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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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Happy Birthday GS • Forty years ago BMW presented the first GS to the world. Here, it’s joined by a few relatives for a party…

King of the Norvins • Actually it’s a Norvinati if you count those Öhlins forks from a Ducati 888. Meet the team with an admirable fondness for chopping up classic motorcycles…

Speedier Speed Triple • Overhauled Triumph Speed Triple gets new engine, frame, suspension, wheels… everything basically

Goldzinger • Low volume production bikes are usually cumbersome brutes. Not this one…

Super Duper Leggera • Bike racing is boring, says Roland Sands. His solution: strip a £50k sportsbike…

‘Save our bikes!’ • Boss of the National Motorcycle Museum says selling off bikes may be only way to survive COVID-19 turmoil

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Why the Isle of Wight?

Wight on the money • New 12.4-mile road race on Isle of Wight gets immediate backing from sponsors and locals after going public

Going after the aftermarket • BMW add a heap more optional extras to the 2021 range

Deals on wheels • Showroom-clearing temptation, eye-catching deals and solid old-fashioned bargains – there are some ace official manufacturer offers this summer

Ducati Streetfighter V4 S • Ducati whip the plastics off their Panigale to create a super-duper-naked, a bike so powerful and fast it needs wings to pin it down. But exactly how fast is it? And what does it do to the gallon? And how heavy? And, and, and…

The next phase • Love ‘em or hate ‘em, electric bikes are here, and supercapacitors could be the next technological leap towards true practicality. Ben Purvis investigates…

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BIKE OF THE YEAR KNOCKOUT • 16 bikes, 4 rounds, 1 winner!

Let the knockout begin • This year’s Bike of the Year knockout starts with the value challenge. 16 new bikes from 16 manufacturers whittled down to the quarter finals on their bang for buck…

BMW F900XR V Triumph Tiger 900 Rally

Ducati Streetfighter V4 S V Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory

Honda CBR1000RR-R V Harley-Davidson Livewire

KTM 890 Duke R V Kawasaki Z H2

Harley-Davidson Livewire V Triumph Tiger 900 Rally • We’ll spend a lot of time gawping at our new bikes, and the way they look is a critical part of their appeal. Bike asked Grayson Perry, artist, TV presenter and lifelong biker, to judge them on looks

Kawasaki Z H2 V Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory

Kawasaki ZH2 V Triumph Tiger 900 Rally • And so here we are at Bike’s Bike of the Year final, 2020. 14 contenders have fallen, leaving Kawasaki’s Z H2 and Triumph’s Tiger 900 Rally Pro to battle it out on the roads of the Peak District…

‘Spend time with the Tiger and you’re engulfed by brilliance’ • With 100s of years of riding bikes between them the word ‘brilliance’ is not bandied about lightly by the Bike test team. But then there is Triumph’s new Tiger 900…

‘That night the doctors wanted to take my arm off’ • Clive Padgett is renowned for his TT successes as a team boss and crew chief, but what many people don’t know is...