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.

Freedom • Spring is here, lockdown is easing, and the hills are alive with the sound of motorcyclists coming out of hibernation…

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Harley’s biggest adventure yet • Is this the American invasion of the adventure bike market?

Royal Enfield updates the Himalayan

The Bonneville range keeps evolving • With a host of updates, Triumph promises enhanced performance, capability and style

Can you call a £13k BIKE a bargain? • For 2021 Kawasaki has binned the base-model Versys 1000, and replaced it with the high-spec 1000 S, which features all the sophistication of the SE model, but without electric suspension. The price has gone up, but it still seems like a bit of a steal…

KAWASAKI VERSYS S (GRAND TOUR)

KTM reveal all-new 1290 Super Adventure R • The racier version of KTM’s big adventure bike get a thorough update

Royal Enfield and CALM launch mental health campaign

Motorcycle giants join forces to create swappable battery system

OUR TOP TEN PRODUCTS THIS MONTH…

Legal Eagle • Need legal advice with motorcycling? Here we have your questions answered

Who is Andrew?

WORKING-CLASS HERO • Yamaha’s class-busting triple is completely re-worked for 2021 – refined, lighter, more powerful and packed with new tech. But is it as much fun? We’re about to find out...

YAMAHA MT-09, 2021

Closest rival • TRIUMPH’S SPEED TRIPLE 1050

WIN Weise Wave WP Gloves

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Letters

Why does it feel so good?

Leather OR Textile? • Whether you’re looking to replace old kit, treating yourself to something new or buying your first jacket, knowing whether to go for leather or textile items can be difficult…

OTHER ITEMS TO CONSIDER…

Where are those made? • Do young‘uns know the icons of motorcycle history? And does it matter?

Who is Hershon?

Big, brash and beautiful • Our man Mike machines throws … his and leg does over n one ’t want of Harley to get ’s off most iconic

HARLEY-DAVIDSON STREET GLIDE SPECIAL

IDEAL BIKE • What is the ideal motorcycle like? Does such a thing exist?

REFINING THE MOTORCYCLE

ADRIAN MORTON RENAISSANCE MAN • A quarter of a century ago Adrian Morton left Britain to start a design career during which he has shaped some of Italy’s most glamorous motorcycles. Now he’s embarking on a new challenge.

BEEM ME UP • There had been proper touring bikes before the BMW – but the German factory did something a bit different with the RT; it created a bike that appealed directly to riders with touring aspirations… a bike made specifically for them.

BMW R100RT (1989)

BMW R1250RT (2020)

The new one

Euro-travel in 2021: The New Rules • Post-Brexit, can we still tour mainland Europe without hassle?

WHAT ABOUT FLY & RIDE?

Where Mustangs Flew • 120 miles around Battle of Britain country, with the odd cream tea thrown in

Vaccine Passports • Are Vaccine Passports our chance to resume international travel?

Who is Millington?

Above the Clouds • Forget riding Spain’s coast. Mountainous inland Asturias has more quiet, well-surfaced twisties than you can shake a stick at

London to Everest PART TWO • We left Richard Barr in Turkmenistan – did he make it to Everest base camp?

Raising Funds

Perfect excuse for a (long) ride • Nobody really needs a reason to go out and...