2005 October Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine

Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. 2005 October Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine - BMW R1200RT MOTORCYCLES32 COVER STORY: L A. TO LAGUNATHE LONG WAYON THE COVERKJDream rides rarely get better thanthis. Come with us to the USGP aswe search for the ideal touring setup—andCalifornia's best roads—aboard BMW's newR1200RT, Triumph's new Sprint ST and Honda'slegendary Gold Wing34 TOUR TEST: BMW R1200RTThe Goldilocks Effect Not too big, not toosmall... just right40 TOUR TEST: HONDA GOLDWING ABSToo big? Too heavy? Too much? Too cool50 TOUR TEST: TRIUMPHSPRINT STThe British sport-tourer with theemphasis on sportGO CHECKERS: LAGUNA SEGAMOTOGPThe Nicky and Colin Show takes centerstage, with Rossi—who'd never ridden thetrack before—coming home thirdUPTO SPEED20 EUROPE FIGHTS BACK!First rides of Bimota's new-generation DB5, MVAgusta's new Brutale 910 and Moto Morini s newCorsaro26 BARBER, HERE WE COME AGAIN!This year—October 29 & 30—we team up withSportbike Track Time for a two-day BarberMotorsports Park extravaganza—and you're invited!26 SURF REPORTCool, bike-oriented flicks you simply must check outon the Web29 TEAR-OFFSWorthwile happenings in the motorcycling worldMC GARAGE90 TOURING ESSENTIALSStuff you simply gotta have when yougotta head outta townONTHE COVERFEATURES66 THE WORLD'S 10 BEST RIDES!Edelweiss Bike Travel's Werner&Wachter has ridden all over theworld, so you'd expect him to have some favoriteI rides. Here are his top 10 picks92 SMART MONEYHonda's GL1800—Four Seasons accommodations ona Motel 5 budget, and a helluva used-bike buy94 STREET SAVVYMake those slow-speed, tight-environment turns200 percent easier by using the rear brakeON THE COVER96 ANSWERSExceptionally well-worded answers to hugelyimportant questions from our devoted reader corps68 CONGO!Two-wheeled hijinks through centralAfrica's Congo River BasinON THE COVER96 DOIN' TIMEBoehm's Z-Rex gets trick new bar-end mirrors—and the goof manages to break one in just five days!DEPARTMENTS10 LEAN ANGLETouring—it's all good14 MEGAPHONEOrange County Choppers16 BACKFIRESMotoCzysz vs. James Parker, Kenny Roberts vsdie FIM84 MC TESTED—IN CHINA!Dexter Ford torture-tests Hein Gericke's TimbuktuAir Jacket and Overpants in Asia84 GEARBOXCool new streetbike swagON THE COVER:Pay no attention to that October 2005 issue ofMotorcyclist with a different cover. We'redoing a test this month, with part of the coun-try getting an action-image cover and part get-ting a static image. The guts are the same, soyou don't need to worry about, missing a thing.Joe Bonnello did the Brownie-clicking this timearound, with Todd Westover providing a rea-sonable dose of art direction en route. It takes most people five or six hours to ride from LosAngeles to Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey. We, as mostof you have already figured, are not most people. Deadline stressand the first motorcycle Grand Prix on U.S. tarmac since 1994dictated something more therapeutic than 325 miles of freeway.Besides, with some 80,000-plus fans converging on California'spostcard-perfect Monterey Peninsula from every direction, ourregular routes would be choked with motorcycling humanityalong with the California Highway Patrol. Just as we learned thePri media corporate jet was in for an oil change, the phone rang.Cue Plan B, as in Joey B., aka Joe Bonnello, notorious Franco-Italian motorcycle photographer, raconteur, bon vivant and con-noisseur of good food, great roads and jokes you can't tell yourmother. After wandering California's vast midsection for months,Joe had come up with a loose itinerary that would take us fromLA to Laguna on roads only cattle ranchers and Caltrans hadever heard of. Covering upward of 800 miles door to door, our... And much more! 11139

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