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

News • The new year feels like an age ago now, but winter’s still upon us. So cheer yerself up with a look at the last of the new machinery released at the start of 2024!

KTM Super Duke 1390 R / R EVO

Classic becomes more modern

SHARP’s back

Classic Bike Track Days 24

TT+ live video passes on sale

Bimota Tera

Oligarch’s corner 2024 (continued)

EVOLUTION not REVOLUTION • We’ve been for a blast on the two top bikes in the trimmed down and tweaked Tiger 900 range

Products

GlobeBusters 20th Anniversary Trans-Americas Ride The end of the road • After five months, riding through 14 countries and covering 22,000 miles, GlobeBusters arrived in Ushuaia at the end of their 20th anniversary Trans-Americas expedition. Tour Manager, Rhys Lawrey, talks exclusively to Motorcycle Sport & Leisure about the final stage of their journey, through the ‘Land of Fire’ to the southernmost city on the continent

What Goes Around

Italian Spark • Beating just about every major manufacturer in producing big electric bikes, Energica has been in the game for a decade now. Here’re its range toppers

Trials and adventures • The term ‘adventure bike’ is often attributed to lofty seat heights, engines over a litre in capacity and large price tags. This needn’t be the case, as Mossy discovers

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

Legal Eagle

Twin Attack! • Parallel twin four strokes with a crank configuration of 270° are en vogue right now. Are they the 21st Century’s answer to the ubiquitous UJM of 40 years ago?

Letters

Born of Creative Chaos! • In the six years since Royal Enfield launched the modern 650cc twins, the well-developed, well-built and well-priced Interceptor and Continental GT have catapulted the Indian manufacturer into a leading role in the global middleweight motorcycle market

Lands End to John O’Groats - Antipodean style • We all have boxes to tick, or a ‘bucket list’ to complete, but Dave Britten suggests that they’re Rites of Passage, which somehow sounds a little more appropriate for bike riding

The International Six Day Re-trial • Replicating the route of the 1949 ISDT on a selection of classic Royal Enfields

There are no repeats • Time moves forward. Everything changes. Everything stays the same

Balkans and Albania • Having travelled from home to the Balkans via France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Slovenia, Chris carries on from Dubrovnik to get to the focus of his trip

Test fleet: Kawasaki Versys 650 GT • Oh dear! What’s the saying? It doesn’t rain – it pours. And pours… Our Bert sees in the New Year with the sort of ‘BANG’ he really didn’t want as the Verso dies while the Versys steps into the breach…

Test fleet: Suzuki V-Strom 800DE • The pleasures of spring may seem far away, but I’m happy enough riding my accessorised V-Strom through winter until it arrives

Test fleet: Yamaha Ténéré World Raid • For some, a petrol tank just gets filled up when it’s close to empty. But Dave gets all mathematical…

Test fleet: Suzuki GSX-8S • Stu has a winter riding revelation on the perky 8S

Tried & Tested • Things we’ve worn ◆ Kit we like ◆ Things we put on our bike

Motorcycle character • The personalities that lie within the beating hearts of our machines