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

RiDE INVESTIGATES HOW HAVE BIKERS BEEN HIT BY THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS? • Everything seems dearer these days, but our investigation uncovered some unexpected findings

WERE THINGS REALLY BETTER IN THE PAST?

Petrol bikes ban set for delay to 2040 • Reprieve and alternative fuels push mean we may never go electric

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

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'The CPS messed up a prosecution and my solicitor won't appeal. Help!'

'Can you offer any advice for my first trip abroad?'

FIRST RIDE TRIUMPH TIGER 1200 GT Smooth(er) operator • Triumph listens to owners and banishes the popular Tiger 1200’s little irritations

BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference

FIRST RIDE HUSQVARNA SVARTPILEN 801 Punchy looks, polite performer

FIRST RIDE YAMAHA TÉNÉRÉ 700 EXTREME Ténéré gets tougher for the trails

FIRST RIDE YAMAHA XSR900 GP 5 things you need to know about… • Yamaha’s sporty and utterly stunning retro, the XSR900 GP

Salisbury Plain • We enjoy the stunning roads and easy-going gravel trails around the famous Salisbury Plain

Feed me, feed me, feed me…

Three great places to visit

THIS MONTH'S BIG RIDE ROUTE

MASTER BLASTERS • Celebrating the bikes that love to go far and fast

Q: Is M1000XR the ultimate tall-rounder? • …or is it just too lairy for its own good?

BLOWN AWAY • Matt revisits the supercharged Kawasaki H2 SX SE to find it’s not only a scintillating new machine, but can be a tempting used buy, too…

BUYING AN H2 SX • The good, the bad and the rather expensive…

HYPER REALITY • What is it like to own the fastest sports tourers on the planet? We speak to three hyperbike owners to find out

'You get off a Blackbird like you only just got on it' • Jeff Penver, 52, can’t stop fettling his 1999 Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird – he loves it!

'I was looking for a Super Dream, but… • Andy Herbert, 62 was seduced by the speed and power of his Kawasaki ZZR140

'The power is endless - it makes you swear' • Russ Perry, 57 picked up his Suzuki Hayabusa a few years back. He’s doing his best to behave

Britain's most underrated road bike • BMW’s F900R may be a cracking machine, but it’s almost invisible on UK roads. Road tester Carl finds out what it’s really like – and discovers its sporty side, too…

UNDER THE RADAR… • A couple more machines that don’t get the recognition they deserve…

Britain's best and most affordable race bike • We try the F900R in the UK’s most closely fought one-make race series. It was a blast…

LATEST KIT RATED Even better for making a Beeline to a destination

'Protective and packed with features' • Jim’s used the RST suit in all conditions – and he’s impressed

TESTING IN...