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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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New Daytona targets CBR • Triumph’s new Daytona 660 gets loads more power than Trident, tricker electronics and better suspension. Watch out Honda CBR650R…

World's hardest 2-stroke • This is the Husqvarna TE300 built to survive the amazing antics of British star Billy Bolt – a five-time world champion and hard enduro phenomenon

Dakar goes electric • A tech-packed curiosity is currently taking electric bikes into unknown territory: the Dakar Rally

Charge time? 10 minutes • New electric Yadea Kemper goes from zero to 80% charged in just 10 minutes. Battery breakthrough, or bullsh*t?

Art of the impossible • This new build from Indonesian metalwork genius Andika Pratama has, understandably enough, ended up in an art gallery in Switzerland

Opportunistic genius • Ducati’s new Superquadro Mono engine is clever, exciting – and proof their engineers read Bike…

Kawasaki ZX-4RR • Much excited gibbering accompanied the inline-four sportsbike’s arrival, but what does it actually deliver? How does it stack up against iconic ancestors and today’s middleweight sportsbikes? Only Bike has all the answers…

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

'Ride-outs, race meets, rallies, and a couple of TTs'

'Just in time'

WHEEL OUT THE BIG GUNS • BMW’s new R1300GS is the successor to the universe’s favourite motorcycle, and the Ducati Multistrada V4 S is our reigning large adventurer. Bike heads to the Pennines to find which flagship is finest…

'I cannot continue racing like this' • Six-times MotoGP king Marc Marquez tells us why he quit Honda to race an indie-team Ducati in 2024, why the Ducati is MotoGP’s best bike and why he wouldn’t wish his recent injuries on anyone

Leaps and bounds • Lots of enticing claims for the new Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro including more power, better efficiency, superior ergonomics, an improved display, fewer vibes… It’s all tempting, but has our fave Triumph adventurer actually come on at all? Seems it’s a resounding ‘yes’…

Roads, not trails? • Not swayed by spokes, a 21in front wheel and off-road presence? The new Tiger 900 GT Pro might offer you more, but for less – £600 less, to be exact

ZERO MERCY • For three days and two nights in the depths of winter, a small team set out to claim the historic ACU Maudes Trophy endurance challenge. Using electric motorcycles…

What's the Maudes Trophy?

Scooter racing • Take the mods' transport of choice, mod it a bit, and you have the British Scooter Sport championship. Greg Moss visits the final 2023 round at Cadwell Park. No 200bhp fire-breathing machines allowed…

'I'VE OWNED 824 BIKES' • Meet the hyper buyer: a motorcyclist who gets through bikes much, much faster than the rest of us. We track a few down…

20 YEARS OF LUNACY • Barging out of Hinckley in 2004, the Triumph Rocket III was the largest production bike of all time – and a tyre-slaying,...