Alan Dowds

Taylor Mackenzie Signs For Moto Rapido Ducati BSB!

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Alan Dowds

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24th January 2018

Poor old Taylor Mac, anyone reading his columns in our magazine last year will already be privvy to just how much of a shite 2017 the lad had, but things have just gotten much better… After he rinsed all before him in the Superstock class, many thought his return to the Superbike class would be…
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Test Of Time – OUT NOW!

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Alan Dowds

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22nd January 2018

In our current issue, (336, Feb’ 18), we take two Bimota race bikes separated by three decades of development and sling them around Cadwell Park to see just how times have changed… Long, long gone are the days where Bimota would show the Japanese (or anyone else for that matter), how to make a bike…
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The Hunt For Folger’s Replacement…

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Alan Dowds

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19th January 2018

When Jonas Folger announced he was pulling out of the 2018 MotoGP series, you could almost hear the pitter patter of mobile phones being fumbled and dropped across the globe, as dozens of rider agents desperately tried to get hold of Tech Trois team boss, Herve Poncheral, before anyone else… Indeed, it came as a…
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2018 MV Agusta F3 800 V Ducati 959 Panigale – OUT NOW!

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Alan Dowds

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18th January 2018

In the current issue of our quite obviously fabulous magazine (336, Feb ’18), we pit two contenders from the slowly emerging new Supersport category against one another – MV’s lush F3 800 versus Ducati’s gorgeous 959 Panigale! With MV living under Ducati’s ever expanding shadow in recent years, could the newly updated Euro4 F3 800…
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Read & Watch – 2018 Ducati Monster 821 – Launch Review!

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Alan Dowds

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10th January 2018

When is a brand new bike, not a brand new bike? When it’s yellow of course, er, obviously… You’ve got to hand it to Ducati – holding a launch for a bike which has, in essence, barely changed over the previous model is a bold move. The bike in question is the above titled Monster…
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Olfi One.Five 4K Camera – Biker Bundles!

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Alan Dowds

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18th December 2017

After the success of Olfi’s Black Friday deals through Fast Bikes, they have gone and created a couple of biker bundles just for you! There are two on offer, so here they are! To read our review of the camera head right here Olfi 4K One.Five Review The first ‘Biker’s Bundle’ weighs in at £169.95,…
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Watch – 2017 Yamaha R6 – Episode 1 – Charlie’s Blog

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Alan Dowds

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8th December 2017

Yes indeed, joining BJ’s Suzuki GSX-R1000R is Charlie with a new series of regular video blogs on Yamaha’s new YZF R6! Lucky guy, huh? Charlie will be riding, rating and modifying the bike over the coming months, so if anyone out there has anything they’d like him to try out on it, do get in…
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Quick Product Focus – Bull-It Kid’s Jeans!

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Alan Dowds

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8th December 2017

If one really must take the fruit of their loins on the back of a motorcycle, you won’t need to be told that they need protecting, too, will you? Well, we say that, but we’ve seen plenty of kids on the back of sportsbikes in tracksuits or unsuitable kit before… Bull-It do a range of…
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Suzuki Announce Three-Year Warranty Period Extension

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Alan Dowds

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7th December 2017

Suzuki has let it be known to all, that there’s an extension to the 3-year warranty period it is currently offering across all its new models – that’s nice of them isn’t it? Any bike purchased in 2018 will have an extra year added on to the standard Suzuki 2-year warranty period which, we think,…
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Silver Dream Racer – Blu-ray Review!

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Alan Dowds

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6th December 2017

To be quite honest, it took us by surprise to learn that Silver Dream Racer was getting the Blu-ray treatment with a brand new transfer. Why? Because, well, it wasn’t particularly well received when it came out in the first place, way back during 1980… I remember watching this when I was a kid, towards…
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Quick Product Focus – Muc-Off Polishing Ball Kit

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Alan Dowds

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6th December 2017

Muc-Off’s new £34.99 ‘polishing ball kit’ is slated to make cleaning that bit easier and to quote the official press release – for tough jobs, you need a tough tool… It’s been designed to help you clean hard to reach areas, quickly, on both smooth and textured surfaces and is apparently perfect for polishing duties,…
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Battlefield Tour Part Deux – Out Now!

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Alan Dowds

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6th December 2017

In the current issue of our fabulous magazine, one can find part II of our Battlefield Tour series, where we take a bunch of varied and cool bikes across to France, to check out WWII sites and have a good thrash! In 2016 we rode down to St Nazaire to the site of the ‘Greatest…
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QUICK PRODUCT FOCUS – HJC IS MAX II ‘DOVA’

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Alan Dowds

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5th December 2017

HJC Helmets, via their spiffing Oxford Products partner here in the UK, has released the latest version of their IS MAX II helmet, the ‘Dova’, a flip-front lid starting at an RRP of £179.99! It’s a flip-front made from an advanced polycarbonate-composite shell, with an adjustable polycarbonate chin-bar and has, yes, a drop-down internal dark…
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Used 2005-07 KTM 950 SM – OUT NOW!

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Alan Dowds

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4th December 2017

In the current edition of our most excellent magazine, one will find a used test on KTM’s daft 950 SM – did anybody say really big (and therefore really very clever), stonking wheelies?! Yep, this orange beastie was, and remains, a proper weapon. In the right hands it can keep modern sports tackle honest on…
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Moto Time Attack Returns to Cadwell Park – July 2018!

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Alan Dowds

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4th December 2017

Put the dates in your calendars people, and avid track day’ers, Moto Time Attack returns to Cadwell Park on the 13th – 15th July 2018! After a successful launch at Cadwell earlier this year, where we turned up and had a crack along with a lot of you guys, Guy Martin and other racing luminaries,…
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