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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 IS HAPPENING TO UK DEALERS? • As bike shops across the country go to the wall, what’s going wrong with the motorcycle market?

WHAT IF MY LOCAL DEALER CLOSES?

KTM’s feat of endurance • KTM launches high-spec, bargain-price 390 Enduro R

Bike registrations ‘up’

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

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ASK THE LAWYER • ‘I crashed on some garden debris - do I have a case against the homeowner?’

ASK THE RIDING COACH • ‘Can my bike’s rider aids really help my riding in winter?’

Hornet is 2025’s naked bargain • Honda’s CB1000 Hornet SP is fun, fast, and makes the competition look like silly money

BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference

Speedier Speed Twin

NC gets a refresh - and greener

5 things you need to know about… • …Triumph’s much-revised and now more sporty Speed Twin 900

Q Is it worth upgrading to the new R1300GS Adventure? • BMW’s R1300GS Adventure looks different, sounds different and it’s built different. But is it better than the 1250?

THE BIG RIDE New Forest loop • We spend a day in and out of the woods in the stunning New Forest, a stone’s throw from the south coast

Feed me, feed me, feed me…

Three great places to visit

THIS MONTH’S BIG RIDE ROUTE

RIDE’S BIKE-BUYING BIBLE • The UK’s best deals for new and used bikes

10 ACE USED BUYS FOR 2025 • With more new models than ever fighting for your wallet, it has never been better to dip into Biking Britain’s great-value used bikes. Here are ten of the best…

6 GREAT TIPS FOR BUYING YOUR NEXT BIKE • With some great deals out there right now, we look at some of the best ways to save cash…

THE BEST-VALUE NEW BIKES OF 2025 • The road test verdict of the best discounted bikes in the UK’s showrooms

FOUR GREAT BIKES UNDER £3000… • …as recommended by the RiDE team

‘Versatile and decent value’

‘It’s all you need as a home mechanic’ • Great value, useful and practical, this compact socket set is loved by editor Matt

TESTING IN PROGRESS • RiDE staffers on kit they’ve been using recently

Sub-£500 textile suits • A textile suit is the go-to piece of riding kit for many - but what does £500 get you?

How we tested them

THE RiDE VERDICT • Great performance by the new kids on the block

THE YEAR’S BEST KIT • We’ve been busy testing in the past year. Here is what we’ve found that works

Triumph Thruxton 1200 R • A reminder of a latter-day biking era, the stylish Thruxton 1200 R café racer has plenty of modern tech and pace

I own one! • RiDE readers’ highs and lows of owning a Thruxton 1200 R

The best alternatives

What to look for on the test ride

Three ways to make it better

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