Motorcycle Sport & Leisure is a monthly 116 page full colour magazine covering all aspects of modern leisure bike riding. New bike reviews, product news and events add to the unique mix of touring features and long term road tests.
What’s in a name? • A motorcycle is just a machine made for transportation, so it’s peculiar that some bikes are given names rather than model numbers
Motorcycle Sport & Leisure
We three twins • BMW revamps upper-middleweight parallel twin adventure bikes
2024 Royal Enfield Bullet 350
KTM updates its mini-Dukes • Austria’s petite peers get new engines, chassis and equipment for 2024
Italian mini-stallion 2024 Aprilia RS457
Tiger 1200 preload software update
Maeving RM1S
Harley updates top-end tourers
MV Agusta Assen edition Brutale
The Horseman Cometh • Having ridden over six whole hours for the privilege, Mossy was hoping the ride on Fantic’s new Caballero 700 Scrambler around deepest Kent was going to be worth the effort
Products
GlobeBusters 20th Anniversary Trans-Americas Ride • For the anniversary ride, Julia and Kevin Sanders are joined by Kevin’s son, Rhys Lawrey (himself a record-breaking rider) as tour manager. We caught up with him during a planned stopover in Las Vegas, while the bikes were being serviced and treated to a fresh set of tyres
Two job hero • There’s a whole host of adventure bike riders, including Mossy, who want to sample some lighter off-road riding as well as all other normal road duties. Dunlop realised this, and introduced the new Trailmax Raid tyre to suit
Bemoaning the Technology Boom • Many will say that the writing is on the wall. And that electric vehicles, or alternative energy ones, are decidedly the future. Keith takes a look at what may potentially happen to rider skills…
Proprietary knowledge? • Typically, when I get a reader’s letter calling for a response, Dave will forward that letter to me and I’ll shoot back an answer by return email. Peter Carroll’s letter in MSL 756 slipped through the cracks somehow, so here’s my response, perhaps more than Peter expected.
A race bike like no other • Indian Motorcycles celebrates its King of the Baggers championship by producing a limited-edition copy of its winning bike. This £90,000 machine is an exact copy of the 2022 winning bike
BACK IN THE DAY... • MSL columnist Maynard Hershon picks his favourite articles from the long history of this magazine
Letters
Legal Eagle • As a motorcyclist, where do you stand with legal issues? Your questions answered.
Honda DCT • While the Dual Clutch Transmission has been in Honda’s line-up since 2010, when it was first fitted to the VFR1200F, the concept has actually been around for far longer
Harley-Davidson 120th anniversary Festival • If you’ve ever wondered why Harley-Davidson’s massive European anniversary celebrations are never held here in Blighty, what I’m about to tell you might give you an answer
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The Camera Ride Ulm, where the camera was born • David made it to Ulm, where his camera was manufactured. Now time for more history!
North Wales loop • It’s easy to stay with popular routes and roads, but often the best road is the one less travelled
The music of motorcycles • Music makes the wheels go round and, for many, is the soundtrack to their ride…
Source to Sea • Much like mountains need to be climbed, so rivers need to be followed…
Too many years in the planning • Inspiration and ideas for a motorcycle trip can come from many things – friends’ experiences; magazine features; television programmes; or even previous trips,...