short stop temperatures will fall and so will grip.My best tip for road riding is to pretend you're in a video game where everything is a hazard and the enemy is about to pop out at any moment. Junctions, The Old Bill, cameras, weather, debris and other

For me, fast road riding has never been about on the limit braking, knee down action or the rear tyre wiggling while nailing the throttle on a corner exit. I’ve always liked to save that stuff for the track and, if the truth be known, be it lack

on the speedo on straight bits of road. It's about riding properly, smoothly, seriously fast.And we're not talking about joining a handful of corners together on the way home from work. We're talking about reading the road, the conditions and the traffic just so

up valuable brain capacity. Confidence removes much of the stress and worry of riding on the road, it allows you to relax and focus more clearly. The world around you happens more slowly when you've got nothing to worry about (see also 'Arrogance

As a nation of sportsbike fans, pretty much everybody knows which flavour of rubber they like best when it comes to hazy mid-summer riding. We all have an opinion on what works best for us when the time and temperature is right, but what about when

,000 all you have to do is stick it in 6th and hold a good speed. 600s take skill to actually ride fast. Holding a good line, selecting the right gear for acceleration and, above all, reading the road are the hardest things to do well. But they make riding

in the morning, there are places in-town where you can lean your bike as well as anywhere on the open road. And all at legal velocities. A blanket 30mph speed limit needn't limit your riding fun.This inner city GP is held in West London underneath the A40

Growing up around the Cotswolds you learn two things. First, how to go fast on small, twisty country roads, and second, if the horse shit on the road looks fresh then cover a brake because the hunt is probably around the next bend!When I go back I

on his own turf and you'd see nothing but dust - 70mph across a rutted field can feel like 200mph on the road. Likewise, most riders would be able to reach 180mph or more on a two-mile runway, but it takes a different kind of bottle to travel that fast

an eye out for twitchers crossing the road near the power station. This is a fast but very bumpy piece of road that's usually traffic and police free. Ride through Lydd and out onto the Camber Road. Some of the corners out there are really good fun