1980 January Rider Motorcycle Magazine French BMW, Harley-Davidson LAPD in Japan

Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. 1980 January Rider Motorcycle Magazine French BMW, Harley-Davidson LAPD in Japan On the Cover: Motorcycle camping with theYamaha XS850 at Beartooth Lake, near Red Lodge,Montana. Photo by Bill Estes.©©Odomra©10/Riding On14/Editor's Notebook18/Rapping21/Crossroads©@IP®[rta@[nfe6/Rider Response16/Rider Insider22/Rider Clinic24/Safety Forum30/Tour-Testing Yamaha XS85046/Sport-Touring on Honda CB750F40/A Ms. Adventure — the Three Flags Classic42/The Ultimate Harley — In Japan50/The BMW France Built©ra Tte [^©®(o]44/Where To Tour — Anywhere But Japan59/Favonte Ride: Beaver Creek. Minnesota[Praetefi HK7©D(lD©ffl©in)©34/Rider Evaluates Rear Suspensions51/Harley-Davidson Introduces Tourglide52/10,000 Miles on the Suzuki GS85054/Product Tests: Jeb’s HelmetBob Beach Tank BagMilo AlarmLaminar Fairing56/Manfred Kunz Talks About Touring58/Product Tests: Beck-Arnley RainsuitPriority LitesTheUltimateHarley-Davidson:In JapanWhy are all 'these Japanese',businessmenwearing LAPDuniforms and-^..riding full-dres~shHarley-Davidsons?.. ■>•4*- ■’1 carr-tiear it cpjninglong before I can see it:Thetbea^ metal rhythms,the Clash and chatter ofmetal against metal, thethreat implicit in thedistinctly individualexplosions ot compressedoxygen and gasoline Thesound is so familiar, soAmerican It was born toreverberate on the GreatPlains ot the Midwest, inthe legendary openspdcespt the Americancontingnt. H^re.m Japan■the vdise oLthe hugeV-twin proSucap-strangeechoes as it bounces fromsushi and sashimi shops.•’fiaehinko parlors andelectronic Invader roomsplastic displays ot grrfledeel and fried shnm[J?»'department stores withnames like Odakyu andIsetan. a computerizedpollution-level display, andthe myriad other featuresof the landscape of thecity of Tokyo.An incredible crowd isbusily pouring through thestreets in every direction.But here and there a headturns to see what ismaking'that bizarre sound.Suddenly the volumeleaps'tenfoid. a„hundredfold A large partof the mass of peopleStops and focuses itsattention on the short. .tunrfetTrom which theexplosions are comingTffe powerful blasts areburying the noise-of trainspassing on overheadtracks intopurely academic matter for the visitingrider, other aspects of Japanese law arenot.There are the multiple speed limits,for example. Motorcycles with less than400cc's are not allowed to exceed 60kph on 100 kph expressways. If youhappen to be on something bigger —say a nice imported CBX — you canzoom along at 80 kph (ironically, thesame maximum as minicars). You go 80while Toyota Corollas and Datsun1200s whip by at 100. Isn’t it fun?Well, at least you have intimatecompany to comfort you while youinhale the fumes of 47 horsepowereconomy cars, right? Wrong. It isabsolutely forbidden to carry apassenger on expressways. You rideslow, and you ride alone. It is thesaddest revelation of all: the country thatrevolutionized motorcycle touringdoesn't like touring motorcyclists at allThat's terrible, you say, but you love35 kph backroads. When you finallyreach that peaceful resort village in themountains or at the shore, you canreally enjoy yourself, right? Sorry, butyou're wrong again. There is the smallmatter of curfews and restricted zones.These regulations are enforced in adiscretionary manner, so you might luckout. especially if you're American.Japanese tend to discriminate in favorof Americans. But the written word is... And much more! 13527

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