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Fifth Avenue llucati In the March 17, 2004 (Issue # 10), Cycle News Briefly section, we reported that Fast By Ferracci, Ducati, and Lord & Taylor 's Fifth Avenue New York City de partment store had teamed up to use Ducat i motorcycles in their men's contemporary sportswear display. Over 250 ,OOO-plus people walk by the store on a daily basis and will be able to view t he spectacular displays. This is what they 'll see. MV Agu§ta Win§ Again The German magazine Motorrad recently named the MVAgusta F4 1000 Tamburini its "Bike of the Year." The ceremony was held at Motorrad Magazine's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. The F4 1000, which is dedicated to its creator. Italian des igner Massimo Tarnburini, re ce ived 18.3 percent of the readers' votes. beating out the Yamaha RI ( I 1.3 percent) and the Suzuki G5X-R I000 (8.5 pe rcent). There was also glory for the Cagiva brand, MVAgusta's paren t company. Finishing first was t he 125cc MITO. with 14.4 pe rcent of the readers selecting it in the 125cc category. Second place went to th e Aprilia Tuono 125. and t he Honda Varadero 125 was third. Even in t he stan dar d category. in wh ich the naked and street fighters reside, the Italian indust ry found satisfaction. The results show that 7.3 pe rcent of t he vote went to the MV Agusta Brutale S. beh ind the BMW Rockste r in se con d. with 8.1 percent of the vote, and the Kawasaki Z I000 taking t he prize w ith I3. I percent of the vot e. "N ot only [have) t he motorcycles been prized . but so has the great style and traditions of te chnology w ith our brands, " said Claud io Castiglioni, CEO of th e Cagiva gro up. "This is a success t hat makes us do our best in order to reach more important goals in the future ." The Motorrad "Bike of the Year" had 47 ,532 voters participate in the po ll. To cast yo ur vote, log on to www.cycle news.co m. WEb INSiYE = CycienEWs.com reader poll question of the week ~ ..... . , = With t h e dominance of the Screamin' Eagle Vance & Hin e s Harley-D a vid son V-Rods at the NHRA Powerade Pro St oc k Bike season opener in Gainesville (see In The W ind), what, if anything, do you think NHRA sho u ld do to a d just their performance? A Nothing at all; the fans want to see the Harleys win. B. No thing for now; NHRA shou ld watch t he Harleys closely and make adjustments if they start to run away with the show. C. Add weight to the Harleys; they alrea dy have a huge displacem e nt advantage. On-line poll results from last week What needs to be done to the Daytona 200 to make it exciting again? Institute a mandatory pit stop minimum. 401 ( 19.41%) Make Superstock or Supersport the premium class for Daytona only. 214 ( 10.36%) Make improvements to the track to improve racing and reduce the risk of tire failures. 897 (43.42%) Just don't race there. 554 (26.82%) Total Replies: 2066 www.cyc lenEWs.com CYCLE NEWS • MAR 31, 2004 CH 97