Cycle World

CYCLE WORLD

MAY 2004

VOL. 43 NO. 5

CW 1962 2004 AMERICA'S LEADING MOTORCYCLE MAGAZINE

FEATURES

38 Yamaha YZF-R1 Open-class warfare’s final player in place. —by Don Canet

42 Kawasaki ZX-10R By the Numbers How powerful? How light? How fast?

46 Yamaha M1 Is today’s MotoGP bike tomorrow's streetbike? -by Nick lenatsch

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50 African Adventure R1200GS: The big-bore Boxer comes down to fighting weight. -by Mark Hover

54 Surge Protection Electronics to the rescue.

56 Rally-Ready From Touratech, a real Dakar Replica.

60 Suzuki GSX-R600 Hot laps on 2004’s hottest middleweight. —by Matthew Miles

66 Ti Tech Lighter is righter, right?_

72 Green Monster Cobra builds the world's biggest, baddest Kawasaki Vulcan 2000. -by David Edwards_

88 Cheating Death Thirty days on the road. -by Keith May_

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CW COMPARISON

68 Four of a Kind Honda CBR600RR vs. Kawasaki ZX-6RR vs. Suzuki GSX-R600 vs. Yamaha YZF-R6. -by Mark Cernicky

EVALUATIONS

87 Code R.A.C.E. School Wanna race? Start here.

87 Mag’s Bags Journey Bag When hard luggage isn’t enough._

RACE WATCH

104 Definitions of Dakar Rally vernacular. -by Jimmy Lewis

COLUMNS

12 UP FRONT Mending history. -by David Edwards

16 LEANINGS The forgotten passenger. —by Peter Egan

18 TDC Invisible seal. -by Kevin Cameron

DEPARTMENTS

20 Hotshots

26 New Ideas

30 Roundup

78 CW Library

134 Service

150 CW Showcase

162 Slipstream

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