, as the day wore on and the track dried out, they excelled themselves again as I upped the pace while following my very own teacher (Niall Mack) for a Donington Park masterclass. Cheers mate! Within a week the bike was nudging through the thousand mile barrier

and his team-mate Bruno Spaggiari came second. Soon after, Paul went on to pip Phil Read at the Hutchinson 100, the reverse-direction race run at Brands Hatch, which he considered a greater achievement. After a season on TZ Yamahas in '78, Paul finally

the 848 at Spain’s Almeria circuit, a favourite spot for BSB teams when it comes to testing because it’s tight, twisty and has a mega long back straight. I’ve been there a few times before with the magazine so I was lucky enough to kind of know my way

expansion is planned in the near future.Thinking I was paying them back in some small way I actually bought a 640cc Rotax engined CCM in 1999 believing I could take on my mates with Japanese equivalents. I was wrong. It was heavy with not such good

be downloaded from the USB port under the seat. You'll never be bored again waiting for your mate to turn up for the Sunday run!Being around race teams, data logging has been very much the norm for me for the last 15 years, but I can't tell you how great

covered now I've learned how to ride it.Initial impressions are that the design team of this important new Triumph have built a fantastically rideable, adaptable bike. Boss man John Bloor reportedly said 'don't f@ck it up' which speaks volumes about how

been in the bag too. With alarm bells ringing, Honda’s project leader Norikazu Maeda and his team have delivered an all-new, more powerful, more compact, lighter and sharper CBR for 2007.But Honda haven’t done anything radical, choosing instead

of this hooligan-cum-your-best-mate gem. Well screwed together with more presence than the entire Rat-Pack (pun intended)the middleweight Street Triple is cooler than Johnny Depp's fridge but combines its film star looks with serious performance, all day usability