‘yamaha need to copy ducati…’

New GP regulations are looming. Jamie Turner prods the rules, predicts what power they’ll make, and muses over what could have been…

The road-focused sportsbike market is changing – meet the Ducati Panigale V2 S and Yamaha R9

[ RACING ]

Sportsbike sales have bombed as we’ve got older and the bikes have got faster and more pricey. The new R9 is set to redress these issues, but will it attract lapsed sportsbike riders? We ask former TT racer – and now pensioner – Chris Moss

FIRST RIDE

Ducati’s last no-cost-spared homologation bike and the final V-twin WSBK champ