-stroke – one of the last truly terrifying GP engines. No traction control, a wafer thin two-stroke powerband and around 190bhp trying to launch you into orbit at every possible opportunity. This is a proper man’s trackday bike and even comes complete

private sale. So should you bother? Hell yes, aside from a petrol tank the size of a peanut and fuel injection that kicks like a mule at low revs, the SP-1 is a stunning bike. The V-twin engine is basically a Japanese copy of a Ducati (it has virtually

's ditched the air-cooled lump for a watercooled motor, making this more like a Monster S4 RS on stilts, but I love it.As well as the beefy engine, the Hyper Evo TS features gas-pressurised forks and Brembo monobloc brakes. Other touches include the custom

Suspension isn't a black art, but despite having oodles of adjustment on our bikes, we hardly touch it. Perhaps that's because we don't fully understand it and don't want to get it wrong.If that sounds like you, you're not the only one. We spent

the quarter mile in 10.4 seconds, while the Porsche managed 11.7. The bike's lack of weight meant it was easier to fire off the line and get up to speed but as the two crossed the line, the Panigale was approaching its wall, while the GT2RS had only just got

slowly.I'll be honest - I’d been mentally wrestling with this whole retro engineering thing.You see, I don’t really like riding ‘classic’ bikes unless they’re really well sorted (read: brand new) race bikes. What was good in 1957 or 1977 is usually

to business in the Triumph tent, it’s me and 9 other riders, their bikes and their assembled crew. The atmosphere’s light; a general clinking of spanners serves as the background music punctuated by the occasional whirr of a starter motor introducing

to be firmly wedged in the bosom of the Volkswagen Group. You could call this the people's test.The car makes a beefy 611bhp, the bike puts out 195bhp at the crank.It was always going to be close. We thought we'd solve the debate, but we've probably asked more

-fork cartridge kit, which - like all their racing kits - is called DDS. Depending on your bike and your preference, you can choose either a 20 or 25mm kit. Here, K-tech technician Michael is stripping down and rebuilding a 20mm DDS cartridge kit fitted to a

and varied years of being a motorcycle-hack, I've been lucky enough to ride some great roads and none of them have looked like this. I've also been sent to go and ride roads like these, to get pictures like this one. Why? Because we once did a feature