Cycle World

CYCLE WORLD

APRIL 2001 VOL.40 NO. 4

CW

1962 2001

AMERICA'S LEADING MOTORCYCLE MAGAZINE

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SPECIAL SECTION: Gixxer Madness!

42 Family Feud Shootout at the GSX-R corral. -by Brian Catterson

50 Warrior Nation Tales of the Gun. -by Kevin Cameron

54 Genesis In the beginning. -by Steve Anderson

56 CW Scrapbook Some of our favorite Suzukis.

57 Timeline GSX-R Hall of Fame.

64 The Turnaround How Yoshimura fixed the Gixxer. -by Nick Ienatsch

68 Three-Peat Potential? Miadin hat-trick?

FEATURES

70 Twin Cam Custom Berg builds a board-tracker. -by David Edwards

74 Splinter Road When men were men and tracks were 2x4s. -by Allan Girdler

78 Catalog Bikes In the `50s and `60s, a brand-new motor cycle was just an order-form away. -by Wendy F. Black

TEST

90 Long-Term Wrap-Up Suzuki SV650.

EVALUATION

89 Spectrum Innovations Sportbar Hey, nice rack...

RACE WATCH

92 Dakar Drama How not to win the world's toughest off-road rally. -by Mark Hoyer

COLUMNS

10 UP FRONT Ramblings, rumblings. -by David Edwards

14 LEANINGS Rambling roadblocks. -by Peter Egan

16 TDC Let there be light. -by Kevin Cameron

DEPARTMENTS

20 Hotshots

28 New Ideas

32 Roundup

156 Service

161 CW Showcase

170 Slipstream