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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Team Bike • This magazine is put together by the most experienced, passionate and opinionated team of bike journalists in the business. These are some of them…
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Different strokes • The R1 hasn’t changed much since 2015, so how come it’s beating tech showboats at the pointy end of British Superbike?
Bob on for record • When you’re at a pandemic -induced loose end what else are you going to do but build a 200bhp Triumph Bobber and become a record maker, a record breaker…?
The shape of change • BMW’s CE 04: looks like a Blade Runner extra, costs an equally futuristic £11,700
Now you ‘C’ it, now you... • …don’t. Well that’s the idea behind KTM’s phenomenal and new RC 8C track bike. With help from Kramer…
Too good to be a harley • As if any more evidence were needed that we live in turbulent times the Motor Company have built a bike that’s too, well, good...
Braking News • From the wonderful to the weird, Bike’s pick of this month’s stories from the motorcycling world…
If it were my money... • Bike bike tester and trackday enthusiast Michael Neeves selects his four big thrills...
Deals on wheels • The Bike of the Year is a great time to look back on past entrants, especially the wallet-twitchingly good deals currently available on previous runners...
BMW R1250RT TE • Semi-active this, all-singing connectivity and even a radar poking out the front. It’s all staggeringly clever... but what can we expect from the bike beneath the gizmos? Bike’s scales, dyno and speed test reveal all...
What an engine... • Ducati have ditched mechanical valve operation on the new Multistrada V4, but their Desmoquattro V-twin is a standout engine design of the last 50 years. Jamie Turner explains
The Road • A celebration of UK tarmac
Write Off • Bike, Media House, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6EA
Not challenging stereotypes
BIKE OF THE YEAR • The Biker’s Dozen of this year’s hottest bikes, tested, poked, analysed and shaken to separate genius from merely brilliant
BIKE OF THE YEAR ON THE B664 • Ducati’s naked is completely reinvented while being true to the iconic original – and this fresh new Monster is perfect where it matters most, for British riders on glorious British B-roads
The Armoy Race of Legends • In late July Irish road racing got back underway, after you know what. At Armoy local hero Michael Dunlop won five races and set a new outright lap record. And the supporting cast was pretty good too...
USED BIKE OF THE YEAR 2021 • Four bikes, four manufacturers and a helmet full of reasons why pre-loved is best. Spend what you save on, you know, motorcycling…
SO NEAR, SO FAR... • This year we’ve been spoiled with the breadth and depth of new bikes. Yet they can’t all be winners. However, this sextet came pretty damn close…
‘I’m a woman and I won the world title by riding like a girl’ • Four years ago Ana Carrasco became roadracing’s first female world champion. Last year she broke her back, but within months was winning races again. She has a message for anyone who thinks women can’t race bikes…
Not so average Speed • Major upgrades aimed at keeping classy Triumph selling...