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5 BIKES THAT REALLY MATTER THIS MONTH

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Is it Harley or a LiveWire?

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… • If John Westlake won the lottery, here’s what he’d buy (after extending his shed)

Deals on wheels • Little in biking guarantees hilarity like a summery day on trails, says Mike Armitage. And with dual-purpose offers like these, who could resist?

Yamaha R7 • Still pining for the days of affordable, thrashable, simple sports 600s? You’ll be wanting one of these. Here’s the full lowdown and detail – no other mag, paper or website gives you as much insight as Bike

The Road • A celebration of UK tarmac

Write Off

‘Who the hell is buying bikes?’

The best of summer • PART ONE: When we look back at our lives, enjoying the highlights, it’s often the summers that reverberate the most. Great days of adventure, joy, misbehaviour and daring-do. John Westlake gathers together memories…

10 weekends of summer • There are ten weekends from now until the end of August, this is Bike’s guide to being in the right place at the right time to enjoy the best of motorcycling…

The Unseen TT • Welcome back our unpredictable, exhilarating, mind-boggling friend: after two years away the TT returns to the Island and our TV screens. Vision on…*

PERFECT FOR SUMMER EVENINGS • If you want a really memorable summer then a 1000cc supernaked is a must. Japan’s latest tool – the new Yamaha MT-10 – trades blows with Europe’s class-leading sensations

Buy a used BMW S1000R • Around since 2014, you can get a used ess-thou-arr for £5750. Snip, is that.

Buy a used Yamaha MT-10 • Preloved MTs start at £6750 – that’s just half the price of a spanking one.

Buy a used Tuono V4 • You can slot an early Tuono V4 R into your shed for just over five grand. Wow.

Buy a used Streetfighter • Stripped-bare V-twin Ducati, y’say? You’ll be wanting the 848. That’s £6k.

‘WHAT THE HELL HAVE I GOT MYSELF INTO?’ • Summer is the time to indulge your racing fantasies. Hugo Wilson (#74) dreams of drifting, but at his debut dirt track meeting wheels stay in line and he feels no need to trouble the podium…

Making it happen • UK dirt track couldn’t happen without the DTRA, which couldn’t happen without Anthony Brown

LET’S WHEELIE LIKE IT’S 1985 • If you think throwback bikes are more about the 1950s and ‘60s than they are the 1980s and ‘90s you aren’t alone. Thankfully Yamaha’s new XSR900 is more Beastie Boys than The Shadows. It’s the New Style…

Are you the XSR type? • Who will buy the new XSR? James McCombe, XSR900 project manager, explains…

Smokin’: Yamaha’s French Connection

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The best of summer • PART TWO: motorcycles are machines for making amazing memories: fantastic rides with friends; epic racing moments; astonishing...