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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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Yamaha R9 incoming • This custom XSR900 shows what a Yamaha R9 could look like. And Yamaha insiders say it's not far off

‘£42,000? No problem’ • 185bhp V4CR is the first new Norton since the Garner nightmare, and dealers say the sky-high price won't harm sales

Rarest of the rare • Yes, it's strikingly beautiful. But that's not why this Ducati 900 NCR TT1 racer has got collectors dribbling

M for Mentalist • BMW reveals its most unhinged motorcycle yet: a touring machine with 197bhp and wings. Say hello to the M1000XR

Superest Supertwin • This tuned Kawasaki ER-6 won the North West 200 Supertwins race against hordes of new Aprilia RS660s and exotic Patons. How the heck…?

Honda CB750 Hornet • Nobody really expected Honda to wheel out a duffer, but did anyone expect the new Hornet to feel quite so fit? Erm, no. Time to stick the 750 on the dyno, strap on the datalogger and see what it's serving up…

Is electric really the answer? • Well, yes. And no. And maybe. It depends, you see…

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‘Daytona speedway is a fantastic place’ • Bike, Media House, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6EA

‘Locked in a cupboard’

The Summer special

Proper trip…

Rite of passage

Bad-ass bikers

Time of my life

Fabulous finale

…and now it's time to create fabulous new memories • Summer events to make your 2023 truly a year to remember

ENGLAND'S SECRET PLAYGROUND • There are 6000 miles of legal green lanes in the UK. Don't own a dirt bike? That's really not going to be a problem…

Radical failure but… • Yamaha stick with three wheels thanks to a new and improved Niken GT. But why?

Hardcore heroics • Ludicrous, mind scrambling, utterly joyous and what a great thing they exist at all. The new BMW M1000R and Ducati Streetfighter V4 S fire out 400+bhp between them. And they have no fairings. Excellent…

UP, UP AND… WAHEYYYY!!! • It's oft too easy to convince yourself out of having a dip, because your bike isn't job specific. But you can ‘run what ya brung’ anything at Santa Pod and you can hillclimb owt at Shelsley Walsh. As editor Armitage finds out…

Meet the Millers! • Jack and Ruby Miller got hitched last year and are expecting their first kid, plus Jack has switched from Ducati to KTM, where he's working to transform the RC16 into a MotoGP title winner. They've got lots to talk about: racing, romance and much, much more…

Whole lotta Harley • Harley CVO Road Glide Anniversary. Big name, big spec and a big price tag…

ADVENTURE THREE WAYS • Despite all three of these bikes being a Japanese parallel twin with 21in front wheels they each have a very different approach to middleweight adventuring…

Honda XL750 Transalp • Honda's Africa Twin and CB500X are delighted to announce the arrival of their bouncing baby Transalp

Yamaha Ténéré 700 • It's the oldest, the smallest, the least powerful and the least...