Blog: Tak On Colin Edwards' MotoGP Save
Skill or luck? Who cares - it's fricken cool!
Thanks, YouTube!
Staff Bikes: Moby's Ducati 900SS, May 2008
I’m constantly at odds with two things: my dreams, and my bank balance. This month has seen me quite frustrated by the disparity between the two.
Ducati gurus Moto Rapido have been behind much of the agonising. They have very kindly agreed to help with my...
News: Thundersport Brolly Girls Comp
The new Thundersport race club is running a competition all year to be a brolly girl on the grid for the front row qualifiers. At the end of the year, an overall winner will be selected, and no doubt she'll get her picture all over this website too.
Wilko...
News: Thundersprint '08
The annual Thundersprint event will be held at Northwich, Cheshire on 10th and 11th May. The organizers are expecting 120,000 spectators to attend what has now become the fourth biggest biking event in Europe.
We’ll be there taking part in the street...
Blog: Jay's Race Number Puzzle
When it came to choosing a number to race with for my season in the Thundersport GP1 class, I was put on the spot. I'd thought about it a bit, but not settled on anything.
I've had some cool race numbers for the guest rides I've done in the past as...
News: ThundersportGB Series On TV
The new Thundersport national club racing series will be on Motors TV, giving the new series and its racers (including the Aprilia Superteens) a big boost. This means that you can see Wilko racing on the telly, so long as he drags himself somewhere near the...
Blog: Andy C Gets Acknowledged
Thanks to those scallywags on our sister magazine Trucking , Andrew Cottle has his own 'entry' in the Urbandictionary.com . Fnar!
Staff Bikes: Andy S' Suzuki GSX-R600 K3 Track Bike, April 2008
With the lure of the trackday season rapidly approaching, the rebuild of my Gixer needs to start happening. The first people to hear my cries for help were the very helpful track kit specialists Moto46. Surprisingly enough they do actually have stock left...
News: Thundersport GB race series launch
Britain has a new race club. Thundersport GB launched in March, after a very brief gestation. It aims to shake up the way club racing operates, give more riders more race laps, do more to develop young talent, and give spectators more varied and interesting...
News: Reader Survey Glove Winners
Big thanks to all of you that took part in our Reader Survey; all your comments are being collated right now, and will shape how Fast Bikes grows from here.
The 20 winners of a pair of Richa gloves each are:
Ian Causey, Wigan
Wayne Biddlecombe,...
Blog: Taks Gets Referrential Treatment
Every so often, I have a little rummage through those lovely sites that refer people to the hallowed, er, screens of Fastbikesmag.com by linking to us. This week, I found one website that could while away hours one-handed. They've linked to our Cracking...
Blog: Jay Is Blown Away By New Fireblade
You should have the new issue by now. If you don't, go and get it immediately because it's a cracker, even if we say so ourselves.
The 1,000cc group test is a mighty example of hardcore FB testing at its best, and it was also the first chance I had to ride...
Used Product: Mercedes Sport X Van
Feeling a little left out of all the fun Al had at the Wheeldon Farm Off-Road Centre last issue, Andy S made his way down to Devon this month. This time in a pimped-out full-factory Mercedes pullin’ wagon
Our version was a short wheelbase Sport X with...





