Steve Parrish

Switching Off...

The last few months have been magical on every front

WORTH THE WAIT...

Suzuki has finally joined the new model superbike party, offering plenty for the likes of us to get excited about. You wait for years for a new GSX-R1000 to turn up, then two come along at once!

HONDA SHARPENS BLADE

Honda releases first details of revamped Fireblade ­ now available in three awesome flavours. It's so hot, Honda couldn't provide us with the images of the new SP1 version before deadline!

SUZUKI GSX-S750

On the back of the success of the GSX-S1000, Suzuki

KTMSLIMS DOWN RANGE

The Austrians are having two stabs at launching different families

V-STROMS

Suzuki's meat and veg adventure bikes (selling nearly 250,000 units

EBR NO LONGER DNR

Eastenders has nothing on the trials and tribulations of Erik

WIN ROSSI'S BIKE

Valentino Rossi has won nine world titles, including four successive

DEALS ON WHEELS

With every hipster in town taking up the option to

MOTOGP DATES 2017

Next year's provisional dates are in. Get booking the sofa time in now!

WHEELIE IMPRESSIVE

Dougie Lampkin managed to equal Dave Taylor's achievement from the

A BELL RACE STAR HELMET

We've been looking forward to the new range of Bell

HUSQVARNA 701

We're expecting all sorts of wackily designed nonsense from KTM

2017 BMWS

BMW opened its account for 2017 by showing off the

THE GRID OF NEWS

Who's qualified where in this month's news race?

SPEEDWAY HITS THE ROAD!

We've seen our fair share of wacky stuff in the

THE GREATEST ROADS IN BRITAIN

True, these are not roads blessed with a smorgasbord of

Geared Up

ALL THE LATEST, COOLEST & TRICKEST PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS

HOW TO TURN THIS... INTO THIS

Is your kid the next Valentino Rossi? Follow our easy to follow guide on how to make a racer

2016: OPERATION FAST

Rootsy goes back to school in his quest to go that bit quicker this year

APRILIA RSV4 R-FW `STOCK 2' APX RACE

When Richard Forrest wanted a new track and club race bike, he didn't want to muck around building one from scratch, so bought one of the very best in world instead

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?

Trying to manage two warring team-mates is an unenviable task ­ so how do you go about handling Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo? We ask Yamaha's MotoGP boss Lin Jarvis

CLASS ACT

Triumph has been in the retro game for a while, but the Thruxton R ramps up the sexiness to ten for the first time. But does the go match the show? Time to take it to the track

WE WERE HEROES

Ancient, out of date, long in the tooth, past it. Use any derogatory term you like about Yamaha's YZF-R6 and Suzuki's GSX-R600 ­ the truth is they both still have a lot to offer

DON'T CALL US LIGHTWEIGHTS

2016 sees several new additions to the budget naked middleweight brigade. So it's about time we gathered them together and gave them a jolly good spanking

A perfect BLEND

Still as nutty as a fruitcake, but nowwith added refinement.Mary Berrywould be so proud…

Market Place

Everyone wants a shot with a twin, right? And when it comes to bikes, this configuration offers action all areas

RACE SPEC

Carryingonour Race-Spec superstock traditions of late, we decidedtodelve underthe fairingsofone of themost popular bikes you’llfind on anytrackdayorrace weekend. But what’s the best way to getthe edgewheneveryone is so evenly matched?

HOW TO AVOID EXCEEDING YOUR THRESHOLD

Everything control on a bike has a limit, and it's probably higher than you think

STAND AND DELIVER

When you're working on your bike you need to have yourself a nice, steady platform. So what does JHS James recommend?

TESTING TIMES

An innocent test ride to check out a repair turns into a major headache. So what's the legal remedy?

Chatter

I thought I'd share with you my 2005 GSX-R750 with

Travel & Tracks

I’vejust riddenmyselfdizzy down in the SouthofFrance, having almostaccidentally come acrossthe

ROOTSY KAWASAKI ZX-10R

THIS MONTH I HAVE MOSTLY BEEN... Giving my feet a

KTM SUPER DUKE 1290 R SPECIAL EDITION

THIS MONTH I HAVE MOSTLY BEEN... Getting to grips with

BEEJ YAMAHA MT-10

It's been a busy month for the MT, having lots

CHARLIE DUCATI MONSTER 1200 R

With over 3,000 miles completed on the Ducati it was

JONNY: TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE R

Another month, another few hundred miles on a naked Abike!

SUZUKI GSX-S1000F

THIS MONTH I HAVE MOSTLY BEEN... "Taking the FFS to

Pit Pass

ULTIMATE ACCESS TO THE WORLD’S RACE PADDOCKS, RACERS & TEAMS

ONE UP, ONE DOWN...

Much like life in general, motorcycle sport can be cruel. When one guy is hitting the highs, there's another nose-diving toward the lows. We meet two MotoGP stars on opposing trajectories, Señors Maverick Vinales of Suzuki and Aprilia's Alvaro Bautista

Dangerous Brod Wilson

Bolt-ons galore means Brod's feeling pretty excited ahead of the last two rounds of a very challenging season on the ZX-6R

Gary Johnson

The Classic TT was a proper good craic ­ as

James Ellison

This year? It's been difficult. Like any season, it's been

Chaz Davies

Hello there, are we all good? I was after the