Sports Bikes
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SUZUKI launches GSX-8R Kiiro Limited Edition
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Suzuki has launched a GSX-8R Kiiro limited edition, with just 60 available from UK dealerships. With an OTR price of £9,599, the Kirro edition GSX-8R comes with bright yellow bodywork with black logos, grey wheels and grey aluminium subframe, and a smattering of extras from the Suzuki accessories catalogue. In addition to the yellow bodywork…
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NURBURGRING: Bike ban update
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Planning to finally take the bike to the Nürburgring for a public track day this year? Well, you’re out of luck. The famous road circuit in the Black Forest has been making noises about safety of bikes and cars for years now, and has finally acted, banning two-wheelers from the ‘Tourist-Fahren’ public access days. There…
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TYRES: Dunlop SportSmart Mk4
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It’s great to see firms launching new supersports rubber, so well done to Dunlop, which has just released the new Mark 4 version of its SportSmart sporty road tyres. It sits a few levels below the SportSmart TT and the road-legal race fitments like D212 GP Racer and D213 GP Pro, and is aimed at…
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DUCATI PORSCHE experience
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They’re both ultimately part of the same firm – the massive Volkswagen Audi Group. And they’ve both got a stonking range of saucy high-end machinery, with similarly well-heeled customers. So, it probably makes a lot of sense for Porsche and Ducati to ‘team up’ for an event. This one is based in the Franciacorta proving…
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BUYING A USED Suzuki TL1000R
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In 1998 Suzuki attempted to take on Ducati head-to-head with Japan’s first V-twin superbike. Jon Urry reports… In the late 1990s World Superbikes’ popularity was at its height. Hundreds of thousands of fans flooded into race circuits all over the world to watch the action on track while millions more sat at home glued to…
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TORQUING POINT: A modern stroker?
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Alan Dowds muses… It feels like a lifetime since we last saw a two-stroke road bike taking pride of place in a dealership, but the wait for a resurrection might be closer than we think… If you want to get a big reaction from bikers on a social media post, there’re a few easy wins.…
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DUCATI: New dealership opening
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Ducati brings its iconic range of motorcycles to Ducati North London following a significant £ 1 million investment and a new state-of-the-art dealership opening in Watford in partnership with luxury motor retailer LIND. LIND has become the latest partner to join the Italian manufacturer’s list of upper premium retail partners after extensive work to convert…
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TESTED: Honda CBR600RR
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Editor Bruce Wilson tells us what we need to know… Last year Honda reintroduced its CBR600RR to the world and kitted it out with a raft of new features and tech. On a track test it shone, but what does it have to offer for sports-inclined road riders? There was only one way to find…
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DAINESE: 46 things for VR46’s 46th…
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A special birthday for the Dottore, who turns 46 – his favourite number, as well as his racing number and good luck charm from the very beginning More than a sportsman, a legend – more than a champion, a hero. A career spanning 26 years, 9 World Championship victories, 7 World Championship triumphs in the…
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BUYING A USED MV Agusta F4 1000
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Jon Urry gets stuck in… The problem with a fanfare is that when the trumpeters have run out of puff, you are left with a bunch of red-faced people holding a long brass tube in their hands in silence and not a lot else. Which is exactly what MV Agusta found when the excitement that…
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