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APRIL 2010

VOL.49 NO.4

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ROUNDUP

12 MEET THE MOTUS By Kevin Cameron

14 SUPERBIKE FOR THE COMMON MAN? By Blake Conner

15 RIDE LIKE ROSSI By Blake Conner

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FEATURES

46 BATTERIES HEAT UP Internal-combustion alternative? By Kevin Cameron

48 BLACK GOLD: BIMOTA DB7 ORONERO It's tough not to gush over Bimota's carbon-fiber-framed DB7. By Bruno dePrato

52 RIDECRAFT: REMOTE CONTROL BMW Performance Center. By John L. Stein

58 FOUR CAMMER Riding the new dohc BMW R1200GS. By Bruno dePrato

62 THE 555 TO FREEDOM Touring on pre-'75 bikes, $500 and 500cc or less. By Becky Oh/sen

18 QUICKRIDE Kawasaki KLX11OL

20 QUICKRIDE Vespa GTS 300 Super

22 QUICKRIDE Honda Shadow Phantom,

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TESTS

34 HONDA VFRI200F Beginning of a By Mark Hoyer

40 BRAMMO ENERTIA I All-electric, no no-gears comr~ motorcycle. By Matthew MiIe~

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EVALUATIONS

68 DYNOJET AUTO TUNE WIDEBAND 02 CONTROLLER Tune while you ride.

70 TCX AIR TECH GORE-TEX TOURING BOOTS Vented waterproof comfort.

RACE WATCH

82 SLIDIN' ALBERT GUNTER Racing to a different drummer. By Kevin Cameron

COLUMNS

8 UP FRONT IBOTY 2010. By Mark Hoyer

30 TDC Old Metal. By Kevin Cameron

32 LEANINGS Call of the Black Commando~ By Peter Egan

DEPARTMENTS

26 HOTSHOTS 66 NEW IDEAS 72 SERVICE 93 SHOWCASE

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