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SLIPPERY SUBJECT
SLIPPERY SUBJECT If you crash because of a vehicle fault or poor service, where do you stand?
2 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
TEN KATE RACING: YAMAHA WORLD SUPERSPORT R9
Remember when the supersport class was a simple deal? Thousands of Japanese 599cc inline-fours and a couple of £100k Ducati 748s which would blow up but look amazing while doing so (j/k 748 fans!!).
1 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
RATED RUBBER: ROADTEC 02
We love a control tyre, but choosing the right one for a test of this nature is not always easy... a ride covering 1000 miles, suiting different-sized bikes, on a trip covering everything from motorways to goat trails - and perhaps the odd bit of precipitation, too.
3 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
PROJECT CORNER WILL KITCHENER'S TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE
Welcome to our project-themed paradise... a place where readers like you take a few snaps, tell a few tales, and get to show us what they've been grafting away at in their garages. This month, Will Kitchener's shares the journey of his Triumph Speed Triple build.
6 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
WHO NEEDS WINGS?
If you want a top-rate supersport bike, an older generation of the Honda CBR600RR is a hard act to beat.
6 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
MV AGUSTA SUPERVELOCE 1000 AGO
With the financial collapse of parent firm Pierer Mobility at the turn of the year, MV Agusta finds itself operating as an independent outfit once more, separate from KTM and the other firms in that group. It's issued an update from boss Luca Martin, detailing how it's setting up new logistics, parts supply, and a new dealer network, with the UK an important part of that. The firm also said it's working on new bikes and new engines, which it certainly needs to do.
2 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
ROUNDING off
So, three bikes, three opinions, one winner? Nah, that would have been way too easy. In reality, each of us concluded that our bike was the best, and only begrudgingly gave praise to the rival machines out of sight and under our breaths. After 1000 miles in the saddle, on such a diverse route, we'd probably just come to accept that our bikes were great in some areas and less good in others. But the worst thing of all would have been rendering a rival's pick better than our own... so we didn’t.
2 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
OLD SKOOL-COOL
Two decades on from its launch, we take a blast down memory lane with Suzuki's game-changing K5 Gixer.
10+ min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
WORLD SUPERBIKES SLAYER: TOPRAK'S Bullet
It’s not every day you get to knock around with the World Superbike champ, let alone head out for a spin on his title defending M 1000 RR, but that’s how Rennie passed the time at Cremona recently, getting under the skin of BMW’s Bullet before trying it out for size...
8 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
KAWASAKI NINJA 1100SX SE
Ever heard of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon? Well, neither had I.
5 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
BMW CONCEPT RR
PLANET FAST BIKES - NEW METAL, NEWS & REVIEWS
2 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
The Frame Game
A motorcycle without a frame is up there with a house without a roof... you kind of need 'em. Over the years we've seen hundreds of differing shapes, styles and stiffnesses, made from a multitude of different materials. Which one's best? Well, that's a very good question. Here's why...
4 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
A cut ABOVE
Honda totally rewrote the Fireblade's direction when it launched the RCV-inspired CBR1000RR in 2004. It was, and still is, a very capable and pleasurable litre bike.
3 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT...
BMW's not reinventing the wheel with its ever more popular mid-weight naked F 900 R... but it has changed them, plus a few other bits, for this latest iteration.
8 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
THE WILD CHILD
Having waxed lyrical about Suzuki's game-changing GSX-R1000 K5, it's only right to look at the rivals it was up against. As it happens, just the year before, the major players from Japan decided to unleash a fresh raft of firepower onto the market, with the ZX-10R stealing the limelight for being the new wild child of the scene.
3 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
YAMAHA XZR900 THUNDERBOLT
Another concept supersport machine, but at the opposite end of the scale from the BMW on a number of fronts.
2 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
A CHAT THE CHAMP...
Toprak Razgatlioglu has endeared himself to fans across the world for his happy, relaxed persona, one that’s often in contrast to some of his competitors.
4 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
THREE of a KIND
These three might represent the same genre, but they could not be more different if they tried. The question is, which size of sports-tourer ticks more boxes?
3 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
YAMAHA TRACER 7 AND 7 GT
With 2025 updates for the MT-07 and Ténéré appearing late last year, the only real surprise with this release is that it's taken so long. Actually, there's one more surprise about the 2025 Tracer 700 and GT, but we'll come to that in a minute (can you feel the suspense building?).
1 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
MID-SIZED: YAMAHA TRACER 9GT
I've had the chance to enjoy Yamaha’s 900cc CP3 motor a few times in the past and it’s undeniably a peach, but I'd not ridden it dressed as a Tracer 9.
5 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
BEST OF BOTH
In many ways, the 2004-2006 Yamaha YZF-R1 is a bit of a contradiction. Why? When it was unveiled in 2004, this generation of R1 was claimed to be the first motorcycle to boast a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio, with Yamaha boldly stating it weighed 172kg and produced 172bhp.
3 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
THE HEAVYWEIGHT: BMW K1600GT
Given that the ‘sports’ element of sports touring might err too much on the side of cramped rearsets and bars that put more stress on your wrists than the most extreme Only Fans sites, I opted for a bias towards the comfort side of things for our blast northwards, with a big bruiser Beemer as my steed for the trip.
4 min |
August 2025
Fast Bikes UK
Christian Iddon
Loads has been going on in my world this month, as the British Superbike Championship has fired into action and had its first round. Going hand in hand with the start of racing also comes all the race-related commitments like testing, dealer days, sponsor appearances and all the other shiz which means I’ve been racking up the mileage lately in the trusty old Transit.
4 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
ANDY LONGTERMER KAWASAKI NINJA 1100SX SE
I'm sure I am not alone with having such a random playlist of music I listen to.
5 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
LATEST AND GREATEST
The product cycle of the S1000RR tends to suggest that after about eight or nine years, or three generations of a particular format, a new one comes along.
2 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
A CONTRACT ON TRACK?
If you borrow a bike on track and someone wipes you out, are you still liable for the repair costs?
2 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE...
To clear up the differences between the Rally and the Standard, here's what you need to know, alongside the fact the Rally will set you back an extra £1000 over the base model... but it's money well spent, if you ask us.
3 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
2009 S1000RR
The one that changed the game forever. Obviously, the same can't be said about Bruce.
3 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
2019 S1000RR
The year 2019 saw the first total reinvention of the S1000RR since it came out, and typically for BMW, it didn’t hold back.
3 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
PLACE YOUR BETS...
If history has taught us anything, it's that BMW is all-in when it comes to building a superbike and isn't afraid of trying new stuff and doing mad spin-offs of its S1000RR.
2 min |