had to sit it up and take to an open-gated field. Bastard things. And then there’s ABS – fine in cars, don’t get me wrong – but bikes? Pants. Intrusive, crude and easily confused by irregular road surfaces. Early BMW sytsems were like operating a

and doctor. “It started seven years ago,” says Leatt. “I was competing in an off road event and a guy crashed and broke his neck. We worked on him for ages administering CPU but it was no good. It was when they were carrying his body off the hill I thought

contribution to road safety in that it has effectively banished the spin. Cars are designed to crash into things head first - that's how the seat belts work, that's how the airbags work and that's where all the crumple zones are located. Hit something side

it to sharpen up the reflexes and shed a few pounds – and some cruising around the sun-bleached countryside on a road bike. Honestly, the tonic of 44 degrees of sunshine, cloudless skies and that superbly relaxed late evening eating and drinking culture

on the track aboard the stonking 675, it’s more a chance to experience all Triumph’s product and improve your riding techniques.The day is spilt into morning and afternoon sessions. £99 buys you one or the other. After the obligatory safety briefing you head

it was the end of September it was my first time on track with my trusty ABS Fireblade. Quite how this shocking situation has arisen, I’m not sure.It was also a first opportunity to try out my recently fitted Dunlop Sportmax tyres. They’ve been mega on the road

motorbike with TC is a bit like rock climbing with scaffolding surrounding the rock face. What’s the point? Why not just stay at home? And TC as a safety aid for street riding? People who highside on the road clearl aren't plumbed in for two wheeled

their own front garden. Either way, wherever they were watching the racing, I sincerely hope they’re both OK – or at the very least going to make a full recovery. Jeez. Everyone who loves their road racing hates to see this kind of thing happen. Freak

replica Ducati 1098 and the elegantly packaged MV Agusta F4 all being thrashed around the Mallory Park.For proof the bikes were given a thrashing watch the onboard laps around the Mallory Park circuit courtesy of Mark Forsyth on board the BMW S1000RR

- immaculate fuelling. But it seems the resident circuit Gestapo is not impressed by our two-foot-off-the-back-bumper photography techniques. His health and safety radar is alerted by the howl of Picasso' Michelins as the understeering people carrier plots