Cycle World

January 1 2000
Cycle World
January 1 2000

CYCLE WORLD

VOL. 39 NO. 1

FEATURES

40 Native American

The new Indian Chief.

46 American Flyers

Made-in-America musclebikes.

56 Magni Australia

Mega-dollar Moto Guzzi.

-by Peter Egan

60 Sfida 1000 4V

Classic, in a good way.

pg. 60

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76 Red Express Honda XR65OR race test. -by Jimmy Lewis

TESTS

36 Victory V92 SportCruiser

Powered-up Polaris.

64 Long-Term Update

Yamaha Venture, Suzuki Hayabusa, KTM Adventure.

CW COMPARISON

68 Motards in the Cards

ATK 600 MTES vs.

CCM 600SM vs.

Husaberg FS600E SM vs.

KTM 640 LC4 Super Moto vs. VOR 503.

pg. 26

EVALUATIONS

82 Z Custom Leathers Black Lightning Jacket

Striking apparel.

83 Ducati Performance Microclean

Ultimate shop rag.

RACE WATCH

86 Superheroes & Superzeros

AMA Superbikes in review. —by Mark Hoyer

COLUMNS

10 UP FRONT

Arkansas travelers. -by David Edwards

14 LEANINGS

Old bikes: The gift that keeps on giving.

—by Peter Egan

16 TDC

Monastery.

-by Kevin Cameron

DEPARTMENTS

18 Letters

24 New Ideas

26 Roundup

62 CW Library

118 Service

122 CW Showcase

130 Slipstream

pg. 68