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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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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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Hailwood's Desmo Ducati found • Yeah, yeah, we've all heard stories of legendary race bikes discovered after decades in a cupboard. But this one is actually true…

World's most extreme XS650 • Venerable Yamaha gets dragged into the future by Italian artisan

Trackday ego slayer • The Indian Challenger race bike can post lap times only a few seconds down on a factory superbike

Mad Maximum • Getting one turbo to work on your Mad Max motorcycle is tricky. But two? Masochism, surely…

Quiet revolution • Coming fifth in the Super Hooligan class in America might not seem like a big deal. Unless you do it on an electric bike…

Eight is the magic number • Revised TT race schedule could see the wins-in-a-week record well and truly shattered

Helmet subscriptions: they're a thing

Elbows out • £75,000 prize pot draws big names and young spunkers to the new BMW F900R Cup, BSB’s 2023 support act

Hydrogen power

Need for tweed

Coppers get H2

Deals on wheels • 125 world is currently thriving, but it never hurts to hunt out a deal. Former Bike editor Chris Dabbs is this month’s money saving expert…

Ducati Diavel V4 • With a whopping 15 kilos less weight than its predecessors and a V4 engine claiming 166bhp, Ducati's new 'MegaMonster' promises all kinds of hilarity. Time to see what the hyper-sports-cruiser really delivers…

Not so juicy after all… • Kawasaki are bringing back small sportsbikes with a revvy, powerful new ZX-4R. It's impressive… but there's still no substitute for cubes

The Road • A celebration of UK tarmac

'GPs were better at Donington'

'The want was strong…'

14 INFLATION BUSTING BIKING TIPS • We're living through tough times, no doubt about that. But the flip side of that coin is there are smart moves you can make to get the most from your motorcycling…

Suzuki hit a winner… • Accessible, flexible and balanced, yet also perky, inspiring and with a unique feel - Suzuki have nailed it with their all-new GSX-8S

'I STILL HAVE GUYS COME UP TO ME, LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND JUST SAY… …I WAS THERE' • Forty years ago, 18-year-old Alan Carter made history at Le Mans, coming from the back of the grid to become the youngest ever 250cc Grand Prix winner

3 FUN BOY • Spending oodles on the latest two-wheel, tech-laden power- houses is all well and good. As is setting out for distant shores to make the most of the investment. But there is another way…

Black box of tricks • Cunning new electronics make Ducati's Streetfighter V4 (slightly) less of an animal

The value of change • Biking is at the forefront of technological change - in a good way. And runaway British success story Oxford Products know more about the benefits than most…

100 BEST NEW BIKE DEALS • Dream bikes for every budget, each reviewed and encapsulated by the greatest motorcycle writer of his generation…

New bikes, low costs • There are many ways to finance a bike, but...