Cycle World

CYCLE WORLD

MARCH 1979

VOL. 18 NO.3

CYCLE WORLD TESTS

37 HONDA XR500/A t Last. A Big Bore Four Stroke Dirt Bike That Lives Up To Its Promise.

46 SUZUKI GS850/Suzuki's First Shaft Drive Mixes the Suspension of the GSJ000 With an Enlarged 750 Motor and Ends Up an Excellent Touring Machine.

117 MAICO 250 MAGNUM E/A Magnum Motocrosser Wrapped in Enduro Clothes.

134 YAMAHA XS650F/ The World's Best Large Vertical Twin Remains a Modern Alternative.

150 YAMAHA YZ250F/A imostA lithe Major Parts are Deceivingly New.

FEATURES

55 CIRCUS/ You Know the Sort of People Who Hang Around Bike Shops. And - You Know What Circus Folks are Like. What If They Got Together'

62 LAST OF THE CLASSIC FLATHEADS/Harley's KR 750, and Why You Shouldn't Change It When It Works.

71 SPRING BUYER'S GUIDE.

128 REPORT FROM EUROPE/ tI) 1:~rn1iTJtfWLI~iil1Z4

132 KAWASAKI'S SMALLER Z FOR EUROPE/ With Roots in the KZ650, the Z500 is All New, Smaller and lighter.

144 TIES THAT DON'T BIND, BAGS THAT DON'T BOUNCE.

162 THE PHANTOM DUCK AND HIS FAIRWEATHER FRIENDS/In Which the Fourth Annual Barstow-ToVegas Unorganized Trail Ride Does Not Take Place.

168 TEN THOUSAND TROUBLE-FREE MILES WITH THE SUZUKI GS5S0.

172 THE STOP-GAP CURE FOR WHISKERED PLUGS.

EVALUATION

130 MAGURA THROTTLE.

DEPARTMENTS

8 Up Front

17 Letters

28 Book Reviews

33 Roundup

176 Race Watch

179 Summary

182 Service

191 New Ideas

192 Slipstrean