smart new store adjacent to the museum and with an excellent cafe next door it makes a top venue for a ride out. The racing was brilliant but it was reigning WSB champion Max Biaggi’s antics and lack of results that was the major talking point

Don’t you find it amusing that Leon Haslam, Jonathan Rea, Cal Crutchlow and Leon Camier were just innocent primary school kids when Max Biaggi began racking up his tally of 42 GP wins in 1992? Who would have thought that these four young Brits would

might say we will never see his likes again but don’t worry, we will. Enter stage right Marc Marquez.Max Biaggi I guess feels he has had a good innings getting to forty one relatively unscathed. Like Troy Bayliss walking away as the World Champion must

over that speed that might be what caused the problem. We need to look at the tyre before we make a proper statement.”NIALL’S SET-UPFRONT:• Preload, 2 turns out from max• Rebound, 1.5 turns out from max• High Speed compression, six flats out from max

bigger throttle bodies and exhaust manifolds also help provide more muscle. Max revs are up to 8800rpm making this BMW's most powerful, highest revving Boxer ever.My test bike was fitted with the optional ABS, Öhlins suspension, lower gearing and a six

finished runner up in the series but then some fairly big tumbles from his Lucky Strike Suzuki in 1996 brought his career to a premature end. Always the ultimate Aussie party animal, it was great to see Dazzer is still living life to the max and also

intervals will be decided on how high you set your top rpm. 14,000rpm will be your max but if you choose a 13,000rpm top end the mileage between rebuild could be doubled. I guess that one might depend on how lucky you were with the lotto numbers.Unlike big

occasion less power would be welcome. Road tyres generally take at least five miles to get up to working temperature so why not have a safety mode where a certain distance has to be covered before max power kicks in? I know for a fact this would work

's not for you. With a dry weight of 220kg (250kg with fuel), a lofty seat height and mental Mad Max looks it was never going to be a runabout for Kylie, even if she could get it off the side-stand.The off-road GS range has been a massive success for BMW both

they may be pleasantly distracted by the vibrations through the seat pad.Key ID: blinged-up, Mad Max on steroids looks and a monstrous V-twin motor on show - nothing else comes closeDon't fear: tastefully modified bikes - as long as you get the standard