Issue 595 - April 2010
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6 POSTBAG
Your thoughts on all things motorcycle and motorcycling over the past four weeks
10 2010 BMW 1200RT
The old version of the RT was formidable as a tourer with some sporty aspirations but the new machine boasts a considerable re-working. Does it work as well though?
20 2010 HONDA FURY
The custom chopper market is easy to understand, bikes built by people in their sheds and garages but what happens when the big Japanese company Honda has a go at one?
32 2010 BMW GS1200
One of the best-selling bikes of recent years virtually carved a niche out of motorcycle lore all on its own, but always felt like it was lacking something. Has the new version got that bit of bite it needed?
42 2010 SUZUKI GSX650F
Suzuki’s GSX650F really can be all things to all riders, a solid bike that can be the workhorse as easily as it can excite and thrill
50 DAMON I’ANSON
Another column from the man with the keenest mind and most acerbic wit in motorcycling
52 SPORT
The MotoGP boys have been in action in 2010’s first big group test. Ben Spies lines up on the prototypes this year. Here’s where he gets to show what he can do
58 2010 BMW S1000RR
It wowed in race trim when MSL got the world’s first ride on it last year. It wowed in road trim on track in the hands of our Roland and now it’s the turn of the S1000RR to take to British roads to show what it can do
64 ICON: SUZUKI’S
GSX-R FAMILY
MSL turns its gaze toward the most famous motorcycle brand ever created. Don’t believe us? Take a look at just how many landmark moments in modern biking owe their existence to the GSX-R
72 BONNEVILLE RACER: TECHNICAL
A look under the skin at the Triumph turned speed freak for runs on the Bonneville Salt Flats. 168mph plus from the British missile is pretty much par for the very flat course
86 SIBLINGS TEST: TRIUMPH SPEED AND STREET TRIPLES
If you want one of these gorgeous bits of British metal, but aren’t sure which one will suit then this could decide it for you. Bigger or smaller? Not exactly an easy choice where Triumph Triples are concerned
94 TOURING COLOMBIA
It may not be the most obvious of choices, but Colombia is fast becoming the cool place that the big-mileage tourers go to. Kevin Sanders explain the whys and whats you need to know
104 MSL WORLD
A new addition to the MSL stable but one for you travellers out there. We want to tell the world about where you’ve been and where you are on your trips
106 GILERA RSA250
RACE BIKE
As we bow our heads for the passing of the precision 250 what better way to remember them than by taking a very close look at the pinnacle of the art? As far as the quarter-litre world went, this was bang on - especially in the hands of Italian Wunderkind and former World Champion Marco Simoncelli
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