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BIKE is packed with road tests of new bikes and inspirational riding stories, with fantastic places, amazing races and extraordinary people. Created by a passionate and expert team of motorcycle riders, Bike makes you feel part of the amazing motorcycling world. Our three main areas of content are... Road tests: We ride and test all the latest bikes, from tourers to retros. Riding: We take motorcycles to the four corners of the UK, and the four corners of the world Extraordinary travel stories: amazing races, extraordinary events and astonishing bike people.

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Team Bike • This magazine is made by the most talented team of bike journalists, writers and photographers in the universe. Here's what they've been doing this month.

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Light entertainment • New Multistrada V2 S is 18kg lighter than the old bike, has more power and better tech. Prepare to want one

Brain scrambler • Like the scrambler style but wish they looked psychotic and had 156bhp? This Pan America-based headcase is the answer

Naked ambition • Most entertaining track bike ever? This new Krämer GP2-800XX could be it: 140kg, 136bhp and a wheelie-prone riding position…

Pimp your GS • Aftermarket plastics specialists reveal new kit that transforms the BMW R1300GS into a supermoto-esque corker

Bob on! • Most elegant Triumph Bobber ever? Almost certainly. It's amazing what you can achieve if you spend 10 years in a shed

Yamaha MT-09 SP V Triumph Street Triple 765 RS • Both powered by a fruity inline three, both on fancy running gear, both promising spirit… but which is the most potent naked sportsbike?

Why have Honda built a blown V3? • It's a good question, and the answer could involve unusual firing intervals and F1 tech. Bike‘s professor of engines Jamie Turner delves in to see what he can uncover…

Three in a Vee

GET IN GEAR • The latest word in swanky riding gear, desirable bolt-ons and must-have goodies for your pride and joy

‘I couldn't walk away from this one’

‘It's Trigger's broom’

‘No one has inspired me more’ • Valentino Rossi, Ted Simon, Evel Knievel - the last 100 years are stuffed to bursting with two-wheeled heroes. But in among the headline acts are the motorcyclists who've touched us in their own special and inspiring way…

Everyday heroes • Meet the folk who are really making a difference to motorcycling - people who are changing the bikes we ride, the kit we wear, and the culture around us

Keeping Britain biking

‘I'd adjust mindset, depth perception, feel, throttle and brake position… on the warm-up lap’ • Do anything in racing that no one else has done and you're definitely a hero. 40 years ago, Freddie Spencer won both the premier- and intermediate-class world titles - and no one has even attempted to equal his achievement since

Two at a time

Tanks for the memories • Adventure bikes get no bigger, smarter or more expensive than this. Bike heads for the Peak District with 90 litres of unleaded and an 826kg battle royal brewing

Alpinestar race service • Had a prang in your expensive leathers and need them touching up for the race? Welcome to the bewildering world of the on-site race support provided by Italian protection gurus Alpinestars…

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? • Just £9999 for a blingy supernaked? Honda have either miscalculated the price of the new CB1000 Hornet SP or it's a tad lacking, surely…

‘The minute you think you've cracked it, you haven't cracked it’ • Jake Dixon is Britain's only successful Grand Prix rider of the moment. So, how did he transform himself from BSB battler to Moto2 world title contender? And what's his plan to get more Brits into GP racing?

Tried to kill it. Failed • What better test of a Chinese...