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Speed limit increase • Triumph pile back into the, ever more vociferous, supernaked bunfight with a new 178bhp Speed Triple 1200 RS

Less is more? • New Hayabusa gets a bigger midrange, fancy electronics, better brakes and... less power?! It’s all about Euro5 again but, hey, let’s be thankful we’ve got the Busa back...

The rule of three • It’s hard to imagine three wheels on BMW’s adventure to-do list, but let’s be open-minded...

New chief’s new Chief • Indian nabbed designer Ole Stenagard from BMW in 2018 and now he’s produced his first, Chiefly, work...

There’s radar but • …that’s not all KTM are betting the farm on when it comes to their new Super Adventure S. There’s much more…

‘There’s a fine line between fast and lost’ • Enduro legend David Knight has just got back from his first Dakar, which he rode at his ‘trail-riding pace’. He came 24th

Yet more Norton good news • The new high-tech factory signals the start of the revival, proper

Deals on wheels • This year’s Euro5 emission regs mean a swarm of much-loved favourites are being discontinued. Get to a dealer smartish and grab a bargain on the last ones

V4 The ideal motorcycle engine? • As Ducati release their V4 Multistrada and Aprilia update the fantastic RSV4, Jamie Turner explains why the V4 is the perfect bike engine, and wonders why Honda have ditched theirs’

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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HONDA’S • 2021 will be the first time that Honda haven’t had a VFR in their range since 1986. Bike mourns the passing of a V4 legend and celebrates the greatest VFRs

‘Motorcycle racing is a brutal sport, I always tell riders to be fighters’ • Honda Repsol’s hard-as-nails team manager Alberto Puig is the less trumpeted piece of the Marc Marquez success story. Tough, uncompromising Puig does what it takes to win…

Change is overrated • If it’s great, don’t change it. Well, unless Euro5 tells you to. And then leave the rest well alone…

IS IT V4 VICTORY? • With the adventureness of a GS, sportiness of an XR and ground-breaking tech, Ducati’s new Multistrada V4 looks to beat BMW at both their own games. It’s not all as easy as it sounds, mind...

Simple is as simple does • The clamour for simpler bikes is growing. At £4999 Mash’s latest adds fuel to the fire…

The Gallery of Modern Art • Australia’s Queensland Art Gallery has cleared out the paintings and replaced them with 100 motorcycles for an exhibition: ‘The Motorcycle: Design, Art and Desire’

5 ways to be the winner • Covid permitting, the MotoGP season begins with testing on 2 March and racing on 28 March. Bike’s MotoGP insider Mat Oxley reveals what to look for in 2021

Good no longer cuts it… • Problem with today’s bikes is good simply doesn’t cut it. And the Versys 1000 S is good…

Triumph Rocket III • The ginormous Rocket III is much more than a numbers game. Although it excels at that too. And it’s far from the lumbering fiasco its appearance may suggest…

‘Get me the hell out of Belfast… pt2’ • Back in Bike Oct 2020 we...