Cycle World

CYCLE WORLD

OCTOBER 2007

VOL. 46 NO. 10

SPECIAL SECTION: New Bikes 2008

52 Heart Transplant Buell's new 1125R sport-Twin: Don't call it a Butax! -by Kevin Cameron

60 Big Motor, Big Tires, Big Paint Nothing subtle about Milwaukee's best. -by Peter Egan

64 Rocker Rolls Harley chops one of its own.

68 BMW HP2 Megamoto Hack this.

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FEATURES

72 Eastern Promise Riders raise spirits-and money-touring India for two weeks. -by Simon Bowen

81 The Unexpected Champion Original Down Under Thunder.

83 Beyond the TNT An inside look at the Benelli factory.

TESTS

40 Potential Energy Riding Kawasaki's Concours 14. -by Mark Hoyer

76 Benelli TNT 1130 A dynamite Italian bike? -by Blake Conner

EVALUATION

111 RoadLok A front-brake twofer.

RACE WATCH

86 The TT Centenary Isle of Man or bust. -by Gary Inman

COLUMNS

12 UP FRONT Man to Man. -by David Edwards

16 LEANINGS Old Home Week. -br Peter Egun

18 TDC Materialism. -by Kevin Cameron

DEPARTMENTS

20 Hotshots

26 New Ideas

32 Roundup

112 Service

118 Showcase

138 Slipstream

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