RiDE

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.

‘It’ll help any rider to get more from their bike’

This month’s highlights • What’s got the RiDE team excited in the June issue

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

STAR PICTURE

‘The closest thing to the Alps without days on a motorway’ • The A821 may not be the most direct route to Fort William from Glasgow but it’s a lot more fun than the A82

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE • Fancy riding this route? Here’s what you need to know

WILL NEW E10 FUEL RUIN MY BIKE? • It’s better for the environment but what effect will ethanol content have on our bikes?

What bikes could be affected?

Realworld cases

User-friendly makeover for GSX-S1000 • Real world performance boost for sporty naked

More urge and comfort for MV

ASK THE LAWYER • Andrew Dalton, ex-dispatch rider, is a solicitor-advocate and barrister with 20 years’ experience with bikers

LETTERS

RIDE

Speed Triple goes hardcore • Has Triumph gone too lairy with its new Speed Triple 1200 RS?

BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference

Continuing the Busa legacy • Suzuki’s new Hayabusa is a lot more refined but it’s still one extreme hyperbike

BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference

Fresh-faced supernaked

Chinese bikes are getting close

5 things you need to know about… • …Ducati’s revamped SuperSport 950 S

Triumph Trident 660 vs Yamaha MT-07 vs Honda CB650R • Middleweight nakeds are booming right now but which of the big three carries the most clout? Let’s find out...

MONEY MATTERS

North Yorks Moors • Up on the roof of Yorkshire, the light across the moors is truly heavenly. But there’s a lot more than just heather and skies to the North Yorks Moors

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE • RiDE readers share their inside tips on riding in the North Yorks Moors

Feed me, feed me, feed me...

Three great places to visit

THIS MONTH’S BIG RIDE ROUTE

HOW TO BE SMOOOOTH • Your six-point plan for a polished ride this spring

GREAT ROUTE TO RIDE ON YOUR ADVENTURE BIKE • Four brilliant places and routes to ride this month

PERFECT TÉN • Two years since it was launched, Yamaha’s Ténéré 700 has opened up adventure bikes to a whole new audience. We get reacquainted with one to find out why...

5 THINGS THAT MAKE IT SO GOOD

Fancy a used one? • Here is what you need to know…

10 best used adventure bikes – from £2000 • The adventure bike as we know it has been around for 41 years. Here’s our pick of the best used examples

HAVE ADVENTURE BIKES GONE TOO FAR? • KTM’s updated 1290 Super Adventure S is the most advanced adventure bike yet. But with 158bhp, around 245kg fully-fuelled and more computing power than a moon mission, have adventure bikes finally got too much?

WHAT WE’VE LEARNED FROM THE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE

BACK TO SCHOOL • You can unlock a whole new dimension to your bike by attending an...