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Fast Bikes

Our bikes are ridden harder, faster and further to give the most reliable tests you will find.


IT'S THE NEWS!
Upfront ...................10
All the Tastiest biking titbits.

GEARED UP!
Products ................. 12

All the latest, coolest and trickest products.


THE  KNOWLEDGE
Used Buyer's Guide......................... 72
Everything you need to know about buying
a 2013-2013 BMW HP4.

MASTERCLASS
Legal ................................................ 79
What to do when someone else's crash
caused your accident.

Track Attack.................................... 90
How to master the best of British circuits.
This month: Silverstone.

Track Craft ...................................... 94
Dean Ellison tells us why a bit of rain needn't
dampen your trackday enthusiasm.

Know Your....................................... 96
Exhaust pipes. What they give you and why
they give you it.

YOUR LIFE ON BIKES
Addiction......................................... 60
Stuart Rankin's smokin' hot two-stroke
suzuki RG soo.

Chatter............................................ 80
It's only right and proper that we give the
world's best readers two pages of their own!

YOU & YOUIS..................................... 82
All of your latest adventures!

OUR  LIFE ON BIKES
Staff Bikes....................................... 98
More models, more miles and more mods.
r>Suzuki GSX-R1[}(](]          r> Yamaha R1M
r> Kawasaki Ninja 4fXJ        r> Yamaha yzF-R1M
r>Suzuki GSX-81[}(](]           r> Yamaha yzF-R6
r> KTM 1290 GT                 r> Yamaha RB

RACE  SECTION
Pit Pass.......................................... 106
The lowdown on BSB,WSBK and MotoGP.
Destination Dundrod ................... 110
The 2018 Ulster Grand Prix is upon us...

Race Riot ....................................... 116
What we get up to when we're not putting
together the best mag in the world.

COLUMNISTS
Neave twins.................................. 119

It's been a mental month for the Neave
twins... We'll let them explain.

Christian lddon ............................. 121
It's suzuka 8-Hour time.

Steve Parrish................................. 122
Parrish's take on all things bike-racing.

TESTS
COVER STORY
Base Model Brilliance .........................18

Just how good are standard litre bikes?

COVER STORY
Hypersport Hoops ..............................44

With so much choice, which rubber is best for you?

COVER STORY
Superbike Spanking ...........................66

Dangerous is let loose on a fatory Suzuki
GSX-1000R Superbike ....

FEATURES
COVER STORY
Ultimate Local Blast .......................40

You NEED to go here.

Garmisch ...................................36
We invaded BMW's annual party!

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