CYCLE WORLD
APRIL 2009
VOL. 48 NO. 4
CW
1962
2009
AM ER~CA'S
LEAD~NG
MOTORCYCLE
MAGAZ~NE
FEATURES
34 Thunder Road Riding Triumph's big Twin power cruiser for 2010. -fry Mark Hoi'er
40 Yamaha YZF-R1 A MotoGP heartbeat. -by Don Canet
46 Chasing Ernst Henne Riding the Italian Isle of Man. -&v Mark Cernickv
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52 CW Specialty File Brake Discs. -by Kevin carnemn
64 RideCraft: Academy of Speed Professor Polen's high-performance riding school. -by Jeff Buchanan
TESTS
58 Out of Bounds Husaberg FE45Oe: 70 degrees never felt so good. -&v Ryan Dudek
72 Long-Term Wrap-Up Kawasaki ZX-14.
EVALUATIONS
76 Davida Jet Leather-lined lid from Liverpool.
76 Shock Doctor Power Gravity 2 Bite me.
78 MotoGPO8 Become a virtual champion.
80 Öhlins TTX36 Shock Shocking lap times!
RACE WATCH
82 Big Base A father-son reunion on the Daytona sand. -by Don Emde
COLUMNS
10 UP FRONT Bike of the Year. -by David Edwards
14 LEANINGS The Captive Enfield -by Peter Egan
16 TDC Breakage -&v Kevin Cameron
DEPARTMENTS
18 Hotshots
22 New Ideas
24 Roundup
96 Service
102 Showcase
112 Slipstream