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 • Need to know ◆ New models ◆ Industry info

2024 Husqvarna Svartpilen and Vitpilen 401 and 125

Harley-Davidson goes even bigger for '24

News in brief

Norton signs up MV Agusta tech guru

LONG LEGS • There’s a new tech-laden tall-rounder in town from Suzuki, which aims to build on the success of the firm’s well-received GSX-S1000GT sport tourer

Products

Refocused • Five years after launching the Scrambler 1200 XE and 1200 XC, Triumph has taken a fresh style in 2024. The British firm has opted to drop the 1200 XC and substitute it with a new 1200 X which surrenders its off-road ability, to become more accessible, whilst the top-of-the-range XE continues to have true off-road ability, with new long-travel suspension. MSL headed to Spain to try out the 1200X on the road, and have a play on the tweaked 1200 XE

Thanks for the Memories • Just this morning, I saw an Instagram post from Baxter Cycles. They have two shops now, a newish one in bustling Omaha, Nebraska, and the original operation in tiny Marne, Iowa

CCM MOTORCYCLES Today, Britain – Tomorrow, The World • It seems to be knowledge known only to the select few, but Britain’s second largest motorcycle manufacturer isn’t from the Midlands

Letters

Sent for therapy • Royal Enfield has launched a number of very successful models over the last few years, and it seems to be showing no signs of slowing down, even with the entry-level models to its range

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

Legal Eagle • When motorcycling and the law come head-to-head. Answers provided

Guilty as charged • How to identify what type of battery is fitted to your motorcycle (and why you may not need to know)

A Mid-sized Adventure • With an ever-expanding variety of mid-capacity adventure bikes to choose from, has the day of the range-topping behemoths been and gone?

To and from the Isle of Arran • Truly speaking, this is more than a Day Ride, but it covers a single, full day on the Isle of Arran, and that is the focus

Trip of a lifetime? • As travel broadens the mind, stretch your horizons. Even if they remain as the same horizons

Picos de Europe and Leon • The alarm went off at 4am, but my own internal clock had already kicked in, knowing I had to be up at a certain time, and thinking of the trip ahead

To Transylvania • After not touring on the bike for a couple of years due to the pandemic, Steve Roper decided to do a longer tour than usual, taking a full four weeks from door to door

Test fleet: Yamaha Ténéré World Raid • Winter warmers and width worries

Test fleet: Suzuki V-Strom 800DE • A wintertime trip to Manchester could’ve been miserable, but great clothing, a well-equipped V-Strom, and determined attitude let me enjoy it

Test fleet: Kawasaki Versys 650 GT • With reliance on the Versys at never-before-seen levels, the battery gives up the ghost… Our Bert isn’t having the best start to 2024 with vehicles

Test fleet: Suzuki GSX-8S • Stu finds that less is more with the GSX-8S

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

Controlling the results • Skills lie in where the production is