CONTENTS
TESTED
32 2014 DUCATI DIAVEL
Better. Much Better.
86 2014 HONDA VALKYRIE
Honda's muscle cruiser returns.
RACED
42 WORLD MINI GRAND PRIX
World Minis take over Glen Helen.
94 MTA WORLD TWO-STROKE MX
Two-strokes have their day.
104 UTAH WORCS
Sutherlin still undefeated.
114 MISSOURI OMA
Whibley strikes first.
INTERVIEWED
56 RYAN VILLOPOTO'S MECHANIC
Wrench life with Mike Williamson.
78 BRADLEY SMITH
Movin' on up.
FEATURED
64 COTA IN PHOTOS
A look back at the Grand Prix of the
Americas.
DEPARTMENTALIZED
6-15 CAPTURED
16 VOICES
18 THE INSIDE TWEET
20 IN THE WIND
120 CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR
122 LEADERBOARD
124 STUFF
128 RACING ON THE TUBE
130 BIKES OF THE STARS
132 ARCHIVES
134 CLASSIFIEDS
136 CROSS RUTTED
138 WHAT'S NEXT
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VOL. 51 ISSUE 16 APRIL 22, 2014
FIRST RIDE
2014 HONDA
VALKYRIE
IT'S BACK!
INTERVIEW
MIKE WILLIAMSON
THE LIFE OF A
FACTORY MECHANIC
MOTOCROSS MAYHEM
WORLD MINIS
INVADE GLEN HELEN
PICTORIAL
A LOOK BACK
AT THE GRAND PRIX
OF THE AMERICAS
FIRST RIDE
2014 DUCATI
DIAVEL
FIRST RIDE FIRST RIDE
2014 DUCATI 2014 DUCATI
DIAVEL DIAVEL
THE
SUPERBIKE
CRUISER
On The Cover:
Alan Cathcart got the
chance to ride Ducati's
radical powercruiser
– the Diavel – on the
French Riviera. No
wonder they call him Sir.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MILAGRO
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