RiDE

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…

This month’s highlights • What’s got the RiDE team excited in the August issue

STAR PICTURE

YOUR RIDES

‘Cracking, quiet B-roads and great scenery’ • RiDE reader Bob Wilson shows us round his favourite Peak District loop

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE • Fancy Bob’s favourite bimble? He’s got some advice

RiDE INVESTIGATES HOW IS THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS HITTING RIDERS? • We can all feel the pinch of rising prices but how is the crisis impacting motorcycling?

Be part of RiDE’s People’s Bike of the Year • Test the latest bikes with your favourite mag

‘I’m getting people into biking’

LETTERS

RiDE

ASK THE LAWYER

ASK THE RIDING COACH

Iron fist in a velvet glove • The revamped XSR900 is much more than a homage to Yamahas of the 1980s

BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference

FIRST RIDE APRILIA TUONO 660 FACTORY

FIRST RIDE INDIAN PURSUIT

5 things you need to know about… • Norton’s re-engineered superbike

Yamaha Tracer 7 vs Kawasaki Versys 650 • Which of these two tall-rounders offers the best value for your money?

EUROPE BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS • This summer ’s five best European touring destinations

RIDING IN EUROPE IN 2022 • What you really need to know

Q Is the Tiger the bike we should all be buying? • Can Triumph’s new Tigers compete with biking’s best-sellers?

KEEP CALM... AND CARRY ON RIDING • How to keep a lid on the cost of riding this summer

‘Performance justifies the pricetag’

UNDER £100

‘1200 miles in two days with no blisters’ • Alpinestars’ SMX-6 V2 boots have kept Simon Hargreaves’ toes warm and dry through 8000 miles of snow and rain

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

T-handle hex keys • Ditch those old Allen keys for a proper set of T-handled hex keys and enjoy tinkering more

YAMAHA OFF-ROAD EXPERIENCE • RiDE art ed and green-lane enthusiast Steve does his best to keep up with the Jonses at Yamaha’s Welsh school

THE YEAR’S BEST KIT • We’ve been busy testing in the past year. Here is what we’ve found that works

Ducati Multistrada 950 & S • How the ‘junior’ Multistrada became Ducati’s affordable all-rounder and makes a superb used buy today

What we’ve learned after 2799 miles* • Honda’s NT1100 is one of the most important new bikes of 2022, plugging Honda’s tourer gap. Here’s what we learned about it

WHAT WORKS WHAT DOESN’T

Jack of all trades • Our Suzuki hits the track following its first major service

Weight a moment… • Jim falls foul of the Interceptor’s deceiving mass…

Big miles, bigger smiles • With great power, comes great irresponsibility

World Raid meets the UK • Big-mile, high-spec Ténéré joins our test fleet

Suspension upgrade transforms CRF • Why upgrading suspension is the best money you can spend

‘It’s a brilliant bike. It just won’t stop’ • Barry Thompson’s Yamaha FZS600 Fazer is a born survivor and has...