Location: SouthamptonDescription: Triple roundabouts linked by dual carriageway sectionsSurface: Bumpy sections, overbanding, no ShellgripSkills practised: Maximum lean angles, late brakingThis belting Inner City track was submitted by Martin Gater and comes to you from sunny Sou...

Location: West LondonDescription: Twin roundabouts linked by figure-8 loopSurface: Smooth tarmac, no ShellgripSkills practised: Corner entry, turn-in accuracyRide long enough around the city where you live and you'll know where those unexpected

Italian bikes are like Italian people - they are driven by passion. Whether it be a passion for racing, a passion for design or just the passion for the pure enjoyment of riding on two wheels, it doesn't really matter as there's always a passion

and replaced it with the ST3. But instead of going the usual route of nicking another engine from its range Ducati has created a new motor with a three valve head, instead of the conventional four.As the theory goes a two valve head creates better torque low

clarified the situation - start riding on the XJ6, progress to the FZ8 when your are more experienced and finish on the FZ1 when you really want your brains fried. But is this a route worth taking?Thankfully the new FZ8 and Fazer8 owe much more to the FZ1

a biker was knocked off and rushed to hospital. His mates, who were out riding with him, followed the ambulance to the hospital only to be told by the staff that they were out of his specific type of blood. A biker volunteered to ride to a nearby

, the average amount most of us spend on beer and food in a year and enough fuel to ride around the world twice at a steady 45mpg.But best of all £5000 is also enough to get you any one of these five bikes. Which is real value for money in anyone's books

routing forces your foot out so you have to stick it on the footpeg at a funny angle; and second, this bike is a brilliant laugh to ride.First things first, though - the exhaust. From what I can work out, the 1000cc version of the S2R uses a wider rear

In the cold winter weather it takes even the most dedicated rider a fair degree of motivation to get on a bike simply for the joy of riding. It can be hard out there to extract real enjoyment from your bike – just see our Lunchtime Debate this month

'm not racing, I just want to get to where I'm heading at my own pace, not be held up by your poor filtering.2. Bikers who spend a fortune on their own kit, give their pillion the leftovers and then ride like a prickDon't you look great in your new leathers, lid