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.

Parallel lives

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure’s contributors...

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Big Scandi adventure machine Norden 901 Expedition

Indian Jack Daniel’s Chief Bobber

Lexmoto RSS 125

Welsh Classic Motorcycle Festival • Anglesey, May 27-28

RIDERS on the STROM • With a 21-inch front wheel, some choice off-road oriented goodies and a tried-and-tested V-twin motor, is the latest version of Suzuki’s much-loved, large-capacity V-Strom the best yet? We put the new DE through its paces to see what’s what

OUR TOP PRODUCTS THIS MONTH…

Dealing with the Diavel • Big, heavy and unapologetically quirky, the Diavel has divided opinion since it bounded into our lives 13 years ago. And there’s a box-fresh offering for 2023 and maybe, just maybe, Ducati has mastered a sportier formula that will further appeal to the masses

Breaking the ice • It’s winter. It's cold. And a man’s thoughts turn to riding. Lots of riding.

Peter Starr Motorcyclist, filmmaker... and more • Expatriate Englishman, Peter Starr, has made America his home for over 50 years and, over those decades, has enjoyed the accolades bestowed upon him as one of the pioneers of filming and televising motorcycle sport in the USA

Letters

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

Legal Eagle • Of track days and delivery drivers – legal issues explained

Is the past the future? • The future of motorcycling will rely on bringing new customers to the market. And one might assume that we should look at what is currently selling best when we talk about expanding the motorcycle market. But are the best sellers due to the sales coming from those folk who’re already riding? Or actually from newcomers to the market?

BSA GOLD STAR

ROYAL ENFIELD INTERCEPTOR

HERALD BRUTE 500

CONCLUSION

This is The One! • The Curtiss Motorcycle Company’s two-wheeled creations are as much works of art as they are functional devices, and the One is no exception – it’s a motorcycle, folks, but not as we know it

Tell us about your ride! • Share your travel story, and bag a free mag subscription

Skye Loop The largest of the Inner Hebrides • A loop around the northern half of Skye, based around the capital of the island, Portree

Food for thought • The way to a man’s heart is through…

A Yorkshire Dales adventure • It might be the Yorkie Dales, but this ride takes in another couple of counties, too

Three is a magic number • Could Kymco’s new CV3 be the machine to convince the car driving masses that there’s more to life than four wheels?

To Romania, and back • A circuitous touring route to add a few more countries to an ongoing tally

Yamaha’s Ténéré 700: less mileage, but no less enthusiasm • Having broken his off-road duck, Charlie is asking himself the question – what’s next?

Suzuki Bandit 600, from road to track • After some amount of procrastination, and a feeling that not a lot was happening and that there wasn’t actually any rush anyway, all of a sudden there’re hoops that have been jumped through and a list of jobs that need to be done, right now!

Moto Morini X-Cape 650 • Winter commuting is all well and good, if a little tedious and repetitive. Time for a proper trip then…

Honda NT1100 DCT •...