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V4 R1 brewing? • Yamaha's decision to build this new 1000cc V4 YZR-M1 for just the 2026 MotoGP season seems unhinged. Unless they have other plans…
True grit • Michael Sharpe explains how he's honed this Suzuki TL1000S powered monster into a sand racing weapon
Honda have a vision • The Outlier Concept is what Honda reckon we'll be riding in 2030. Yeah, we scoffed as well. But there are some interesting ideas…
New Tracker 400 • Triumph reveal new version of the Speed 400 with more power and handsome flat track styling
Build it! • Dealers urge Royal Enfield to start making this recently revealed Himalayan 750 prototype
1999 Suzuki Hayabusa • Martin Child had his eyes opened and adrenal gland battered at the original launch of the big, ballistic Busa
Will MV's ‘square five’ really work? • MV Agusta have plans for a radical five-cylinder, twin-crank, 240bhp superbike engine. Professor Jamie Turner sorts fact from fiction
GET IN GEAR • The latest word in swanky riding gear, desirable bolt-ons and must-have goodies for your pride and joy
‘Amazing racing - and the first flat track win for a Ducati’
‘A brilliant interview’
Trail and error • KTM's first small-cc adventure bike wasn't what we wanted at all. But the new 390 Adventure R might just have got it spot on…
How special is MV's latest ‘special'? • The MV Agusta Brutale RR Ottantesimo is the firm's 80th birthday gift to itself
26 EVENTS YOU CAN'T MISS IN 2026 • Bike's pick of the very best motorcycle festivals, races, shows and celebrations to get locked in your calendar right now
‘Luca is unbelievable - he's like an engineer riding a MotoGP bike’ • Valentino Rossi's half-brother Luca Marini hasn't won a MotoGP race yet, but his ability to communicate with engineers has played an important part in Honda's MotoGP renaissance. And he believes that one day soon the RC213V will be the best bike on the grid
Too Super for its own good? • KTM's 1390 Super Adventure S Evo bedazzles with tech. Has it gone too far?
Street credibility • The modern-retro roadster is a mash-up of old-school vibes and new-school fashion – but underneath the lashings of style, do they still work as practical motorcycles?
Suzuki GSX-8TT • Is retro paint and a nose cone worth a premium price tag for the sixth model in Suzuki's parallel twin platform series?
Husqvarna Vitpilen 801 • Firm and feisty, the multinational Vitpilen is a lot more modern than retro – but it has a classier feel than its orange cousin
Honda CB650R • Scream if you want to go faster. Next to a pair of parallel twins, the CB's high-revving inline four feels positively old-school…
Modern retro… …or a really modern retro? • Suzuki's GSX-8TT blends yesterday's looks with today's performance, but LiveWire's S2 Alpinista is lighter, quicker and even more – ahem – current…
Maeving • Deep in the UK's motorcycling valley lies a...