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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…

This month's highlights • What's got the RiDE team excited in the December 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

‘We're so lucky to have all this on our doorstep’ • RiDE readers Andrew and Caroline Harrison take us on a quick trip to North Wales

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE • Fancy riding to Bala and back? Here's Andrew's wisdom

WHAT'S UP WITH MOTORCYCLING'S SUPPLY CHAIN? • Massive delays on vital parts for bikes mean huge waits for us punters. So what gives?

READERS TELL THEIR SUPPLY-ISSUE TALES

Fantic's Dakar bike for the road

Ducati launches GS Adventure rival

New Hornet set to take on MT-07

Mash up the mud

‘Taking kids on bikes is brilliant’

LETTERS

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ASK THE RIDING COACH

Is latest Norton worth £17k? • The reworked Commando 961 proves new owner TVS’ credentials but it's expensive

FIRST RIDE SINNIS SM-XE 125 • Small but almost perfectly formed!

FIRST RIDE VESPA GTS 3OO SUPERTECH • Stylish scooter gets more tech

5 things you need to know about… • Moto Guzzi's all-new V100 Mandello S sports tourer

Q Have the Chinese truly cracked the big-bike market? • Is the Chinese-built CFMoto 800MT Touring value for money or a false investment?

Q Is it value for money?

Q How are the electronics?

Q How's the engine?

Q Does it feel like a quality package?

Q How well-made is it?

Q What are the best options and add-ons?

Q How easy is ft to work on?

Q How much power does it make?

Q What will it cost to run?

Q How does it stack up against a Japanese bike? • Suzuki's underrated V-Strom 1050XT sits at the lower end of the Japanese-built adventure-bike segment

Q What are its rivals?

A ‘At the moment the CFMoto has too many rough edges’

Hadrian's Wall • The B6318, Britain's longest B-road, cuts though England, along Hadrian's Wall and into Scotland. We headed there during the final heatwave of 2022 to revel in the twists, turns and history

Feed me, feed me, feed me…

Three great places to visit

THIS MONTH'S BIG RIDE ROUTE

‘AT MOMENTS LIKE THESE LESS IS MORE’ • Yamaha's Tracer 7 is proof you don't need a big motor, a stack of electronics and a fat wallet to do big miles in comfort

THREE ACE OVERLOOKED LONG-DISTANCE BIKES

‘THE V2 COULD BE THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF POWER AND HANDLING’ • Often overlooked, Ducati's middleweight Panigale V2 is the last V-twin sportsbike — and it's easier to exploit than any current big-capacity race-rep

‘PROPER, OLD-SCHOOL NAKEDS - THAT WORK ON THE ROAD’ • Big, meaty, tough and brutal: Honda's CB1000R and Kawasaki's Z900 exercise muscles we forgot we still have. But which is the best choice?

THREE OTHER ACE OVERLOOKED NAKEDS

‘A TUAREG'S GOT ABILITIES A T7 HASN'T’ • Why Aprilia's lightweight adventure bike deserves...