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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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You want exclusive? • New Bimota KB998 Rimini Elite trackday bike is precisely that. Only five will exist

RD350LC for 2026 • The Yamaha RD350LC was brilliant in its day, but that was a very long time ago. Patrick Lyall has given his a superb modern makeover

Bonnie baby • Spy shots reveal prototype of Triumph Bonneville 400 undergoing testing

Darth metal • New KTM 1390 Super Duke RR Track gets 200bhp, GP-derived suspension and Death Star-size price tag

Cue Jaws music… • Chinese manufacturer ZXMoto shake global racing by taking two World Supersport victories with their 820RR-RS

1990 Kawasaki ZZ-R1100 • Once upon a time 147bhp rewrote the performance rulebook - and blew the mind of a young Phil West

Up in the air • As Honda launch their first electric motorcycle, Professor Jamie Turner ponders how green battery bikes actually are - and whether there’s another option…

Will batteries get cleaner?

GET IN GEAR • The latest word in swanky riding gear, desirable bolt-ons and must-have goodies for your pride and joy

Write Off

Turn 80, buy a new F900R

How to ride around the world in 17 days (PART 3) • With the US, Europe and Asia in their mirrors, Ryan, Connor and Edwin are closing in on a new record. But there’s still the small matter of crossing Australia and Alaska…

Watch the feature film

Instant café classic? • The Thruxton 400 serves up café cool to Triumph’s A2-licence friendly table

‘The whole thing was amazing – the paddock, the people, the smells, the speed’ • Chloe Jones fell in love with motorcycle racing when she was a child. Now she has a straightforward goal – to become Britain’s first female road racing world champion

Chloe Jones CV

Have Yamaha done enough? • A host of tweaks improve the Yamaha R7, but it’s not perfect

Special deliveries • If most hypersport naked middleweights go up to ten, where do you go if you want more? For that extra push over the cliff, you get a special edition - because these go up to 11

Triumph Street Triple 765 RX • Triumph’s finest incarnation of the Street Triple gets more head-down, bum-up sportiness with clip-ons and Öhlins forks

KTM 990 Duke R • Dedicated headbanger more ‘ready to race’ than ever with more power, stiffer springs, upgraded brakes, an aggressive riding position and trackday tyres

Yamaha MT-09 SP • Entering model middle age, the fourth-gen MT-09 SP still wows with its hilarious motor, smooth chassis and cutting-edge electronics

Verdict

Red Dawn • QJMotor’s SRK921 is in the vanguard of new Chinese models promising fantastic features at great prices. But does it stack up against the existing best-of-the best – Triumph’s Street Triple RX?

On the dyno

Dainese • The pioneering brand has made leathers for some of racing’s biggest names. Bike gains exclusive access as they measure up for a very special suit

‘Just like Dad’s’ • Fifty years after Barry Sheene won his first 500cc...