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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.

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‘Our target is podiums’ • KTM's MotoGP bike has aero input from Redbull's F1 team and expectations are high as testing gets under way…

‘Brakes? Best to assume none’ • Thorsten Schlesinger has just racked up 10,000 miles on his homemade Triumph-BSA mash-up. How he built it is equally bonkers…

No rules Dakar • Rally racers are restricted to 450cc singles. Imagine if they had 160bhp V-twins… No need, Roland Sands has already got the job done

XR69 rep for the road • Crosby, Grant or Dunlop? Live out your racer fantasy on this epic Suzuki…

Equal parts cafe & racer • The old boys at the Ace Cafe would have loved this - a 200bhp cafe racer that really can race

Triumph develop clean petrol • British firm has a new programme to develop greener, cleaner, sustainable fuel. And you thought the future was electric…

Spanking new Italian bike brand • Well, sort of. Bologna based MBP are a spin-off from existing firms, but their large-capacity adventure bike is an all-new design

Rossi moves over to BMW

German clobber

Next month

More prattle from Honda

If it were my money… • Want to share the ride with your offspring? Paul Lang picks his fave two-up bikes

Bikers dig deep

Green in name alone

Dirty Ducatis • Fancy taking your 20-grand Italian masterpiece off- road? Good news…

More auction madness

Deals on wheels • Super-scoots are a hard sell in the UK despite their style, performance and features. But where there is a sales glitch Phil West sees bargains…

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‘How many riders can you name?’

‘It's not all social media’

Reaching brave new heights • CCM are one of the British motorcycling industry's biggest current success stories, and their new £29,995 Heritage ‘71 is arguably their biggest move yet…

‘A monster project tough & hard to deliver’ • CCM product director Scott Lanzi reveals the story behind the Heritage ‘71

‘Like something from HRC’ • Michael Neeves is the first person outside CCM to ride the prototype Heritage ‘71

Finally, after 15 years, he's a grand prix rider • Rory Skinner’s career has had so many ups and downs it's been like a 15-year game of snakes and ladders. Finally this year he achieves his childhood dream of becoming a grand prix rider, contesting the Moto2 world championship

Rory Skinner CV

APEX PREDATORS • Cornering is a huge part of what makes bikes great and nowt turns like a sportsbike - but these days ‘sports’ has a wider reach then ever. So who's the current king? BMW S1000XR, Kawasaki ZX-10R, MV Agusta Superveloce 800 or KTM Super Duke R Evo?

KTM Super Duke R Evo • Frighteningly powerful and staggeringly sharp, yet civil and utterly usable, and now boasting posh semi-active suspenders. It's quite a thing…

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R • The most successful four-cylinder bike in the history of WSB is cramped, expensive and pointless on the road. Highly recommended…

BMW S1000XR...