Cycle World

CYCLE WORLD

JANUARY 1982

VOL. 21 NO. 1

20 YEARS OF MOTORCYCLING, A CELEBRATION

61 Introduction

62 How We did It

Once Upon a time There Was a Bike Nut Who Thought Motorcycle Magazines Could Be Better.

64 Up Through the Ranks

When Bridgestone 50s Were Motorcycles and Men Were Boys, the CB 160 was a Big Bike.

71 Motorcycle Milestones

It's Not How Good They Were, But How Far We've Come.

78 Twenty Years at Trackside

86 The Cycle World Story

In Which We Print 20 Years of News That Didn't Fit.

TESTS

32 Suzuki GS850GL

Suzuki's Finishing School Does Wonders for the 850's Manners.

41 Honda XR200R

It's a Serious Enduro and Super Play Bike.

92 Yamaha XJ550J Maxim

Not Just a Seca in Cruiser Clothes, but Rather a Motorcycle Engineered for its Intended Purpose.

FEATURES

24 What's New for Eighty-Two: Yamaha

A 650 Turbo, a 550 V-Twin, New 400s, More Suspension for YZs, Two Carbs for One Cylinder and That's Only Half of

48 Shooting the Coast

Or, Travels With Harley.

DEPARTMENTS

7 Up Front

Body Language.

10 Letters

After the Fact.

21 Roundup

Future Thoughts.

99 Race Watch

Eddie Lawson is Superbike Champion.

100 Summary

107 Service

113 New Ideas

114 Slipstream