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CW nailed it in October with incomparable motojournalistic excellence from Don Canet and Peter Jones. “Project 156" and “Not Sturgis 2015" were benchmark quality writing, and the rest of the issue was frosting on a very tasty cake. I enjoyed it so much that I went for a ride to bring me back to everyday reality!

JOHN HAZELTON CHESTERFIELD, VA

I SCREAM, WE SCREAM!!

October 2015 issue: The Yamahauler!! Awesome van. Dirt Quake!! Sturgis!! And the design of motorcycle gas tanks!! Oh yeah, Project 156!! The love of motorcycles!!

JEFF GRIESBACH CYCLEWORLD.COM

NOT STURGIS

After every page of “Not Sturgis 2015” by Peter Jones, I had to return to the title page to see if it had been written by Peter Egan. Great story. Don’t ever get rid of Mr. Egan, but if it happens, you have another Peter that can surely take his place. Both are great writers, and you are lucky to have them.

HAL HUTCHINSON EVART, Ml

Sometimes it takes age to round out a fella and make him a biker, a romantic, and a good writer. Seems Jones has arrived at that point. His story of the Black Hills was really well written, insightful, and entertaining. He even managed to use “anthropomorphic” in a sentence. Pass along my compliments.

I’ve been a Cycle World subscriber for many years, and this is one of the best damn articles ever.

MIKE BARNHARDT CONCORD, NC

For the record, Jones actually used the word “anthropomorphizing.”

Please thank Mr. Jones for his article covering Sturgis’ surrounding area—one of my favorite locales when not “in season.” However, I was more captured by his sense of Bond-like style. Where did he score the cowboy-like duds? Me likey!

SEAN O'CONNOR CYCLEWORLD.COM

Jones wore a waxed-cotton Vanson Trophy jacket, Ugly Bros USAMotorpool armored jeans, Shoei QWest helmet, Racer Gloves Guide, and Dainese Street Rocker D-WP boots. Cowboy swagger not included.

VICTORY: BUILD 156

Anyone who has any respect for how difficult it can be to properly engineer, build, and install just the custom pieces for a motorcycle should be seriously impressed with the Victory Project 156.1 was mesmerized studying the two-page layouts of the bike in the October issue. The level of design, build techniques, and final fitment is nothing short of brilliant. And that’s just half the battle. Getting a bike to run and handle properly is another journey unto itself.

It’s one thing to build a custom “art” bike or modify the snot out of an existing model. But the 156 is something that in a slightly smoothed-over version could easily be imagined as a road-going production bike dicing it up with the best offerings out there. It’s the type of motorcycle that, if available, might even cause this enthusiast to part with several bikes from the stable in order to acquire one very unique machine.

RANSE PARKER CYCLEWORLD.COM

PISSED, WITH WARM REGARDS

I’m at the airport and just bought your magazine...as usual. How do you write an article called “Big Fun” and omit a Ducati Monster? Rat bastards! An article about cool and power without sexy...

Don’t worry. I’ll still buy your magazine next month. But you pissed me off.

Warm regards!

TONYSILVEUS CYCLEWORLD.COM

We were waiting for the Monster 1200R and also had to omit the Tuono V4 Factory (page 46). Don’t worry: More big fun to be had. Just keep going back to the airport.

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