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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

RIDE INVESTIGATES WHAT WILL REALLY REDUCE YOUR INSURANCE PREMIUM? • You may be surprised how much you can save by taking a few simple measures when your renewal comes up

GET THE MOST FROM YOUR RENEWAL

Tiger changes its touring stripes • Triumph take aim at Yamaha Tracer 9 with Tiger Sport 800 tourer

Big bike, small budget

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

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ASK THE LAWYER • ‘Photochromic visors: are they legal on UK roads?’

ASK THE RIDING COACH • ‘What is intuitive riding and how do I do it?’

It’s better - but only a little bit • Capacity hikes gives the big Versys extra grunt, but little else has changed

BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference

Multi with the mostest

Not as polished, but still pleasant

5 things you need to know about… • …Can-Am’s all-new electric dual-sport machine that is both fun and functional

Q Is Ducati’s DesertX Rally the most capable adventure bike ever? • …or is it just a mega-money poseur’s bike?

Q Is it a good bike for riding as a pillion? • Alison Silcox readies her stepladder to swing a leg over the Rally

The Welsh Lakes Run • Six reservoirs linked by 80 miles of the most astonishingly varied scenery and riding anywhere in the UK. Welcome to the Welsh Lake District

Feed me, feed me, feed me…

Three great places to visit

THIS MONTH’S BIG RIDE ROUTE

CAN YOU REALLY TRUST CHINESE BIKES? • We test the two market-leading Chinese bikes in every possible scenario, over 24 hours

CAN THE CFMOTO COPE WITH SPORTY RIDING? • We entrust the keys with RiDE’s speedy Carl Stevens for 300-odd miles of hard riding and B-road naughtiness

CAN YOU TAKE THE KOVE FOR AN ADVENTURE? • Editor Matt takes the 800X for a lap of the Peak District. It turns out to be more of an endurance test for man than machine…

WHAT ARE THEY LIKE THROUGH AT NIGHT? • Chris and Ali find out how both bikes cope when your will is sapped and you should be in bed…

WHAT’S THE CFMOTO LIKE ON THE EARLY COMMUTE? • RiDE contributor Dan takes the CFMoto to Birmingham in freezing fog after a 4am start. It’s ‘fun…’

CAN THE KOVE COPE WITH MOTORWAY MADNESS? • RiDE’s iron-butted mile-muncher Simon Hargreaves takes on dawn and the rush hour, and searches for an Olympic Breakfast…

CAN THEY COPE WITH BRUTAL RIDING? • Big test finishes with flat-out riding and serious abuse

SO, IS NOW THE TIME TO BUY A CHINESE MOTORCYCLE?

4 WAYS TO WIN AT WINTER • The next few months don’t have to be the worst time to be a biker. Here are some great ways to banish the winter blues…

SEVEN HEAVEN • RiDE’s research shows we spend, on average, £7000 buying a bike. So, here are seven grand used bikes for, erm, seven grand…

BEST FLAGSHIP ADVENTURE • Still peerless, the big GS works brilliantly, doesn’t feel...