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Stories tagged "Safety" from the LatestNewBike magazine.
Cold hands, salted roads and eight hours of darkness either side of your commute don't have to mean parking up until spring. Here's how to spec a bike that treats a British winter as routine, not an ordeal.
Sam Whitlock · Jun 17, 2026
Legal tread depth is not the same thing as safe wet grip — and the gap between the two has put more riders on the ground than most will ever admit.
Sam Whitlock · Jun 8, 2026
Blame the internet forums, not the electronics: cornering ABS has quietly saved more riders than almost any other piece of kit in motorcycling history. Here's how it actually works, why the real-world record is overwhelmingly good, and the rare moments it can genuinely catch you out.
Sam Whitlock · May 10, 2026
The right protective kit is the cheapest insurance you will ever buy — here is how helmets, jackets, gloves, trousers and boots earn their keep, and how to read the safety standards that matter.
Hana Kobayashi · Dec 2, 2025
Wet roads reward smoothness and punish panic, so learning to read reduced grip, keep your vision clear and stay relaxed turns a stressful downpour into just another confident ride.
Hana Kobayashi · Nov 5, 2025
Radar-assisted cruise control has jumped from flagship tourers to the mainstream in barely three years, and the reasons behind its rapid spread say more about the future of riding than any spec sheet.
Priya Anand · Jun 5, 2025
Away from the horsepower headlines, a generation of electronic safety systems is doing the unglamorous work of keeping riders upright — and the data behind them is finally impossible to ignore.
Priya Anand · May 27, 2025
