SPECIAL EDITION:
HELMETS FOR EVERY OCCASION
99 GETTING INTO HEADGEAR why you should care, what to look for
101 MOTO-HABERDASHER’S CATALOG the complete list of lids
TESTS
55 HONDA GL1100A ASPENCADE irrefutable proof that you can take it
with you—by Larry Works
60 TUNED FOR COMFORT long-haul listening-by David Dewhurst
63 MINITEST: HONDA GL1100 GOLD WING the bungee-cord
alternative-by Don Fuller
64 MINITEST: HONDA GL1100 INTERSTATE still in the top two of
turn-key tourers-by Dain Gingerelli
66 BMW R65LS Bavarian window-dressing or the real stuff?
—by Steve Thompson
OPEN WARFARE
84 BIG-BORE MX SHOOTOUT: HONDA CR480R, SUZUKI RM465,
YAMAHA YZ490 comparocross, size Extra-Large-by Ron Lawson
86 TECH INSPECTION X-ray look at the combatants-by David Dewhurst
92 WHICH WILL WIN? any one will win; one will win more
—by Ron Lawson
PRODUCT EVALUATION
80 AXO BOOTS offspring of a mixed motomarriage-by Ron Lawson
GUIDELINES
25 COMING SOON Husqvarna three-wheeler, Moto Guzzi V65SP
49 RUMORS what do you mean, you’ve never heard of a Honda VT250?
SPORT LINES
117 BY GOSH, BY GOLLY AND BY HARLEY life and times of the XR750
124 HARLEY HORSEPOWER tuning tricks from the roundy-rounders
127 PIT BITS Pony Express endurance racing, pen-and-ink infighting
135 WINNERS & LOSERS Rocket Man
COLUMNS & DEPTS
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CYCLE GUIDE’S Cycle Guide just the facts, ma’am
EDITORIAL return to the U-tune-it motorcycle
THOMPSON AT LARGE wet-weather wisdom
TECHSPEAK synthetic oils, genuine lubrication
SETTING IT RIGHT
revisionist truths of the Sunday morning ride
LETTERS refugees from the round file
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ON THE COVER:
Honda’s GL1100A, not only wired
for sound but wired into the wish-
fulfillment brain centers of every
tourer in America. Also in
competition with Barca lounger for
the most comfortable seating.
Photo by Chris Eastman.