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Watch – ‘Alternative’ SportsBike Of The Year

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Alan Dowds

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21st July 2017

When we conducted our huge, awesome 2017 SportsBike Of The Year test at Portimao (which you can find in the current magazine – issue 329 Summer ’17), we didn’t just discover which is the very best production Sportsbike… We also tasked BJ and Gary (from Bridgestone) to choose which were their own personal favourites over…
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Watch – SportsBike Of The Year 2017 – Part Deux!

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Alan Dowds

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14th July 2017

If you watched Part 1 of our big SBOTY (SportsBike Of The Year) test on Bike World last week, you may be wondering why we glossed over the remaining bikes and concentrated on the top three? Wonder no longer, as here’s Part 2! In this we speak about the rest of the runners, including the…
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World Superbike Phillip Island test – Kel Edge gallery!

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Carl Stevens

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24th February 2017

Following on from the MotoGP boys, the World Superbike circus has just finished its pre-season test program before the opening round next weekend. Although they did get a touch of dodgy weather, the sun did come out and shined down on the reigning champ, who finished the test ahead of Marco Melandri by 0.258s. Surprised?…
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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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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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Richard Forrest’s Sepang MotoGP Photo Gallery!

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Carl Stevens

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3rd November 2016

As Sepang was pretty special this weekend, we decided to give you guys a little gallery to feast your eyes on. So how about some riding style comparison? So who’s got the best style? We’re thinking Marquez for pure craziness but Jack Miller is pretty classic. But as a little bit of a…
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British MotoGP: Alex Lowes gallery!

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5th September 2016

It’s fair to say that the British Grand Prix was pretty special. Okay it wasn’t quite a fairytale for the Brits in Moto2 and Moto3, but we were hugely impressed with the lads in MotoGP. Firstly, a massive hats off to Cal Crutchlow. What an incredible ride, and he is absolutely buzzing full of confidence…
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Fast Bikes – Latest Issue Out Now

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19th July 2016

Fast Bikes in in the shops (and the digital shops, too) so rush out now! So what’s in it? And there we were thinking two strokes had died their death decades ago. One man, Eskil Suter, thought not, and after conceiving a project in his head he’s seen it through into reality with the magnificent…
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Yamaha R-Series Test Ride Heaven – The Supersport Pro Tour 2016

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25th May 2016

There was a lot going on at the Silverstone Bike Track Day last Monday, none more impressive than Yamaha’s Supersport Pro Tour. Complete with Race Truck and a fleet of YZF R6’s and YZF R1’s you were invited to test the R-Series for free, yes no money, around Silverstone’s Grand Prix Circuit. Now I have been…
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Fast Bikes Latest Issue OUT NOW

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24th May 2016

This month we see the big kahuna, the Fast Bikes Sportbike of the Year test. For those unfamiliar with the best test in the world, we take the ten best sportsbikes on the planet and spend two days on one of the best tracks in the world in the attempt to declare one of these…
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WSBK Sepang 2016 Gallery – Kel Edge

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18th May 2016

We had some cracking racing from Sepang, with Sykes back on the top step in race one and Hayden crafting a beautiful maiden win in the class in a rather wet race 2. Rea managed to extend his championship lead, and although Lowes had a big off in race two, found some good pace on…
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10 MT-10 Facts

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11th May 2016

We’re back from the launch of the Yamaha MT-10, and boy have we got a report for you to read in the next issue. But before that we thought we’d furnish you with ten quick facts about then MT-10. 1. It uses the R1’s motor. Well, most of it. Yamaha claims it changed 40 per…
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The racing weekend round-up: MotoGP

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28th April 2016

This weekend we had a very interesting MotoGP at Jerez under that Spanish sun. So what (and who) went down? Who were the winners and losers? We give you a definitive round up of it all right here… Excitement factor: 5/10 – The Spanish Grand Prix is one that has thrown us a bundle of…
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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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