Fast Bikes UK Magazine - September 2024

In this issue

Wish they were here
So many great bikes have come and gone, but here are nine we think should still be in production today.

24 hours flat-out!
Ever wondered what it’s like to race in a 24-hour motorcycle race? Well, Joe’s account tells you everything you could wish to know..

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Two years on from Suzuki calling time on its iconic GSX-R1000, this one's just finished eighth in the Senior TT. Here's why...

10+ mins

Sensational Suzuki Live - Blending decades of motorcycles, racing legends, track time and a beer tent with a cracking band, Suzuki Live's formula proved a winner for the thousands there.

Blending decades of motorcycles, racing legends, track time and a beer tent with a cracking band, Suzuki Live’s formula proved a winner for the thousands there. As motorcycling events go, Suzuki Live's 2024 effort is surely set to take some topping. Held over two days at the iconic Cadwell Park circuit, the event played host to a list of two-wheeled legends and a mixed bag of iconic Suzuki machinery spanning five decades.

2 mins

9 BIKES WE WISH WERE STILL HERE...

No one’s worked out how to bring things back from the dead, but if we had our way, these are the bikes we’d oe see makingareturn.

10+ mins

'WHY WE GO RACING...5

Ever wondered why big brands spend big money and put in huge amounts of effort to go racing? Well, we did too, so we didn’t hesitate to ask the man who makes that call for Honda Racing UK...

10+ mins

PROJECT 37 A TEST OF TIME

Having got his head around the standard bike at Cadwell, Timmy heads to Powerslide Motorcycles with a wish list of improvements for the Suzuki GSX-8R...

6 mins

24 HOURS FLAT-OUT!

Ever fancied a crack at 24-hour endurance racing? You might think again after reading this...

10+ mins

YAMAHA WABASH RT

When you live a life of wheelies, burnouts and fast laps on race tracks, it's hard to spot a midlife crisis... but six months on in the saddle of Yamaha's Wabash e-bike, I daresay that's exactly where I'm at. I'll be honest, cycling isn't for everyone, and quite frankly, Lycra is even more polarising, but for me, life on two wheels, be it powered or pedalled, has formed my staple diet for as long as I can remember.

4 mins

LONGTERMER KAWASAKI ZX-6R

Last month, I was gearing up to consign my ZX-6R to the back of my garage while I disappeared for the best part of three weeks to work at the TT with Batham's Racing.

4 mins

BOTH A CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASE

There’s a time and place to lawyer up to the hills, and this is one them...

2 mins

Christian Iddon

It's a long time since I had that feeling... 1057 days, to be precise, and if you were to ask if 'that day' was the day it would happen again, then I would have bet all my worldly belongings against it.

4 mins

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