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ABS-OLUTE GENIUS
Cornering ABS seemed impossible until recent tech breakthroughs brought it into the mainstream
MAKING WAVES: RADAR-ASSISTED SAFETY SYSTEMS
Radar-assisted safety systems will reach production bikes in 2020 and are expected to spread fast. Here’s why they’re so important
COMPRESSING THE MIX
The compression ratio is the key to understanding the suck, squish, bang, blow equation
EFFICIENCY EPIPHANY
Guess what? It turns out old-fashioned tech like air cooling and pushrods have a place in future motorcycles after all
RUBBER DUB DUB
What’s black and round and saves your bacon from tasting like tar? Five dumb questions you’ve always wanted to ask about tyres
FREEDOM OF SPEECH: MESH COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Wouldn’t it be great if pairing your pesky bluetooth comms devices was a thing of the past? Turns out it is
IN-YER-FACE INTERFACE
And here we all were thinking transistor wirelesses were a think of the past
OLD FOES, NEW TECH
You reckon Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi are bitter rivals? The fierce rivalry between Honda and Yamaha has been simmering since before either of them were even born.
TRANS-CURIOUS
Electric bikes don’t need a gearbox, but wouldn’t using one improve range?
BATTLE CRUISER
After whipping the covers off it's 1800cc Concept R18 cruiser, we sat down with BMW’s head to get the low down on the firm’s plan to steal a hunk of the lucrative American cruiser market’s pie
WHAT'S IN A CLUTCH?
Most times we use it almost unconsciously, so here’s a closer look at what happens when we squeeze that lever
HOT AIR
It’s MotoGP’s biggest controversy since the Rossi/Marquez furore of 2015. So we ask the team’s technical gurus if they reckon aerodynamic development should be banned, frozen or a free for all?