January 2025


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Next year’s new bikes have been announced and there’s a swarm of tantalising new machinery. Bike’s experts cut through the marketing guff and delve behind the headlines to reveal the 13 motorcycles that matter in each category. Yamaha’s updated MT-09 and the new KTM 990 Duke battle with the venerable Triumph Street Triple R on glorious British B-roads, and the fabulous new Suzuki GSX-8R takes on our fabulous old GSX-R750 at Cadwell Park.

Mat Oxley has a jaw-dropping natter with sidecar legends the Birchall brothers, and we peek inside the WP factory. Plus, there’s an adventure spectacular: we wade into the Peak District on the glamorous MV Agusta Enduro Veloce, get completely out of our depth in the BMW GS Challenge and do some leftfield adventuring too, heading to overlooked Corsica on the underrated Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE. Plus, all the insight, humour, and knowledge you can only find in Bike

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