ISSUE 306 OCTOBER 2015
IT’S THE NEWS

Upfront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
All that’s hot and nothing that’s not!

GEARED UP
Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Great swag for your hard earned, plus a
round-up of rucksacks...

GET IT FIRST
Subscribe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Winners get the magazine first!

THE KNOWLEDGE
Used Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Honda made much of MotoGp tech in the
2004 ‘Blade, but is it any good?
Brand of Brothers. . . . . . . . . . . . 88
The last in our series focuses on Yamaha

MASTERCLASS
Master Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Keith Code answers the all important
question about lean angle...
Master Bike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
So what exactly do you do if you
breakdown at the side of the road?
Master Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Crashing in a foreign country is a proper
pain in the arse – don’t do it!

YOUR LIFE ON BIKES
Chatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Flattery will get you everywhere! plus
lots more of your pics and stories!
Travel and Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . 100
lots to do and ride out there get to it!

OUR LIFE ON BIKES
Staff Bikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
new bits, lots of miles, trackdays and a
jolly good time had by (almost) all...
Yamaha YZF-R1
Kawasaki ZX-10R
Suzuki GSX-S1000
FMV Agusta F800
Triumph Daytona
Ducati Scrambler

RACE SECTION
Race news . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
August was no holiday for racing action
Andrea Iannone. . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
The big surprise of the 2015 MotoGp
season is the form of Crazy Joe. We spend
time with the self-named Maniac...
Clive Padgett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
only the ulster and Classic TT this month!
Gaz Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
A Spa day for Gaz, plus retro Manx action
Fast Bikes Racing . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Wrapping up the championship...
Chaz Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
let’s get physical, physical!
Stavros gets busy on a Fizzy!...............130
Core
Superbikes on Stilts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
What could possibly be a contender for bike
of the year, the BMW S 1000 XR, takes on its
lanky mates in the form of a Ducati
Multistrada 1200 S and a Kawasaki Versys.

BMW S 1000 XR
Ducati Multistrada 1200 S
Kawasaki Versys 1000
Test
Go Big?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Is bigger always better? When it comes to the
Suzuki GSX-R range, let’s not assume that the
big Gixer Thou’ rules the roost...
Test
A2 vs The Inters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Time to put our money where our mouth is and
see if A2 machinery can cut it in the white hot
heat of an intermediate group of a trackday!
Test
A2 vs H2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
The KTM RC390 takes on the Kawasaki H2 in
the most relevant irrelevant test of the year!

FEATURES
Riding Technique: Braking . . . . . . . . . . 54
The sure fire way to drop those lap times is to
tune up your braking skills. Top tips here.

FEATURES
Stoppie School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Fancy nailing the stoppie stunt in safety? You
need a rig, a teacher and a clenching fist...