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.

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

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES • #ride5000miles look back on the highlights of the 2020 riding season

‘It’s where I did all my learning’ • RIDE reader Paul Jackson takes us for a ride through Marlborough country

TOP TIP #1

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE • Fancy riding this route? Listen to Paul

WILL BREXIT MAKE BIKING MORE EXPENSIVE? • With Britain’s EU exit imminent, we look at whether the cost of motorcycles and motorcycling is going to go up...

Does leaving mean we can bin our cats?

Yamaha triples up Tweaked MT-09 and Tracer 9 for 2021

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

‘Biking is not a black and white issue’

LETTERS

DON’T KNOW WHO TO CALL?

Ducati’s V-four victory • With more power and ability than any Multi before, is the new V4 a GS-beater?

BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference

Guzzi tries to go the distance

Small price, big aspirations

5 things you need to know about… • KTM’s pumped-up middleweight adventurer

Kawasaki W800 vs Enfield Interceptor Royal 650 • Kawasaki’s latest W800 meets the best-selling Royal Enfield Interceptor. Which gives the most old-school charm?

MONEY MATTERS

1 RIDE EUROPE’S BEST ROAD • The N-260 in the Pyrenees makes a great case for being most enjoyable ride in Europe, says Simon Hargreaves

BEST ROUTE THERE

FIVE MORE GREAT ROADS IN EUROPE

2 MAKE MONEY OUT OF YOUR BIKES • With bank interest rates so low, why not invest in two-wheels instead?

BUY ONE OF THESE AND MAKE MONEY • Machines that are set to increase in value according to Jon’s crystal ball...

3 GO TO A FOREIGN GP • Back when people were allowed to watch bike racing, art ed Steve rode two-up to Valencia for the final MotoGP round

4 TAKE YOUR OTHER HALF ON A ROADTRIP • Long-distance RiDE readers’ wisdom

5 BUY A BRAND-NEW BIKE • Buying a brand-new machine feels like a rite of passage, says editor Matt. But what’s the best way to fund a brand-spanker?

PLAY THE PERCENTAGE GAME

6 TAKE YOUR ADVENTURE BIKE ON AN ADVENTURE • Until last year, I’d thought it was a waste of time taking an adventure bike off tarmac, but then I took the plunge and it changed my life. This is what I’ve learned…

7 BUILD A DREAM GARAGE • See how a normal bloke turned his single garage into a workshop

GREAT GARAGE GEAR • RiDE’s must-have pieces of garage kit

8 RIDE ROUTE 66 ON A HARLEY • It’s almost a cliché, but that doesn’t mean it’s not brilliant

‘I DID IT!’ • RiDE reader Richard Pearce did Route 66 on his Norton Commando

North Pennine Way • Big skies, heather hillsides and some of the best biking tarmac in Britain await between Barnard Castle and Penrith

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE • RiDE readers share their inside tips...