Bike  |  Apr 20
Features and Tests
- NEW AND RIDDEN: TRIUMPH TIGER 900
Completely new, but oddly familiar.
- NEW AND RIDDEN: KAWASAKI NINJA 1000SX
Moderate revisions but still winning at sports and touring.
- NEW AND RIDDEN: DUCATI PANIGALE V4
The venomous V4 softened, but it’s still barking mad.
- NEW AND RIDDEN: KAWASAKI Z H2
Hypernaked fans have a new hero to cheer.
- NEW AND RIDDEN: ENERGICA EVA RIBELLE
Electric bikes are great, apart from that elephant in the room.
- NEW AND RIDDEN: suzuki V-strom 1050
A good bike made better. But is ‘better’ enough?
- NEW AND RIDDEN: BMW F900R
As you’d expect, it’s a great bike. But that price…?
- NEW AND RIDDEN: KTM SUPER DUKE R
Still insane, but a more manageable kind of insane.
- NEW AND RIDDEN: Honda CBr1000r-r sP
Thank the good lord of bikes that something this bonkers can exist.
- A RIDE WITH THE RIDERS FOR HEALTH
When the only way to save lives is to ride a motorcycle.
- THE OXLEY INTERVIEW: MOTO2’S JAKE DIXON
From success to failure, to hoping for the best.
- MOTORCYCLING’S ADVENTURE PIONEERS
To boldly go where no motorcyclist had gone before.
- INSIDE: THE PHILLIP ISLAND CLASSIC
The world’s fastest and loudest classic bike festival.
- THE EXETER TRIAL…
Mud, sweat and bacon sandwiches in south west England.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Bike Apr 20.