Cycle World

October 1 1982
Cycle World
October 1 1982

CYCLE WORLD

VOL. 21 NO. 10

TESTS

24 Kawasaki KZI000R From Street to Track and Back, the Ed die Lawson Replica Looks Like a Champion Superbike.

50 SuzukiPEl75Z A Neat Bike Loaded With Enduro Extras.

62 SuzukiSP25O Full-Floater Rear Suspension Comes to Dual Purpose Bikes.

67 SuzukiDR250 Great Steering, Good Suspension, and Lots of Fun.

FEATURES

34 Old Stone, Green Trees and Speed Cycle Week on the Isle of Man, Where Tourists Are As Important As Trophies.

46 Alice's Restaurant It's Gone From a Song of Protest to a Core of Motorcycling.

56 The 200 MPG Club You Remember Us. We're the Folks Who Didn't Go 200 mph at Bonneville. Now We Haven't Gotten 200 mpg.

COMPETITION

30 Kawasaki's Real Eddie Lawson Replica, the KZI000SI This Out-Of-The-Crate Racebike Needs Some Work.. .But It's Close.

TECHNICAL

70 All About Oil Motorcycle Engines Run Hot and They're Hard on Oil, but That's No Rea son to Panic, It's Not as Bad as You Think.

EVALUATION

44 Rifle Fairing One Size Really Does Fit All.

DEPARTMENTS

7 Up Front

9 Letters

21 Roundup

77 Race Watch

82 Summary

83 Service

87 New Ideas

92 Slipstream

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