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26 IDEAS FOR 2026!

OUR HIT LIST OF RIDES, EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES TO KICK-START THE YEAR THE RIGHT WAY

UNIDENTICAL TWINS

BOLOGNA’S NEW BRUISER SQUARES UP TO MATTIGHOFEN’S PROVEN MADMAN ON ROAD AND TRACK

PLUS!

2026’S NEW METAL PREPPING YOUR BIKE FOR WINTER PROJECT CORNER: TURBO BANDIT 400 LONGTERMER GSX-R125 AND NINJA 1100

PLUS!

PROJECT CORNER: R6-POWERED, STEEL-FRAMED NAKED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY: GETTING TO GRIPS WITH ENGINE PROTECTION WINNINGFORMULA: MICHA EL DUNLOP’S LIGHTWEIGHT TT PATON S1-R LONGTERMERS: MOTORING ON WITH KAWASAKI’S NINJA1100 AND SUZUKI’S GSX-R125

Bring them back…

At a time when some motorcycle manufacturers seem more obsessed with mid-capacity adventure bikes, parallel twin commuters and Euro 5+ compliant spreadsheets than with dropping our jaws, Suzuki’s recently announced news that it’s bringing back the...

NAKED SPORTS BIKE OF THE YEAR

BMW M1000R RX TRIPLE 1200 TRIUMPH SPEED R SUPER DUKE KTM 1390 1000 SP HONDA HORNET V4 FACTORY APRILIA TUONO YAMAHA MT-10

THREE OF A KIND…

A 1000-MILE ROAD TRIP THROUGH THE WOLDS, DALES, MOORS AND HIGHLANDS

USED DUCATI MONSTER 1200S

Ten minutes with… Leon Haslam

He’s one of the UK’s best-known and experienced racers who’s still putting it to the youngsters. We can up with him ahead of the BSB season opener.

NEED FOR SPEED

2025 Triumph Speed Triple 1200RS *180.5bhp | *199kg | *£17,495

Kawasaki Z900: New-age naked

Has Kawasaki done enough to keep up with the competition?

FIRST RIDE LAST RIDE

HONDA HORNET FEISTY, FUN AND AFFORDABLE YAMAHA R1 ONE LAST BLAST ON AN ICON

WINNING AT TWINNING

ONE FOR THE ROAD? KTM 1390 SUPER DUKE R HAVING HAD A GOOD THRASHING ON TRACK, IT’S TIME TO SEE HOW THIS STONKING SUPER NAKED CUTS IT ON THE STREETS.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE HAYABUSA WITH A FAST-FUELLED JOYRIDE TO REMEMBER

EXHAUSTING IDEAS…

ARE AFTERMARKET EXHAUST SYSTEMS STILL WORTH THE INVESTMENT? WE BOLT ONE ON TO FIND OUT.

Sussing out suspension

Have you ever wondered why some suspension costs more than others? Or why it performs better than the stock stuff? Chad took a trip to Öhlins to see what makes its products so desirable.

Test of time

It’s mad to think that by the time you read this, we’ll be into the third quarter of the year… where the hell does the time go? I swear it was only Christmas last week. That said, it’s been an absolute blinder of a season so far, with lots of launches,...

Christian Iddon ...............................

It’s a long time since I had that feeling... 1057 days, to be precise, and if you were to ask if ‘that day’ was the day it would happen again, then I would have bet all my worldly belongings against it. The weekend up at Knockhill was tough before it...

The greatest show on earth

By the time you’re reading this, the TT will probably be a distant memory. For me, having got back home just a few days ago, it’s fresh in my mind and consuming my thoughts in a way that only the fastest road race in the world can do. Whether you’re a...