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2014 HP4 Race
To this day, this is the first bike I will buy to put in my dream garage if I win the Lottery.
3 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
Is it time for a modern-day stroker?
It feels like a lifetime since we last saw a two-stroke road bike taking pride of place in a dealership, but the wait for a resurrection might be closer than we think...
4 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
MONSTER MASH
Ducati's overlooked superbike-engined sporty roadster is a great used buy.
5 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
2020 M1000RR
Ahh, we do love a bonafide homologation special here at Fast Bikes, so we can’t produce a list of significant S1000RRs without having the M1000RR on it, which I suppose technically isn't an S1000RR because it’s... an M1000RR.
3 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
2012 HP4
Three years after its launch, people were still coming to terms with the new order established by the BMW S1000RR, which reset all previously held understanding of what a modern superbike was. Then the HP4 was introduced.
2 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
BMW'S S1000RR: THE STORY SO
It's hard to believe that the BMW S1000RR arrived on the scene 16 years ago and absolutely pulverised the world of sportsbikes. Since then, the model's never stopped evolving, pioneering some of the most innovative and unexpected tech, while proving a winner on track and in the showrooms alike. To pay homage, we relive its journey through some of the most stand-out versions...
2 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
PROJECT CORNER STEVE LANE'S HONDA VFR-RC45
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 we're taking a look at Steve Lane's Honda VFR-RC45 Project...
5 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
SPEED REDEFINED
Surprises come in all shapes and sizes, including clip-on clad, carbon-kitted supernakeds with 180bhp on tap. Say hello to the limited-edition Speed Triple 1200 RX...
10+ min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPS: BMW R1300 RANGE COMPLETE
If you're a fan of BMW's Boxer range but don't like the GS, then you've probably been quietly fuming the last 18 months or so.
5 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
SHARK AERON: HEADS-UP
If you're in the market for a feature-laden and road-inclined sports helmet of premium quality, SHARK's new Aeron could be just the ticket.
5 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
TRIAL BY TÉNÉRÉ
If you're into adventure bikes, Yamaha's Ténéré should need zero introduction. But the brilliance of 2025's new models most definitely need shouting about...
8 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
STREETS AHEAD
Ducat's new sub-litre naked might be a little more conforming than its predecessor, but it's definitely no less exceptional. In fact, it's mind-blowingly good...
10 min |
July 2025
Fast Bikes UK
LEON HASLAM: THE ELDER STATESMAN
Now aged in his 40s, Haslam is one of the most experienced riders on this year's BSB grid. We sit down for a natter about the year ahead and his desire to win...
5 min |
June 2025
Fast Bikes UK
SECOND CHANCE SUPERBIKE
Is Kawasaki's unpopular 'wheelbarrow' Ninja ZX-10R now worth considering?
4 min |
June 2025
Fast Bikes UK
RETRO BY NAME, SPORTS BIKE BY NATURE
Fancy a sports bike that's technically not a sportsbike? Well, these two reprobates could be right up your street...
2 min |
June 2025
Fast Bikes UK
WHAT ABOUT THE M1OO0R?
BMW has also given the M1000R a very tiny going over and had some available for me to ride alongside the more heavily updated S1000R.
5 min |
June 2025
Fast Bikes UK
MID-WEIGHT MAESTRO
For more than a decade, Yamaha's MT-07 has proven a staple choice for those in search of a naughty middleweight naked at real-world prices. To keep that case the same, the brand's cranked up the spec and tech of this much-loved protagonist.
7 min |
June 2025
Fast Bikes UK
YAMAHA XSR900 GP
I'm not gonna lie, the look of the XSR900GP is right up my street, which shouldn't really come as a surprise given that the era of GPs on which the XSR's paint scheme is based on was when I grew up watching.
7 min |
June 2025
Fast Bikes UK
TRIUMPH SPEED- TRIPLE 1200RR
As the yin to the Yamaha's yang, the Triumph Speed Triple RR plays the same game, but in a different way.
8 min |
June 2025
Fast Bikes UK
PAUL LEE'S PETRONAS FP1
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 we're getting to know Paul Lee's iconic Petronas FP1...
7 min |
June 2025
Fast Bikes UK
ROUNDING OFF
By the end of the day, both of us were well and truly satisfied with our day’s riding, having spent it buzzing around my local roads and messing about on a runway.
1 min |
June 2025
Fast Bikes UK
NAKED AMBITION: BMW S1000R
In a bid to keep at the pointy end of supernaked sales, BMW's kitted its S1000R with a raft of tasty updates.
10 min |
June 2025
Fast Bikes UK
FIGHT FORMULA
If you thought this bike was audacious before, the 2025-spec Streetfighter V4S has just blown the ceiling off of the sector... unapologetically.
10+ min |
June 2025
Fast Bikes UK
AND THEN THERE'S THE YAMT VERSION...
While the notion of bike having auto gearboxes might seem as alien as your mates paying for beer all night, Yamaha is one of a number of brands now pioneering such technology, finding it a home on a few of its MT models.
3 min |
June 2025
Fast Bikes UK
Sensational Suzuki Live - Blending decades of motorcycles, racing legends, track time and a beer tent with a cracking band, Suzuki Live's formula proved a winner for the thousands there.
Blending decades of motorcycles, racing legends, track time and a beer tent with a cracking band, Suzuki Live’s formula proved a winner for the thousands there. As motorcycling events go, Suzuki Live's 2024 effort is surely set to take some topping. Held over two days at the iconic Cadwell Park circuit, the event played host to a list of two-wheeled legends and a mixed bag of iconic Suzuki machinery spanning five decades.
2 min |
September 2024
Fast Bikes UK
Steve Parrish
It's been a busy old month but so good being back in the thick of it. Despite the great British weather, it finally feels like summer is here, and I've been all over the place with some really great events since we spoke last month.
3 min |
September 2024
Fast Bikes UK
Christian Iddon
It's a long time since I had that feeling... 1057 days, to be precise, and if you were to ask if 'that day' was the day it would happen again, then I would have bet all my worldly belongings against it.
4 min |
September 2024
Fast Bikes UK
BOTH A CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASE
There’s a time and place to lawyer up to the hills, and this is one them...
2 min |
September 2024
Fast Bikes UK
LONGTERMER KAWASAKI ZX-6R
Last month, I was gearing up to consign my ZX-6R to the back of my garage while I disappeared for the best part of three weeks to work at the TT with Batham's Racing.
4 min |
September 2024
Fast Bikes UK
YAMAHA WABASH RT
When you live a life of wheelies, burnouts and fast laps on race tracks, it's hard to spot a midlife crisis... but six months on in the saddle of Yamaha's Wabash e-bike, I daresay that's exactly where I'm at. I'll be honest, cycling isn't for everyone, and quite frankly, Lycra is even more polarising, but for me, life on two wheels, be it powered or pedalled, has formed my staple diet for as long as I can remember.
4 min |