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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

One for Elon • Cancel that yacht order Musky, your motorcycle has arrived. As for the rest of us? Let’s just be boggled that bikes such as the AMB 001 Pro still exist…

Fantic go la rge • … well, larger. New Caballero Scrambler 700 looks ace and features Yamaha’s MT-07 engine

RS goes eco • New BMW R1250RS gains Eco mode to extend range, plus a sporty display to make you be less, er, economical

Talking the torque • New Davinci DC100 has four times the torque of Triumph’s almighty Rocket 3, plus a range of 222 miles. And much fresh thinking oddness besides…

Rocket science • In the world of superchargers Richard Albans is king of compression. Here’s how he gets 300bhp from the latest Triumph Rocket 3

Wind in your hair • Airbag leathers are so last year. What you need now is an airbag crash helmet…

Cruisers low ride their way to success • We’ve loved sportsbikes, embraced adventure bikes – now it’s modest mid-sized cruisers that are all the rage

916 hits the heights

Dumb and…

600th issue 1971-2023

MVs for everyone

If it were my money… • Teenager Edward Armitage gives his considered pick of the very finest 125s

Funny front-ender

On the Verge

A world without accidents • … it seems a grand plan but it’s what Yamaha are shooting for with their ‘Safety Vision’. Now let’s not be cynical out there…

Super Duke recall

Deals on wheels • Yes there’s a cost of living crisis, but nowt takes the mind off a problem like a full-fat sportsbike. Phil West digs up excuses to spend the leccy money

KTM 1290 Super Adventure R • Dual-purpose bikes used to be plodding singles. Now they’re like high-rise superbikes on knobblies. Here’s exactly what KTM’s mad V-twin delivers…

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‘I finally plucked up the courage’ • Bike, Media House, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6EA

‘Little bikes generate fun’ • Bike, Media House, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6EA

Biking’s biggest winners • Much motorcycle greatness has occurred in the last 12 months. Here’s our pick for the top step of biking’s 2022 podium

They are big boots it has to fill… • Yes, it’s got the spec and yes, it’s keenly priced – but reintroducing an iconic model name means the new Honda CB750 Hornet has a lot to live up to

Old name, brand new engineering

Fun, cheap, worthy of the name

Bagnaia: from Rossi fan to VR46 MotoGP king • Eight-year-old Pecco Bagnaia’s first motorcycle was a bright-red minimoto. Seventeen years later he won the MotoGP title on a bright-red Ducati Desmosedici. And mentor Valentino Rossi has been with him all the way

Oxley’s pick of 2022 • Bike’s racing expert and paddock insider Mat Oxley selects this year’s racing success stories – and gives the nod on who to watch in 2023

2023: who to watch out for

Taking to the wing • Mad power, huge wings, wild electronics – but the new BMW S1000RR is friendlier...