Performance Bikes - January 2018

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MONTH IN BIKES PB lifts the lid on 15 of 2018’s hottest new sportsbikes, nakeds and oddballs. Nine pages of utter horn start here.

YOUR BIKES This month’s readers’ rides include a Kawasaki ZZR1400, Yamaha XSR700, and a brace of stunning YZF-R1s.

THE RUTTER TEST Yamaha YZF-R6 and Ducati 959 Panigale do battle at Donington Park.

PADGETT’S HONDA RCV How Clive Padgett and Bruce Anstey transformed an RC213V-S from 160bhp road bike to Ulster GP winner.

Down Under On Top

In 1987 Wayne Gardner became the first Australian to win the 500cc world championship. Thirty years later, the Wild Man from Wollongong recalls that amazing year of V4 dominance...

10 mins

Remy: A Chip Off The Old Block

Wayne Gardner is now in the thick of his second Grand Prix career, as father and coach to elder son Remy.

2 mins

Cheste Pains

In 1987, PB’s editor sent three grown men to the Bol d’Or on two-stroke 125s, resulting in a tale of misery, hilarity and adventure. 30 years later, we’re doing it again – but this time, it’s four-strokes, and the destination is mid-Spain, in winter...

10+ mins

Factory Fugitive

Against all odds, this HRC RC45 was saved from the crusher and ended up in the hands of PB reader Mick Loughlin, who ensures this Suzuka exotica still gets a pasting.

4 mins

The Losing Battle RC45 Vs 916

Both Honda and Ducati debuted new WSB bikes in 1994, igniting a superbike development battle that Honda could never win...

6 mins

Aaron Slight

The fastest rider who never won a WSB title explains what world championship racing feels like, and how to adapt to normal life afterwards.

5 mins

Not For Show

Clive Padgett and Bruce Anstey have campaigned HRC’s MotoGP-rep road bike in the unforgiving world of road racing. It’s given Bruce new motivation, and won the Ulster GP. Clive showed PB how he turned a collector’s item into a winner.

5 mins

Flying Start, Tragic End

Success of SMT-Batham’s super-light Macau bike overshadowed by road racing’s cruel side.

3 mins

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