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Farewell old friends

Crowds turned out to see the last booked LNER HSTs on Sunday, December 15.

0 to 60!

It’s another Hitachi-built bi-mode this month, and this time Neville Hill tests out a TransPennine Express Class 802 set.

Korea Move Pays Off

Having led the construction and UK delivery of four hybrid tankers from the Far East, former Royal Fleet Auxiliary crewman shows how experience can be invaluable

Power Surge

From supercars to superminis and reborn classics to high-tech saloons, 2020 will see a huge array of new cars vying for your attention

Fit For Purpose

Calvin South’s Mk2 Escort is the perfect tool for fast road thrills and long-range jaunts – a spot-on spec, beautifully put together, and eager to be used.

THE TEST OF TIME

You only have to take one look at these two models to see that a lot has changed over 20 years. But what exactly does two decades of development mean for Triumph’s flagship naked bike? There was only one way to find out…

NAKED ATTRACTION

Fun but flawed, why Suzuki's naked litre bike could now be worth a second Look.

TEN MINUTES WITH...TOMMY BRIDEWELL

From not having a job to almost winning the title in a couple of years, Bridewell really has turned things around. We caught up with him to see what’s changed, how he’s prepping for this season, and get an insight into being a front-running British Superbike rider…

PROJECT MILLE: PART 1

After too many years fighting the temptation, Dangerous has finally parted with some cash and bought himself a Mille. Only, it’s a bit of a shed…

DUCATI DIARIES; SCOTT COWDRYS 899 PANIGALE

Fast Bikes reader Scott Cowdry tells us exactly what it’s like to live with an 899 Panigale.

HYPERSPORT HOOPS

High-performance hoops are all the rage nowadays, but with so much choice on the market, which brands really is the best?

2020 Ducati Panigale V4S Refined Rocket

With its sexy look and raw power, Ducati’s V4S Panigale hasn’t had to try hard to get our juices going over the past few years, but when it comes to setting fast laps it’s proven as user-friendly as a bucking bronco with a sore backside. Thankfully, for 2020 it’s been given some much needed refinement.

ZIGGY'S NO BANGER!

Good friends Paul Herbert and Chris Harding bought this Mk2 Spitfire in 2014 to use on a Banger Rally. Six years on they’ve still got the Triumph, and it is running better than ever.

The right choice

In 1978 a Triumph Stag would have been a brave choice as your only car, but after 41 years and getting on for 200,000 miles together, it was clearly the perfect fit for Malcolm and Vera Whitehouse.

THE GREY LADY

In the mid-1930s the New Avon Coachbuilding Co started to build luxury saloons and no longer concentrated on building smaller open sports cars. Phil Homer introduces a luxury product of the era, a six-cylinder Avon on the Standard Flying 16 chassis, and explains why it wasn’t a success.

HAROLD THE HERALD

Over the last 20 years, Harold the Herald has been through five distinct phases of development. Now though, with owner Dale Barker going soft and transferring his favours to a big and comfortable saloon, Harold is looking for a new home.

APPRENTICE TR2

History repeats itself as RHP 552 is handed over to apprentices – 64 years after the last time!

A LASTING PASSION

Lee Godfrey has featured in these pages before, but his enthusiasm for the big Triumphs remains undiminished. Mike Taylor talks to him about the model, his latest example and how the passion started.

A flurry of activity ends 2019 season

H&H’s last sale of 2019 was at the Buxton Pavilion and offered 127 lots.

Formula 1 …On The Future Of Car Tech

F1’s technical director tells us about the latest tech in track cars that will trickle down to our own, less-spectacular, road-going vehicles

THE GRAND TOUR

Old Skool Ford’s Tour Of The Moor features great roads, scenery — and classics.

WINGLESS WONDER

Reader’s restoration: Andrew Palmer’s Sierra XR4i is a bit unusual — as you’ve probably already spotted it dates from 1990 and it has two too many doors…

UPPING THE ANTE

With his Dad and Grandad both huge Capri fans, Tom Aspinall had no choice but to get one, too. And with his 2.8i Special now sorted, he would have it any other way.

Mike's Mk1 Sierra

After sorting the cooling issues, Mike and Adam are back out having a blast in the slideways Sierra. Now Mike needs to let go of the wheel...

GET SMART

The Cortina wasn’t meant to be a rally car, but with some lateral thinking, Boreham’s engineers turned the GT into a multiple winner. Here’s how.

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT

Your projects: Andrew Dyer’s bringing the South London sleeper look to South Wales with his Escort project — only with a turbo twist.

CORTINA GT Estate

Original classic Fords: Available as a special order, the GT version of the Mk2 Cortina Estate is now a seriously rare classic Ford, and Eddie Borley is on a mission to keep his Series 2 version in tip-top shape.

RESURRECTED

ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? I HAVE QUITE A STORY ABOUT MY TRIUMPH CHOPPER...

WEST COAST MIDLANDS CHOPPER

WHILE THE FASHION FOR THE US-STYLE BILLET CHOPPER MAY’VE PETERED OUT A LITTLE IN THESE DAYS OF BOBBERS AND 60s/70s CHOPPERS, THE BIKES THEMSELVES DO STILL HAVE THAT CERTAIN JE NE SAIS QUOI, DON’T THEY?

OLD CODGER

THIS BIKE WAS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT OFF EBAY AS A FIXER-UPPER FOR A BIT OF FUN OVER THE WINTER OF 2015, READY TO RIDE IN 2016, BUT AFTER IT’D BEEN SENT OFF TO HAVE A SET OF FORWARD CONTROLS FITTED, THE FRAME WAS FOUND TO BE UNSAFE – VERY UNSAFE!