Performance Bikes Magazine

Owning, Riding & Modifying Great Bikes

 Britain's Best-Selling Motorcycle Magazine

 The bikes, the life, the obsession

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*******July 1997*******

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The bikes, the features and the articles in this issue include:

‘Iron Brewed’ Full UK Road Test & Direct Comparison ‘REAL’ Bike Feature, with all the facts and performance figures – Yamaha XJR1200 vs BMW R1100R vs Triumph T509 vs Suzuki 1200 Bandit vs Kawasaki ZRX1100 vs Ducati M900 (14 exciting pages)

Double Page Colour Poster – John Kocinski on the Honda WSB at Laguna Seca

‘Aces Low’ NEW Bike Fully Tested & reviewed – The Beautiful Bimota YB11 Superleggera (5 very exotic pages)

‘General Erection’ Full NEW Bike test on UK roads & Feature – the glorious Ducati 916 SPS (6 stunning pages)

‘Pig Out’ Its History, Buying one, Handling tips, Tuning them & The Ultimate Bike – The Kawasaki ZXR750 (8 detailed pages)

Plus :-

The very latest news from the world of Motorcycling from that year

Motorcycling features of general Interest

Up ’n’ Coming Shows, Rally’s, Events and Exhibitions etc

Latest new Bikes appearing in our showrooms

Topless or Underwear Model Posters (occasionally)

The very latest products in clothing and gadgets, from that era

Any Grand Prix (or MotoGP), WSB & National Level Race round ups

Recent world Interest articles

Race Reports & interviews with Racers, past & present

Reader’s contributions via the letters pages, with topical matters, relevant at the time

Celebrities and racer’s writing contributions for the Magazine

Stunning Action Photography – on the Drag strip, Off-road, Green-Lanes, Airfields, Race Tracks, Beaches, Dyno .  .  .  & Public Roads

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 I literally have thousands more Motorcycle magazines, from many, MANY other publications covering all decades from the 50’s to present day

Please, have look in my eBay shop, you just might find another issue with your bike in 

The Magazine that you buy will NOT have the words pygmalion-effect across the front cover, like it is in the photo above - that is just my shops ‘watermark

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Its now impossible to acquire these as back-issues anymore 

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