Description
Contents: V Max First Ride (Star’s fire-breathing, smoke-belching demon just might be one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Or just a darn fine muscle bike); Riding In The Gas Crunch (Who are all these new riders? And where do they come from. I can just take my bike out of the shed and ride it, right? Was that a cherry V65 Magna that just rode by? All these questions and more are answered); Around The Lake And Back (Billy Bartels takes a lap around Lake Coeur D’Alene in search of the perfect piece of meat); Elmo’s Bandit Chopper (A 300 lb. 160 hp, inline-four multi-state touring machine…tell me again why Kawasaki quit making the Eliminator?); H-D’s CVO Fat Bob (H-D’s bare-knuckle brawler takes a U-turn back to the accessories department); Cruiser’s ’09 Holiday Gift Guide (From $40 tools to $2 rags you can keep under the liner of your helmet, if you can’t find a gift for the moto-nut in your life, you’re not trying hard enough) Departments – Msin Jet (Dream bikes built from Unobtanium); Rumblings (Ergonomic musings and the throttle as an on-off switch); Between The Lines (Star’s new V Star 950, Spokane’s 100 Years of Motorcycles, Harley-Davidson’s 105th Birthday Party); Exhaust Notes (Mark Zimmerman is convinced there are dark times foretold in the tea leaves); Readers’ Rides Shop Talk – Tech Matters (There are no bad motorcycles); Tech Q & A (Tube talk, spark plugs forever, and the incredible, disappearing charging system); How-To Troubleshoot By The Numbers (Any problem big or small. PLUS: Gas-saving tips. Long Term Update: Triumph Rocket III and Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic); Cruiser Tested (Olympia AST Touring jacket and Fast Company Torque Wrench Kit)
Issue: December 2008
Condition: Very Good