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RiDE helps you get more from your motorcycle. Put together by a team of enthusiastic experts, with help from thousands of committed readers, every issue of RiDE is full of recommendations on bikes, kit, routes, destinations and technique. We speak directly to our readers about their biking lives & use our expertise to steer them towards the good-value option in bikes, trips and kits. We’re famed for our regular Product Tests and eery month provide a comprehensive used-bike buying guide, helping potential owners find the right bike at the right price. Finally... every issue features touring guides and riding advice to help readers explore the world on their bike.

Welcome…

YOUR RIDES • Been somewhere inspirational? Ridden an amazing road? Email ride@ride.co.uk to tell us about your trip and your bike

RiDE INVESTIGATES ARE ELECTRONIC RIDER AIDS TAKING OVER? • What's next for electronic rider assists, and are they taking skill away from riders?

BIKES WITH THE MOST RIDER AIDS

Multistrada gets more • Ducati's V4 tourer set for engine and electronics upgrade in 2025

New KTM Super Adventure: more radar safety

LETTERS • Email ride@ride.co.uk Write to us RiDE, Media House, Lynchwood, Peterborough PE2 6EA

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ASK THE LAWYER • ‘I wasn't honest in a claim and it's backfired – can you help?'

ASK THE RIDING COACH

Voge makes value the fashion • Chinese DS900X boasts BMW heritage and offers a loads of kit for the money

BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference

A little joy

Throaty A2 thrills for £4.3k

5 things you need to know about… • Yamaha is bringing back automated shifting on the MT-09… but is it good enough to persuade us to dump the clutch?

Q: Is the Scrambler 400 X worth the extra money? • …or does Triumph's new A2-legal urban enduro sacrifice substance for style?

Q Is it a good bike for pillion riding? • ‘It's much better than I expected it to be' - RiDE's Alison Silcox

THE BIG RIDE North by Northwest • From Hawick, the home of Steve Hislop, escape over the border and across Northumberland to Alnwick on the coast

Feed me, feed me, feed me…

Three great places to visit

THIS MONTH'S BIG RIDE ROUTE • DOWNLOAD THE ROUTE www.ride.co.uk

19 INCHES OF PLEASURE • The top ten 19in-front wheel adventure bikes for tarmac-based touring

CARRY ON ADVENTURING • Triumph's Tiger 900 GT Pro is our favourite all-round, road-going adventure bike. We took it – plus the also excellent BMW R1300GS and Honda Africa Twin – for a lap of the Shropshire Hills for motorcycle enlightenment and moistened sleeping bags

THE SAME, BUT CHEAPER • Want to get a similar experience for less money? These are great options…

HOW TO GET YOUR KIDS (OR GRANDKIDS) INTO BIKES • Bike journo and dedicated dad Jim has spent the past decade sharing his love of bikes with his son. This is what he's learned…

5 ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS TO KEEP KIDS SAFE ON THE ROADS

CHILD PILLION CHECK LIST

New Kriega: it's swings and roundabouts

‘Quiet, cooling and perfectly comfortable' • Schuberth's custom-fit options make this helmet superbly comfortable for thousands of miles

TESTING IN PROGRESS • RiDE staffers on kit they've been using recently

Touring boots • Which boots work as well off the bike as on when you're a big tour?

How we tested them

- TOURING BOOTS THE RiDE VERDICT • Close scores but there's one all-round winner

THE YEAR'S BEST KIT

2018-2024 | £8500-£15,000 | 186mph | 197bhp Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX • Boost your riding holiday with Kawasaki's blown sports tourer

I own one! • RiDE reader's highs and...