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Cycle World
RISE OF ICONS • The Plastic Era comes of age
WILD IN THE STREETS • Running, Running In Santa Barbara
WHEN THE ENGINE STARTS • The Joy of Movement
FROM THE FOUNDRY • Motorcycling Started with Cast-Iron
THE FIRST SUPERBIKE • Fifty years of Honda CB750, the motorcycle that changed the world
UNDER PRESSURE • What Pistons Have Become
FLAT COOL TRACK BRED • Indian’s FTR1200 street tracker opens a new era for the American sport standard
ECHOES OF DAKAR • Riding North Africa to chase the ghosts of rallies past on the long-anticipated KTM 790 Adventure
BALANCE OF POWER • Modern lightweight sportbikes make us ponder how big is big enough
IN THE SPLITS
WHEN RACING WAS KING • Roadracing fever swept Japan in the late ’80s and early ’90s, leading to these incredible Japanese-market production 250s revving to 19,000 rpm
DEVOLUTION • An electric URAL sidecar is a little like satellite navigation on a 70-year-old biplane. Weird, yet fun. And potentially useful.
MARK BLACKWELL
AT THE LIMIT