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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.

‘Next year will be all about great-value new motorcycles'

YOUR RIDES • Been somewhere inspirational? Ridden an amazing road? Email ride@ride.co.uk to tell us about your trip and your bike

MY FAVOURITE RIDE DORSET LOOP ‘It's a lovely route to keep your skills sharp' • RiDE reader David ‘Mitch' Mitchell takes us on one of several favourite rides - a pleasing 100-mile loop of the Dorset countryside

RiDE INVESTIGATES IS THIS THE START OF A SMALL-BIKE REVOLUTION? • Sales of 400cc bikes are surging. Is this the start of a wider market shift towards smaller machines, and who is buying them?

Forced induction revolution • Honda dazzle with V3 concept featuring electric supercharger

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

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‘Can I sue on behalf of my son, who was injured at training school?'

‘Which motorcycle should I buy next to help me to develop my riding?'

FIRST RIDE BMW R1300GS ADVENTURE Supersize GS is the real deal • Redesign doesn't make the new big GSA drastically better, but new tech options do

FIRST RIDE DUCATI MULTISTRADA V4 S Multistrada gets even more clever • New ride height device and ABS system boost the appeal of Ducati's tall-rounder

FIRST RIDE ROYAL ENFIELD BEAR 650 5 things you need to know about… • …Royal Enfield's new Interceptor 650-based street scrambler

BIG QUESTIONS ANSWERED Q Does the world really need the MT-09 SP? • It costs £1700 more than the excellent base model – so is it really worth spending extra?

Q Is it a good bike for Q riding as a pillion? • For Alison Silcox, the SP is everything a pillion ride should be…

THE BIG RIDE South Downs Way • If not the Garden of England, the South Downs is its playground. We head east towards the coast

THIS MONTH'S BIG RIDE ROUTE

NEW METAL 2025 • Our no-nonsense verdicts on the best-value, most interesting bikes revealed so far

TRIUMPH TIGER SPORT 800 The bike we've wanted for years • Triumph's Tiger Sport 800 is set to become one of 2025's most in-demand bikes thanks to a combination of practicality, pace and price

HONDA CB1000 HORNET Japan's drive for value • New Hornet offers an amazingly low showroom price and leads an array of good-value bikes from the Japanese brands. So, how are they doing it?

Sportsbikes for the real world YAMAHA R9 • A new wave of sportsbikes with more accessible performance and reasonable prices are starting to look seriously tempting – and promise less backache, too…

Ducati see sense • New Panigale V2 is cheaper to run, cheaper to buy, lighter and more comfortable

YAMAHA TRACER 9, 9 GT & 9 GT+ Tracer's new face • More refinement for Yamaha's high-spec sports tourer – and more headlights, too

T7 gets modern • More technology and better suspension move the adventure veteran further on

KTM 1390 SUPER ADVENTURE S KTM get even more lairy • More power, more torque, more tech for KTM's flagship bikes

Even madder KTM 1390 SUPER DUKE GT • The world's most...