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Big value big Hornet • New Honda CB1000 continues the 750 Hornet's good value crusade, with 150bhp and a £8999 price tag

Perfect combo? • Triumph blend the fizz of a Street Triple 765 with the all-day practicality of their Tiger Sport 660. Result: the new Tiger Sport 800

Connoisseur's headcase • New BMW S1000R gives irrelevant wings a miss and concentrates on the important stuff – more power, slicker ride and better looks

Single, handsome, looking for fun… • Suzuki reintroduce the DR-Z. Could be the best-timed comeback of the year

MT-07 gets rorty • 2025 Yamaha MT-07 comes with new suspension, electronics, brakes… and a system to make it sound fruity

Polished to perfection • Planning a long ride? We recommend taking the spankin’ Yamaha Tracer 9

Moving the benchmark • Yamaha's Ténéré 700 underlines its place as the best mid-sized adventurist

Reassuringly simple • Shake paws with the Bear 650 – the Royal Enfield with an odd name but straightforward appeal

What they do best • Expensive, exclusive and extremely ‘ooh’, the F3 Competizione is MV Agusta being as MV as possible

British Diavel nearly ready • New Langen 185bhp V-twin will line up against Ducati Diavel and Triumph's Rocket 3

Like a nuclear armchair • KTM's already loopy Super Duke GT gets bigger, faster, cleverer… and comfier, too

Panigale for the people • All new Ducati Panigale V2 has a comfier riding position, variable valve motor, less weight and road-focused suspension. Oh yes…

Quite epic enough, ta • Hot new Ducati Streetfighter V2 has everything a naked sportsbike needs

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

V4 Victory • Yamaha are ditching their inline-four engine in MotoGP. Jamie Turner looks at how and why the V4 configuration now dominates the class

2003 V 2024 Honda CBR600RR • Honda brought back their shrieking supersport tool this year, 21 years after it first arrived. Just how much different is the latest emissions-meeting incarnation from the 2003 original?

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‘Variety feeds the addiction’

High class • MV Agusta have built an adventure bike. To find out if that's an idea up there with chocolate teapots and soluble canoes, Bike heads for the Peak District on the Enduro Veloce

The good, bad and indifferent

The rise – and rise – of the adventure bike • The past 20 years have witnessed the biggest change in British bike buying habits in a generation…

Are we actually adventuring?

Has adventure changed the industry?

No one said it has to be…

‘You get home from the TT and you want to slit your throat’ • Brothers Ben and Tom Birchall were the kings of sidecar TT racing for almost a decade. They talk skilled lunacy, high-speed ballet and post-TT comedowns

BARE ESSENTIALS • Stripped back...