Cycle World

CYCLE WORLD

OCTOBER 1999

VOL 38 NO. 10

AMERICA'S LEADING MOTORCYCLE MAGAZINE

FEATURES

38 Blow Hard Big-bore Buell.

50 Sainct Elsewhere Riding BMW's rally-winner.

52 Moto Guzzi V11 Sport Y2K V7. -by Matthew Miles

59 Fame How Guzzi got it. -by Phil Schilling

62 Why Twins, Why Now? Winning Twins are in! —by Kevin Cameron

66 CW Specialty File: Cool Tools Happenin’ hardware. —by Kevin Cameron

TESTS

34 Smooth Operator Harley-Davidson FXSTF Fat Boy.

42 BMW R1150GS Bigger, better, bizarro Beemer.

EVALUATIONS

72 Harley-Davidson FXRG Nylon Jacket Leathe0r ’n’ lace? How passé...

73 Skabs Pre-Guard Tube Patches Trail-tested, OF-approved.

RACE WATCH

76 Nothing to Lose Bostrom & Gobert, Vance & Hines own Laguna Seca World Superbike. —by Kevin Cameron

COLUMNS

10 UP FRONT No mo’ Evo. -by David Edwards

14 LEANINGS Track time. -by Peter Egan

16 TDC Throttling up. by Kevin Cameron

DEPARTMENTS

18 Letters

24 New Ideas

26 Roundup

74 CW Library

118 Service

126 CW Showcase

134 Slipstream

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