Fast_Bikes__Issue_328__July_2017_

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CORE TEST WORDS: FAGAN P ICS: GARY CHAPMAN RULING THE 18 JULY2017WWW.FASTBIKESMAG.COM
RULING THE ROADS By thetime youread this it’ll be TT time, so in honour of thatawesome event we decided to rope in lastyear’sfastestTTnewcomerand hitthe roads on four of 2017’s finest newbstosee which rules the roost on Britain’sB-roads. T his is, without doubt, the year of the litre bike. With the likes of Honda and Suzuki finally making proper man-spec’ superbikes again, there is no longer a runt among the 1000cc litter. It’s all down to personal preference and different flavours of 200bhp, which makes our job even tougher in some respects. We have to dissect each bike in finer detail and sort the shit from the shit-hot. With Sportsbike of the Year just around the corner (well, next month), it would be rude to dilute the biggest, most informative test in motorcycling by gathering the latest superbikes beforehand. Instead, we assembled a foursome for a fast road thrash and asked Rachel Riley to give us some help in choosing. I asked for a consonant. She dished up an ‘R.’ What are the chances? Aprilia’s RSV4 RF gets more than just a Euro 4 overhaul for 2017, and the Noale factory reckons its revised V4-powered sex god is one second a lap faster than the previous model. Meanwhile, BMW’s S 1000 RR is definitely the most unchanged of the quartet, but the class benchmark and 2016 SBOTY winner is more than worthy of nabbing a victory this season – heated grips and all. Kawasaki’s ZX-10RR is a pure and simple homologation special. The World Superbike dictator looks as good as any in those Winter Test, er, colours and has recently impressed as the first longtermer fleet member. Finally, Suzuki’s GSX-R1000R got Bruce’s willy doing funny things at Phillip Island. A MotoGP track and the Lincolnshire TT are two very different things, but the Suzuki is packed with the latest and greatest gadgets. We began our mammoth 300-mile test in Horncastle, rode up to Whitby, back down via Oliver’s Mount and on to some of the sexiest Tarmac in England. Being a road-only assessment, this test was all about highway etiquette, so we hired the services of Mike Booth. Unless you’re well into racing or part of the Hull mafia, you probably wouldn’t have heard of him, but Boothy can pedal a bike round and finished as the fastest newcomer at last year’s Isle of Man TT with a 123mph lap on his first visit. Want a proper old-school road test? You’ve got it. All four bikes boast identical numbers of Rs in their titles, so it’s down to a good old-fashioned spank fest. ROADS J U L Y 2 0 1 7 W W W .F A S T B IK E S M A G .C O M 1 9
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