Cycle World
CYCLE WORLD
NOVEMBER 2003
VOL. 42 NO. 11
pg. 106
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SPECIAL SECTION: New Rides '04
34 War of the Repli-Racers It's Kawasaki vs. Yamaha in the Year of the Open-Classer.
42 Honda CBR1000RR Big Red fires its biggest salvo yet.
43 Honda Rune All show, no go? Uh, no.
44 Aprilia Mule Factory Mille, Mugello, Mama mia!
46 Kawasaki Vulcan 2000 Big Vee bragging rights.
47 Yamaha Road Star 1700 Same, only bigger and better.
48 Yamaha FZ6 1DM meets Ri meets R6.
49 Triumph Daytona 600 Jolly good middleweight.
50 Harley-Davidson '04 What, no 101st Anniversary Editions?!
51 Ducati Multistrada Far from the Futa, home on the gas.
54 Suzuki '04 Something for everyone.
56 Honda CRF250R Son of CRF450R.
57 ATK Intimidator Is the world ready for a 700cc two-stroke?
58 Kawasaki KXF250 Mean Green enters the four-stroke fray.
FEATURES
84 Mining for Old The mad world of the Sandy Bandit. -by Mark Hoyer
TEST
83 Long-Term Update Ducati 999, Honda CBR600RR and KTM Adventure S.
CW COMPARISON
92 Border Patrol Harley vs. Indian vs. Victory baggers. -by Paul Dean
EVALUATIONS
102 Band-O-Gear Cordura carryall.
104 Nikko ZX-12R G-Pack Plug-and-play.
RACE WATCH
106 Nicky Hayden's 8-Hour All 2.5 minutes of it... -by Mark Cernicky
COLUMNS
8 UP FRONT Road Man. -by David Edwards
12 LEANINGS Them mean old Biker Blues -by Peter Egan
14 TDC Dodging the dragon. -by Kevin Cameron
DEPARTMENTS
18 Hotshots
24 New Ideas
26 Roundup
100 CW Library
122 Service
128 CW Showcase
138 Slipstream
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