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Watch – 2018 KTM 1290 Super Adventure R – Dyno Run!

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Alan Dowds

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6th April 2018

We stick KTM’s latest 1290 Super Adventure R on the JHS Racing dyno to see what makes her tick! Enjoy! FB
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Great UK Riding Routes – Out Now!

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Alan Dowds

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6th April 2018

In the latest issue of our awesome magazine (339, May ’18), you’ll find a stack of some of the best routes in the UK for you to visit, thrash and enjoy! You’re welcome! Indeed, we’ve scoured various points of the UK including Scotland and Ireland, to give you some ideas of where you may like…
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May 2018 – Issue 339

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Carl Stevens

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3rd April 2018

The latest issue of Fast Bikes is out now. Get yours at any discerning newsagent or subscribe to get yours delivered to you each month. Ducati Panigale V4 Our first UK road test on the all-new V4 Panigale. KTM 390 Duke Is it the middleweight murderer we’ve been waiting for? Yamaha MT-07 Yamaha let us…
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Watch – 2018 Kawasaki ZX-10R SE – Onboard – Almeria

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Alan Dowds

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29th March 2018

A few gentle post lunch (burp, s’cuse me…) laps around Almeria from the recent launch of Kawasaki’s new ZX-10R SE, featuring the semi-active Showa suspension! For five fresh observations about the new bike click right here ZX-10R SE – Five Things! You can find the full launch report in issue 340, out on May 1st!…
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CHiPS – Review

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Alan Dowds

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29th March 2018

We’re not film critics here, er, obviously, but our beloved motorcycles do appear in a lot of films and TV shows. How they’re presented on screen though, well, that matters to us more than we’d like to admit… So we’ll start checking out how bikes fare when on the screen. As bikers, and especially savvy…
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Watch – New Goodridge ABS Lines!

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Alan Dowds

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28th March 2018

Goodridge have put together a smart little video to show off their brand new range of brake lines for ABS specific bikes – they even come in fourteen different colour options! We’ll be trying some on our bikes in the near future, but for the moment, here’s a man from the telly to tell you…
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2018 Kawasaki ZX-10R SE – Five Things!

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Alan Dowds

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26th March 2018

Kawasaki’s latest ZX-10R, the SE version, was recently launched in Spain and we had both Mike and BJ there! You can read Mike’s full launch report in issue 340 out soon, but for the moment, here’s BJ with a few points on the lecky suspended machine… It’s A ‘Hybrid’ Bike – No, not that kind…
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Watch – Proper Cleaner by Guy Martin – Used!

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Alan Dowds

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12th March 2018

We had to clean a new Ducati Panigale V4 S anyway, and had some of the new ‘Proper Cleaner by Guy Martin’ to hand, so gave it a go to see how it fared! Watch how we got on below – if you think you’d like to give it a crack and would like to…
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Kawasaki’s ‘Green Friday’ Event Announced!

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Alan Dowds

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9th March 2018

Held on the 23rd of March 2018, Kawasaki’s ‘Green Friday’ event will be taking place in dealerships, where you can see their entire 2018 range in the flesh, or metal, rather… Bu there’s also a chance to win a prize, should you pre-register to attend. There are three national prizes to be won, with each…
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April 2018 – Issue 338

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Carl Stevens

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8th March 2018

The latest issue of Fast Bikes is out now. Get yours at any discerning newsagent or subscribe to get yours delivered to you each month. Triumph Speed Triple RS New naked weapon – ridden and rated. Yamaha YZF-R1M Flagship superbike’s tech tested. Kawasaki H2 SX Our first taste of the supercharged tourer. Used ZX-9R Reader’s…
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2018 KTM Duke 790 – Five Things!

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Alan Dowds

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6th March 2018

Young Carl pulled the lucky number out of the hat and went off to sunnier pastures to test the new KTM 790 Duke ‘Scalpel’! Having just got back, he’s checking in with five brief observations of the nutty new machine, prior to the full review to be featured in issue 339, out on April 3rd!…
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2018 Prescott Bike Festival Now Two Days!

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Alan Dowds

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28th February 2018

For the first ever time, the annual Prescott Bike Festival (the biggest fundraiser for Blood Bike Charities) will be run over two days instead of one – but there will still be action up the Prescott Hill Climb on the Sunday! Held every year in Gloucestershire, this year’s dates for the family-friendly event (with a…
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Hire & Ride A Ducati Panigale V4S With Ducati Track Days!

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Alan Dowds

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27th February 2018

Ducati UK have announced their UK track days for 2018, to be held at Silverstone and Donington Park, on the 31st May and July the 5th respectively – where even if you’re not a Ducati owner, you can still hire a new Panigale V4 S, 959 Panigale or Supersport S to thrash! The track days…
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2017 Suzuki GSX-R1000R – Episode 3 – BJ’s Blog

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Alan Dowds

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26th February 2018

BJ’s checks in with Episode 3 on his longterm 2017 Suzuki GSX-R1000R – this time around there’s some new ASV levers and other Yoshimura odds and sods, and also a sound check on the SP Engineering Diabolus can (baffle out) at Castle Combe circuit – did it pass?! An FYI, there’s a portion where the…
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WSB 2018 – Round 1 – Phillip Island Musings…

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Alan Dowds

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26th February 2018

Finally we’ve had some mainstream racing to watch in 2018, with WSB’s first round at Phillip Island kicking things off nicely under the new rule-set, although not quite to the standard we’ve been used to in recent years… With the new technical rules now in play, everyone was curious as to how things would pan…
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