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 September issue

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

STAR PICTURE

‘The whole of the South Downs spread out in front of you…’ • RiDE reader Austin shows us his Goodwood gallop

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE • Fancy galloping to Goodwood? Austin will set you right…

JUST WHY ARE UK ROADS SO BAD? • Crumbling tarmac is nothing new for-bikers but what’s happening – and is it getting worse?

‘IT HAPPENED TO ME’

Suzuki: ‘New bikes are on the way’

‘RiDE’s bench isn’t a TRUE long-term test!

LETTERS

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ASK THE LAWYER • ‘My injury case won’t cover future loss of earnings. What can I do?’

ASK THE RIDING COACH • ‘I’m worried about riding with a group of faster riders. What can I do?’

BSA goes for the gold standard • Reborn Brit legend comes back as Indian-built Royal Enfield Interceptor rival

BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference

Basic Benelli has a way to go

It’s a commuting heavyweight

5 things you need to know about… • Bimota’s lovely-looking, Kawasaki-engine’d new KB4

Is the Ninja H2 SX SE worth the money? • Does Kawasaki’s tech-heavy supercharged sports tourer justify its £24,635 price tag?

Wye Valley-Malvern Hills loop • With gentle rolling countryside, beautiful towns and some challenging riding, this is one of the UK’s unsung biking destinations

Feed me, feed me, feed me…

Three great places to visit

THIS MONTH’S

BRITAINS TOP-10 NAKEDS • These are the best-value, most useful, most fun fairing-free bikes in UK showrooms

IT TAKES TWO, BABY • Taking a passenger on a motorcycle can be one of life’s joys… or a potential nightmare. RiDE’s riding coach talks us through making your pillion feel like one in a million

PILLION-FRIENDLY ACCESSORIES

WIN A DAY’S PILLION-FRIENDLY TRAINING!

‘Function as well as form’

UNDER £100

‘Expensive but oh-so effective’ • Phone mounting system keeps phone safe for thousands of miles but doesn’t come cheap

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

WHAT THE TRIANGLES MEAN • For more than two decades, the RiDE Best Buy and Recommended triangles have stood for performance and value for money.

Two-piece leathers • Two-piece leather suits offer all the protection of a one-piece with added convenience

How we tested them

IAM ROADSMART MOTORCYCLE SKILLS DAY • We try track-based advanced training designed to make you a better road rider

We’ve done it too! • RiDE readers share their experience of the IAM RoadSmart skills day

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

GT SPECIAL • Celebrating the most-fun, most-useful tarmac-eaters

BMW S1000RR • How BMW’s first true superbike revolutionized the category – and why it’s a superb...