IT’S THE NEWS
Upfront..............................................8
Silly speed and WIN WIN WIN for you guys!

GEARED UP
Products.......................................... 12
Our special is the best race gloves around!

GET IT FIRST
Subscribe ...................................... 114
Do you enjoy spending more than you need
to, or searching high and low for a copy of
Fast Bikes? Thought not. Save yourself the
grief and subscribe today!

THE KNOWLEDGE
Used Buyer’s Guide.........................72
Remember Ducati’s 749 baby boomer? Yeah,
the funny looking one. Read all about it...

MASTERCLASS
Riding ..............................................82
Looks aren’t everything, but vision is the key!

Technical .........................................84
It’s all about sucking and banging this issue.

Legal................................................87
On why you don’t ride an MX’er on the road!

YOUR LIFE ON BIKES

Chatter ............................................88
All the best blurb – from the best readers!

Travel and Tracks............................90
Thailand trip part II, plus to CB, or not CB?

OUR LIFE ON BIKES

Project bikes ...................................93
We like a challenge. Say hello to our TZR250
and Moto3 projects. Have faith.

Staff Bikes.......................................98
Just the two – Beej’s MT and Bruce’s pitbike!
Yamaha MT-10 •Slam MSR 160

RACE SECTION

Pit Pass.......................................... 106
WSB kicks off & JT reveals his picks!

Race Feature................................. 108
It’s all about how you interpret the rule book
as far as GP’s aerodynamics are concerned.

COLUMNISTS

Pretty Boy ..................................... 118
Carl’s been sunning himself in Spain, styling
his bonce and, oh, riding bikes too...

Chaz Davies .................................. 121
Two WSB rounds down already for V’Chazzle!

Steve Parrish................................. 122
Stavros stitches Matt Roberts up a treat!

LAUNCHES
Yamaha MT-10SP ...........................20
Yamaha’s not disappointed with its blingy
new MT-10SP. Here’s why...

BMW S1000R & friends ..................26
BMW send us to Spain for the new S Thou’
and some R NineT variants. It rained. Lots...

FEATURES

Half Price Heroes ............................30
£7.5k buys a lot of used superbike – 2010
Honda Fireblade, 2013 Kawasaki ZX-10R &
2012 BMW S 1000 RR duke it out!

Doing the Dakar .............................42
Fagan’s clocked up the air miles and
bragging rights, having blitzed KTM’s new
1290 Super Adventure R around the Dakar.

Suspension explained ................... 49
Ever wondered how suspension works? We
get the pros from K-Tech to talk us through it
and tell you how to get the best from yours.