Cycle World
CYCLE WORLD
MARCH 2000
VOL 39 NO. 3
FEATURES
36 Lighter is Righter A better Yamaha YZF-R1. —by Mark Hoyer
46 R1 -Upmanship Harris Performance YZF.
67 Inside the Blast What’s behind the new Buell? —by Steve Anderson
74 Selling the Blast Making the Buell cool.
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76 Lost & Found Tracking down Fonzie’s Triumph. —by Wendy F. Black
80 Triumphs Past Where are they now?_
84 Flying Tiger Old-time Triumph off-roader.
88 Suzuki DR-Z400 Suzuki’s new Thumper._
SPECIAL SECTION: EURO SPORT 2000
48 Aprilia SL1000 An Italian Twin for Everyman? —by Don Canet
56 Voxan Boxer Fast by France. -by Kevin Cameron
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58 Whither Voxan? Ou est la motorcyclette Français?
60 Good news, bad news Ducati MH900e for you and me.
TEST
62 Buell Blast The Little Blast Theory.
EVALUATIONS
96 Marsee Force Four Ballistics Jacket Reflect on this.
96 RecTek DirtWorker Portable Pressure Washer Scrub ’n’ run.
98 Spidi Carbo 1 Gloves When price is no object.
98 Cruiserworks Cruiserboots Updating a classic._
RACE WATCH
102 Bring on the Big Guns! Y2K GP preview. —by Michael Scott
COLUMNS
12 UP FRONT l0l things to do before you die. —by David Edwards
14 LEANINGS Back in the dirt. —by Peter Egan
18 TDC Bound to burnout? —by Kevin Cameron
DEPARTMENTS
20 Letters 26 New Ideas 28 Roundup 100 CW Library 126 Service 130 CW Showcase 139 Slipstream
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