Cycle World
CYCLE WORLD
AMERICA'S LEADING MOTORCYCLE MAGAZINE
AUGUST 2011 • VOL. 50 NO. 8
ROUNDUP
12 HUSQVARNA STREETBIKE!
Husqvana’s first modern road machine.
13 NAKED BMW S1000RR!
Is a Bavarian brawler in the cards?
13 SPIED! HONDA CB600F DCT
Naked middleweight gets DCT.
16 BRAMMO SHIFTS GEARS
Electric motorcycles with six-speed gear-boxes.
18 FIRST MX CLASS OF 2012
New motocrossers from Honda, Kawasaki and KTM.
22 THE QUAIL MOTORCYCLE GATHERING
Beautiful bikes in Carmel, California.
27 QUICKRIDE
Harley-Davidson FXS Blackline
COMPARISONS
36 APRILIA RSV4 FACTORY APRC SE VS. BMW S1000RR VS. DUCATI 1198 VS. KAWASAKI ZX-10R
Slip and slide or grip and rip? By Blake Conner
46 DUCATI 848 EVO VS. SUZUKI GSX-R750 VS. TRIUMPH DAYTONA 675R
Two, three, four (cylinders), GO! By Steve Anderson
50 KAWASAKI ZX-6R VS. SUZUKI GSX-R600
It’s a classic confrontation: Ninja vs. Gixxer. By John Burns
FEATURES
40 ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURE
GSX-R1000 + Bazzaz Z-Fi TC = competitive. By Don Canet
44 INDE MOTORSPORTS RANCH
Build it and CW will come! By Don Canet
53 COMING TO GRIPS
Ten sportbikes, 1400 horsepower, and the winner is...us! By John Burns
54 EBR 1190RS
An ultra-light superbike from Erik Buell Racing. By Steve Anderson
60 THE WAY OF THE DESERT SLED
Old meets new in Hammarhead Industries’ Hinckley-Triumph-based Jack Pine scrambler. By Peter Egan
64 BIG BEAR BIKE
The Triumph Trophy that got the trophy. By Peter Egan
70 2012 HONDA GOLD WING
Wingin’ it on the “new” GL1800. By Paul Dean
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EVALUATIONS
80 ICON PATROL JACKET
Crossover textile.
81 VANSON AR2 JACKET
An American original, in leather.
RACE WATCH
92 MOTORCYCLE MAN
Godspeed, Max Bubeck. By Allan Girdler
COLUMNS
10 UP FRONT
Of Sleds and Trailblazers By Mark Hoyer
32 LEANINGS
Triumph of the Killer Bees By Peter Egan
34 TDC
Keeping Chains Alive By Kevin Cameron
DEPARTMENTS
28 HOTSHOTS
76 NEW IDEAS
84 SERVICE
100 SHOWCASE
110 SLIPSTREAM
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