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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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GSX-8 goes retro • New Suzuki GSX-8TT harks back to the mighty GS1000S to create a classy sub-£10,000 retro

There's a GSX-8T, too

Pre-war Panigale • In fact that's understating it. In 1937 this Vincent Rapide V-twin was mind-frazzlingly fast. And you can buy it…

Looniest single lives on • New KTM 690 Enduro R gets an updated engine and new electronic gizmos

Milestone alert! • Honda's Montesa RTL electric trials bike isn't just beating a few petrol-powered rivals – it's leading the world championship

‘It's cheap to run!’ • You'd think Michael Dunlop's Ducati V2 TT weapon would be a highly strung money pit. Quite the reverse…

2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200 S • Fifteen summers ago Ducati claimed their new adventure bike had all-terrain ambition. Martin Fitz-Gibbons recalls Bike testing that theory with a Dakar veteran and a motocross track

Petrol and the greatest engine ever • Professor Jamie Turner reveals how a bunch of fuel researchers invented an engine that changed history

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

‘Suzuka 8 Hours coincided with Japan business trip – why not?’

‘Delight in the madness’

Bike of the Year 2025 • From bargain supernakeds and fresh-feeling sportsbikes to eye-opening new adventure models by fledgling firms, this year has been rather good for tip-top metal. But which is the greatest new bike of 2025? The bunfight starts here…

Your experts are…

Podium in the Peaks • And now, your main event. The top three places in our 2025 Bike of the Year countdown, settled over a 250-mile jaunt through the stunning Peak District

‘You learn how to navigate the cesspool’ • Few MotoGP riders are more fun to interview than Jack Miller. The Aussie talks the murky world of paddock politics, how he spends £250,000 on racing each season, and how Yamaha's MotoGP fightback is coming along

No sleep till Redruth • Fancy doing something achievable yet ludicrous? The Land's End Trial is 16 hours of mud, rocks and bacon sarnies. And it's utterly fantastic…

Can a sports tourer go too far? • Is the new BMW R1300RS SE ASA too sporty and clever for its own good?

A case of mistaken identity • Ducati's new XDiavel V4 is a machine that defies labels. We rumble along the fabulous Route Napoléon in search of what this imposing device is really all about

How we got here

Who the hell are Zontes? • And is their £7199 ZT703-F worth considering? We go for a spin…

Supermoto • Part road, part motocross. Utterly thrilling. Bike goes behind the scenes of the bizarre but brilliant British Supermoto Championship

Is it third time lucky? • Buell return with new owner and updated models including this Hammerhead 1190

Karaoke, prog rock and cheap bikes • The perfect mount for a point-hunting challenge to Barcelona is, surely, a £435 Triumph Trophy. Alistair George goes rallying on a budget…

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