More new bikes for 2000: the revenge of the 750s - rocking new Suzuki GSX-R750 and gorgeous MV Augusta Silver/Biposto.
Plus up-dated Bandit 600s and Kawasaki VM1500 cruisers
Ducati 748R: new frame, new airbox, same extreme track thug
Triumph Thunderbird Sport: new old looks for new old T-Bird
CCM 640 RS: new roadbike from Blackburn off-roaders
Triumph TT600: billed as the most important British bike for 30 years, hyped as an R6/CBR6 beater, this is the first detailed look at Triumph's most ambitious project yet

Foggy's Ducati 996: what it's really like to ride the world's trickest Duke. In the wet. With a hangover.

Is this the perfect motorcycle: the best bike Honda never built Kevin Raymond shows us round his very-cross breed Hondazuki Africa Bros, a special that looks good and goes better

Road Test: Honda X11 v Yamaha V-Max v Triumph Speed Triple v Suzuki Bandit 1200 - their big bruisers bruise our big bruisers. Includes embarrassing 'get a pro in' crash sequence

Triumph Sprint ST: long-term tourer gets hard luggage, double bubble screen and more and more miles

Ducati Monster 900: long term poser - so nice that Foggy copied it

Moto Guzzi Le Mans: long term dinosaur - so obtuse that Roop bought it

Data: every new bike listed and rated

WORLD OF BIKING:

News: insurance investigation - why it costs an arm and a leg to save an arm and a leg. Plus NEC Show details and more

Showroom: give your CBR600 a makeover that Cher would be proud of; plus all the latest bike kit

Next month: noisy V-Twin Road Test - new Guzzi V11 and new Aprilia SL1000 shout at booming Buell X1 and deafening Ducati 900SS. Pardon Plus BMW's Paris-Dakar winner, a super-trick Hornet and the new Vertemati. Plus Sean Emmet on a despatch rat

Says who you write, Fogarty replies.

25 Greatest Pictures Ever Taken: from Kenny Roberts dirt-tracking to Wayne Gardner highsiding, via Evel Knievel and Randy Mamola - the century's most startling motorcycling images

Run Away! riding from London to Sydney as a cure for the 30-something blues
Street value: our industry spy reckons prices are on their way up
Ogri: still rockin' after all these years

BETTER RIDING - How Brakes Work: better braking explained. Guaranteed more interesting than it sounds. Read this and check in at the 'hard brake hotel'. Groan

Essential riding: more better riding tips
Riding tips: tyre pressures demystified. Not just hot air. Groan

HERE TO RIDE:

Happenings: what's going on Er, not a lot actually. It's cold
Essential touring: touring for Wimps! France by train
Fave road: reader's favourite wriggle round the North West
Main event: December's hot tickets

OTHER STUFF:

Reviews: Yamaha Stunt scoot, cleaning products
What we wear: the Emperor's New Clothes. King Cart's expensive riding kit and a wardrobe full of cheap puns