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Visordown's Manx racer Kane Dalton gives his verdict on Ducati's 205hp 1299 Panigale S

The two hottest new sports bikes of the year, head-to-head on road and track

The Ducati 1299 Panigale S is reviewed by former Manx GP racer Kane Dalton for Visordown

What's Suzuki's new super-naked like to live with for a week on traffic-clogged UK roads? Watch our verdict.

We ride Aprilia's 2015 Tuono V4R at the launch in Italy

We ride Aprilia's new 201hp Top Trump at Misano, then give our verdict

We head out to Catalunya to ride Yamaha's entry-level sports bike on road and track

If you're after a superbike with flat bars, you'll struggle to find better

Onboard Aprilia's 2015 RSV4 RF with Ben Cope for a 'lively lap' of Misano at this week's launch

Like back-to-basics simplicity? You'll love the new gadget-packed RSV4 RF

Bikes under 500cc haven't been so exciting for decades

After a week riding the 2015 R1, Luke's struggling to find anything he doesn't like

A week on Yamaha's new 200hp superbike and Luke doesn't want to give it back

A simple super-naked to challenge the S1000R and Super Duke R

Visordown didn’t ride the 2015 R1 until the end of the week-long press launch - which meant we got one of the first goes in the dry. Read our verdict on Yamaha's new 200hp weapon.

One of the biggest updates to the R1 ever, the 2015 crop of superbikes have some serious competition on their hands

Watch Ducati's new 205hp superbike get spanked around Portimao

Ducati's new Panigale S breaks the 200hp barrier but is more user-friendly than ever

The 2015 BMW S1000 RR is wildly fast and yet completely manageable, even on greasy UK roads in the middle of winter.

BMW’s 2015 S1000RR is brain-numbingly fast in an incredibly user-friendly way

An 1199 Panigale on steroids

A bigger and faster version of the YZF-R25 to take on the Kawasaki Ninja 300 and KTM RC390

It could be the cheapest do-it-all Japanese bike you can buy, but is that all it has going for it?