ISSUE 307 NOVEMBER 2015

IT’S THE NEWS
Upfront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The new crop of 2016 starts to show up!

GEARED UP
Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
We round up some spanking new wheels,
plus lots more new kit to drool over...

GET IT FIRST
Subscribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Winners get it on their doorstep early!

THE KNOWLEDGE
Used Buyer’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . 84
Fancy a Ducati Desmosedici? Best read
about the rather expensive servicing...

MASTERCLASSES
Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Guru Keith Code on setting up for turns.
Technical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Getting the best from your drive chain...
Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Our brief on the finer points of the law...

YOUR LIFE ON BIKES
Chatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Why would you drill a hole in your hand?
Travel and Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . 100
The best rides and tracks in the world!

OUR LIFE IN BIKES
Staff Bikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Another busy month of bolting bits on,
taking to the track and riding some of the
best machines ever invented!
Yamaha YZF-R1
Suzuki GSX-S1000F
Kawasaki ZX-10R
MV Agusta F3 800
Triumph 675
Ducati Scrambler

RACE SECTION
Pit Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
All bow down to our new world
champion, Jonathan Rea!
Race Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Hopper is back in Blighty, under paid,
under pressure – and changing nappies!

COLUMNISTS
Clive Padgett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
A successful season comes to a close...
Gary Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Gaz has a spiffing time at Goodwood!
Chaz Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Another few wins will do very nicely!
Steve Parrish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Another entertaining month for Stavros..

FEATURE
DR MOTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
MotoGP machine made in MK?

FEATURE
TAVULLIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
We make a pilgramage to Rossi’s home

FEATURE
McGUINNESS OFF ROAD . . . . . 76
OK, so he’s alright at the TT, but what’s
McPint like in the dirt. Oh, quite good...