2001 Cruiser Motorcycle Tour Test in Alien UFO Sites - 13-Page Vintage Article

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2001 Cruiser Motorcycle Tour Test in Alien UFO Sites - 13-Page Vintage Article
Original, vintage magazine article.
Page Size: Approx. 8" x 11" (21 cm x 28 cm) each page
Condition: Good
Regular readers of this magazine know we like to travel. In fact, we can’t think of
a better way to get from Point A to Point B than by two wheels. Of course, Points
M, N and Q must be investigated along the way. So, when we decided to see how
the Victory Deluxe stacked up against the rest of the leather bag set, we needed to
find a suitable destination. Since we couldn’t think of a good location, we came up
with a UFO theme, and the route just fell into place. We’d tour famous UFO-related
sites throughout the Southwest. Yes, the trip would take us a little beyond our usual
haunts. But what better way to find out how these bikes worked than spending five
.. .first portion of the trip would involve
just the BMVV Montana, the: Harley-
Davidson T-Sport and the Yamaha Road/
Star Silverado. Manning the controls of ' /
these three bikes would, be associate '
editor Andrew Cherney, feature editor
Evans Brasfield and photographer Dean
Groover. With riders traveling from
opposite sides of the continent, plan-
ning for the trip needed to be timed
down to the second—otherwise, like a
spacecraft attempting to enter the Earth’s
atmosphere at too shallow an angle, one
of us might miss the rendezvous and go
spinning off into the void, never to be
heard from again.
After a prelaunch provisioning at
Denny’s, the Motorcycle Cruiser gang Of
three pointed front wheels east on
Interstate 10. Our destination for Day
bee
Having the smallest shield of the :
/
three, the T-Sport, predictably, offered
. die least torso protection—a boon in
the desert heat. What the FXDXT lacked
in windshield size, it gained in tunability,
being the only unit that offered on-the-go
adjustability, which, gave riders a
choice of a breezy cockpit with a bit of
noisy turbulence or. by cranking the •
shield higher, a relatively calm pocket
to cruise in. Our riders could easily see
over the T-Sport’s windshield, which
is a far cry better than that of the
Convertible, the bike that formerly filled -- /
the removable bag and windshield niche
for Harley. ■
days in their saddles?...
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