEE LINCOLN NAVIGATORS OR CADILLAC

Escalades grinding over the boulders of the Rubicon. No, the

Queen Mary class of SUVs, four-wheel drive or no, spends most

of its time on paved asphalt, far away from those thorn-scribed

pinstripes and other indignities that off-road use can inflict. Instead they com-

fortably and quietly carry high-sitting soccer moms and their brood to school

and games, doing that prosaic service with a romance and panache that no

minivan will ever obtain.

So it is with Triumph’s Tiger. The three-cylinder adventure-tourer weighs in

at 552 pounds full of gas, about as much as two open-class enduro bikes. It

stretches its wheels out a full 60.5 inches between axles, roughly the same

wheelbase as that of the original four-cylinder Honda Gold Wing. Its seat tow-

ers 34 inches above the pavement. It’s a big motorcycle compared to real dual-

purpose bikes. But at the same time, the Tiger and its competitors-the Aprilia

Capo Nord and BMW R1200GS among them-are tiny compared to full-

dressers such as a Gold Wing or Harley FL. What the big adventure-tourer

offers is a lot of touring capacity in a moderate-sized package-for a touring

bike, anyway...