Cycle World
CYCLE WORLD
FEBRUARY 2006
VOL. 45 NO. 2
FEATURES
32 CW First Ride: Yamaha YZF-R6
Radical redline.
-by Don Canet_
38 Kawasaki ZX-10R
Green Monster attacks Japan! -by Don Canet_
47 What Fuel Crisis?
Giving you gas._
50 The Electric Myth
Shocker!
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52 A Modest Proposal
Why not ride to
56 Rock Star
Dabbling in the lost sport of trials.
-by Ryan Dudek_
58 Trials & Tribulations
A boom gone
60 New France at Long Last
Touring Canada’s Gaspé Peninsula.
-by Peter Egan_
68 Ow, Canada!
Off-road up North.
-by Beau Allen
TEST
74 Long-Term Wrap-Up
Ducati Multistrada.
CW COMPARISON
44 Petrol Pinchers
Cheap to buy, cheap to run. -by Allan Girdler_
EVALUATION
76 VDC Electronics BatteryMINDer
On-board heart monitor for your bike.
RACE WATCH
78 A Keen Life
The dirt-track legend named “Peaches.” -by Chuck Weber_
COLUMNS
8 UP FRONT
World’s Fastest Indian. -by David
10 LEANINGS Beemer report card, summer semester. -by Peter Egan_
12 TDC Untying knots. -by Kevin Cameron
DEPARTMENTS
14 Hotshots
20 New Ideas
24 Roundup
86 Service
90 Showcase
102 Slipstream
