November 2006

FEATURES


8 > TRIPLE TREAT
Suzuki?s tourer in wolf?s clothing

20 > RALLY REPORT
XS1100 Owners? Club Euro gathering

22 > PROJECT KATANA
It was do or die at Elvington. Unfortunately, it died.

28 > YAMAHA DT175
This is why you want one

48 > MIRA FILES
Where have all the GSX550s gone?

54 > NOSTALGIA TRIAL
Our man Gez takes the TL out on the rough, and migrates to a YZ crosser

58 > KAWASAKI Z1A
Look and lust

62 > STATESIDE SCENE
Daydreaming at the Mid Ohio swap meet

68 > SHOW REPORT
A scrumptious selection of bikes at Brisbane

70 > PROJECT 120
Did our RD250 do what it says on the tin?

94 > HONDA 1200 GOLD WING
Our buyer?s guide to Honda?s mammoth land cruiser

TECHNICAL


24 > YAMAHA XT500 REBUILD
Stripping down our rusty beast throws up a few surprises

64 > THE KNOWLEDGE
All you ever wanted to know about plain bearings in the first of a new series from technical wizard Mark Haycock

76 > GOING STAINLESS
Phil Denton retired from the rat race to make lovely stainless bike parts in the heart of Snowdonia

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