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News
Weise Maverick jacket - new orange colourscheme
29 July 2010
New from Weise for 2010, the Maverick jacket is available not only in black, red and blue colour options but also an eye-catching orange version. Cool citrus colour schemes feature on machines in the Kawasaki, Harley-Davidson and KTM ranges and there is growing demand for brighter colours of bike clothing from owners of plain-coloured motorcycles, too.
Plater returns to the track at Brands Hatch
29 July 2010
HM Plant Honda’s Steve Plater was back on track today (Wednesday) at Brands Hatch for the first time since his high-speed crash at the North West 200, completing laps on the Indy circuit. He joined Australian Bryan Staring who deputised for him at Snetterton and will also return to the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 Championship grid at Brands Hatch next weekend (7-9 August).
Bridewell to ride for Tyco Racing at Silverstone
29 July 2010
Quay Garage Honda will welcome a brand new sponsor to the team at Silverstone this weekend with the news that Tyco Security Products will take over title sponsorship for team rider Tommy Bridewell's wild card entry into the British round of the Hannspree World Superbike Championship.
Competitions
Win a Weise Tristar 3-in-1 textile suit
CLOSING DATE: Friday, 13th August 2010
MSL has three sets of Weise Tristar 3 in 1 textile suits to give away...
Hot, cold or wet, whatever the weather the WEISE? Tristar textile suit has 3-in-1 functionality for riding in the widest variety of conditions. MSL has persuaded WEISE? to give away three sets of jackets and jeans, each worth £290.
Features
Tested: Simple pleasure
2 July 2010
The new Triumph Sprint GT looks like it will set the bar for performance and value for money the other sports-tourers will have to beat.
Open road: Fit to ride?
2 July 2010
So you’ve got the bike, you’ve planned your route and you’re wearing all the right spangly-new kit. The adventure of a lifetime is just around the corner, it’d be a real shame to get ill and ruin it wouldn’t it? Even worse if that were to happen while you were putting in the miles in some foreign country...
I love an Alfred Hitchcock film but...
2 July 2010
We had a letter into MSL Towers the other day from a reader of this magazine berating me for complaining about potholes. The gist of it was that if I wasn’t riding with my eyes closed then there should be no reason for me to be caught out by any left over from our Tarmac tearing winter.
Current Issue: August 2010
• Super!
Yamaha’s 2011 Tenere strikes focused. Funky. Fabulously fun
• Triumph!
2011 Sprint GT glides cool. Calm. Cracking good value
• Scoop!
1200cc V6 200bhp GErman naked bike
• The real electric superbike mission!
Wonder. Watts. Wheelies. WOW
• Siblings test
Honda VFR1200F and VFR800 - Fire up the big guns
Plus... TT 2010: What happened where... Improve your riding... Kevin Cameron... Ducati Multistrada... Jawa’s new 350... Julian Ryder... Josh Brookes... Victory vision 8 ball...
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• Next issue on sale: 6th July 2010