ISSUE 298 MARCH 2015

IT’S THE NEWS
Upfront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The latest news from around the globe

GEARED UP
Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
We round up bike jeans – and more...

GET IT FIRST
Subscribe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Get your FB hit 13 times a year

THE KNOWLEDGE
Used Buyer’s Guide. . . . . . . . . . . 78
The Ducati 749 isn’t the most obvious
second hand choice, but don’t let that
put you off...

MASTERCLASS
Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Time to give your eyes a work out!

Technical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
On the hunt for serious power...

Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Christmas is a time for giving... grief

YOUR LIFE ON BIKES
Chatter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Another month of crazy goings on in your
madcap world...

Travel and Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Because the world is a small place...

OUR LIFE ON BIKES
Staff Bikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
The last of the fleet lingers on, but
don’t think of these as dregs – these
bikes rock all through winter!
Kawasaki ZX-6R
Yamaha MT-09
Ducati 899 Panigale
Ducati Panigale
Suzuki Hayabusa
Yamaha YZF-R6

FEATURE
Indoor Supermoto . . . . . . . . . . 38
Curing the winter blues

TEN WITH
Kenny Foray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Endurance world champ tells all

ADDICTION
Yamaha R3.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Crossing an RD with modernity

RACE SECTION
Pit Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
As WSB kicks off, we check the runners
and riders in this most open of classes.

Race Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Why Paul Bird pulled out of MotoGP...

COLUMNISTS
Two Siblings Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Bruce tells us how not to do it...

Clive Padgett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
The TT countdown begins now...

Chaz Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Time off for Chaz before it all starts...

Steve Parrish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The calm before the storm...