Winter '02 Premium Content Southwest Texas This land is beautiful and cruel. Cacti and creosote dot the ground and bloom from the road's edge to the far horizon. Long, sharp spines flare from the waxy stems, ready to draw blood. So far, fighting wind, rain, and heat on US 90, we aren't
Winter '02 Premium Content Shamrock Tour® - Paducah, Kentucky "Paducah?" My friends at our neighborhood bar ask. "Paducah!?" Maybe they just like saying it - but, yes, having accepted an invitation to visit their Summer Festival, the HOG - Rally, and to ride the regional roads, I'm bound for Paducah. The Ohio River
Winter '02 Premium Content New York: The Finger Lakes Hot, so hot. Gusting winds keep leaning the bike over, but provide no relief. It's open country. The pavement just keeps rolling over hills and across valleys and I catch myself starting to nod off. I have to find a place to stop that's out of
Winter '02 Premium Content Baja California Baja. In the world of off-road racing and riding few words conjure the kind of reverence associated with this legendary peninsula. For almost 40 years Baja has hosted one of the greatest off-road races in the world, the Baja 1,000. Located on the western coast of Mexico, the state
Winter '02 Premium Content Canada: Nova Scotia The warm June sun that sparked the smiles behind our visors when we picked up our bikes in New Jersey has abandoned us. Between Portland, Maine, and Saint John in New Brunswick, our constant, dour companions are pouring rain and cold temperatures. Here Comes the Sun The monotonous drone of
Winter '02 Premium Content Washington State Bonnie and the others invited along for a week of laid-back motorcycling - cruising Washington's beautiful Mount Rainier and the Cascades - had commitments at home in New Jersey. As for me, I was as free as Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson in the 60'
Winter '02 Moto Guzzi California Stone > In model year 2002, Moto Guzzi debuted the California Stone to succeed the Jackal. Now with several improvements from Aprilia, the new owner, the bike is better - easier to ride and much more user-friendly. Concept & Tranformation It's a common marketing practice for European manufacturers to
Winter '02 Honda 919 > To compete with Yamaha's FZ1 and Kawasaki's ZRX1200R, Honda brought out the 919 this year. Big Red's nimble, naked bike comes with a fuel-injected engine and a design concept crammed with high-tech goodies. Concept & Tranformation After reaping a great deal of success
Winter '02 MZ Baghira Street Moto Concept & Tranformation After the German Reunification in 1990, the nationalized companies in the eastern part of the country (formerly the German Democratic Republic) were no longer sheltered and suddenly acquired new perspectives of good and bad. 'Live or die' was the motto. MZ, the brand from Zschopau,
