Cycle World

May 1 1979
Cycle World
May 1 1979

CYCLE WORLD

MAY 1979

VOL. 18 NO. 5

CYCLE WORLD TESTS

35 HARLEY-DAVIDSON XLS-1000/I See By Your Outfit That You Are a Cowboy.

44 CAN-AM 370 Qualifier/ Can-A m 's Open Enduro Is A Imost Right.

51 HONDA CX500/Honda's Sporting Middleweight Begins a 10,000 Mile Workout.

61 KAWASAKI KX250/A Serious Motocrosser For All Rider Levels.

77 YAMAHA 750SF/Meet Our New Long-Term Touring Test Bike: a Special Triple.

132 CCM 600/It 's a Bloody Great Four-Stroke (Batteries Not Included).

TECHNICAL

88 YOSHIMURA SUZUKI GS1000 SUPERBIKE/A/afoVig Horsepower Was Easy for Pops and Fufio, but Reliability and Handling Came Bit by Agonizing Bit. Here 's How They Did It.

FEATURES

120 BECAUSE IT’S WAY UP THERE//! Stirring Saga Of Man, Mountain and Motorcycle.

145 ’SNOW PLACE FOR A MOTORCYCLE/SW</ a Norton Come Out of Hibernation at Winter's First Thaw?

152 THE HAILWOOD COLLECTION/ When Mike Hailwood Retired From GP Racing Honda Gave Him Some Going-A way Presents.

156 PROTECTING YOUR HEAD WITH SNELL ’75/A Guide To Helmet Standards and a List of the Best Helmets.

206 COMPARING COSTS/ When It's Time To Fix a Motorcycle, the Costs Aren't All the Same.

COMPETITION

193 BERNIE SCHREIBER/America's Best Trials Rider Heads for the World Championship.

HISTORY

71 THE NEW WHIZZER/“Ride One and You'll Buy One. "

175 ASCOT’S BAD BOY/ When Flattrack Racing Was Harley vs BSA, Rules vs Racers and Show No Mercy, A l Gunter Was the Man To Watch.

DEPARTMENTS

6 Up Front

12 Letters

26 Book Reviews

31 Roundup

189 Racewatch

200 Summary

206 Service

213 New Ideas

214 Slipstream