Alan Dowds

Watch – 2018 Kawasaki ZX-10R SE – Onboard – Almeria

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Alan Dowds

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29th March 2018

A few gentle post lunch (burp, s’cuse me…) laps around Almeria from the recent launch of Kawasaki’s new ZX-10R SE, featuring the semi-active Showa suspension! For five fresh observations about the new bike click right here ZX-10R SE – Five Things! You can find the full launch report in issue 340, out on May 1st!…
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CHiPS – Review

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Alan Dowds

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29th March 2018

We’re not film critics here, er, obviously, but our beloved motorcycles do appear in a lot of films and TV shows. How they’re presented on screen though, well, that matters to us more than we’d like to admit… So we’ll start checking out how bikes fare when on the screen. As bikers, and especially savvy…
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Watch – New Goodridge ABS Lines!

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Alan Dowds

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28th March 2018

Goodridge have put together a smart little video to show off their brand new range of brake lines for ABS specific bikes – they even come in fourteen different colour options! We’ll be trying some on our bikes in the near future, but for the moment, here’s a man from the telly to tell you…
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2018 Kawasaki ZX-10R SE – Five Things!

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Alan Dowds

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26th March 2018

Kawasaki’s latest ZX-10R, the SE version, was recently launched in Spain and we had both Mike and BJ there! You can read Mike’s full launch report in issue 340 out soon, but for the moment, here’s BJ with a few points on the lecky suspended machine… It’s A ‘Hybrid’ Bike – No, not that kind…
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Watch – Proper Cleaner by Guy Martin – Used!

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Alan Dowds

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12th March 2018

We had to clean a new Ducati Panigale V4 S anyway, and had some of the new ‘Proper Cleaner by Guy Martin’ to hand, so gave it a go to see how it fared! Watch how we got on below – if you think you’d like to give it a crack and would like to…
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Kawasaki’s ‘Green Friday’ Event Announced!

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Alan Dowds

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9th March 2018

Held on the 23rd of March 2018, Kawasaki’s ‘Green Friday’ event will be taking place in dealerships, where you can see their entire 2018 range in the flesh, or metal, rather… Bu there’s also a chance to win a prize, should you pre-register to attend. There are three national prizes to be won, with each…
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2018 KTM Duke 790 – Five Things!

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Alan Dowds

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6th March 2018

Young Carl pulled the lucky number out of the hat and went off to sunnier pastures to test the new KTM 790 Duke ‘Scalpel’! Having just got back, he’s checking in with five brief observations of the nutty new machine, prior to the full review to be featured in issue 339, out on April 3rd!…
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2018 Prescott Bike Festival Now Two Days!

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Alan Dowds

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28th February 2018

For the first ever time, the annual Prescott Bike Festival (the biggest fundraiser for Blood Bike Charities) will be run over two days instead of one – but there will still be action up the Prescott Hill Climb on the Sunday! Held every year in Gloucestershire, this year’s dates for the family-friendly event (with a…
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Hire & Ride A Ducati Panigale V4S With Ducati Track Days!

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Alan Dowds

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27th February 2018

Ducati UK have announced their UK track days for 2018, to be held at Silverstone and Donington Park, on the 31st May and July the 5th respectively – where even if you’re not a Ducati owner, you can still hire a new Panigale V4 S, 959 Panigale or Supersport S to thrash! The track days…
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2017 Suzuki GSX-R1000R – Episode 3 – BJ’s Blog

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Alan Dowds

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26th February 2018

BJ’s checks in with Episode 3 on his longterm 2017 Suzuki GSX-R1000R – this time around there’s some new ASV levers and other Yoshimura odds and sods, and also a sound check on the SP Engineering Diabolus can (baffle out) at Castle Combe circuit – did it pass?! An FYI, there’s a portion where the…
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WSB 2018 – Round 1 – Phillip Island Musings…

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Alan Dowds

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26th February 2018

Finally we’ve had some mainstream racing to watch in 2018, with WSB’s first round at Phillip Island kicking things off nicely under the new rule-set, although not quite to the standard we’ve been used to in recent years… With the new technical rules now in play, everyone was curious as to how things would pan…
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The Best Motorcycling DVDs & Blu-rays!

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Alan Dowds

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22nd February 2018

We have rounded up some of the very best video related motorcycling content, from Guy Martin stuff, to movies, to race seasons and all sorts! We’ve also stuck up links to buy where we can to save you some searching, but at the same time a lot of this stuff may be available in your…
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2018 Triumph Speed Triple RS – Five Things!

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Alan Dowds

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22nd February 2018

Bruce has just got back from the launch of the new 2018 Triumph Speed Triple RS, a full review of which will feature in issue 338, April ’18, out on March 6th – but for now, here’s five observations about the new Speed for you to enjoy… 1 – It’s a hooligan. Yep, Triumph’s rekindled…
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The Best Motorcycling Books!

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Alan Dowds

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21st February 2018

The more modern types may want their books on iPads or Amazon thingies, and some of this fine collection here may be well available on those. However, to a huge part of the motorcycling audience, sitting on the throne reading on a digital device still feels plain wrong, and an iPad is a poor substitute…
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Quick Product Focus – HJC RPHA 11

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Alan Dowds

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20th February 2018

Replete with new graphics for 2018, HJC’s £359.99 (RRP) RPHA 11 is one top spec lid that won’t break the bank, and is therefore more than worthy of your consideration… It’s true that the HJC RPHA 11 is ace, in fact one of our own crash-test-dummied one of their Lowin Carbon lids not long ago,…
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