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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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£3440 less than a GS • Same engine, chassis and electronics as a GS, but three and a half grand less and a lower seat… what's not to like about the new BMW R1300R?

New R1300RT packs the tech

Patina exotica • This 1955 BSA Gold Star race bike has just been returned to the road. It's hard to imagine anything cooler

Adventure for £79 a month • New Voge DS625X gets more power and high-quality kit – and costs just £6199

Fastest GP bike for sale • KTM flogging Brad Binder's RC16 that hit 227.5mph in 2023

‘It grips!’ • Britain has a top ice speedway racer for the first time in decades. Paul Cooper explains how to put 80bhp through 400 spikes

1994 Triumph Speed Triple • To celebrate the recent release of the most powerful, high-tech Speed Triple ever, Phil West remembers our first encounter with the iconic original

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

MotoGP: can we have a triple, please? • New GP regulations are looming. Jamie Turner prods the rules, predicts what power they'll make, and muses over what could have been…

‘I thought it unfair that Steve was held back - but he went on to win’

Owen Jenner

Naked value • Want maximum fun from your finances? We send three high value hotshots to Grimsby – home of Britain's best-value fish and chips…

Honda CB1000 Hornet SP • Undercutting supernaked rivals by £1000s, the 155bhp Hornet seems like phenomenal value. But have corners been cut?

Morbidelli C1002V • The dark horse, fresh in from China. Top-level build quality (really) for half the price of the equivalent Harley…

BSA Gold Star • The back-to-basics classic-a-like appeals to an obvious market, but can it tear us away from the mighty Hornet? Oddly, yes it can…

Verdict

More top value! • If you're not fussy about getting a 2025 bike, there are some extraordinary deals out there on new 2024 models

‘Best thing I ever bought’ • From boots and gloves to rucksacks and security – these are the high-value goodies we'd buy again in a heartbeat…

CHEAP FOR A REASON? • Chinese-made motorcycles have impressive specs for attractive pricing. Chris Cope asks whether they're great value or if you get what you pay for…

Happy customers

Back where it should be • Capable, different, superb value, Yamaha's Ténéré 700 was a huge hit in 2019. Now this year's tweaks put it back ahead of newer and often cheaper rivals

‘The buzz of the TT is a million times more than riding a short circuit’ • Davey Todd is as happy racing around Brands Hatch as he is racing at the TT. But he has no doubt whatsoever which gives him the biggest kick

DEALS ON WHEELS • 73 wallet-friendly ways to ride a new bike in 2025 – how does just £59 a month sound?

Cheaper than ever… • No longer must you stuff notes into a piggy bank or wade into the Post Office with a sawn-off. Thanks to PCP finance, riding a new bike has never been...