Friday Round-Up
FB’s guide to what’s on at the weekend, where it’s on, and how to get involved
How great is all this sunshine? We hope you’ve been riding at every opportunity – we certainly have. Nonetheless, we’ve still found the time to put together another 148-page issue of Fast Bikes hedonism, tests, features, reviews, race news and pure sportsbike indulgence. We’ve also put together a fantastic armchair guide to the Isle of [...]
James Hillier is a British Superbike racer, campaigning a ZX-10R for Pr1mo Bournemouth Kawasaki. He’s a good old boy. The BSB paddock is full of rock stars avec le flip-flops and sunglasses, but Hillier is a straight-talking Southerner without the front. He’s making a big impact on the pure roads scene after nailing a 125mph [...]
This will take you back to the days of low power, wobbly chassis, and dodgy brakes. Of course Frank Melling’s Walmsley Matchless G.50, while only wringing a little less than 50bhp from the massive single piston thumper, actually handles beautifully – and brakes rather well too.
Missing the thrills and spills of racing already? Well, thanks to the joys of YouTube, here’s a little extra early Xmas pressie for you by way of the 2010 Macau Grand Prix. As it’s Macau, it’s immediately exciting just because of the inherent dangers of a track that seems to get thinner year on year. [...]