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.
Emerging from dream world • Many rides of recent times have been just dreams, but hopefully reality will follow soon
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Ducati reveals new Monster • The Italian factory has reawakened its mid-weight Monster
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Honda’s new big Rebel • The big H joins the cruiser game with the new CMX1100 Rebel
BMW updates the S 1000 R and G 310 R
No TT in 2021
Yamaha Tracer 7 goes GT
Touring at the speed of light • Kawasaki’s super-charged sports tourer can circumnavigate the earth in a blink of an eye, but how does it work for a couple of days of touring in the UK? Only one way to find out…
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Route
Royal Enfield’s new off-road experience • Want to see how the Himalayan fares off-road? Now you can!
Kawasaki Z H2 gets bells and whistles
Triumph back in BSB in 2021
Yamaha’s new city scooters step forward
Legal Eagle
Who is Andrew?
WIN WEISE ASCARI JACKET
Star Letter
Letters
Dazzling lights
WEAPON of choice • Riding the Katana is like bringing a cannon to a knife fight
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Original Katana
The bikes are gone but... • There are two biking memories that keep haunting Maynard
Who is Hershon?
Maynard’s world • We get a lot of letters sent to our American friend and columnist Maynard Hershon. Here are some of the recent ones (mostly about his beloved Guzzi)…
BMW’s most ADVANCED GS to date • To celebrate 40 years of the dominant GS, BMW has upgraded the globetrotting model with new tech, accessories and colours, as well as made it Euro-5 compliant.
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GARLANDED SUCCESSION • Few motorcycles in history have approached the success of BMW’s GS boxers, whose influence dates back past the seminal R1200GS of 2004 all the way to the R80G/S that began the adventure bike phenomenon 40 years ago. The remarkable total of more than 750,000 sales since then ensures there’s a GS to suit every budget.
R80G/S (1980-86)
Dakar Glory Boosts the G/S
R80GS AND R100GS (1987-94); R100GS P-D (1988-95)
R80G/S PARISDAKAR (1984-87)
R1150GS (2000-2004); R1150GS ADVENTURE FROM 2002
R1100GS (1994-99)
R1200GS (2004-9), R1200GS ADVENTURE (2006-9)
R1200GS DOHC (2010-12)
R1200GS LC (2013-18), ADVENTURE LC (2014-18)
It’s not all about the GS
R1250GS AND GS ADVENTURE (2019-PRESENT)
BMW GS production figures, 1980-2019
OUR TOP TEN PRODUCTS THIS MONTH…
Charley Boorman • Adventurer, tv personality and all-round bike enthusiast Charley Boorman talks about adventure, electric bikes and broken bones
No extras, thank you! • Top-spec bikes sell better and get more column inches in magazines than the Billy-basic standard models.But are they worth the extra money? We took four basic-spec adventure bikes out for a ride in the Cotswolds to see what we were missing…
SUZUKI V-STROM 1050 • The most bang for your buck. Can the bargain of the bunch stand up against some stiff competition?
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HONDA CRF1100 AFRICA TWIN • The legendary Africa Twin gets a big bore, but it ain’t boring!
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KAWASAKI VERSYS 1000 • Highest power in test and road-biased set up make the Versys a sporty choice
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TRIUMPH TIGER 900 RALLY • If you liked the Tiger 800, you’ll love the...