Cycle World

CYCLE WORLD

JULY 1984

VOL. 23 No. 7

TESTS

26 Yamaha RZ350 It’s fast, it’s nimble and, best of all, it’s thrilling to ride.

32 Yamaha YZ490 Maybe the fastest production motocross bike ever built.

48 Honda VF1000F A hot new liter-size sport bike that has a tough act to follow.

54 Honda CR250R New and improved but exactly the same in a very important way.

FEATURES_

37 Tiger By The Tail Riding Kenny Roberts’ 200-mph Daytona winner.

60 A Tale Of Two Champions The names change but the stories don’t.

TECHNICAL_

40 Anatomy Of A Hybrid What makes King Kenny’s OW69 roadracer tick—and win the Daytona 200.

EVALUATION_

72 BagMan Hard/Soft Luggage If you just can’t make up your mind.

DEPARTMENTS_

10 Letters Of Tempters and Knuckleheads.

18 New Ideas Window shopping.

20 Roundup Buy now, ’cause you might not save later.

68 Summary Issues and answers.

68 Things To Do And where to do them.

78 Race Watch Honda finds the power—and the glory that goes with it.

83 Service A Nighthawk with a current deficit.

90 Slipstream Ted’s trials and tribulations.

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