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Team Bike • This magazine is made by the most talented team of bike journalists, writers and photographers in the universe. Here's what they've been doing this month.

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Machine gun in a knife fight • The Yamaha TZ750 is one of the all-time great racers but most have had hard lives. Not this one: it's brand new…

Nine steps to CB heaven • American builder Sean Skinner explains how he transformed a 48-year-old Honda into the world's sweetest CB400 one-off

Speedway's saviour? • Speedway may be in a spiral of decline but Danish engineers and a UK pie maker think they could have the solution: electric speedway bikes for kids

'Bob Dylan's ordered one' • Imagine an R18 but with more power and half the weight. No wonder musical blokes are queuing up

Chinesse do retro • New Zeths ZFR525C takes Chinese bikes down a whole new stylish avenue with a tribute to racers from the 1980s

GET IN GEAR • The latest word in swanky riding gear, desirable bolt-ons and must-have goodies for your pride and joy

'Whitham and Foggy wins – the perfect result'

'Much more fun to ride'

New GS vs Storm Ciarán • Bike gets the first R1300GS in the country, ignores the weather warnings and heads off to Land's End. What could possibly go wrong? Answer: the GS…

Pedro, what's your biggest talent? 'Big balls… big balls' • They call Pedro Acosta the new Marc Marquez. So, what's the genius Spanish teenager really like? And will he shake things up when he moves to MotoGP with GasGas next year?

NEW BIKES 2024 • Affordable retros, hub-steered exotica, and every conceivable type of bike between. This is your one-stop guide to next year's essential metal

Expansion all round • Refreshed retros, adventure newness, plus motorbikes you didn't know you needed #23: the WSB armchair that is the M1000XR

How to stand out • Supercharged Kawasaki H2 SX engine, hub-steered chassis, eye-watering price. This is Bimota's Tera 'crossover'

450NK It's the biggest small motorbike so far…

Faster, slicker, cleverer • Ducati update and evolve bikes right the way across their range for 2024 – and invent a rather tasty new one as well…

Other spankin' new Ducatis

Panigalistrada • Think Ducati's upright all-rounder needs more oomph? Good news: they've put the Panigale's 180bhp V4 in the Multistrada RS. And we've already ridden it…

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Del Mar • New electric bike from Harley's LiveWire brand

Switched Blade • Latest CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP is rootinest, tootinest, raciest version in the icon's 32-year history

New 500s and 650s

Headbanger • Pinned twistgrip, howling revs and worshipping momentum – Kawasaki take us back to the heady days of the early 1990s with the feisty new ZX-4RR

Not just green on the outside • Kawasaki's Ninja 7 HEV is the first stab at a hybrid bike… and it's pretty decent

Explosive… • Devised to be the most performance-focused naked bike possible, say KTM. Approach the 990 Duke with caution…

Stelvio makes a comeback • Italian outfit dust off the moniker for an adventurised Mandello

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