ISSUE 336 FEBRUARY 2018

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Subscribe .........................................8
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GEARED UP!
Products.......................................... 16
All the best gear you could ever want!

IT’S THE NEWS!
Upfront............................................ 10
The latest winter updates!

THE KNOWLEDGE
Used Buyer’s Guide.........................70
MV Agusta’s Brutale gets explored.

MASTERCLASS
Riding ..............................................76
The joys of cornering!
Legal................................................79
Secure it properly, or lose it.
Know Your Dampers.......................90
Steering dampers that is – they’re a must!

YOUR LIFE ON BIKES
Chatter ............................................80
It’s only fair we give the best readers in the
world a couple of pages of their own!
You &Yours.....................................82
All of your adventures!

OUR LIFE ON BIKES
Project Stocker ..............................84
From showroom to the race track.
Project Moto3 .................................88
It’s time to get a tank on our wee racer.
Staff Bikes.......................................92
Farewells and winter thrashing!
•Honda Fireblade SP •Kawasaki ZX-10R
•KTM 390 Duke •Yamaha R6
•KTM EXC 250 •Suzuki GSX-R1000R

RACE SECTION
Pit Pass.......................................... 100
All the best goss from the paddock!

COLUMNISTS
Neave twins...................................111
Say hello to double trouble!
Gary Johnson ................................ 112
Gaz is warming up for a corker of a season.
Chaz Davies .................................. 113
Chaz has been publicly showing himself.
Steve Parrish................................. 114
How does this man function?

TESTS
Stallions ........................................ 20
MV’s Euro 4 F3 800 scraps it out with
Ducati’s 959!
Honda VTR SP1 ............................. 30
Revisiting Honda’s special superbike.
Bimota BB3 vs YB4 test! ............... 48
Thirty years in the making.

FEATURES
Electronic suspension! ................. 36
Delving deep into smart springs.
My first enduro!............................ 42
We go racing to pass the winter blues.
Ten with… Johann Zarco.............. 46
MotoGP’s golden rookie has his say.
Get fit, ride faster! ........................ 62
Want to ride faster for longer? Read this!