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Ginge’s CBR600F Failure

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6th December 2010

I made the trip to JHS to get the CBR serviced and MOT’d with a sense of optimism, although there are a few faults with the bike I hadn’t counted on any of them being bad enough to cause any alarm, so I was slightly shocked when James at JHS gave me a list of…
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FB’s Competition Bike Spec’

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3rd December 2010

We’ve been asked quite a few times this week by showgoers and Facebookers what the current spec’ is on our Suzuki GSX-R1000 ‘Ten’ competition bike – so here’s the list so far, which totals over £6,100 of mods…
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FB’s GSX-R1000 Comp’ Bike At Motorcycle Live

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2nd December 2010

Not been to the NEC for Motorcycle Live yet? Well you’ve got three days left to go, and having been there today, I can certainly recommend a visit. The glut of new metal on show is very impressive – as is our GSX-R1000 competition bike, which is sitting resplendant on Suzuki’s stand.
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New Uvex GT500 Helmet – Clever Stuff

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2nd December 2010

Those clever Germans have been at it again. This time in the visor department. Uvex has released the new GT500 Variotronic lid.
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Charlie Does California – Level 2

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1st December 2010

We are great advocates of the California Superbike School here at Fast Bikes for one simple reason, it’s good, very good. It has taken me a while to write about my experience of Level 2 back in September but for good reason, if you are looking to score points with the best Christmas present ever…
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NEC In ‘Awesome’ Shock!!

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30th November 2010

Hi there Fast Bikers, this is just a quick note to tell you about Motorcycle LIVE currently up at the NEC. Putting on my utterly-honest hat for a moment, this is a fixture I’ve been increasingly less fond of over recent years. Indeed, last year wasn’t up to much at all and mostly because the…
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AGV AX-8 lid

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29th November 2010

If you’re in the market for a fancy new off-road lid, then surely these new AGV AX-8 helmets have got to be top of your pops.
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Kawasaki Launch ‘Kawasaki Riders Club UK’

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23rd November 2010

The Kawasaki Riders Club will be re-launched next week at the Carole Nash Motorcycle Live event at the NEC, with some great benefits for club members, including the chance to ride the new Ninja ZX-10R in Spain.
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Winter Race Bonus

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22nd November 2010

Missing the thrills and spills of racing already? Well, thanks to the joys of YouTube, here’s a little extra early Xmas pressie for you by way of the 2010 Macau Grand Prix. As it’s Macau, it’s immediately exciting just because of the inherent dangers of a track that seems to get thinner year on year.…
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2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R – Update

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18th November 2010

The 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R launch has come to an end – for day one at least. The lights are burning long into the night, but after a day on track in the searing heat this may be a big ten four, over and out message…
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2011 KTM RC8 R Launch – Valencia

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18th November 2010

Hi folks, I’ve just got back from Valencia where we had the opportunity to ride KTM’s new RC8 R, the only RC8 in their range from 2011. Despite it pissing down in the morning, the track did manage to dry for the last two hours so we did manage to give the new Austrian a…
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California Superbike School At Silverstone in 2011

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18th November 2010

California Superbike School has announced that their excellent schools will run exclusively at Silverstone throughout 2011, following the massive investment made at ‘the home of British motor sport.’ Dedicated to ‘the art of cornering’, CSS will run over a total of 18 dates from April to September.
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2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R

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18th November 2010

The era of the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R is upon us. We’re at the Losail circuit in Qatar and as I type, seven green machines are firing round the red hot track. Yup, it’s hot out here – you’ve not seen this many journalists sweat this much since they last put in their expense claims…
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Morning Glory

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17th November 2010

Seeing as the racing’s finished an we have nowt but re-runs of this season to watch, how about some old-school morning glory, with a natty compilation of some great action from the 1990’s boys, the ‘Golden Era’ to pump us up for the day?
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Fast Bikes Issue 243, January 2011

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17th November 2010

Launch season is in full swing, and by god there’s some sexual machinery roaring out of the factories for 2011. We’ve got a bevy of beauties for you in this issue, too – headlined by the electronics-fest that is Aprilia’s new RSV4 Factory APRC SE. Try spitting that lot out every time someone asks you…
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