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  • January 2025

    January 2025

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    The January issue of MoreBikes is out now and FREE to read online! Packed full of great motorcycle stories, photos, and terrific motorbikes. There’s our excellent On 2 Wheels section for the beginner bikes, great motorbikes, brilliant trips and fascinating tales of the people behind them. That’s because MoreBikes is the place to go for the…

  • TECH TALK: More revs, more power

    TECH TALK: More revs, more power

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    Alan Dowds has had his brain fried by 221bhp at 15,250rpm… He explains: Ducati’s Panigale V4R makes massive power, thanks to a sky-high rev limit. How does it do it? And why are revs so important for power? Let’s find out. I freely confess that I’m a bit jaded and cynical these days. It takes…

  • TORQUING POINT: Single-Sided Rear Swingarms

    TORQUING POINT: Single-Sided Rear Swingarms

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    An unravelling from Alan Dowds… Ever seen a red squirrel? Unless you live in the right part of Scotland, it’s unlikely; the ginger rodents have been outcompeted by their dull sciuridaen relatives from North America, the eastern grey squirrel. And we all prefer the tufty-eared red variant over the grey, don’t we? Why is that?…

  • February 2025

    February 2025

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    As always, our February edition of Fast Bikes magazine is packed with product guides, columns, and fantastic features. If you’d like to read Fast Bikes, then you can order yourself a print copy, save the trees and download the digital version, or better yet bag a saving and subscribe! Here’s what to expect this month… Pikes Peak: America’s…

  • Gear up to bid: Dore & Rees returns with two-wheeled treasures

    Gear up to bid: Dore & Rees returns with two-wheeled treasures

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    Following its debut last year, the Dore & Rees auction is set to make return by popular demand to The Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show in February. The auction will once again bring an extraordinary line-up of motorcycles to the Bath & West Showground, offering a rare opportunity for enthusiasts and collectors to acquire iconic machines.

  • APRILIA: 2025 updates

    APRILIA: 2025 updates

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    Alan Dowds reports… Aprilia had a heap of updates and new kit at the Milan show, with the neat little Tuono 457 catching the eye. As with the RS457 sportsbike, the mini-Tuono has kept things premium, with the only aluminium frame in its class, together with preload-adjustable suspension: 41mm USD front forks and a rear…

  • BUYING A BIKE: Smart ways to do so

    BUYING A BIKE: Smart ways to do so

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    If you’re on the hunt for a new bike and looking for the best way to fund it, you might want to have a read of this. Alan Dowds explores the smartest, cheapest, and best ways to finance a new bike… For most of us, a bike is one of the biggest things we buy.…

  • TECH: Torquing points: Cars vs. Bikes

    TECH: Torquing points: Cars vs. Bikes

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    Alan Dowds enlightens us… My Dad, Jim Dowds, started his working life as a car mechanic, though by the time I came along, he had moved on to work at the IBM computer factory in Greenock. Amazingly, back in the 1960s, computers had a lot of mechanical parts in them – solenoids, relays and the…

  • Over 130 mopeds, scooters and motorcycles at the Aste Bolaffi winter auction next month

    Over 130 mopeds, scooters and motorcycles at the Aste Bolaffi winter auction next month

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    The appointment with our winter auction of mopeds, scooters and motorbikes is scheduled for Thursday 5 December at Spazio Bolaffi in Turin, with over 130 lots offering a varied and particularly fascinating overview of the world of collectable two-wheelers. It starts with a very important selection of motorbikes from the early 1900s: a very rare…


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