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Every issue of Fast Bikes is fuelled with high-octane definitive sportsbike tests, hardcore riding and invaluable 'regulars' too.

In depth insider news, behind the scenes race features, practical and usable advice in the Riding, Bike and Legal Masterclass sections, and exclusive columns from current MotoGP, World and British Superbike racers. It’s an unmissable package

Game changers…

SHARPER, FASTER, DAYTONA 660…

Geared Up • ALL THE LATEST, COOLEST & TRICKEST PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS

PERFECT PANIGALE 2026 DUCATI PANIGALE V4R • When Ducati releases a new Panigale V4R, it's understandable that expectations go through the roof. But to find out what it's really like, we handed the keys to a seasoned superbike racer and let him loose on track…

UNDER THE SKIN: DUCATI PANIGALE V4R • As far as motorcycle engineering feats go, Ducati's new V4R is up at the very pointy end of the scale. To get better acquainted with it, here's a look at some of the juiciest bits…

THE RACE TO REVOLUTION: LITRE SPORTS BIKES • Nowadays, litre sports bikes rule the roost with impunity, but big capacity wasn't always the best answer. Over the cause of nearly two decades, most major manufacturers tried relentlessly to define and develop the ultimate 1000cc machine, void of any real blueprint. Here's how the first generation of pukka litre sports bikes came about…

TRIDENT 660: MORE POKE, MORE FUN… • Triumph's onslaught of fresh and exciting new metal still keeps coming, with a duo of updated 660s on this month's agenda…

AND THEN THERE'S THE NEW TIGER SPORT 660…

YAMAHA YZF-R1 (2007-2008) • Our monthly jaunt down memory lane, reliving the joys of yesterday…

PINT-SIZED Panigale • Small in size but big in fun, the 899 Panigale is far from a downgrade

OTHER THINGS TO KNOW…

ALSO CONSIDER THESE:

WEEKEND PASS • With three mates, three Suzukis and 3,000 kilometres of some of Europe's finest roads on the cards, what started as a simple throwback to old-school road trips became a reminder of why we need to get out there and do this more often…

DAVE DIVULGES… SUZUKI GSX1000GX+

REIMS-GUEUX CIRCUIT - FRANCE

DAVE DIVULGES… SUZUKI GSX-S1000 GT+

NÜRBURGRING RACETRACK - GERMANY

DAVE DIVULGES… SUZUKI GSX-S1000 S

CIRCUIT DE SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS - BELGIUM

T33 tyres

WHEN HONDA RIPPED UP The rulebook… • The 2000 Honda CBR900RR Fireblade 929 wasn't an evolution of what had come before… it was a clean-sheet rethink. Lighter, more powerful and utterly different to anything else in the class, the 929 rode like a superbike that thought it was a 600. Twenty-six years on, it might just be the most misunderstood Fireblade of them all.

Legal CARBON FIBRE WHEELS • As upgrades go, carbon wheels are right up there. But what happens if they go wrong?

GAVIN GREWAL

You & Yours

Christian Iddon

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