Cycle World
CYCLE WORLD
VOL.28 N0.3
FEATURES
30 Time Machine
Is Honda’s GB500 a Gold Star 30 years on?
—by Peter Egan
34 The Purists’ Point of View
Comparing sashimi to fish and chips.
—by Jon F Thompson
64 Paso 906
The return of Ducati’s Big Twin.
—by Alan Cathcart
73 Questions & Answers: Horst Leitner
ATK’s guiding Leitner.
TESTS
40 Suzuki GSX-R1100
For the Kevin Schwantz in all of us.
48 Suzuki Katana 750
Flamboyance gets the attention, but modesty wins the heart.
70 ATK 604 Electric Start
Kickstarter? We don’t need no stinking kickstarter!
EVALUATIONS
80 Chase Harper European Tour 400 Saddlebags
Sweating the small stuff.
84 Powerhouse Production Basic Motorcycle Maintenance Video
Lights! Camera! Wrenches!
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RACE WATCH
86 All The Right Moves
Fred Merkel: A man who makes his own luck.
—by Julian Ryder
COLUMNS
10 Up Front
The French incident.
—by David Edwards
12 At Large
Darwin’s signals.
—by Steven L. Thompson
17 Leanings
The perfect touring bike. —by Peter Egan
DEPARTMENTS
18 Letters
20 New Ideas
22 Roundup
96 Service
102 Summary
104 CIV Showcase
108 Slipstream
