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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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'80s retro revelation • Australia's Skunk Machine take a stock Royal Enfield Continental GT and apply 1980s race bike retro-ism…

The Hard Way Round • Harry Bott, 23, has just ridden 7500 miles round Britain on this 1926 Sunbeam. Respect doesn't even begin to cover it. What an adventure…

Even readier to Race • New KTM RC8C track bike has more power, updated suspension and aero nicked off the GP bike…

Triple the treat… • Horex's new VR6 Raw99 is lighter, cleverer, sexier - but it's the wild six cylinder TOHC motor that's still the star

Fireblade fightback • If everyone raced standard bikes, which would win? On the evidence of the Superstock 1000 series there's only one answer: Blade

Is club racing doomed? • Thundersport GB is the latest grassroots racing club to close. Boss Dave Stewart reveals just how bad the situation is

Green kit is go • Offset your smoking old two-stroke and the occasional entertaining burnout by wearing some eco-friendly and recycled new clobber

What cost of living crisis?

Back on a Kwak…

Aprilia go back to the 1990s

If it were my money… • Fancy trying your hand at racing? Pete Boast picks the best bikes for newbies

500GP scooter!

Moto Gucci

Filthy bling • Sorry, a Bimota off-road bike? Nobody saw this coming…

Amenable Rebel

Deals on wheels • Superbike performance with less faff and more practicality? Phil West picks the best supernaked deals for undressed thrills

BMW K1600GT • Beemer's six-cylinder tourer is a fabulous piece of engineering that delivers a unique experience. Now it's time to attach actual figures to the feelings…

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'We've lost a lovely man’

2023 New Bikes IT'S THE YEAR OF THE TWIN • Forward-facing technology, unexpected models and the resurgence of fun, affordable, fruity machinery - and it's all shaped by the boom of fabulous twin-cylinder engines

Sportsbike 'yes', WSB refusee 'no’ • Beautiful finish, great handling, easy grunt. Bimota's new KB4 looks like 2023's bestvalue, most usable, big sportsbike…

No go slow for BMW • Bavarians turn up the wick on S1000RR and variants, plus improved R1250R…

Things you didn't know you need… • Ducati take their already outrageous Diavel power-sports-cruiser to the next level with a meaty V4. It's a MotoGP-powered recliner…

More spankin’ new Ducatis

High spec, low price • The names are old but everything about Honda's new Transalp and Hornet is high-spec and high-value. And the competition are losing sleep over the pricing

Dual fuel bikes are go • Kawasaki reveal the future with their HEV hybrid

World first tech - and it's on a Guzzi • Winglets are so last year. Moto Guzzi tread fresh ground with active-aero on their V100 Mandello S - and the all-new sports tourer is their greatest bike in decades

Taking a new...