Worth the wait!

It’s been a corker of a month; not only has the sun decided to make an appearance, but I got the chance to ride one of my all-time favourite motorcycles. Admittedly, I should probably be shouting about the V4R on the cover, but it was the 999R that really got me buzzing. Ducati made something special with that bike and it didn’t disappoint. As for the V4R, let’s just say it was worthy of all the hype and caused a fair few scuffles in the office because we were all gagging to get our hands on its keys. As special bikes go, it was right up there. It’s a shame Ducati didn’t allow us to test it in last issue’s USB special, and not being able to try it out on track’s not been ideal either. Still, it’s the same score for all in the industry, so there’s no point in harping on, but needless to say, I would sell both Carl and Boothy to give that thing a blast around a circuit. It would have to be a big, wide and open venue. The thing is an animal up the top of its rev range, and I can fully comprehend why it’s been cleaning up in BSB and WSB. Performance aside, the big question is whether it’s likely to be a future classic? The kind of bike that’ll be considered an investable icon in years to come? We’ve got a whole feature on such bikes this month, and there are some pretty tempting options for not a lot of money – it’s worth checking out. In other news, it was great to see so many faces at our recent Fast Bikes trackday. Sorry to those that couldn’t book on (it sold out well in advance), but hopefully we’ll get chance to spin some laps with you next year. On the topic of laps, Carl won’t stop banging on about riding Misano with some bloke called Rossi. It's something that you can do too, so check out his piece in this issue and get your holidays booked early. Anyway, that’s enough about us; what have you been up to? This is the best time of the year, so I hope you’re making the most of it. Riding bikes never gets old, along with meeting new faces and finding new places. So what have you got planned? Where are you off to? We want to know, so drop us a line and we’ll try to get you in the mag. The same goes for those getting on track. We’ve been blown away by the great response we’ve had for our free trackday competition, so keep that momentum going. You might be the next winner of a No Limits trackday – good luck! Enjoy the mag and thanks for all your support.