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RSV4 X marks ten years of the V-four superbike WE WERE at Mugello last weekend for the launch of Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory – and you can read what Boothy reckoned to it in the next issue of the magazine. But as well as knocking our collective cocks off with
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Giant shindig kicks off prep for 2019 TT in Douglas, Isle of Man THE EASTER eggs have been in the shops for weeks, WSBK and MotoGP have kicked off, and it’s just about warm enough to get out with vented leathers on (in the south-east at least…) So the TT
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207bhp mega-tech sports weapon available on KILLER finance deals… Bruce W (and me!) are just back from riding the new 2019 BMW S1000RR at a damp Estoril circuit. And it’s fair to say the bike impressed – but you can read more about that in the NEW ISSUE of the
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Wild 1.1 litre superbike will set you back more than £21k. Tuono 1100 with Ohlins EC semi-active suspension is £17k The good guys at Aprilia UK have been hard at it with the abacuses and the VisiCalc spreadsheet and come up with a price list for its sweet-looking 2019 range.
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Tasty 1200 retro roadster has 96bhp motor with all the 60s style OKAY, THIS is a little outside our normal brief. But the new Triumph Speed Twin that’s just been released has a certain je ne sais quoi about it (it was launched in Paris…), so we’re having a bit
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AMAZINGLY, next year marks thirty years since much-missed TT hero Steve ‘Hizzy’ Hislop cracked the first 120mph lap round the TT. And to mark the great man’s contribution, the 2019 Classic TT will be dedicated to his memory, with commemorations dubbed ‘Back to the Future: the Hizzy years’ running throughout
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THE MINCE pies and stollen bites are in the shops, the fireworks have stopped, and Halloween seems like a dim distant memory. So it’s time for MotoGP and WSB winter testing! Now, as we all know, the black no-sponsor-graphics bikes are nothing short of filth, flaunting their exotic carbon-ness like
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OKAY, they’re not *all* massively sexy. But ‘well-priced twins with seemingly-appropriate performance levels’ doesn’t do so well on ‘the Google’. Or so we’re told. Anyway, slightly over-egged headlines aside, here, we have a pair of new Norton road bikes, the Atlas Nomad and the Atlas Ranger, plus a £20k mega-specced
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WE ALL sort of know when the TT is – end of May, start of June, kinda, sorta. But it’s useful to know the exact dates so we can move silly things like weddings, births, dream holidays to make room for DAS TT RACES!! Thankfully, your old buddies here
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THIS HAS just appeared at the old Yamaha 2019 Milan show launch event. It’s the most special R1 ever – and it’s limited to just TWENTY bikes – one for each year of R1 production. Dubbed the GYTR edition, it’s pretty much a straight replica of the Suzuka-winning machine from
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OKAY, we’ve seen a few things over the years. But this is something else. We’ve just downloaded the specs and pics of the new 2019 Panigale V4R, and we’ve had to go and have a little lie down for ten minutes. Because the spec of this thing is just shocking.
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WHILE we were quite rightly amazed by the Ducati Panigale V4S launched earlier this year, we did quibble a bit at the capacity increase. In a litre bike test, the V4 had a load more power, partly because it has a 1,103cc motor. How long before someone else joined them?
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WE’RE LIKE excited kids at xmas here in FB towers at the moment, crossing off the days till Santy Claus is coming. But this Santy isn’t bringing selection boxes and Playstation 4s – he’s bringing all the new hot metal for 2019! And there’s going to be a load of
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THERE’S more rejoicing in heaven for one sinner that repents than for 99 of the righteous, according to yer bible. And there’s more rejoicing in Fast Bikes Towers for one new sportsbike, no matter how small, than 99 retro shitters or silly customs. So we’re all over this – Yamaha’s
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