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…

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

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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

GOING THE DISTANCE • Year-round #ride5000miles riders continue to pack in the miles

‘We’re spoiled for good roads; twisties, high country, towns...’ • RiDE reader Dave Ackrill guides us through the Dark Peak

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE • Fancy riding the this route? Listen to Dave’s wise words

HOW CAN WE STAY SAFE ON BRITISH ROADS? • With more lockdowns looming, what can we do to avoid confused and rusty car drivers?

Five better riding tips

Trident returns

Boxer tricks • BMW updates range-topping RT and GS

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

‘Tell your MP how good biking is’

LETTERS

DON’T KNOW WHO TO CALL? • Main RiDE editorial number 01733 468099

The ultimate inbetweener? • Aprilia reckons it has produced the perfect blend of power and practicality. Has it?

BEYOND THE HYPE • The bits that actually make a difference

New Fantic isn’t frantic

Automatic for rich people

Q Is the ‘new’ BMW S1000XR new enough? • BMW has changed almost every part on its high-rise sports-tourer. But has it made a difference?

Dumfries and Galloway • Closer for most of us than the Highlands and quieter than the Borders, Galloway Forest Park is an ideal weekend ride to get away from it all

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE • RiDE readers’ inside tips on riding in Dumfries and Galloway

Feed me, feed me, feed me…

Three great places to visit

THIS MONTH’S BIG RIDE ROUTE

BRITAIN’S BEST-SELLING RETRO • How has Enfield’s air-cooled interceptor 650 smashed up the sales charts?

THE RETRO REVOLUTION • The last 20 years of harking back to the past

‘WE LOVE OUR ENFIELDS’ • Thousands of Brit bikers adore theirs. We spoke to a few to find out why…

BRITAIN’S MOST-ADVANCED RETRO • Matt takes a spin on the Thruxton RS, the highest-spec retro of the bunch

PROPER, NOT POSEY, RETRO KIT • You don’t have to compromise on safety for the sake of fashion.

USED BUT STILL COOL • Fancy a new Thruxton RS but not the price? These three used bikes all have the tech, speed or fun for much less

THE HEIGHT STUFF • People come in different sizes; bikes not so much. Here are the tips, tricks and techniques six compact RiDE readers use to manage big bikes

STANDARD BIKES WITH LOW OPTIONS

TOP TIPS FOR SHORT RIDERS

Airbag without an inflated price?

‘The most impressive bike kit I’ve ever used’ • After eight years on and off-road, Sidi’s popular crossover boots have proved to be worth every penny

TESTING IN PROGRESS • RiDE staffers on kit they’ve been using recently

How we tested them

20-litre roll-bags • A 20-litre roll-bag is enough for a night or two away...