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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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Adventure in style • MV take a deep breath and finally try to nick some sales from BMW's GS. Could the 124bhp Enduro Veloce make an impact on the big adventure market?

Indian's GS moment • The pressure's on for the all-new Indian Scout – like BMW's GS, the entire company is built around its success. So, will more power and riding modes do the trick?

Want an M1300GS? • If you can't wait for BMW to build one, a Swiss supermoto racer has the £34,000 solution

Savile Row Duke • Husqvarna's new Svartpilen 801 oozes style. But is it worth £3500 more than the KTM 790 Duke it's based on?

GSX-R unicorn • This 1989 Suzuki GSX-R750RR homologation special is the rarest GSX-R ever built, and an example of Suzuki being very sneaky indeed. And you can buy it…

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

Write Off • Bike, Media House, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6EA

‘Expecting prices to rise’

Sensibleinsanity • On the one hand, they're comfortable. On the other, they're stupendously, ridiculously, hilariously crackers. Welcome to the world of the hypernaked

Aprilia Tuono V4 Factory • On paper, this should stand no chance against all these newer, fancier rivals. But no one appears to have told the Tuono…

KTM 1390 Super Duke R Evo • Heavily revised for this year, the Super Duke wades into the fight with a lairy attitude and the front wheel airborne. But can the test's only twin possibly compete with the fours?

Ducati Streetfighter V4 S • The most expensive here as standard (£23,661 to you) and it shows – it's beautifully built and looks ravishing. But by jeepers it's hard work…

BMW M1000R • If your mission is solely to go very fast indeed, you've come to the right place. With 196bhp at the rear wheel and barely a compromise to be seen, the M is seriously hardcore

‘Ollie is the one in my mind, saying, COME ON!’ • British Superbike champ Tommy Bridewell has endured more than most racers will ever endure – the death of his brother. He tells us about his darkest moments, why he does it all for Ollie, and why switching to Honda was the right move

Tommy's brand new toy • BSB champ Bridewell has new wheels: the ’24 Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP

‘I put a Mini engine in a Bantam… when I was 15!’ • Nobody dreams up or creates DIY bikes quite like Allen Millyard. The UK's favourite specials builder tells Bike how it all started – and we discover what it's like to ride his greatest home-made machines

‘And they work’ • Allen won't let just anyone ride his creations – but Bike’s datalogging expert Bruce Dunn is a trusted pair of hands

‘I just let go at 207mph’

‘KTM WON'T BUILD IT – SO I DID’ • Paul Twigger wasn't going to wait for KTM to make a 1290 Super Enduro. Instead, he made his own 177bhp dirt bike…

Twigg's Tips • Want to build the bike of your dreams? Just follow Paul Twigger's hard-earned advice:

‘Horsepower is just a number....