Cycle World

CYCLE WORLD

SEPTEMBER 1981

VOL. 20 NO. 9

TESTS

24 The Fast 45s Comparing the Sporting 750 Fours: Honda CB750 F Kawasaki KZ750 Suzuki GS750 Yamaha 750 Seca

38 Suzuki RM250X/465X Introduced Late, But It Won’t Take Long Before They’re at The Head of the Class.

FEATURES

48 Paperwork Protection How Not to Get Burned When Buying or Selling a Bike.

SPECIAL SECTION

56 Roadcraft: Part One, Riding Fast Going Fast in Control Means Riding Smoothly. The Secret is Knowing What Smoothness is.

EVALUATIONS

53 Dunlop Sports K139 Competition for Brand M

60 Cyclear CY-300 Windshield When Nothing Else Will Fit.

COMPETITION

63 Three Times Trouble Winning (and Surviving) in Sidecar Racing Means Never Losing Your Passenger.

DEPARTMENTS

7 Up Front The Graduate

10 Letters

21 Roundup Harley’s Ride Was a Piece of Cake

Book Reviews

47 The Story of BSA

78 Brooklands Bikes in The Twenties

71 Race Watch Success for Mamola and Glover

76 Summary

82 Service

89 New Ideas

90 Slipstream