''Performance Bikes'', often known by the shortened form of "''PB''", was a monthly British
motorcycling magazine which evolved during the 1980s from the long-running
''Motorcycle Mechanics''. The first issue dated April 1985 and entitled ''Performance Bikes & Mechanics'' published by
EMAP also incorporated the previous version of the title ''Mechanics and The Biker''.
[Performance Bikes, April 1985, p.3 Index page with Internal Masthead ''Performance Bikes & Mechanics. Incorporating Motorcycle Mechanics and The Biker'' Accessed 2014-02-26]
The magazine featured a mix of motorcycle and product tests, with technical articles and design innovation.
In 2007, ''PB'' under publisher
Bauer moved testing of many of the motorcycles to the
Nürburgring, in the
Eifel Mountains of Germany. Where the
Nordschleife fastest lap times are captured and collated into a table. This feature is called the PBTT, which stands for Performance Bikes Test Track.
''PB'' is notable for its long association with the late journalist John Robinson (who had been with the magazine since its ''Motorcycle Mechanics'' days until his death in 2001). Robinson was key to ''PB'' pioneering the use of a
dynamometer
A dynamometer or "dyno" for short, is a device for simultaneously measuring the torque and rotational speed ( RPM) of an engine, motor or other rotating prime mover so that its instantaneous power may be calculated, and usually displayed by ...
in the performance testing of motorcycles by a magazine.
Performance Bike was amalgamated with another Bauer magazine and continues under the name Practical Sportsbikes.
Ways to read Practical Sportsbikes magazine
''Practical Sportsbikes'', 28 April 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021
References
External links
Archived Performance Bikes website
Bauer Group (UK)
Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Motorcycle magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 1985
Mass media in Peterborough
1985 establishments in the United Kingdom
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