Cycle World

CYCLE WORLD

MARCH 1982

VOL. 21 NO. 3

TESTS

34 Kawasaki GPz750 How to Build a Better Motorcycle When the Best Isn’t Good Enough.

43 Yamaha 650 Heritage Special New Black Styling for Yamaha’s Evergreen Twin.

65 Honda CR480R DeCoster and Honda Build a Bigger, Better—and More Demanding—Motocrosser.

136 Can-Am 250 Qualifier Lots of New Parts But They Don’t Work.

144 BMW R65LS What’s a Paint Job Like This Doing on a BMW?

FEATURES

50 Uphill Screamer What’s Long, Wears Chains and Throws a Roost from California to Kansas?

72 Roadcraft Part V: The Superbike School “Yeah, Eddie Passed Me In the Esses, but a Couple of Laps Later I Got Him on the Back Straight.”

114 Invasion of the Killer Bees Two of Honda’s Smallest Hit the High Mileage Trail.

127Coping With Court Traffic Tickets Are Never Fun and Usually Expensive, But There Are Ways to Tell the Truth and Reduce The Consequences.

154 Night Riding How to Trick Your Eyes Into Seeing.

COMPETITION

59 American Motocrossers in Europe Brad Lackey and Mike Guerra Are Working Their Way Toward America’s First Motocross World Championship.

80 Winning Through Endurance Hard Lessons and Sweet Victories for Team Hammer, as Seen by the Junior Partner.

124 Coachwork Kawasaki Bring Harry Maillet Your Bike and Your Wallet, and Take Home a Superbike for the Street.

130 Honda’s New Racers An Early, Unauthorized Look at the Three-Cylinder Grand Prix Two-Stroke and the AMA Formula One V-Four FourStroke.

PROFILE

141 Sam Wills Top Fuel’s New Kingpin.

EVALUATIONS

76 K & N Air Filters

113 BagMan Soft Saddlebags

175 Vetter Rooster Fairing

DEPARTMENTS

11 Up Front The Dutch Uncle Speaks

17 Letters The Price is Right

29 Roundup A National Champion

156 Book Reviews Harley-Davidson The Book of Superbikes Whatever Happened to the British Motorcycle Industry Wheelyin’ With The King

160 Race Watch Richard Burleson Wins Eighth Championship.

177 Service

184 Summary

188 New Ideas

195 Slipstream