. Last time out at Cadwell Park I had a 'get off' at The Goose Neck. 1st lap out on cold tyres on a very cold day the bike slipped out from under me at 60 plus MPH, I slid for many yards down the track including a full 360 degree roll followed by about

, Cadwell Park and Almeria, and not much went past me. In fact, it out-dragged a flat-out 1098 Ducati on the back straight at Almeria. Weaknesses: Light, nimble, neutral-handling on the correct tyres (Bridgestone BT 016's or Pirelli SuperCorsa Pro's work

. good fuel range too for touring and good stretch for your pillions legs to the pegs.I have done a track day at cadwell on my last vfr and was not out of place with many SPORTS bikes being left behind, Not mant people are good enough to be better than

. Next up, a Cadwell Park track day with knee down action after three laps! This bike is a top laugh and is the closest you will get to riding a four-stroke motocrosser on the road.Alternative uses for the Duke this month: Having 100 kids pawing

at Cadwell and on the road I covered 600 miles without an ache. yoozy: FANTASTIC CONFIDENCE INSPIRING BIKE Strengths: power , handling , brakes , fairly comfy , trouble free ownership , i could go on and on, loved it. Weaknesses: power , handling , brakes

the better it seems to work and the finish has held up to everything the UK winter can throw at it with just constant lashings of WD40, it even takes an occasional blast round Cadwell park in its stride and there's very few road bikes that will embarrass