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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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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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The racing weekend round-up: British Superbikes

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11th April 2016

Although Silverstone isn’t renowned for always throwing up the best racing in the world, this weekend was an absolute corker to kick off the 2016 MCE Insurance British Superbike season. But do we expect anything less from the biggest domestic series in the World? Excitement factor: 8/10 – BSB is back with a bang… Race…
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The racing weekend round-up: MotoGP

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11th April 2016

This weekend we had MotoGP from Austin, Texas, for the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas. So what (and who) went down? Who were the winners and losers? We give you a definitive round up of it all right here… Okay, it may not have been the greatest race in the world, but it…
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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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British Superbike test round up – Advantage who?

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2nd April 2016

This Winter has seem some of the most strenuous testing plans I’ve ever seen. A whole host of teams throwing copious amounts of rubber at the tarmac in return for that miniscule advantage; and it’s showing. At Donington (just testing remember) the top boys went quicker than the qualifying pace last year, which means this…
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MotoGP Preview – Who will reign supreme in Argentina?

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30th March 2016

It may be 1-0 to Jorge Lorenzo but, as we saw last year, the Termas De Rio Honda circuit can throw up some big surprises. How quickly will the factory boys be able set up the new electronics? How well will the Michelin’s hold up at a track they haven’t tested on? Will the non-aliens…
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May 2016 Issue Out Now!

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30th March 2016

Rejoice, Fast Bikes fans, because the May 2016 issue of the mag is now done and dusted, and you’ll be able to read about everything we’ve poured into the latest issue to ensure that you’ll have 132 pages of awesomeness to enjoy. So what’s in it? For a start, we’ve got the three most important…
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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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Fast Bikes April 2016 – Out Now

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1st March 2016

The latest issue of Fast Bikes is out now – and weighing down a newsagent’s shelf ready for you to pick up its 132 pages of awesomeness! The start of any year tends to get us all thinking about our weight – and we’re no different at Fast Bikes. It’s just that we start thinking…
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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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