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Unusually we seem to have come across a talented young racer who can ride and write...and does what he says he's going to as well! Here is the second of Francesco's race reports, where he gets tomexorcise the Ghost Of Crashes Past on the infamous Craner Curves. (Ed - been there, crashed, got the scars to show it)...

BMW have had a GS in their model range for a very long time. The R1300GS is the latest incarnation of the line, and is much, much more than just a bigger engine and some clever fluff. Have a read and see what this reluctant admirer had to say about it...

The TT has just finished with more triumphs, tribulations and records. But back in 1986 a Swiss chap called Sigi went and visited, took pictures and wrote some words. Through a complicated series of events, those words have ended up here. Take a look and see what the most exciting (and controversial) race event in the world was like 38 years ago...

Racing has always featured heavily on MBT, but pretty much always at the top, expensive end of the spectrum. Francesco Rossato is at the other end. A new club racer in the UK with limited budget but lots of talent - somewhere lots of us will empathise with. And this is the first of, hopefully, many reports on how things went with him at Castle Combe...

 

 

 

Morocco is a wonderful place full of interesting sights, fantastic smells and tastes, warm, friendly people...and some truly amazing off-road riding.
We had the opportunity to visit with Wilderness Wheels and the experience was memorable, to say the least. Read on, and have a look at the videos as well. Yes, really. Moving pictures. It's sorcery I tell you...

Ruroc probably isn't yet a name that will be that familiar to you. Unless you're really into snow sports or are a long-term reader here. If there's any justice that will change - they make innovative and really rather good helmets which now are also ACU approved so you can use them on trackdays. The Atlas 4.0 Track is their latest offering - is it worth the hype? Read on...

Alpinestars is probably not an unfamilar name to you. They have a justified reputation as manufacturers of some of the best riding kit out there, so when a set of theit SMX-6 V2 Drystar waterproof sports boots came into the office just in time for a horrible wet winter it rather fortuitous. So they got tested rather a lot, and her's the result...

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Knox have been busy improving their already pretty good Seasonless Collection. This rugged looking chap (not one of our staff) is demonstrating their latest Walker 2 overtrousers. They're light, they fold up small, they're sensibly priced and if you want to know whether they keep you dry...read the article!

David Greenwood has been my friend for as long as I can remember. We were once young hooligan bikers, tearing around the Oxfordshire countryside together...then one of us grew up. The other edited a motorcycle magazine.
But clearly you can't keep a good bloke down, and after a gap David is back! Here's his abridged story...

Knox will be well known to regular readers as purveyors of funky armoured gloves and useful bags. Less well known, perhaps, for fashion items like jeans. Don't panic - Knox Rydal jeans are fashionable, yes, but they're armoured as well. A tricky combination, perhaps. Have they managed? Read on and see...

 

 

 

Riding off road is great fun, and yes it does improve your abilities in all sorts of ways. It also demands some particular kit, and if you're not planning on becoming a die-hard offroad warrior then you may not want to spend a fortune. This is the kit I took to Morocco recently, tried and very tested. There are some suppliers mentioned too who are worth a call...

Knox Handroid gloves have been around for a long time Over ten years, in fact. And their latest incarnation are the best yet, for all sorts of reasons which you'll have to read the article to learn. But - spoiler alert - they may just be my favourite gloves of all time...

BMW's latest incarnation of their firebreathing S1000RR appears at first glance to be just a paper exercise - add a bit here, tweak a bit there - but the truth is rather more interesting. I might even go as far as to say that history is being made right here...

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