Rapid Bikes magazine Issue 69 on sale this Friday.

Rapid Bikes Magazine 69

Everyones favorite number, issue 69 of Rapid Bikes will be on sale this Friday, the 11th. Yes, of the 11th month, so it’s Remembrance Day as well, lest you forget.

Three super-sport bikes are tested, the Yamaha’s YZF R1, BMW’s S 1000 RR and Suzuki’s GSX-R1000. You’ll also find road tests of the brand new Ducati 848 Streetfighter and the Harley-Davidson Switchback.

Editor Jeff Ware was the only Australian invited to Portimao to ride the 2011 WSBK and WSS bikes. In this issue is an exclusive tests of Carlos Checa’s WSBK Championship-winning Ducati 1198 and Chas Davies’ WSS Championship-winning Yamaha R6.

If you are into modified bikes, there’s a nitrous Yamaha R6, a Kiwi-built CRG500 V8, an all-carbon Ducati 999 and finally Bullfrog, a big-inch Suzuki GSX1400 memorial.

Mat Mladin shares more in the third part of the in-depth interviews with this legend of Aussie motorcycle racing.

Dragbike fans will be happy to find the report from the 2011 Sport Compact Group’s Jamboree 21 from Willowbank Raceway in Queensland.

Support our local print media, Rapid Bikes is an independently owned Australian magazine by JP Media, home of Rapid Bikes, Knee Down and Used & Classic Bike Enthusiast magazines.