Fast Bikes
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What’s inside the May issue of Fast Bikes?
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Dangerous Bruce heads to Vegas to test Kawasaki’s newest supercharged superweapon in the May issue of Fast Bikes magazine. You don’t want to miss out!
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BMW launches range of saucy M performance parts for the S1000RR
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Carbonio rims, forged alloy loveliness, baubles and jewellery galore for BM’s mighty superbike WE’RE all stuck at home now, so a bit of fantasy online retail therapy won’t go amiss will it? And news reached us the other day of a new range of performance goodies from BMW. The firm is transferring the ‘M’ motorsports…
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MV Agusta celebrates its 75th birthday
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Exotic Italian marque first appeared in 1945 They’ll need a massive cake in Varese this week – because the good folks at the MV Agusta factory will be blowing out 75 candles as they celebrate three-quarters of a century making sweet motorbikes. Launched by Count Giovanni Agusta as a subsidiary of his aviation firm (which…
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Alpinestars releases new standalone airbag
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Tech-Air 5 vest can be worn under any leather or textile jacket, giving airbag protection without needing bespoke airbag kit To the CES Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (not literally, sadly), where Italian kit-capos Alpinestars have released a new airbag vest, the Tech-Air 5. The novelty here is that this protective gear is a…
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2020 Honda Fireblade – a chat with the engineer behind the bike
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While we were at the EICMA show the other week, we grabbed a chat with Yuzuru Ishikawa, the Large Project Leader for the 2020 Fireblade. Here’s what he was saying… THE 2020 Honda Fireblade was, by some margin, the bike of the show at Milan this season. Part of that is down to many of…
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USED & ABUSED: Yoshimura Quick Throttle Kit REVIEWED!
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Want to go faster, quicker? Well look no further than a quick action throttle kit… I’ve got big hands, but grabbing a full rotation of a GSX-R 1000’s throttle seems a stretch beyond me. I had two choices; a wrist extension operation, or to treat my bike to a quick action throttle. I decided to…
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March 2020
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We’re riding the Refined Rocket, Ducati’s 2020 V4S! Plus it’s the battle between the best of British as we pit the Triumph 955I against the latest Speed Triple 1050 in the March issue of Fast Bikes magazine.
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Yoshimura releases new pipes for Honda’s new Monkey 125
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WE’RE big fans of the new Honda Monkey 125. Okay – it’s just a 125, but there’s something about that phat munkee style that just makes you grin. Plus, we were always taught that a small bike is just the job for perfecting your 12 o’clock wheelies in comfort and safety. So Honda Monkey 125…
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This Weekend: Race, Rock ‘n’ Ride at Santa Pod
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Santa Pod Raceway is revving up for the return of Race, Rock ‘n’ Ride, which takes place at the famous venue on Saturday and Sunday, May 20-21. We’ll be there, and we think you should be too! Here are 10 reasons why… Run What Ya Brung, supported by Fast Bikes magazine This specialist competition of…
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Race, Rock ‘n’ Ride: Loud machines and even louder music
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Fancy a high-speed, tyre-screeching weekend of action on at the famous Santa Pod quarter-mile strip? How about following that with a few beers and some awesome music in Fuelers? Yeah…? Then turn your calendar to May 20-21 and get Race, Rock ‘n’ Ride 2017 marked down! The weekend-long festival of motorcycling is back for its…
