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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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Toprak's secret weapon • Why did the most exciting rider in World Superbikes go to struggling BMW? Because he knew something about the M1000RR the rest of us didn't…

Kickstart turbo! • What it lacks in polish, this Honda CB400 Turbo makes up for with lashings of engineering cunning

Ducati guns for KTM • New 450cc motocross prototype proves Ducati are deadly serious about eating some of KTM's off-road pie

City Slicker • Husqvarna Svartpilen 401 gets a new engine and chassis for 2024 and becomes even cooler urban transport

Real Dakar winner • The official Dakar Rally doesn't go to Dakar. But the 3750-mile Africa Eco Rally does – and this lightly-modded Aprilia Tuareg 660 won it

All chang KTM join the world of variable valve timing with their new 1390 Super Duke R • KTM join the world of variable valve timing with their new 1390 Super Duke R. And variability is something we all need…

Zero DSR/X • Never mind being plugged in next to the toaster and making almost no sound. With no clutch, no gears, and peak torque from zero revs, what we want to know is what electric bikes really deliver. Dyno and test strip, here we come…

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

‘Only bike I'd look back to in the garage’

BYWAY adventure

WELCOM E BACK… • A wealth of new models, returning favourites and rising sales – are reports of the sportsbike's death greatly exaggerated? Bike investigates…

Expectations surpassed • Sportsbikes are back in vogue so Suzuki wheel out the new GSX-8R. It might lack a bit of showroom sparkle, but the twin is in the mix for sporty road bike of the year…

How's it all stack up, then?

‘I have a killer mentality – it's better if we are enemies’ • Few MotoGP riders are more spectacular or aggressive than last year's runner-up, Jorge Martin. Now he's all set to fight for the 2024 title with fellow Ducati riders Pecco Bagnaia, Marco Bezzecchi and Marc Marquez

Ooh, it's the best so far… • Honda's new Africa Twin Adventure Sports is their finest-ever large adventurer

TIME FOR A LEATHERING • These are the bikes leading the sportsbike renaissance. Let's slip into a one-piece, stick on fresh sliders and open up the thrills…

Get ready to make this a brilliant biking year • New six-part bootcamp video series goes live, aimed at making us all better and safer riders…

INSIDE AUTOGP'S AI REVOLUTION • Will artificial intelligence kill us all? Or will it save us? We don't know yet. What we do know is that it's already completely transforming MotoGP

This is the real thing • Most big adventurers suggest dirt prowess. The Ducati DesertX Rally delivers it.

RACE X A ride with… GLENN IRWIN • He's won eight North West 200s, missed the 2023 BSB championship by half a point and is the TT's fastest ever newcomer. But never mind that. How fast can Glenn Irwin go on a 100cc dirt tracker?

Perfect? No. Fun?...