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Try out new-look Fast Bikes for free!

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Carl Stevens

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29th April 2016

We know how frustrating it can be trying to read a magazine on your smartphone – all that ‘pinch and zoom’ malarkey isn’t much fun – so we’ve been working with the lovely boys and girls at PocketMags to bring you something new, shiny and much easier to read. And, finally, it’s here! This month,…
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Podcast: Exclusive interview with Mason Law

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Carl Stevens

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26th April 2016

In association with Kawasaki. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Mason Law is the hottest, newest property in the British Supersport Championship for 2016. We caught up with the Gearlink Kawasaki star to go through everything in his racing head at the start of the season.
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SANTA POD RACEWAY GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY IN 2016

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Carl Stevens

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25th April 2016

In 2016, Santa Pod Raceway celebrates its 50th birthday. On Easter Monday 1966, Europe’s first permanent dragstrip opened its gates for business, a fact which still surprises some who imagine drag racing to be a recent fad. Drag racing arrived in Britain in the early 1960s. American all-star teams toured in 1964 and 1965, racing on airfield…
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The life of a racer… Blog 4!

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15th April 2016

WE MADE IT TO SILVERSTONE! If you read my last blog, you’d of seen I made a bit of a mess. We ended up taking the bike back in a bunch of pieces wondering if it was all just a big nightmare. Yet, somehow, after a week of hard work and doubt we made it…
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The Greatest Roads in Britain Part 1 – With Dunlop

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15th April 2016

We’ve gotten together with fine purveyors of rolling rubber, Dunlop, to showcase some of the best roads our fair isle has to offer. And we kick things off with the epic A82 in bonnie Scotland! We’re starting our round up of the greatest roads in the UK right at the top. Well, not quite the…
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The life of a racer…Blog 3!

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Alan Dowds

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13th April 2016

Two days of testing before round one – What could possibly go wrong? If you read my last blog, you’d of seen that we had the two official British Superbike tests at Silverstone and Donington Park, before heading back to Silverstone for round one a week later. After some sweet track time in Spain I…
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Circuit of Wales future in doubt after £357M worth of cuts…

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6th April 2016

After an abundance of doubt and hearsay, it has today been announced that the Welsh Government has pulled the plug on £357M worth of funding for the GP style circuit, after concerns of its financial return. Although insurance company Aviva were expected to back the project, the prospect of an awesome looking track in Wales…
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The Life Of A Racer… Blog 2!

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25th March 2016

Testing testing 1,2,3! Before the UK weather starts to cheer up a little, it’s always a great idea to head out somewhere sunny for a few days getting acclimatised at going round in circles at silly speeds; while making sure everything mechanically is fine and dandy. And who doesn’t love a little holiday? If you’ve…
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A ‘not-so-little’ 2016 MCE Insurance British Superbike Team Test Preview

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24th March 2016

Although the first wheels won’t spin on a race weekend till the 8th April at Silverstone, the season-long battle really starts next week where the vast majority of riders line up for two days of official testing on Tuesday 29th and Thursday 31st, at Silverstone and Donington respectively. This will be the first time many…
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The life of a racer… Blog 1!

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22nd March 2016

Before we start, my name is Carl and I’m a 20 year old youth from south of the river. I love loud music, scoring a bit of work with Fast Bikes, doing stupid things and I have ridiculous hair; which is alright if it’s stuffed in a helmet! This season I’ll be racing #17 in…
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I, Superbiker – Clash Of Nations review

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21st March 2016

The annual big screen take on the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship emerges once again: worth a watch or glorified season review? Sitting comfortably in a quaint little cinema, bottle of Peroni in hand and feet up on a little footstool waiting for the film to begin, things can either go one way or the…
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Exclusive podcast – The Pete Hickman interview

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Carl Stevens

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29th February 2016

We sat down with Mr Peter Hickman to have a chat about his stellar season last year, and his ambitions for 2016 on board the JG Speedfit Kawasaki ZX-10R. What was intended to be a ten minute chat turned out to be a half hour pot of gold. It’s well worth listening to the lot!…
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Jonny’s Suzuki GSX-S1000F Longtermer – Video Catch Up

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14th February 2016

Our intrepid snapper, Jonny Gawler, has enjoyed his life as a novice born-again biker thus far, and also the Suzuki GSX-S1000F in his care, too. We managed to talk our regular snapper Jonny into getting back into bikes properly, after nearly twenty years of photographing them, rather than riding them. First up we stuck him…
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1,500 Miles to Portimao – Sportsbike Touring Video

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7th February 2016

Touring on the best sportsbikes on the planet? Easy… Last summer a few of us rode down to Portimao for our big 2015 ‘Sportsbike Of The Year’ event. BJ led the group, which consisted of himself on a BMW S 1000 RR, and three touring virgins. Gary from Bridgestone on Yamaha’s R1M, reader Dan on…
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2016 MV Agusta Brutale 800 – Five Things

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2nd February 2016

MV Agusta’s new Brutale 800 is one impressive motorcycle… With the recent launch of MV Agusta’s new Brutale 800 done and dusted, here are five things that strike us about the enigmatic naked triple. 1 – A well sorted chassis makes a huge difference: Not that the last Brutale, in 800 or 675cc…
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