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.

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Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Department of unfeasibly useful machinery • Brace yourself – a storm is coming. And it’s a storm of hot new bikes for 2025. As we went to press, we were getting the first inklings of what we’re about to receive – and we’ve split it into three handily-digested categories for you below. First up are the very useful adventure and sport tourers, then we have some stunning classic lookers, followed by a trio of totally impractical exotic luxo-machines (which can’t even be used on the road). Truly we are blessed.

Sportier options Kawasaki Ninja 1100 SX

2025 Honda NT1100

Department of unfeasibly handsome machinery

2025 Husqvarna Vitpilen 801

Department of unfeasibly impractical machinery

A single and two doubles • First created by French lunatics in the Eighties by taking a big motocross or trail bike and fitting it with 17in wheels and sticky tyres, the phenomenon of the ‘supermoto’ was something of an underground movement. It’s never been truly taken on by any of the big manufacturers, but then it’s never really gone away either…

Products

Triple trio treat YAMAHA TRACER 9GT, MT-09, XSR900 • Yamaha’s highly successful CP3 inline triple engine is such an effective and versatile platform it helped pull the Japanese giant from the brink of a serious sales disaster. We tried the latest incarnation of the three-pot motor in the current Tracer 9GT, MT-09 and XSR900 models, taking them for a quick trip around Ireland to see what they’re made of

Never Gonna Happen • The common saying is that you should never say never. It turns out to be true…

Letters

Brotherly love • Twin cylinder adventure bikes are all the rage right now, and with good reason, but with a choice of three capacities, do you need the biggest?

Add Some Adventure FORDS • many riders are put off certain routes because there is a ford to cross but, instead of missing out on some fantastic roads and scenery, take the plunge and go and suss it out.

Core Values An interview with Norton Motorcycles MD Sudarshan Venu • On April 17, 2020, the all-cash £16m purchase from the liquidator of the bankrupt Norton Motorcycles brand and its various assets by India’s third largest indigenous motorcycle manufacturer, TVS Motor Company, was announced.

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

All-year riding with a twist • At MSL we are proud all-year bikers. At its best, winter riding can be bliss, but when the elements are really against you, even the most committed of us need a little something to bring the fun back to winter biking. Here are a couple of ways to beat the winter blues on two wheels…

Legal Eagle • MSL’s resident expert sheds some light on motorcycling law

A historic Spanish route • The areas of the Picos de Europa and the Asturias region in northern Spain have become favourites of those seeking smooth Tarmac and challenging, but brilliant, motorcycle roads… not to mention good weather. The areas are generally motorcycle friendly and have diversity that appeals from coastal routes to mountains and, depending on the time of year, are not too hot and humid

Dealings with dealers • I am writing this from a coffee shop waiting for my partner’s car to be serviced and MoT’d.

Fast-forward to the past • If you have never heard of Praga, don’t fuss...