BIKE

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.

Hello

Having trouble finding Bike?

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

Wot, no clutch lever? • BMW's new R1300GS Adventure has the option of a fully automatic gearbox system run by some very clever electronics

Superdooper Veloce • New MV Agusta Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro gets integrated wings, many ducts and – wait for it – 205bhp…

Custom prodigy • Not all 20-year-olds are on the sofa scoffing Uber Eats. Moritz Bree has just finished this gorgeous Yamaha SR500 flat tracker

Cut-price KTM rival • Yes, another one. New Chinese-made Kove 800X has similar power and spec to a KTM 790 Adventure but costs £2000 less

Practically perfect • If you want a trackday bike that makes an M1000RR feel like a lardy cheapskate, here's your weapon: the new 230bhp, £78,000 Yamaha R1 Winter test Replica

Honda Transalp • Honda's parallel-twin XL750 has the looks, price and spec-sheet brags to be a lid proposition. Which is why it sells so well. But what do you actually get for your cash? Time to deploy our datalogger, scales and dynamometer

How to make electric practical - and how bikes can lead the way • Batteries, eiectropropulsion and charging are a hot topic. Inspired by a new electric Honda motocrosser, Jamie Turner explains how bikes will be leading us forwards…

Joined-up thinking

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

Write off • Bike, Media House, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6EA

‘The complete TT machine’

The best bike of 2024 • This year is a cracker in terms of fabulous new motorcycles. Time to assemble a panel of expert judges and decide the finest of the bunch…

And the countdown commences…

3 BMW M1000XR • Everyone who's tested one is smitten - that's why it's been voted third. But only Rupert Paul has done serious miles on the wild £22,580 BMW…

2 Triumph 400s • Bit late to the party, but that hasn't stopped the new Speed 400 and Scrambler 400 X from having a massive impact. Having tested both against their rivals, Jon Urry is smitten…

1 Yamaha XSR900 GP • Dominating our judges’ voting, the Yamaha's victory is a (red and) whitewash. Telly bloke and guest tester Richard Hammond explains why it's the XSR900 GP we all want in our garages

It really is a retro racer

Used Bike of the Year • The pre-loved bargain everyone should want in their garage in 2024

Super Enduro • Blend motocross with trials riding and hold it inside a jam-packed stadium. Bike pops to Newcastle's Utilita Arena for the wild FIM Super Enduro championship

‘WE HAD TO GO FURTHER THAN EVER’ • Stupendously powerful, staggeringly fast, Suzuki's Hayabusa introduced a giddy new world of performance. 25 years on, the team responsible tell the story of creating a legend…

Busas by numbers • The original 1999 Hayabusa set a new performance standard - and later versions made it even more epic…

REFINED VIOLENCE • Twenty-five years on and there's still nothing like a Suzuki Hayabusa....