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…

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

'It's not all about the twisties; it's just a lovely part of the world' • RiDE reader Chris Instone takes us to the cradle of the Industrial Revolution - the scenic way

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

RiDE INVESTIGATES WHAT HAPPENED TO BIKING'S ENGINE REVOLUTION? • From two-strokes to rotaries and turbos, we've been promised game-changing tech for years. So why are the latest engines still so conventional?

Norton's electric future

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

RiDE

ASK THE LAWYER • with Andrew Dalton, White Dalton Motorcycle Solicitors

ASK THE RIDING COACH • With Rapid Training Coach Ryan Decarteret

Small tweaks go a long way • Improvements on KTM's new 890 Adventure make it a middleweight contender

FIRST RIDE BMW S1000RR More power but polite too • BMW's new S1000RR is still one of the easiest 1000cc sportsbikes to ride fast

FIRST RIDE HONDA ST125 DAX Small bike, big fun!

FIRST RIDE CCM HERITAGE 71 TI Light bike, heavyweight price

FIRST RIDE BMW M1000R 5things you need to know about… • Meet BMW's new ultra-naked: the 207bhp M1000R

THE SMART-MONEY TEST Fantic Caballero Scrambler 500 vs Mash X-Ride 650 Trail • What's the best value middleweight scrambler?

9 GREAT GETAWAYS THAT WON'T COST THE EARTH • From weekends away to European runs, tour smart and save money with RiDE's best-value routes in 2023-don't can it, plan it!

UNDER £500 'MILE AFTER MILE OF STUNNING RIDING' • When it comes to smiles per pound, the Borders has the best combination of roads, scenery and biking hospitality this country can offer

£750 UNDER 'EXPERIENCE MORE THAN JUST RIDING' • Take a relaxed weekend break diving into the heart of Europe through the French Ardennes to Luxembourg to find new roads and new flavours

UNDER £1000 'THIS IS A SLICE OF RIDING HISTORY • Five days exploring the Route Napoleon, Provence, the Côte d'Azur, and a few Alpine passes. It's a long week but the riding is sublime

ALSO WORTH TRYING… • Here are six other great trips that won't cost the earth

TOUR 2023 'PERFECT FOR AN ADVENTURE ROAD TRIP' • The roads and trails of Portugal are one of the best places in the world to head off the beaten track

PERFECT PORTUGAL • There's a reason KTM chose this route to launch the all-new 890 Adventure - the roads and trails are sublime

TOUR 2023 THE YEAR'S BEST BIG RIDES • In the past 12 months we've ridden thousands of UK miles, visiting all corners of the country in search of great roads, great scenery and great memories. And these are the four best

TOUR 2023 WHEN TOURING GOES BAD • There is plenty that can go wrong on a tour. RiDE's readers and our king of Calamity, Simon Hargreaves, reveal some classics

BIKING'S GOOD GUYS • These four heroes use the...