Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

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.

Controlled by zones • Powered two-wheelers are the answer to, and not part of, some problems

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

The New Adventures • As we went to press, the EICMA Milan show was still a few weeks away – but we were still besieged by a smorgasbord of new bikes. And most of them are adventure bikes, from BMW, Honda, Triumph and Ducati. Here’s a quick round-up – and our take – on how the new adventure class of 2024 is looking

Ducati DesertX Rally

Honda CRF1100 Africa Twin

2024 Triumph Scrambler 1200 updates

Kawasaki EL500

Royal Enfield One Ride 2023

Motorcycle Live, the road to FIM

Ducati’s new Multistrada V4 S Grand Tour for 2024 • It’s no secret that Ducati has hit upon a proven recipe: take the current top-of-the-tree Multistrada and add almost every factory accessory possible. In 2020 it was the 1260 Grand Tour V-twin and now, for 2024, it is the V4 S Grand Tour

Products

GlobeBusters 20th Anniversary Trans-Americas Ride Things get Spicy! • Having ridden from Alaska, through Canada and the USA, GlobeBusters’ 20th anniversary Trans-Americas expedition has reached Central America. Tour manager Rhys Lawrey checked in with us from Panama City, as the group prepared to fly over the notorious Darien Gap to Colombia

Remembering George Lea • Within different motorcycling circles, there is inevitably one person who is known by all and sundry, often for various different reasons

Letters

Rock n’ roll REVIVAL • Since its launch in 2020, BMW’s been taking it to the established cruiser competition with its range of monstrous retro-inspired R18s. The latest one that’s been added to the growing roster is the R18 Roctane, a back-to-basics bagger with plenty of attitude and improved handling

The Road Racers • Given the vastly increased dangers involved, why do so many riders continue to race on public roads like the TT course when there are so many ‘safe’ short circuits to race on? Stuart Barker asks if the added danger is the real attraction

Legal Eagle • Your legal conundrums answered, whatever their size or style

BACK IN THE DAY... • MSL columnist Maynard Hershon picks his favourite articles from the long history of this magazine

BACK TO THE FUTURE • It’s gratifying to discover a British entrepreneur’s gamble that he could find sufficient customers ready to stump up the price for his self-conceived, self-developed, self-manufactured and self-promoted production motorcycle has paid off. Bingo!

Finally – an electric motorbike from a big brand But is it any good? • Battery-powered cars are everywhere, especially in places like London, and bikes seem to be on the same pathway, if UK government plans are to be believed

My life and love • While the Indian company recently launched a new 350cc single, it wasn’t initially one that reflected its best-selling machine of the company’s history, but it does now. Enter the new Bullet 350

Tell us about your ride! • Share your travel story, and bag a free mag subscription

The Camera Ride A reflection on an epic trip • Something of a resume about the motorcycle trip to take a 1950s camera back to its place of creation in Ulm, on a classic-styled motorcycle, a Royal Enfield

Safety and righteousness • While it could be perfectly safe to ride in a certain country, it might not be morally correct

Peaks Cafés Ride • In order to proceed, one must ensure an adequate level of fuel for the journey intended....