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.

Clearing the decks • Enforced abstinence and renewed enthusiasm

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Ducati Multistrada V2/V2 S

Ducati Panigale Tricolore

KTM’s fight for survival

Triumph TFC Bobber

SOUL and SIMPLICITY • It’s probably not too contentious to say that Triumph - the ‘new’ Triumph, the one that re-invented the marque in 1983 and grew into one of British engineering’s great modern success stories - does retro rather well.

Products

EXPANDING boundaries • Large capacity scooters aren’t a new thing in the two-wheeler world, and Honda have recently gone out of their way to prove that big scoots aren’t just about beating traffic in city centres. Andy heads to Sicily to find out more.

Honda X-ADV • Can you cross a big cc scooter with an adventure bike? Honda has had a good go at it

BSA’S Comeback Trail. The Ashish Joshi interview • Born-again British brand BSA has been riding hard along the comeback trail since the now Indian-owned company returned to the marketplace in 2022 with its Gold Star 650.

CLASSICAL conditioning • The instant reaction to a given set of stimuli was studied by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov and expressed as the title above. For many folk, their Pavlovian response upon seeing this new Royal Enfield will be to assume that it is a genuinely old classic bike…

How’s your Guzzi, Maynard? • It occurs to me that I haven’t talked about my Guzzi for a while.

SIDECAR EXPERIENCE DAY • Following on from last issue’s interview with The Sidecar Guys, Matt Bishop and Reece Gilkes, we take a look at the courses they run with sidecars, on and off the road.

CLASSIC RIDES IN Northern Spain • In the past few years in the UK we have seen a seismic change in the type of modern motorcycles being bought. The love affair with sports machines has waned and now the favoured type of bike is an adventure style machine which, given the age demographic of those fortunate enough to be able to purchase new bikes, is not surprising.

Legal Eagle • MSL’s legal expert answers your questions

THE BIKE EVERYONE WILL WANT, even if THEY DON’T ADMIT IT. • Want a way that improves your riding abilities, sharpens your focus, is great fun and doesn’t upset the neighbours? Here you go…

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

COMEBACK CRUISERS • Competition in the mid capacity class of bikes between 600 and 800cc is now hotter than ever, a class that is expanding to cater for all styles and requirements. Two new machines with a historic Italian badge have just added to it further.

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

Border reiving into Wales • While many folk head directly towards the tourist-crammed epicentre of Snowdonia, there are many great roads just over the border from Shropshire

Miss Marple’s legacy • A journey isn’t always about travelling…

Sunday in Southend • This year, forsaking Europe and all the post-Brexit hassle, my riding buddy (another Dave) and I have tried some long weekends in the UK. Searching for a new destination, we thought, where better than Southend?

Kenya on a Kibo • There’s getting away from it all, then there’s getting away from it all Kenyan style. David took his hired Kibo off the main highways, aiming not to become lunch.

Test fleet: Ducati Diavel V4 • Gym bunnies everywhere – forgo your monthly subscription and spend time riding...