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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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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.

Bike UK

Vyrus from the future • The original Vyrus looked cutting edge but this new version is straight from 2050

Handsome victory • Best looking bike of the year so far? This Indian FTR1200 special edition is in with a shout

Flat-track pasting continues

Enfield invent another market • The world experts in creating rivaless bikes come up with another: the budget, low-capacity, scrambler. And it all, rather, makes sense…

Night rider • Harley-Davidson’s new Nightster promises to be more like a proper Sportster than the modernised Sportster S. Clear?

Supply issues to blame?

The Hawk hasn’t landed • Honda say their saucy-looking new Hawk 11 won’t be coming to Europe. Now what could the reason be for that?

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... • Hard to please pillion Mrs W on the bikes that she’d be happy to spend his money on…

Deals on wheels • Bikes are about sensations and feel, which is why characterful laid-back cruisers are cool again. But increasing popularity doesn’t mean you can’t find a bargain…

CF MOTO 700CL-X • No other publication or website tests and analyses motorcycles to the same depth as Bike – this month it’s CFMOTO’s eye-opening parallel twin under our microscope

‘T’ be or not ‘T’ be...? • Triumph claim ‘feel’ and traction benefits from the unusual T-plane crankshaft in their Tiger triples.

The Road • A celebration of UK tarmac

‘The Slimey Crud has its roots in the ‘70s’

Enlightenment

FOUR WAYS TO GO FAST • Sportsbikes aren’t the only way to access bewildering acceleration and unworldly velocity. With over 700bhp between them, these four offer very different ways to go very fast indeed...

‘I’d sooner go down Bray Hill in my underpants than go to the dentist’ • TT legend John McGuinness talks about the terror of TT racing, his terror of the dentist and the big decision he will make this June: to retire or not…

Catch the action • After a two year drought, road racing is back for 2022. The Isle of Man TT and Manx GP are scheduled to run again, while in Ireland there is a full season of racing planned and it’ll be happening in Belgium, the Czech Republic and Wales too. Make this the year that you see it. Or if you’ve seen it before, see it somewhere different. Failing that, watch it on telly

Watch the TT on telly

TIGER TIGER BURNING BRIGHTER • Triumph have radically reworked their Tiger 1200 adventure bike, apparently with the sole aim of beating BMW’s dominant 1250GS. Mission accomplished? And is that what people really want? Bike reports from the world launch in Portugal

Working with Joey • Neil Tuxworth raced against Joey Dunlop for years then became his team manager in the factory Honda squad. Stories? He’s got a few...

See this… ...this weekend • Road racing is back in anger for 2022, and while you need to plan an Isle of Man visit it’s...