ISSUE 311 MARCH 2016

FEATURE
Trading Places . . . . . . . 50
How hard is snapping? How
hard is riding? Quite, it seems!

FEATURE
One Make Rules . . . . . 66
Pirelli is well established in the
world’s paddocks...

FEATURE
Vision Express . . . . . . 72
Here’s the secret to fast rides.

IT’S THE NEWS
Upfront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
New trick tech at an electronics show?

GEARED UP
Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Fancy shocks – plus lots more new kit!

GET IT FIRST
Subscribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Winners get it first! Be a winner.

THE KNOWLEDGE
Used Buyer’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . 78
The Ducati Streetfighter S is one hell of a
tool, but is it worth the money?

MASTERCLASSES
Riding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Don’t be distracted by anything that isn’t
important. But what’s important?

Technical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
A good port is a classy power solution...

Legal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Another sticky situation resolved...

YOUR LIFE ON BIKES
Chatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Raving and ranting. It’s the usual fare...
Travel and Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tips, trips and tips about trips! Plus track
action and suspension insight.

OUR LIFE IN BIKES
Staff Bikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
The last of the termers gets cleaned and
ready to go back home. Boo, hiss!

Yamaha YZF-R1
Suzuki GSX-S1000F
MV Agusta F3 800
Kawasaki ZX-10R

RACE SECTION
Pit Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
It’s still quiet in the world’s paddocks, but
the rumblings of 2016 are beginning...
Race Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
We have a chat with Cal Crutchlow. He
gave it to us straight – like normal...

COLUMNISTS
Fast Bikes Racing . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Which class to compete in? Nearly there!
Gary Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Gaz goes swimming – while motocrossing
Chaz Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Another off roader this month...
Steve Parrish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
This Parrishoner’s views of the month...

B I K E S

LAUNCH
Kawasaki ZX-10R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
the big sportsbike launch of 2016 takes
place at sepang in malaysia. rootsy packs
his bags to see if the new ten is packing
heat – it certainly should do given the long
list of changes to the bike...

FEATURE
Sports Touring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
sportsbikes are only relevant on the track.
right? er, wrong. a kawasaki ZX-10r, bmW s
1000 rr and yamaha yZf-r1m head to
portugal to prove that they rock on the road.

FEATURE
Cannonball Bike Run II . . . . . . . . . . 44
rootsy heads off into italy on his way to
slovenia and croatia during the second half
of his epic cannonball quest...