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…
STAR PICTURE
YOUR RIDES • Been somewhere inspirational? Ridden an amazing road? Email ride@ride.co.uk to tell us about your trip and your bike
‘If there's one thing we do round here it's scenery…’ • RiDE reader Tony Brooke-Taylor takes us on a trip through Brontë country
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE • Fancy wuthering the heights? Tony has some advice
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE BIKE MARKET IN 2023? • All you need to know if you're planning to buy new or used in the next 12 months
Fresh thinking and new metal from Suzuki
Tracer 9 GT+ is Yamaha's most advanced bike yet
Bimota take on exotic enduro
Honda expands 500 twin family
Ducati's Diavel goes V4
Honda revives the Transalp
Royal Enfield cruises into new territory with Super Meteor 650
V-Strom range grows with new 800 parallel twin
Yamaha-powered Fantic Caballero 700 arrives
MV Agusta looks to the past for Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro
'My KTM 390 Adventure has changed my life!'
LETTERS • Email ride@ride.co.uk Write to us RiDE, Media House, Lvnchwood, Peterborough PE2 6EA
'Great to see Japanese do well'
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Is this the new king of value? • At £6999, Honda's new Hornet is cheaper, more powerful and more tech-packed than any of its rivals
REMEMBER THE ORIGINAL?
BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference
High price for British Brute
Quite cheap, very cheerful
5 things you need to know about… • Harley-Davidson's Screamin’ Eagle/Öhlins suspension upgrade
Q Can you really live with an electric bike? • Does Zero's DSR/X electric adventurer offer a viable alternative to petrol power?
Q What is the actual range?
Q How are the electronics?
Q How fast and cheap to charge?
Q How does it ride?
Q How well-made is it?
Q What are the best options and add-ons?
Q What will it cost to run?
Q How easy is it to work on?
Q How much power does it actually make?
Q What do RiDE readers think? • Is an electric adventure bike a tempting prospect? Adventure-bike and electric-bike owners discuss
Q What are its rivals?
A ‘Electric still isn't quite there’
THE BIG RIDE Exmoor • With magnificent riding in a wild and varied landscape, stirring views, steeped local history and some great food, Exmoor is worth coming back to again and again
Feed me, feed me, feed me…
Three great places to visit
Big Ride route
Why mid-class adventure bikes rule • Big adventure bikes are great but there's a galaxy of lighter, sleeker, more agile middleweight bikes out there that do the job just as well… or better
APRILIA TUAREG
DON'T CALL ME MIDDLEWEIGHT! • Five great mid-sized adventure bikes
‘Perfect for on-road adventures’ • The Triumph Tiger 900 GT Pro is utterly brilliant at tarmac-based tours
FANCY A USED TIGER 900 GT PRO?
WHAT IT'S REALLY LIKE...