Motorcyclist USA — September-October 2017

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Steve McQueen’s love for motorcycling wasn’t

an act, as Matt Stone documents in his book

about the “king of cool.”

The new breed of small ADVs put to the test

with a 1,000-mile dual-sport road trip.

The Honda CRF250L Rally and

Kawasaki Versys-X 300 at camp high above

California’s Pacifi c Coast Highway.

Sleek women’s riding jeans, modular adven-

ture mirrors, and chain cleaning simplifi ed.

Two war reporters unearth a bombed-out

Ural and ride it out of the ancient Iraqi city.

H-D Roadster gets a café treatment,

R3 tip-over proofi ng, and new street

sneakers for the RnineT Scrambler.

Rev’It! rethinks the riding boot, a gaggle

of goggles, and overnight essentials.

Contributors

Me & My Bike

Shift

Flashback

Project

Hard Parts

Insight

Roads

Mission To Mosul

How To

Street Savvy

Doin’ Time

Megaphone

In This Issue

Letters

Crowd Question

Five Questions

Gear

Tech

Versus

Garage

The Lost Art of

MC Tested

Smart Money

Manx. Men. Madness.

The Summer The

Coast Was Closed

Our favorite photographs from this year’s Isle

of Man TT—and the inspiration behind them.

Father/daughter fabricators in Texas build

memorable bikes for a noteworthy cause.

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