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BIKE is packed with road tests of new bikes and inspirational riding stories, with fantastic places, amazing races and extraordinary people. Created by a passionate and expert team of motorcycle riders, Bike makes you feel part of the amazing motorcycling world. Our three main areas of content are... Road tests: We ride and test all the latest bikes, from tourers to retros. Riding: We take motorcycles to the four corners of the UK, and the four corners of the world Extraordinary travel stories: amazing races, extraordinary events and astonishing bike people.

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Lighter, smaller, gruntier • This is BMW's all-new R1300GS: more grunt, less weight and even more technology. Turn over for Bike's inside scoop from the enginner who knows it best

‘A torque range you've never seen before'

Future Super bike • 2024 will see Pathway Superbikes racing in BSB - and Bike's own Fransco Bourne and Marvel HCL Motorsport raced one at the last two rounds of this year…

New cheaper Scrambler • You read that right. The new Triumph Scrambler 1200X is £800 cheaper than the model it replaces…

High class DesertX • And we mean high – the seat height of the new Ducati DesertX Rally is a heady 910mm. Best spec the optional crash bars…

Africa Twin gets more roady • New Adventure Sports version of Honda's GS rival gets more torque and now focuses squarely on road riders

In the mix… • The latest Honda patents suggest they're planning to introduce direct injection. Jamie Turner digs into the what, why and wow…

Norton Commando • Throwbacks don't get much more retro than the British firm's four-valve, pushrod, air-cooled twin. It looks, sounds and feels the part – but what do you actually get for your money? Only Bike has all the answers…

The Road • A celebration of UK tarmac

‘We hold five race weekends on an airfield'

‘Commuting isn't riding'

OBJECTS OF DESIRE • Delicious engineering, leading-edge tech, staggering amounts of garage appeal, and eye-watering prices. This is what lust looks like…

BMW M1000RR • The regular S1000RR is hardly low-rent, but the new homologation-special M version is something else again…

Langen Two Stroke • Clever, sharp, fast, light, delicious – and there we all were thinking the stinkwheel was dead and buried…

Norton V4SV • Right name on the tank, right engine configuration, right parts… and now made in a proper factory. This could be amazing…

EXTRAORDINARY BIKES, ORDINARY PRICES • Riding something unusual, desirable or exclusive doesn't have to mean bottomless pockets. Here's our pick of exotic metal at everyday prices…

Can war sa Moto GP's rior monk ve Honda? • Johann Zarco joins Honda next year, having ridden MotoGP's best motorcycle for the past four seasons. Could he be Honda's most useful asset in its fightback from the most disastrous period of its racing history? Or will his second full-factory deal turn out to be another nightmare?

PERFECT1ON • This replica of Mick Doohan's Honda NSR500 has taken five years to build, such has been the demand to create a bike so close to the real thing. It is, quite simply, the greatest special we've ever seen. Motorcycles don't come more exotic than this…

HOW TO FEEL SPECIAL • Having something exotic, unusual and desirable doesn't have to mean a blingy bike. Here's our choice of standout goodies and delectable clobber…

Sidecarc ross • Want wild? How about a field of 30 barking motocrossers with sidecars bolted on the side? Greg Moss gets...