ISSUE 299 APRIL 2015

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

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

GET IT FIRST
Subscribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Get your FB hit 13 times a year

THE KNOWLEDGE
Used Buyer’s Guide. . . . . . . . . . . 86
KTM’s 950 SM is a rollicking good
laugh – go get a used one!

MASTERCLASS
Riding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
More priceless tips from the CSS team
Technical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Let’s look at the bottom. End, that is...
Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Andrew Dalton gets you out of the legal
brown and smelly. Again.

YOUR LIFE ON BIKES
Chatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
You lot like your ZX-7Rs, don’t you!
Travel and Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . 104
There’s lots and lots of things to
see and do on the planet!

OUR LIFE ON BIKES
Staff Bikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Is February the hardest month of all? It is
if you’re in the Northern hemisphere...
Kawasaki ZX-6R
Yamaha MT-09
Suzuki V-Strom
Ducati Monster 821
Yamaha YZF-R6

RACE SECTION
Pit Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Action returns to the tracks this month...
Race Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
J Rea is OK with the new K

COLUMNISTS
Two Siblings Racing . . . . . . . . . . 125
Otherwise known as how not to do it...
Clive Padgett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
It’s quiet on the roads, busy in the garage
Chaz Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Chaz revs up Down Under
Steve Parrish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
The oracle speaks...

FEATURE
Metzeler Racetec RR . . . . . . . . 70
Fresh new track rubber tested

FEATURE
Fuel For Thought . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Should you treat your bike to trick fuel?

ADDICTION
Suzuki GSX-R1000. . . . . . . . . . . 64
An old friend returns...

R O A D T E S T S

LAUNCH
Yamaha YZF-R1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
in a year of epic sportsbikes, will Yamaha’s
latest r1 climb to the top of the class?

LAUNCH
Ducati 1299 Panigale S . . . . . . . . . 32
more power, but, crucially, the Panigale gets
more control. but is that enough?

LAUNCH
BMW F 800 R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
chris Pfieffer’s wheelie good steed gets
updated for 2015.

FIRST UK RIDE
MV Brutale 800 RR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
the sexiest bike on the UK’s streets. Fact.

FIRST UK RIDE
BMW S1000 RR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Will the bavarian behemoth behave in
blighty?

GROUP TEST
Middleweight Heavyweights . . . . 56
We consider how far the Suzuki gSX-r750
has come in 30 years – and wonder where it
stands in the current pecking order.
Suzuki GSX-R750
Triumph Daytona 675