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 November issue

STAR PICTURE

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

'I love seeing it in different seasons and the corners all just flow' • RiDE reader John Franklin takes us on a trip round the Cotswolds

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE • Fancy carving up the Cotswolds? John knows the score

ARE OUR 60 LIMITS IN DANGER? • Surrey County Council is cutting back its 60mph zones to 30 and 20mph. Is it the beginning of the end for National Speed Limit roads?

PM NOT RULING OUT 80MPH M'WAY LIMIT

New GS could be unveiled in weeks

New adventures for Suzuki

Pricey Monster SP set to be revealed

LETTER OF THE MONTH • 'Biking is about the smell and experience'

'I'm a double High-Mile Hero!'

'Do we need rider aids? No. Do we like them? Yes!'

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ASK THE LAWYER

ASK THE RIDING COACH

FIRST RIDE ZERO DSR/X Cost of electric starting to fall • Zero's new adventure bike ticks a lot of boxes and is cheaper than the competition

BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference

Great fun but impractical supermoto

Stylish but seriously lacking…

5 things you need to know about… • Yamaha's latest MT-10 SP hyper-naked

PEOPLE'S BIKE OF THE YEAR • RiDE readers test the best new bikes of 2022

6TH Kawasaki Z650RS • An easy-going and great-looking middleweight retro

5TH Ducati Desertx • Ducati's hardcore global explorer

4TH Triumph Tiger 1200 Rally Pro • New for this year, lighter and more powerful than ever before, can the new Tiger impress our cynical testers?

3RD Yamaha XSR900 • If you've got a hardy backside, this is the finest, most exciting naked (not- that-much) money can buy…

2ND Honda NT1100 • We are familiar with Honda's high-spec sports tourer based on an Africa Twin powerplant. However, what will our readers think of the NT1100??

1ST Suzuki GSX-S1000 GT+ • The GSX-R1000 motor gets a new lease of life as a sports tourer - the result is an ace bike!

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN The two sports-tourers are at the head of the pack • It's almost too close to call - the Suzuki and Honda are both ace all-rounders and deserve a RiDE triangle

Castles and coastlines • From ice creams at Whitley Bay to saying your prayers at historic Holy Island, a ride along Northumberland's coast is a low-stress, dreamy rollick past seasides, sand and sausages

THE FACTS

Feed me, feed me, feed me…

Three great places to visit

THIS MONTH'S BIG RIDE ROUTE

HAVE SUPERN TOOL IAKEDS GONE FAR? • Boasting wings that work best at 167mph, we ride Ducati's 205bhp, £21k Streetfighter V4S to find out…

'A LITTLE TOO RICH, SIR?' • Three more affordable, road-friendly fast nakeds

HOW MUCH FASTER HAVE THEY GOT?

'Excellent value for money'

Comfy and a...