Sports Bikes
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ALPINESTARS launches Tech-Air 5 PLASMA
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We’re big fans of Alpinestars’ top-tier range of airbags, and their latest product is set to take active protection up a notch. The Tech-Air® 5 PLASMA is a featherweight, race-inspired system for riders who want serious protection without feeling like they’re wearing armour. At just 1.53kg, it’s over 25 per cent lighter than the Tech-Air®…
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DUCATI PANIGALE V4 Triumphs in the Italian Production Bike Championship
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Ducati’s Panigale V4 has stormed to victory on its debut season in the newly created Italian Production Bike Championship (CIV SBK Production Class) — a category for near-stock production machines that share the grid with the Italian Superbike series. The win came courtesy of Davide Stirpe, three-time Italian Supersport champion and Ducati’s official test rider,…
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JEREMY MCWILLIAMS told me to f*** off!
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Northern Ireland motorcycle racing legend Jeremy McWilliams thought he was the victim of a wind up when he was approached to appear in a film alongside a Hollywood superstar. The 61-year-old former MotoGP rider, a three-time North West 200 Supertwins race winner, starred in the 2013 movie Under the Skin alongside Scarlett Johansson. But the…
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Ducati Opens New Dealership in Staffordshire
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Ducati has expanded its UK dealer network with the opening of Ducati Stoke in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. The new showroom is the first official Ducati dealership for Bob Sheldon, a long-established figure in motorcycle sales, and offers the full Ducati and Scrambler range, plus genuine accessories, apparel, Ducati Approved pre-owned bikes, and certified Ducati servicing. The…
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DUCATI to unveil game-changer
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This new episode of the Ducati World Première 2026 will unveil a game-changing motorcycle. The latest evolution in a legendary saga that represents the purest soul of Ducati. A synthesis of race-bred technology translated in a street-legal motorcycle. All the details of the new Ducati model will be unveiled TODAY, Tuesday, September 23rd at 4.00 pm CEST on Ducati.com and on Ducati’s…
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SUZUKI: Sports Bike Surprise Incoming
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Every now and then a bike pops up that genuinely catches us out – and Suzuki’s latest news has done just that. We’re talking about a brand-new GSX-R1000R for 2026. Yep, you read that right – a fresh litre-class GSX-R, something many of us thought we’d never see again. It’s a real curveball because the…
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Q&A: Faulty Carbon Wheel Crash: Who’s Liable?
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Track Day trauma involving a faulty wheel given the once-over by our legal eagle Andrew Prendergast of White Dalton Motorcycle Solicitors Q. I have a very trick GSXR1000 that I bought new. However, I have never ridden on the road and purchased it with the sole purpose of turning it into a track bike. I…
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END OF AN ERA: Jonathan Rea to Retire from World Superbike After 2025 Season
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Six-time FIM Superbike World Champion Jonathan Rea has announced that he will retire from full-time competition when his agreement with Yamaha Motor Europe comes to an end at the close of the 2025 season. Rea’s history speaks for itself; since making his debut in the Superbike class as a wildcard in 2008, the Northern Irishman…
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BUYING A USED Daytona 675R
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In 2013, Triumph launched an all-new Daytona 675R, a bike that helped form the basis of the current Moto2 project. If you’re looking to buy a used one, Jon Urry has some advice… Despite kicking the Japanese manufacturers’ collective inline four backsides since 2006 with their triple, in 2013 when Triumph launched the all-new Daytona…
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TRACK RIDER CLINIC: Buy cheap, buy twice!
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Dean Ellison reminds us that the quality remains long after the price is forgotten” Quality comes at a price, so don’t be so quick to buy something just because it’s cheap Gone are the days when everything you bought ‘Made in China’ just broke first time out. China is the world’s factory and produce an…
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