ISSUE 317 AUGUST 2016

LEFTFIELD
Suzuki V-Strom 650 XT ................... 16
Suzuki’s under-rated mud plugger rated!

LAUNCH
Yamaha Tracer 700 ......................... 23
Fancy a little adventure? Here it is!

LAUNCH
Suter MMX 500 ............................... 28
Two strokes are back – and better than ever!
The Suter 500 MMX makes its debut on track

TEST
Yamaha RD500 vs Yamaha TZR250 36
Having ridden the latest 500 ring-a-dinger,
we managed to get a go on two classics...

CORE TEST
Naughty By Nature .........................4 4
Yamaha’s MT-10 vs Triumph Speed Triple R vs
Suzuki GSX-S1000 vs Kawasaki Z1000.

IT’S THE NEWS
Upfront .............................................. 8
Ducati unveils new metal at Misano’s WDW

GEARED UP
Products .......................................... 18
Video camera round up, plus loads of new kit

GET IT FIRST
Subscribe ...................................... 124
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THE KNOWLEDGE
Used Buyer’s Guide......................... 81
The Suzuki B-King was supposed to blitz
everything before it. So did it?

MASTERCLASS
Riding .............................................. 92
More top tips from the Cali Superbike School

Technical .........................................94
Gearing up? What for? More speed, of course

Legal ................................................ 97
Why you should never let randoms do repairs

YOUR LIFE ON BIKES
Chatter ............................................ 98
Lots of crazy chat and mad crashes

Travel and Tracks .......................... 100
Where to go fast – and when to go fast!

OUR LIFE ON BIKES
Staff bikes ..................................... 102
Something rather special enters the garage!

 Kawasaki ZX-10R MV F3 800
 KTM Super Duke R Ducati Monster R
 Yamaha MT-10 Suzuki GSX-S1000

RACE SECTION
Pit Pass.......................................... 110
It’s Miller time in MotoGP – beers all round!

Bruce Anstey................................. 114
Bruce talks tackling the TT on an RC213V-S

COLUMNISTS
Al Fagan ........................................ 120
Al survives to tell his TT tale

Dangerous Brod ............................ 122
Brod tries to come back from injury...

Gaz Johnson .................................. 126
Not the greatest of TT weeks for our Gaz

Chaz Davies .................................. 129
Too much lying down for Chaz this month...

Steve Parrish................................. 130
More Parrish talk for the FB parishioners...