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.

Politics • It’s not just weather that affects motorcycling...

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Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Ducati Monster 30th anniversary edition

Come ’ed la, the FIM are ’ere

Goodwood Festival of Speed

New Norton and Maeving dealers

The future’s bright!

Triumph Edinburgh

BMW’s virtual reality is real

Triumph Tiger 900 Aragon specials

WIN WIN WIN WIN! • a Cardo Systems Packtalk Custom device

The all-tarmac adventurer • KTM’s SMT is back, and better than ever for 2023

OUR TOP PRODUCTS THIS MONTH…

Dual-Purpose Desert Stormer • While one doesn’t consider Brough Superiors to be off-road bikes, this one isn’t the first…

One Moto Guzzi Length • The doors to the lunatic asylum have silently slid open. As the saying goes – ‘They’re out there…’

GlobeBusters 20th Anniversary Trans-Americas Ride • Celebrating two decades as a business seems a reasonable excuse to repeat an adventure that kickstarted the venture in the first place…

Letters

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

Legal Eagle • Our motorcycling man of law answers questions big and small…

City kids gone WILD • These Scramblers ain’t for scramblin’…

DUCATI SCRAMBLER ICON 800 • Base model brilliance

DUCATI SCRAMBLER 1100 TRIBUTE PRO • Flying the flag for seventies scrambling

DUCATI SCRAMBLER 800 FULL THROTTLE • Flat-track for the city

DUCATI SCRAMBLER 800 NIGHTSHIFT • Understated and with attitude

FASHION CHANGES, STYLE REMAINS

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

The Camera Ride Bavaria on 20hp a day • Last month I told you about my plans for a trip through France, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. Well, it happened and I came home with a big grin! But what happened along the way?

Chasing the sun • If you want to cover as many miles in one day as possible, there’s only one day in which to do it

Welcome in the hillsides • Real life beats internet surfing, every single time

THE ‘F’ WORD • While perfectly doable in a day, we’ve suggested this exploration of France as a Mid Ride, simply because there is so much to see…

Suzuki Live 2023 Cadwell Park, July 15-16 • Unless they’re celebrating a specific anniversary, events sponsored by manufacturers are few and far between, but here’s one that proves any naysayers to be inaccurate in their wafflings

Southwest Turkey • Four days’ worth of exploring on the bike that I should have bought 10 years ago!

Yamaha’s Ténéré 700: The Adventure is over, for now • Nine months, 4500 miles and a huge leap forward in education for Charlie on board the Ténéré poses the final question: Will he be back?

Suzuki Bandit 600, from road to track • Bunged-up jets, grumpy cables and a crap rider still combine to create big grins

Test fleet: Suzuki GSX-8S • Stu has a spin round Cadwell and asks star riders what they think of the 8S

Test fleet: Indian Pursuit Challenger • The Pursuit goes back, and a Challenger takes its place

Test fleet: KTM 790 Duke • Trackdays, tyres and smiles with the Austrian middleweight

Test fleet: BMW R1250 R SE • Al has a fun ride out with a mate, but still says ‘Bugger...