A chance meeting to Moto Direct last week let me gate crash their RST dealer presentations and get a sneaky peak at the comprehensive range of new products for 2013. The first item to catch my eye was the all new Trach Tech Evo boot. It has a new

to my local dealer (the friendly and efficient Pidcocks) saw my bike in the workshop the following week and back in my hands by lunchtime. This service costs £179.50 plus vat and for this you get oil and filter change plus a thorough check over

might be thin on the ground at UK dealers.This is the only naked 'fighter that is truly a superbike in disguise .The sit-up-and-beg riding position means you can cruise the high street in comfort, but get your head down behind the clocks and you can stay

If you are a track day regular this year, you may well have bumped into former racer and friendly Kiwi, Simon Crafar. I first met him in Malaysia in 1990 when he was riding for a Yamaha dealer team, sweating his way round circuits like Shah Alam

’s highly unlikely talented local youngsters would be given 250GP wild cards. And sad as it is, these brilliant bikes bear no resemblance to anything for sale in your local dealer’s showroom, meaning zero interest for manufacturers.Next season, 250GPs

including trials of speed and practising for these activities’. Motorbikes 1 Sheep 0. For once common sense has prevailed and there truly is a God! Oh, and bah ha Mrs Killjoy!It’s best not to mention BMW if you happen to visit a Japanese sports bike dealer

. With the beast unleashed my first job was to head down to Silverstone to entertain and instruct dealers on the Silverstone Stowe circuit. Steady stuff but still good fun. Apparently my new bike has a heavier crankshaft than last year’s model but unless you are a

of dealer stamps. Beautiful but temperamental, a brilliant bike.Key ID: pillion seat distinguishes it from flashier versions. Similar to earlier Biposto model.Walk away: if it's got high miles. There's enough around without to choose from

with a superbly engineered single sided swingarm incorporating the toothed belt drive.From some angles I thought this bike looked attractive, from others it's definitely very German. Go to your local BMW dealer, have a look for yourself and, more

it up and it's a missile on nitrous. Problems are pretty few but look out for signs of neglect, crash damage and theft. And don't pay OTT dealer prices - old stock of this model left showrooms for around the £5,500 mark.It's quite a physically