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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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5 BIKES THAT REALLY MATTER THIS MONTH

TE-1 is an e-triumph • Triumph’s prototype electric Speed Triple smashes ambitious targets. Now comes the hard part…

New Elefant in the room • Ride of Lucky Explorer prototype shows MV could be onto a winner… but will a £15k price tag scupper their chances?

Original is best • The new BSA Gold Star is good. But this unrestored 84-year-old version is in a different league of drool-worthiness

New race series • A one-make series set James Toseland on the path to WSB glory and 25 years later-B MW are hunting for his suCcessor with the F900R Cup

‘The difficult bit? All of it’ • Ducati’s e-mobility boss reveals why MotoGP is easy compared with building a new electric race bike…

Braking News • From the wonderful to the weird, Bike’s pick of this month’s stories from the motorcycling world…

Silverstone slumps • Questions over pricing after the British MotoGP attendance hits all time low

Daft FaceBook Post of the Year

GS shaft issue

New high-end Shoei

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If it were my money… • Any bike as long as it’s Italian will grace Paul Lang’s dream garage. Has he chosen well?

Triumph and Harley win in Aragon

Help get docs on bikes

Tuning pioneers hit 40 • 40 years ago this month TTS Performance started doing silly things to engines and haven’t stopped. Boss Richard Albans picks his highlights

Yamaha MT-07 hits back

Deals on wheels • Sportsbikes are made for summer. Mike Armitage makes the most of what’s left of this year’s with crisp-steering, slider-slaying bargains

Yamaha XSR900 • There ain’t no other magazine or website that delves inside new metal to the same depth as Bike. Yam’s eighties-tastic triple gets our exclusive full-probing treatment this month…

The Road • A celebration of UK tarmac

‘Doohan had a go at 500 GP skittles’ • Bike, Media House, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6EA

‘Trail riding on a Wing’

‘Trail riding on a Wing’

TO TRURO, BY TIGER • Adventure bikes should make perfect two-up tourers, so how does Triumph’s new Tiger 1200 stack up with a pillion aboard? An impromptu excursion to Cornwall will tell us

Skerries road races • For skill, bravery and competition Irish road racing is up there with the best of motorcycle sport. July’s event at Skerries, on a narrow track with bumps and jumps is the biggest event of the season

First timer Boast takes a podium • These days Pete Boast, Bike’s resident racer, is all about making memories. Coming second at your Skerries debut is getting that job done, and then some

Tenby, Tunisia, Tesco… • No matter how far, or near, your destination 2022’s adventure bikes are a lighter, more affordable and more fun way of getting there. The most vibrant class in motorcycling…

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