Cycle World
CYCLE WORLD
AMERICA'S LEADING MOTORCYCLE MAGAZINE
NOVEMBER 2012 • VOL. 51 NO. 11
pg. 40
ROUNDUP
16 NO QUARTER GIVEN
Attack of the 250s. By Blake Conner
18 WILL THE MOTORCYCLE OF THE FUTURE COME FROM PASADENA?
Piaggio thinks so.
20 2013 HARLEY-DAVIDSONS
What's new from Milwaukee.
21 ON THE RECORD Casey Stoner.
By Matthew Miles
22 2013 HUSABERG THUMPERS
Four-strokes are back.
22 2013 HARLEY-DAVIDSON CVOS
Breakout the good stuff.
24 VINCENT ROTARY
The engine that never was.
26 THE RIDER'S LIFE
Can I test drive your personality? By Peter Jones
28 QUICKRIDE
MV Agusta Brutale 675
TEST
60 LONG-TERM UPDATE
Honda CBR250R, Yamaha Super Ténéré.
SPECIAL SECTION: MIDDLEWEIGHTS
38 WELCOME TO THE GREAT MIDDLE CLASS
The truth usually lies in the middle. By John Burns
40HONDA NC700X
Brave new world. By Blake Conner
44 NC700XD
Trigger happy: DCT and ABS
46 FUEL-EFFICIENCY GAME-CHANGER
Shifting paradigms manually or auto matically.
48 BMW F800GS TROPHY
I n-betweener adventure bike.
49 KAWASAKI VERSYS
Not pretty but pretty good.
50 DUCATI 848 STREETFIGHTER
Why fight it?
50 HARLEY-DAVIDSON XL1200C
We usually run a size larger in America.
52 KAWASAKI ZX-6R
No longer on top but still a winner.
53 KTM 350 EXC-F
When the middle rises to the top.
54 SUZUKI GSX-R750
Last of the Mohicans!
55 TRIUMPH STREET TRIPLE R
Best of Britain.
56 STAR STRYKER
Gimme that old fashioned Rake `n' Roll.
58 MIDDLEWEIGHT MOTORCYCLES
Pondering the perfect motorcycle size. By Peter Egan
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EVALUATION
66 CHICKEN HAWK RACING PRO-LINE TIRE WARMERS
The hot setup.
68 VENTURA BIKE-PACK MISTRAL 1
Get your traveling load on.
RACE WATCH
76 WAITING FOR CHANGE
U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. By Kevin Cameron
COLUMNS
12 UP FRONT
The Burning Question By Mark Hoyer
34 LEANINGS
Curse of the Druids By Peter Egan
36 TDC
Problem Solving By Kevin Cameron
DEPARTMENTS
30 HOTSHOTS
64 NEW IDEAS
70 SERVICE
81 SHOWCASE
90 SLIPSTREAM
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