As always, our August edition of Fast Bikes magazine is packed with product guides, columns, and fantastic features.

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Rating rubber
We get stuck in with Metzeler’s RoadTec 02s sports-touring tyres on the Isle of Man TT course.
Sub-litre nakeds: part 2
You’ve seen how we’ve rated our awesome foursome on the roads, and now it’s time to see how they cut it around Cadwell Park.
Comfortably fast
Is BMW’s M 1000 XR the all-box-ticking, ballistic armchair we’ve been waiting for? We put it through its paces on road and track.