2005 August Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine - Kawasaki ZX-6R v Suzuki GSX-R1000

Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. 2005 August Motorcyclist Motorcycle Magazine - Kawasaki ZX-6R v Suzuki GSX-R1000 MOTORCYCLESUP TO SPEED34 COVER STORY: SIZE MATTERSON THE COVERBig or small? Muscle or moves?Sledgehammer or scalpel?22 FIRST LOOK: STAR POWER!2006 Roadliner model leads Yamaha'snew Star brandON THE COVERGSX-R1000 or ZX-6R? Which side are you on?24 FIRST RIDE: 2006 TRIUMPH TIGER50 SUPERSPORT VS.SUPERBIKETommy Hayden's Ninja takes on Aaron Yates'GSX-R 1000 at California SpeedwayON THE COVERBritain buffs up its burlyadventure-tourer51 SPECIFICATIONSAND DYNO CHATPlaying the numbers game with the best 600and literbike of 2005ON THE COVER26 WHERE THE GIRLS AREWatch out, guys ... Femmoto is coming!28 TEAR OFFSOf chicken tickets, 10OOcc Superbike rules, DucatiSport Classics and missing Buell/Kawasaki dynonumbers31 FIRST RIDE2006 KTM 950 SUPERMOTOThe second V-twin streetbike fromAustria is not the Super Duke—but itmight be every bit as funON THE COVERFEATURES52 THE BOOST BROTHERSTurbo Connection turns a TriumphRocket III and a Harley-DavidsonV-Rod into true boulevard badasses62 SOUL AND INSPIRATIONLiving legend Mert Lawwill's kandy-koloredtangerine-flake streamline baby70 LAWWILLS BEAUTIFUL MINDFor Mert, there was always more to it thanjust the racing72 ANATOMY OF AN ICONHarley-Davidson's legendary XR75O74 MERT LAWWILL:MOTORCYCLE RACERA short story of the thinking man's dirttrackerDEPARTMENTS8 LEAN ANGLEOn Any Sunday revisited, a night to remember12 MEGAPHONETom Hicks—the epitome of the altruisticmotorcycle dealer16 BACKFIRESReaders respond to our controversial helmetstandards story in the June issue80 GEARBOXA box full of all-new streetbike swag98 MARKETPLACE108 AD INDEXMC GARAGE90 SUSPENSION SETUP 101Part 1: Setting spring sag the right way92 SMART MONEYHonda's twin-cannon RC51 and three otheropen-class big guns94 STREET SAVVYUse the streetbike spin to rotate your bike96 ANSWERSTechnical questions on fuel flow and motor oilanswered110 THE LISTSpecifications, prices and verdicts on every streetbikeavailable for 2005114 HARD NUMBERSSize isn't everything. Quarter-mile and roll-on timescount too, ya knowON THE COVER: Size matters,right? Or does it? Pitting2005's best 600—Kawasaki's all-new ZX-6R—and literbike—Suzuki's also-new GSX-R1000—againstone another on the street, atthe track and on the dyno tosee which is best at what. Asusual, Kevin Wing got thekiller shot. Thirty years later, the miracleof Japanese engineering hasenhanced the traditional advan-tages of both denominationsand erased most of theirendemic weaknesses. Smaller,lighter literbikes have begun toconverge with stronger, sharper600s in essentially every areaof performance. Our '05 GSX-R1000 makes twice the horse-power of that early Z1 andweighs about 100 pounds less,planting it firmly at the head ofthis year's literbike class. But inevery empirical measurementbut power and thrust, theSuzuki is tiny. Tiny enough toliterally hide behind most 600sand create a painful ergonomicmismatch if you're our long-limbed executive editor or BarryBurke, our racetrack sergeantat arms.Meanwhile, the 600ccfours—spiritual brethren toYamaha's 350 twins—ruling themiddle ground get stronger andsharper every fall. Squeezing agenuinely astounding 113 rear-wheel horsepower from just636cc, Kawasaki's latest ZX-6R adds enough relative com-fort, civility and practicality toedge out Honda's CBR600RRits closest competitor—byabout a millimeter. Andalthough middleweights are stillmore financially accessible thantheir big-bore brethren, racyhardware has run up stickerprices as well as performancenumbers. Our ZX-6R lists for$8699, $2150 less thanSuzuki's definitive GSX-R. All ofwhich brings us to questionnumber one.- How much is toomuch?When all that horsepowermakes igniting the Suzuki's reartire as easy as thinking And much more! 11137

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