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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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Now with inbuilt Bagnaia • 2024 Ducati Panigale V4 gets electronics that mimic MotoGP champ’s braking style

Gold Wing too small for you? • Then we have the answer. New 2000cc eight-cylinder, eight-gear Souo S2000GL aims to dethrone Honda’s grand touring champ

CLASSICS £35,000 GS! • This minty 1991 R100GS PD is proof that BMW’s evergreen adventure bike is now also a bona fide collector’s item

Mud plugger wins • This GasGas TXE is the first electric bike to win a world championship event against petrol machines

HRC can win stuff! • Honda Racing Corporation build world’s trickiest Fireblade to win the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance (again)

Honda Hornet V Suzuki GSX-8S • Both twins, both 750cc-ish, both pleasingly popular. But the Honda CB750 Hornet and Suzuki GSX-8S are actually quite different animals. We inflict trial by datalogger and dyno to see which can stick its chest out further

Electric bikes: an expert’s guide • Following last month’s article on swappable batteries, Jamie Turner delivers part two of his delve into motorcycling and electropropulsion

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

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‘I knew I had to have one’

UK’s best corners • Britain is crammed with outstanding bends. We ask six experts to pick their favourites

Europe’s top turns • Heading for the continent? Ex-Bike staffer and Europe for Bikers author Simon Weir reveals the best twistiest tarmac

How to turn like Toprak • No one brakes later, corners harder or drifts further than WSB sensation Toprak Razgatlioglu. BMW’s superstar reveals how he does it…

Dicking around helps…

Yamaha v BMW

A ride on the wild slide • Toprak isn’t the first rider to wow us with gravity-defying antics…

LEAN ON ME • Nowt matches the joy of banking a bike through a turn. These three represent drastically different ways of indulging in the pleasure - but which is the most fun?

Honda CBR600RR • Back from the dead, like Bobby Ewing with an underseat pipe.

Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono RVE • Slim as a whippet, light as a feather, daft as a brush. Surely the most fun in a corner?

Triumph Street Triple 765 RS • The nation’s favourite naked - plus it’s got Öhlins. So it must be best, right?

Is this the UK’s best-value adventure bike? • At £8499, the new 94bhp, light-weight, gizmo-laden Kove 800X Pro looks startling value. We take it on a two-day adventure to see how it stacks up

HAPPY 40th to the RGSX • Suzuki’s iconic race replica has reached middle age. Phil West celebrates four decades of the world’s favourite sportsbike

‘I’ve got 50 GSX-Rs in total…’ • Suzuki’s legendary sportsbike commands a following like no other. Bike feels the love of the loyal at a bustling Suzuki Live at Cadwell Park

THE FASTEST EVER 750 • This Team Classic Suzuki GSX-R750 has lapped the TT quicker than any other 750. We take it for a...