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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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‘It could have 250bhp’ • Electric experts say Ducati’s new MotoE bike could out-gun WSB and BSB bikes

World’s best motocross bike • This factory KTM 450 SX-F has just won motocross’s premier class. Here’s how

Head turner • Custom bikes need something special to stand out these days. How about a back-to-front engine?

‘If a bike company made an iPhone... • ... it would be the size of a briefcase. Renowned designer Pierre Terblanche tells Bike how his new Supermono came about. And why modern bikes are pants.

What happened here? • The original sketches suggested Bimota’s new KB4 would look amazing. However, something happened along the way and the production reality has ruffled feathers...

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... • Three cylinders give an ideal mix of performance and character Hugo Wilson picks his triples.

Deals on wheels • See those tiny green shoots? They’re daffodils, they are. Spring is around the corner, so ready yourself with a wallet-friendly deal on a blingy new motorcycle

Tony Jefferies 1948 – 2021

Triumph Trident 660 • No other publication or website tests new machinery as thoroughly as Bike – this month it’s Triumph’s sales-success middleweight that gets thoroughly poked and probed

The word is hydrogen • Thus far electric has been touted as the cure-all ‘fuel’. Jamie Turner considers another option.

52.157292, -3.746560 • A celebration of UK tarmac

WIN an Abus security bundle worth £559 • In these straitened times bike theft is on the increase and so this month’s prize of an Abus security system is welcome good news to bike owners everywhere

‘Scratched up mountains and drank cervezas’

Time waits for no motorcyclist…

TIGER FEAT • Bike manufacturers are currently hard at work maximising ‘platforms’, which means the Trident 660 has now morphed into the touring-tastic Triumph Tiger Sport 660. And it’s a very special motorcycle...

MIDDLECLASS ACTS • After being overlooked for years we’re now spoilt when it comes to mid-weight all-rounders. The top choices are...

‘I started as a stunt rider, not as a racer’ • World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlıoğlu does things on a motorcycle that make your jaw drop, because he’s not just good at rolling stoppies he’s been a stuntman and acrobat since he was a kid

FIRST AMONG UNEQUALS • Yes this month’s group test certainly looks all very David and Goliath, with Yamaha’s new R7 (£8200) and Aprilia’s RS660 (£10,150) up against Ducati’s Panigale V2 (£15,846) and BMW’s S1000RR M Sport (£20,348). But the joy of motorcycling is about much more than headline numbers, as we are about to find out...

Dakar 2022 • For the 3rd year the Dakar rally is being hosted in the vast deserts of Saudi Arabia. As always, the race is full of stories. We’ve had crashes and top riders getting lost. This was how the race looked as...