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.

In it for the long haul

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Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Take me back to the 80s • All-new XSR900 is Yamaha’s latest offering in the popular neo-retro class

Top Stories

EVERYDAY EXPLORER • With the grips engine , cruise and control frame from , a centre the Africa -stand Twin and , an and adjustable panniers, heated screen as standard, could Honda’s NT1100 be the dedicated touring motorcycle we’ve been waiting for...?

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Closest rival • BMW R1250RT – FROM £15,745

Yamaha MT-10 gains bigger muscles and brains

New Triumph adventures in Spain • All-new Triumph Adventure Experience opened near Malaga

Legal Eagle • MSL legal expert answers your questions

Who is Andrew?

OUR TOP TEN PRODUCTS THIS MONTH…

The Real Valentino Rossi • We all know about his incredible career, but it was Valentino Rossi’s unique character as well as his skills on a motorcycle that made him so beloved around the world. So, what was he really like as a person? Rossi biographer Stuart Barker asks those who know him and have worked with him what was the key to his unique character

Long rides • Is it okay to not enjoy long rides anymore?

Who is Hershon?

RETURN of the TUAREG • Aprilia springs back into the midrange adventure bike market with a thrilling twin that punches well above its size!

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Closest rival • MOTO MORINI X-CAPE

Making history • Through thick and thin, MSL has triumphed through its 60-year history

WIN Weise Flare Gilet

Star Letter PETER VILLIS

Letters

Keyless key blunder • Mikko’s failure to use a keyless key is not the only fall from grace that the new technology has brought with it

BACK TO THE FUTURE • Building on the success of the Z900RS, Kawasaki’s decided to give its Z650 a retro-themed refresh. We spent the day riding the new bike in and around Marseille, cutting through rush-hour traffic and pushing it to its limits on the twisty roads above. Here’s how we got on

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Click a button to make a change • Petition to allow fly & ride to EU needs signatures for government action

New start for Norton

Fighting in the streets • Ducati shows new Streetfighter V2 and Streetfighter V4 SP

Haven’t I read this before?

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

ETERNAL SUNSHINE of the SPOTLESS BIKES • We took three big tourers to Wales to see whether two, three or four cylinders makes the best tourer.

BMW R1250RT LE • Master of big miles

Specification BMW R1250RT LE

Or, you could have…

YAMAHA TRACER 9 GT • Plenty of bang for your buck

Specification YAMAHA TRACER 9 GT

Or, you could have…

KAWASAKI NINJA 1000SX TOURER • Putting the sport into sport tourer

Specification KAWASAKI NINJA 1000SX TOURER

Or, you could have…

CONCLUSION

RIDING IN WALES

Armchair Travel Festival gets real • In-person armchair event gathers motorcycle travel enthusiasts and luminaries

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Road of Dreams • A38 – is it Britain’s Auto del Sol or just a rose-tinted memory?

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day • Don’t believe everything you hear…

Who is Millington?

Lake deep, mountain high • From Lake Garda to Innsbruck via the Brenner...