very light thing with lots of power wins drag race shocker.
Bikes still rock 
Very distinctive location too 
Just learnt that Performance Bikes magazine is no more. A shame but I suppose a sign of the times.
Itâs now merged into Practical Sportbikes magazine so will probably have a couple pages devoted to modern stuff.
I havenât bought it regularly for years.
The last time I bought a bike mag was when I was going on holiday last summer. The previous time was pretty much exactly 12 months prior to that. I bought, Bike, Practical Classics and Classic Bike. Not bought PB for years, although I did quite enjoy it. The centre pages used to be great until they sanitized them.
The Maserati one is cool as fuck 
And now the fairing doesnât either. 
Neat site, shows all the bikes I donât fit on 
I do have a play on that site quite regularly. Not sure how accurate it is but it does give an indication at least. Ie just how quickly a sports bike would trigger my sciatica 
But, but, youâll look like a Polis rider on the beemer
My last bike , and the bike Iâd like next. As you can see , the Ducati is much more sensible


Now to convince wifey
Lol! I had a hypermotard as a courtesy bike when the 998 was In for a service. The fucking thing hardly ever had the front wheel on the ground, it was an absolute hoot up to about 60mph whereupon it became a literal pain in the neck because of the wind blast.
Has to be someoneâs tagâŚ
On the old Ducati forum they were called Hyperretards which might work better here.










