Mike Cowton

JUNE ISSUE – OUT NOW!

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Mike Cowton

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29th April 2019

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factory fun

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Mike Cowton

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29th April 2019

Aprilia’s new winged wonder weapon has been given a bunch of extra ponies and is set to impress, so we headed over to the launch to check it out. What a truly awesome bike the RSV4 is. In guise or another, it’s won seven of the last eight FB SBOTY tests and, in the process,…
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READER’S RIDE – cbr600rr: street ‘n’ circuit slayer

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Mike Cowton

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23rd April 2019

Chris West thinks the world of his Honda CBR600RR, so much so that he would choose it over a new one any day. He tells us why. I have had this bike for a few years now and I really do like it. Although I rode bikes quite a bit when I was younger, when…
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Electric avenue

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Mike Cowton

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23rd April 2019

TT laps of 120mph, their own world championship and more electric bikes hitting Britain’s shores than ever before. So what is the deal with electric race bikes, and is it about time we took them seriously? Ten years ago, the thought of having fast electric race bikes would’ve been enough to secure a one-way ticket…
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DUCATI’S ELECTRIC MOUNTAIN BIKE HITS DEALERS

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Mike Cowton

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2nd April 2019

Wait, what? Yeah, Ducati have just released their own electric pedal-assisted mountain bike, dubbed the MIG-RR. Co-developed by Ducati and Thok Ebikes, the E-bike has a load of big bucks components, including a Shimano Steps E8000 motor with 504Wh battery, FOX Factory Kashima suspension, 4-caliper Shimanmo Saint brakes, Mavic wheels, carbon fibre Renthal handlebars, and…
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KTM 690 SMC R: IT’s wheelie fun

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Mike Cowton

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2nd April 2019

When KTM told us that the new SMC R is even more of a lunatic than the last one, Boothy had to find out for himself just how good it was Getting old is inevitable. It’s a shame, I know, but there is nothing we can do about it. If, however, anyone tells you to…
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The Supersport Saga

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Mike Cowton

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1st April 2019

How the supersport class went from boom to bust. And how it could be on the verge of a revival… It is generally accepted that the supersport class was born in 1985 when Kawasaki released the GPZ600R. Before the GPZ, middleweight four-strokes were fairly crap commuters such as the GPz550, and if you wanted a…
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