Cycle World

CYCLE WORLD

JUNE 2003 VOL. 42 NO. 6

FEATURES

64 Old Saint Dick Mann the Man. —by Ed Youngblood

78 Ridecraft #2 Slip-slidin’ away. —by Nick Ienatsch

CW COMPARISONS

42 Modern Immaturity Aprilia Tuono vs. BMW Rockster vs. Ducati Monster 1000S vs. Honda 919 vs. Kawasaki Z1000 vs. Moto Guzzi V11 vs. Suzuki SV1000S vs. Triumph Speed Triple vs. Yamaha FZ1. —by John Burns

44 Guzzi Ballabio Born in the hills.

46 Tuono Racing A corsa, of course-a.

48 Passenger POV Co-rider critique.

49 Buell XB9S One of our streetfighters is missing.

50 Monster to the Max Ducati’s new Tuono-beater?

82 Torture Test KTM 450 E/XC vs. Yamaha WR450F vs. The Clock. —by Jimmy Lewis

TESTS

54 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Privateer dream machine. —by Don Canet

70 Victory Vegas Cruisin’ to a new tune. —by Steve Anderson

EVALUATION

94 Aerostich Winter Gloves Just short of SCUBA gear.

RACE WATCH

96 Pickpocket Duhamel’s fourth Daytona. —by Kevin Cameron

COLUMNS

12 UP FRONT eBay Beezer. —by David Edwards

16 LEANINGS Secrets of traveling light. —by Peter Egan

20 TDC How’s your HCCT? —by Kevin Cameron

DEPARTMENTS

22 Hotshots

28 New Ideas

32 Roundup

130 Service

147 CW Showcase

158 Slipstream

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