ISSUE 300 MAY 2015

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

GEARED UP
Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
we round up the best trick kit for £300.

GET IT FIRST
Subscribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Get your fb hit 13 times a year.

THE KNOWLEDGE
Used Buyer’s Guide. . . . . . . . . . . 84
the later triumph Daytona 955i bikes
were beauties. fast, a bit fat, but fun...

MASTERCLASS
Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
more priceless tips from the css team.
Technical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
the quest for power. proper power...
Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
andrew Dalton gets you out of the legal
brown and smelly. again.

YOUR LIFE ON BIKES
Chatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
a month in the company of you lot.
Travel and Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . 102
there’s lots and lots of things to
see and do on the planet!

OUR LIFE ON BIKES
Staff Bikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
that’s it, winter is over, time to go
mental. but who took all the bikes away?

Kawasaki ZX-6R
Yamaha MT-09
Suzuki V-Strom
Ducati Monster 821
Yamaha YZF-R6

RACE SECTION
Pit Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
wsb kicks of 2015 in some style...
Race Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
It’s 300 bsb races this year for stalker.

COLUMNISTS
Clive Padgett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
It’s quiet on the roads, busy in the garage.
Two Siblings Racing . . . . . . . . . . 124
the bike’s in one piece, for a bit...
Chaz Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
chaz returns from oz with points!
Steve Parrish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
stavros ends up in the nick. about time!

R O A D T E S T S

LAUNCH
Kawasaki H2 and H2R . . . . . . . . . . 24
thanks to these two new bikes, we now live
in a very different world to the one before.
kawasaki’s pair of h2s make a dramatic
entrance at Qatar’s motoGp track...

LAUNCH
Yamaha XJR1300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
time to turn back the clock on Yamaha’s
freshest lump of retro metal.

LAUNCH
Ducati Multistrada 1200 S . . . . . . . 38
new DVt technology is all very clever, but
does it work on the new multi’ tool?

FIRST UK RIDE
MV Agusta Stradale . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
fresh off the boat and straight onto british
roads for this Italian beauty...

GROUP TEST
The 300s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
we’ve got a 300 theme going on this month,
so what better way to celebrate than by
going nuts on this little threesome.
Honda CBR300R
Kawasaki Ninja 300
KTM RC390