Martin Fitz-Gibbons

VW Beetle based trike registration Q880 WHL

Slim chance I know, but can anyone help me find Dad's old trike please? According to DVLA it's still on the road. Would be fantastic to get in touch with the owner #motosky

Yes, we did one together at Boastie's Champions School. I've done one at the Royal Enfield too. And I did actually "race" a round of Short Track back in 2006.

Identical powertrain, battery, charging etc - just differ in wheels and tyres: DM has mad 19-inchers with weird-sized dirt track tubber; Alpinista has 17in sports touring tyres in normal 120 / 180 sizes. Suspension feels pusher on this than the DM too, much nicer ride. So I prefer this one.

It looks smart, I like the wacky front end, and it sounds like they're taking a sensible approach. I hear the FF project lead has just left the company though, which is odd timing to happen right before it gets launched...

There's no rapid charging on the S2 series (yet). Just AC charging at a max rate of about 5kW.

I'll get excited for solid state when they actually arrive, in production form, at a decent price. They've been "just a few years away" since 2010.

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Had a spare hour on my day off so ripped through a charge on the LiveWire S2 Alpinista. Huge fun to ride - instant whoomph everywhere, 194lbft of torque and a compact, engaging chassis. And the wheelies... oh the wheelies. Here for a good time, not a long time: 95% to 5% rinsed in just 40 miles...

Demo Mode is where your new KTM is delivered with all its optional electronic extras (quickshifter, Track mode etc) turned on. After 932 miles they switch off, then you choose whether you want to pay for them. Many folk hate it. Some suggested it was a cause of KTM's financial problems. It wasn't.

Exactly. It's plausible they handled camshafts so badly (in part) due to their ongoing financial problems.

Yes. But 2, 5, 10 years from now there will be only be tall tales told about how failed camshafts and charging extra for electronics and buying MV were what sunk KTM, and the truth - greed and overproduction and denying reality - will be long forgotten.

Fascinating. My highlight:

"I would say there were three types of greed... operational greed... strategic greed... [and] governance greed."

No mention of cams. No mention of MV. No mention of Demo Mode. History and folklore will tell a different story, but this is what led to KTM's insolvency.

Got a 6-page interview in the new Bikemagazine with Dorna chief commercial officer Dan Rossomondo, looking into Liberty's plans for #MotoGP 😎✊

Finished MARC MÁRQUEZ The Biography and sent it to the printers😃😃 First come, first served 😎😎
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So far, so true. Now for the real comeback - return to HRC and make that bike a title winner.

Congratulations to Marc Márquez, seven (or is it nine?) time world champion. Ahá!

Here 'tis: the new issue of Bike, "my" first. There's loads inside, from a @sihbikes.bsky.social group test, to Nick Sanders riding a Royal Enfield Bear to the Arctic Circle, to the world's fastest R1300GS, to @matoxley.bsky.social interviewing Alex Marquez + tons more.

Let me know what you think!

22 years ago this month I rode this bike to this building to start a new job as staff writer at Bike magazine.

Today I rode the same bike to the same building to start a new job as editor of Bike magazine.

It's been a two wheel trip, alright. Here's to the next leg of the journey.

Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS (2025) – Review Speed Triple 1200 RS retakes the title as Triumph’s most powerful bike

Spent some time getting to know the 2025 Speed Triple 1200 RS - the most powerful production Triumph ever built. But here's why the bhp doesn't really matter, and why its most important and impressive improvement isn't the motor...

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Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS (2025) – Review Speed Triple 1200 RS retakes the title as Triumph’s most powerful bike

Spent some time getting to know the 2025 Speed Triple 1200 RS - the most powerful production Triumph ever built. But here's why the bhp doesn't really matter, and why its most important and impressive improvement isn't the motor...

www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/r...

@bennettsinsurance.bsky.social

Well, it'll keep me busy.

Blimey, some variety there. Is the CRF the 300? I've got a 250 Rally.

08, 09 or 2010 model, guessing from the wheels?

Whelp

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Enough is enough!

Dodgy sellers keep pushing unsafe gear — and getting away with it. The petition to shut them down closes tomorrow. We’re near 7,100.

Let’s hit 7,500 by tonight.

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Rest assured, there is not.

A #wheeliewednesday from 17 years ago this week on Triumph's Speed Triple 1050.

What a tool for the job. That original 1050 was such a willing wheelie bike, with its millpond-flat torque curve and rearward weight bias. Big, butch, brawny, beefy and British.

Wonder how the new 1200 RS compares…

After 3000 miles and a year with Kawasaki's Z7 Hybrid, I've written an extra huge pile of words covering the recall, the recent discounts, testing EV mode through London, and what it tells us about the future of hybrid motorcycles

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In the new edition of @BikeMagazine in case you didn’t know about this 🙄😎

I AM OFFENDED

1.17pm - bike passes MOT, no problems

1.32pm - pick up screw in rear tyre on ride home