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2017 Triumph Street Triple RS – First ride gallery!

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Carl Stevens

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16th February 2017

Somehow, Triumph have made their Street Triple even better for 2017, and we were lucky enough to take it for a spin at the world launch in Spain on track and on road… Now without giving too much away, the Street Triple RS is epic. So we thought we’d share a little onboard video with…
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Bridgestone Returns To World Championship Racing!

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Alan Dowds

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8th February 2017

After years of supplying MotoGP with rather grippy circular black things that go round and round, Bridgestone are not now kicking back, sinking some sake and resting on their laurels. Rather, they’re back in world series racing, specifically, the World Endurance Championship, to continue to drive their product forwards. Here’s the press release regarding their…
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March 2017 – Issue 324

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Carl Stevens

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7th February 2017

2017 Honda Fireblade They made us wait an agonisingly long time before they released a brand new Fireblade. So, just how good are the new RR and SP versions? 2017 KTM Super Duke R – Track As if the new Super Duke 1290 R wasn’t already good enough, Rootsy finds out what a fully track…
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Jerez World Superbike test 2016: Kel Edge Gallery & Notes!

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Carl Stevens

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27th January 2017

Finally, after a long (and very cold) winter, the racing season looms over us; even if we might not be able to see most of the bloody stuff (click here for the doomsday story). So what did we learn from the two day test at Jerez? Jonathan Rea is still THE force to be reckoned…
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Sky and NOW TV customers on the verge of losing Eurosport

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Carl Stevens

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27th January 2017

As if January wasn’t sh*t enough anyways, we’ve been thrown another massive curve ball due to an ongoing squabble between Sky and Discovery – a disaster for both British and World Superbikes. This means that if you have Sky or Now TV, you could be losing twelve channels: Discovery HD, Discovery History, Discovery Home &…
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Ducati Sales Up For 2016!

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Alan Dowds

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25th January 2017

Ducati Motor Holding enjoyed yet another great year sales-wise in 2016, which saw 55,451 motorcycles delivered to their customers. This meant a 1.2% increase over their 2015 output, which means they’re still going in the right direction we guess! Obviously, this made Ducati CEO (and big cheese) Claudio Domenicali rather happy… “Ending the year of…
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Marc Marquez – Red Bull MotoGP Snow Riding!

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Alan Dowds

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19th January 2017

Yes indeed, in one of those ‘what can we do for PR during the winter’ campaigns, Red Bull talked Marc Marquez into riding his spike-shod RCV in the snow! Here’s the first quick clip… Then there’s the slightly extended version, featuring more riding clips – gotta give it to Marquez, the boy barely holds back…
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Guy Martin’s 2017 TT Return – With Honda!

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Alan Dowds

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18th January 2017

Guy Martin will be riding for Honda at the North West 200 and the TT, alongside John McGuiness in the official team for 2017! It’s a bit of a turnaround for Guy after his huge crash at Dundrod in 2015, and it seemed like his TV work was going to take precedence. Yet this latest…
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New 2017 Triumph Street Triple 765!

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Alan Dowds

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10th January 2017

Oh yes, Triumph have finally shown us what we’ve known has been coming for some time now – The new 2017 Triumph Street Triple range! And there’s not just one, but three versions of the larger 765cc naked hustlers available too, begging the question – which one would sir or madam prefer? Released this very…
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February 2017 – Issue 323

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Carl Stevens

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9th January 2017

KTM 1290 Super Duke R The Austrians hit back, turning the naked beast into something befitting the name. Rootsy heads to Qatar to find out more… Yamaha MT-09 We like nothing better than a day on any of Yamaha’s MT range. The new MT-09 offers more of the same – we’re up for that! Kawasaki…
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2016 Yamaha MT-10 Longtermer – Video Catchup!

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Alan Dowds

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5th January 2017

We’ve just a few months left with our longterm Yamaha MT-10, and it’s been utterly brilliant, so here’s a quick round-up of what we’ve done to her thus far… Episode 1 – Time for some noise! BJ takes the bike to SP Engineering to get the first of two SP exhausts (y-piece & can) fitted.…
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British Superbike Championship 2017: The grid so far…

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Carl Stevens

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19th December 2016

It’s all change in the British Superbike paddock for 2017! With the championship giving us some of the most exciting racing on two wheels, we give you the lowdown on who’s where so far for next year… BeWiser PBM Ducati: No change in the reigning champions camp, with Shane Byrne and Glen Irwin lining…
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Why Suzuki are back at the top of their game…

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Carl Stevens

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14th December 2016

As the covers come off the Bennetts Suzuki team, it’s pretty clear that Suzuki really do believe in their new flagship sports bike. Signing the likes of Taylor Mackenzie and Sylvain Guintoli in Superbike, and Richard Cooper in Superstock 1000, one must have to wonder if the Japanese giant has something up their sleeve with…
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Bell Race Star Helmet – Review!

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Carl Stevens

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13th December 2016

The new Bell Race Star helmet is one of those products that we are sent at Fast Bikes and clamber over each other to review. We have been waiting for its arrival in the UK for around 12 months and now that it has landed, could not wait to see what new innovations the iconic…
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Kawasaki Z650 – First ride teaser + specs!

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Carl Stevens

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12th December 2016

For us, this bike as a lot to live up to; replacing the ER-6N is always going to be a tough job as it was such an easy, all round package and the ‘Z’ heritage is filled with 40 years of incredible machines – meaning a combination of the two for this bike could be…
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