Motorcyclist USA — September-October 2017

62 | september | october 2017 Tony Goldsmith: “I try not to shoot podiums in front like everyone else. I prefer shooting from th ...

motorcyclistonline.com | 63 MCY1017_ISLE.indd 63 7/25/17 4:16 PM ...

64 | september | october 2017 THE SUMMER THE COAST WAS CLOSED MCY1017_COMP.indd 64 7/24/17 3:53 PM ...

motorcyclistonline.com | 65 HONDA CRF250L RALLY VS. KAWASAKI VERSYS-X 300 BY ARI HENNING PHOTOGRAPHY BY SPENSER ROBERT MCY1017_C ...

66 | september | october 2017 THE ROAD SIMPLY right The Big Sur coast may have gained 13 acres of real estate as the result of t ...

motorcyclistonline.com | 67 We didn’t understand how blocked the Pacific Coast Highway was until we saw it with our own eyes. Ma ...

68 | september | october 2017 JOHN MADONNA CONSTRUCTION MCY1017_COMP.indd 68 7/24/17 3:55 PM ...

motorcyclistonline.com | 69 That’s light, but it comes at a cost. The CRF250L has experienced price creep since it was introduce ...

70 | september | october 2017 Big Sur is world famous for its craggy cliffs, the ceaseless pounding of the Pacific Ocean, and th ...

motorcyclistonline.com | 71 CAMPING ATOP THAT CLIFF UNDER A VIBRANT MOON WAS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. MCY1017_COMP.indd 71 7/24 ...

72 | september | october 2017 MISSION MOSUL TO Two journalists and one beat-up Ural sidehack on the run in war-torn Iraq BY CARM ...

motorcyclistonline.com | 73 MCY1017_MOSUL.indd 73 7/25/17 2:00 PM ...

74 | september | october 2017 above “Duba,” as the Ural is known locally, sits in the clear for the first time. upper right Iraq ...

motorcyclistonline.com | 75 by joking with the soldiers in camouflage uniforms who can keep our newly acquired motorcycle off th ...

above Firas Assadi takes the Ural for a spin moments after finishing repairs. right One of Assadi’s mechanics works on the previ ...

motorcyclistonline.com | 77 The tatter of automatic gun fire was more frequent than not, punctuated by large explosions from US- ...

78 | september | october 2017 Bike mechanic Talib Tayawe and Ahmed Khaled Ahmed, an off-duty policeman and fellow rider who lost ...

motorcyclistonline.com | 79 above Smoke from fierce fighting stretches over the ancient city of Mosul during a previous reportin ...

80 | september | october 2017 There was little time for mastering the art of sidecar motorcycling. We needed to keep moving if w ...

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