Letters
LETTERS
Top times
You guys consistently turn quicker times at the dragstrip than any other cycle magazine. Who did the riding for the Kawasaki ZX-11 test in the August, 1990, issue?
Were these corrected times and at what elevation were the tests run?
Larry N. Stroud
Indianapolis, Indiana
Thanks for noticing, Larry. Associate Editor Doug Toland does most of our testing, and it w as he w ho w as manning the controls for the 10.25second run on the ZX-1 L the quickest we've ever recorded for a production st reet bike. We do our dragstrip testing at Carlsbad Raceway in Oceanside, California, elevation sea level, and unlike some magazines, we don 7 use correction factors—the times we print are the times we run. More than our times, though, we're proud of our consistency, which allows readers to compare the performance of various machines from issue to issue and year to year.
Tasty Triumphs
Just received the September issue. Great as always. Loved Peter Egan’s story and pictorial on his Trophy.
Let him know that if it needs to go to a nice new home, it would be welcome here.
Your magazine keeps getting better all the time.
Jerome Hoffman Hays, Kansas
Peter Egan’s article on the loving restoration of his Triumph TR6C (September, 1990) is exactly what 1 buy Cycle World for. It is important for journalists to discuss the history of their field, and Mr. Egan has done an excellent job. So often in magazines regarding cars or motorcycles, the emphasis is blindly directed toward “Fast!” and “New!” It is refreshing to see that you have not forgotten the roots of motorcycling.
Ähren A. Reed Palo Alto, California
The first motorcycle magazine I ever bought was the September, 1963, issue of Cycle World. In those days, C^was the only motorcycle publication worth reading. Now, history seems to be repeating itself. Cycle World is emerging as the only national publication with the range and depth to break away from the self-indulgence which characterizes its competitors.
Your September, 1990, issue was a superb mix of motorcycling: From dual-purpose to those fantastic lightweight sportbikes: from old Triumphs to the brutal and amusing Blackwater 100 off-road race. A comprehensive mix skillfully presented.
Cycle World emerges once again as what it was in the early Sixties: The only national motorcycle magazine that puts its readers first.
Joseph Glydon Vallejo, California
Not perfect, but trying
I don’t understand. You produce the classiest bike mag in the world, and in the September. 1990, issue, you feature two incredible articles and one scoop. I refer to “The Untouchables,” bikes only sold in Japan, made of the trickest parts available on the planet; “Small Wonders,” three ultra-cool 250s, also made of unobtainium; and “Scoop,” Triumph’s superbike return.
But for shame! With such uniqueness, you offer mostly black-andwhite photos. Don’t you think we, the purchasers of CW, deserve more? It is l 990, you know; we're less than 10 years from 2000. Are you still going to be using black-and-white photos to show us the 2001 models as we enter another millennium? Why wait? Take the lead. Other than the black and white, you're perfect.
James Stuberg
Duluth, Minnesota (21
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