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Fast Bikes
Know Your Chains
When it comes to unleashing a motor’s power, a chain provides that essential link to the rear wheel. Tech guru Neil was on hand to tell us more…
4 min |
September 2017
Fast Bikes
Greece Lightning
Here at Fast Bikes, we’re always on lookout for cool things to do on two wheels. So how does three days of spanking 600s around the only licensed track in Greece alongside star instructors sound for some time away? Pretty damn good in our books…
7 min |
September 2017
Fast Bikes
Race Ready Rampage
Homologation specials sporting extraletters at the end of their names seem allthe rage for2017, but who arethese newbikes cateringto? Racers or road riders?
4 min |
December 2016
Fast Bikes
Ten Minutes with Mark Higgins
Mark Higgins is a Manxman who has broken lap records at the TT. Unlike most, however, Mark gets to compete on four wheels – but that doesn’t make his feats any less impressive. 128.730mph in his specially built 600bhp Prodrive Subaru was a staggering achievement – and he reckons there’s still more to come from it…
5 min |
December 2016
Fast Bikes
Improve Your Motorcycle Riding Skills
Riding a bike is a beautiful affair; how do you make the most of it?
3 min |
November 2017
Fast Bikes
Seeing Is Believing
It’s been a hell of a long time coming but Dangerous’ bike is finally off the ramp…
4 min |
November 2017
Fast Bikes
Grey Matters
Stung by criticism of its new creation being a mere facelift, Ducati was at pains to point out the many pertinent parts that have been changed to create the new Monster 1200 S
6 min |
January 2017
Fast Bikes
Beautiful Brute
Yamaha's MT-10 rocked up and defined the hyper naked class in 2016. Less than a year on from its release, the new higher spec SP version is set to ruffle even more feathers.
7 min |
May 2017
Fast Bikes
Race Spec
One of the best and most popular track bikes ever just got even bigger, badder and better...
4 min |
May 2017
Fast Bikes
Chaz Davies
Hello there, have you FB’ers had a good month? Up, down, then up again here for me, but at least it’s not been boring! If I remember right I checked in with you after Qatar, where we sealed second place in the championship. Almost immediately afterwards we were zoomed off back to Italy though, because the EICMA show was on and Ducati had a bunch of special kit to show off.
3 min |
February 2018
Fast Bikes
Steve Parrish
Hello everyone, well, I finally did it and got married! It was a bit of a secret but I had said I’d never get married ever again, after the last one.
3 min |
February 2018
Fast Bikes
Neave Twins
Unless you’ve been an avid follower of BSB over the last two years then there is a very good chance that you won’t know who my brother or I am. That’s because we have only been road racing for three years. So allow me to introduce myself, I’m Tim and my identical twin brother is Tom.
3 min |
February 2018
Fast Bikes
BROD KTM 250 EXC-F
THIS MONTH I HAVE MOSTLY BEEN… “Washing sand from every orifice.”
4 min |
February 2018
Fast Bikes
​APRILIA RSV4 RF
THIS MONTH I HAVE MOSTLY BEEN… “Finding extra power.”
3 min |
February 2018
Fast Bikes
YAMAHA YZF-R6
THIS MONTH I HAVE MOSTLY BEEN… “Giggling like an excited child!”
2 min |
February 2018
Fast Bikes
KTM 390 DUKE
THIS MONTH I HAVE MOSTLY BEEN… “Crying myself to sleep.”
2 min |
February 2018
Fast Bikes
Supersports Saviour
On the cusp of 600cc sportsbike extinction, Yamaha's fifth generation R6 is set to keep the sector alive for a good few years to come.
10 min |
June 2017
Fast Bikes
Are You Having Abarth?
Rossi gets a sticker on his fairing, we get a pimped-up XSR900
2 min |
June 2017
Fast Bikes
Michelin Power RS
Game changer; class leader; market beater; the buzzwords were out in force during the presentation of Michelin’s all-new Power RS, which the French brand claimed to be a ‘watershed moment’ in the evolution of sporty, road rubber.
6 min |
June 2017
Fast Bikes
Dunlop Sportsmart 2 Max
A hypersport tyre for everyday use... is it possible?
5 min |
June 2017
Fast Bikes
R6 Trickery Of The Trade
Yamaha’s R6 is notoriously difficult to squeeze performance out of by using conventional means such as Power Commanders. But via the ECU, however…
2 min |
June 2017
Fast Bikes
Carl Stevens
So, after conceding we had no bike to race (and moaning as much as possible in true teenager fashion), we were given a last minute lifeline to appear at the first round of the MCE British Superbike Championship at Donington Park, riding the Total Plant Solutions Ducati Panigale 899 in the Ducati Tri-Options Cup. Keith ‘Bugsy’ Jaggard was the splendid chap who gave us the chance to get some more saddle time, after he upgraded (along with most of the field) to the new 959 Panigale. It meant I was really going to have to pull my finger out to get some good results.
2 min |
June 2017
Fast Bikes
Michelin Road 5
If long-lasting sporty tyres are what you’re after, Michelin’s new Road 5s might be just the ticket.
4 min |
May 2018
Fast Bikes
Ireland Wicklow National Park
Glendalough – Sally Gap – Lough Tay – Enniskerry
3 min |
May 2018
Fast Bikes
Honda CBR1000RR SP
THIS MONTH I HAVE MOSTLY BEEN… “Getting my hands dirty.”
3 min |
December 2017
Fast Bikes
Ninja Power
Why Kawasaki’s ultra-rapid, but often overlooked, ZX-12R is gaining popularity.
4 min |
March 2017
Fast Bikes
Storm Warning
In 2003 an Italian Tornado blew in and caused quite a commotion.
4 min |
August 2017
Fast Bikes
Back in the Game
Suzuki’s built a real contender; a bike that’s got more than enough fight in it to cause a few black eyes among the litre sector’s elite. And for a tasty price too.
7 min |
April 2017
Fast Bikes
Kawasaki Ninja 650
Say hello to the ER-6's replacement: the entry -level happy shopper that thinks it's a sportbike...
6 min |
April 2017
Fast Bikes
Un-Identical Twins
Nothing stirs the emotions like a thumping big twin, as Bruce and Boothy discovered while double dating Aprilia's RSV-R Factory and KTM's RC8R.
10+ min |