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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…

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 the views across the valleys even in the rain it's pretty!’ • RiDE reader Zoe Kubiak takes us around one of her favourite rides

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE • Fancy riding this route? Listen to Zoe

WHERE IS THE NEXT GENERATION OF BIKERS? • With motorcyclists generally getting older, how have we got into this state – and what can be done?

NEW RIDERS ARE COMING

Big Tigers’ tidings of comfort and joy • Triumph gives its large-capacity adventure range a makeover

Half-price Scrambler finance plan launches

Hydra-Glide harks back to the 1950s

Classy new Husky 801 – but comes at a price

Stolen bike returned after five years

LETTERS

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

ASK THE RIDING COACH • With Rapid Training Coach Dave Hewson

Yamaha's new market leader • Updated MT-09 is the complete package – and it's impressive value, too

You want more? Okay, you got it • More power, more assured handling and more quality for the new mid-size Duke

BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference

Daytona takes the soft option

Capable and full of Guzzi charm

5 things you need to know about… • …BMW's newly-upgraded and adventure-tastic F900GS

The Western Front • We trace a route across rural northern France, roughly following part of the Western Front in the Great War

Feed me, feed me, feed me…

THE BIG RIDE

Three great places to visit

THIS MONTH'S BIG RIDE ROUTE

THE CLASS OF 2024 • The real stories behind this year's best new bikes

Why this could be the best small-capacity bike ever built

Why this 150bhp tall-rounder will FLY from showrooms

Why the Africa Twin is better with ‘less’ adventure

For some, it's all the GS you'll ever need

Why a high-performance tall-rounder makes sense

It's a middleweight sportsbike revolution!

LIGHT, SPORTY AND NEW IN 2024

Q Is the Tiger 900 GT Pro all the bike you'll ever need? • New-road based adventurer comes with an array of upgrades and more refinement

Q Is it now a better tourer?

Q Do the annoying vibes remain?

Q Could tech be better?

Q Is it enjoyable to ride?

Q Is it a good bike for riding as a pillion? • Alison Silcox finds out what the Tiger is like for passengers

What's the new GS really like over distance? • Last month we sent RiDE's resident mile-muncher up to Scotland in search of amazing roads. This is what Si H thought of the bike he rode there on

Our verdict on the best new metal of 2024

‘Great dual-sport helmet’

UNDER £100

‘Brilliant, but also slightly frustrating’ • Matt's used the Sand 4 in all conditions and rates it. With one caveat…

TESTING IN PROGRESS • RiDE staffers on kit they've been using...