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.

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Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

2025 BMW R1300 range updates

Ducati Panigale V4 Lamborghini Edition

Yamaha’s prototype MT-09 hybrid

Cadwell Summer Bike Bash

Track-trialled twin • The F900 has had an image makeover by becoming the obligatory one make support class at British Super Bike race meetings with the F900 Cup - where stripped back but otherwise standard F900s get the sort of thrashing only a grid full of up-and-coming wannabe’s and occasional ex-pro’s can dish out. The up-shot is that there can be no doubt the humble F900 has entered the hearts and minds of many people who otherwise may not have noticed it.

Products

Lose weight, GO FAST • Lighter, sportier and powered by the Italian factory’s all-new V2, is the Ducati Streetfighter V2 truly a naked Panigale V2 sports bike?

Letters

Your flexible FRIEND • Once perceived as the factory’s entry level model, has Triumph’s refreshed and re-teched Trident now moved up the standings?

Legal Eagle • Our motorcycling man of law answers questions big and small

Magnificent 7 • The MT-07 has been a best-seller for more than a decade. This new version sees its biggest updates so far

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

TOURING THE COLLECTION - Retro Tours & Joel Samick • Have you ever discovered something that has you asking yourself, “Why hasn’t anyone ever done this before? It seems so obvious, and yet…” (The ‘and yet’ is usually the reason why not, but still...)

MAP, OR ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION? • Where am I? Which way do I go? Am I lost? And is that a bad thing?...

On the Wrong Path • On keeping things fresh and keeping things fun.

The Brutalist • Regardless of the figures for power output, torque and weight, or for the issues the company has been going through over the last half a year or so, the very first comment from any bystander with regard to the 1390 Super Duke R is always about the way that it looks…

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

Borders to Lakes • A return to motorcycling for two brothers sees some iconic ground covered

Obeying the law • It shouldn’t be an option but that seems to increasingly be the case.

Respect has many faces. Not all golden. • Choke on? Check. Ignition and warning lights on? Check. ‘Kill’ switch to ‘run?’ Check. Stab the starter button and the early morning silence of a quiet, suburban cul-de-sac in late May evaporates as a pair of horizontally opposed pistons burst into an industrial rhythmic motion.

From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean PART 1 • On a previous trip to America, a friend recommended riding the Blue Ridge Parkway. After a year of planning and saving, that’s precisely what Willie set out to do.

Test fleet: Kawasaki Ninja 1100SX SE • After attending the launch event for the Ninja1100SX SE in Spain, Andy had this model at the top of his wish list as a potential termer for this year. Was his time on the launch event just a honeymoon period or, now that he’ll be spending all summer with it, will this machine going to prove his initial feelings were right?

Test fleet: Honda NT1100 DCT ES • Now his for a year, the first 500 miles on the NT1100 have let Mossy discover some of its virtues, and some of its vices…

Test fleet: Yamaha Tracer 9 GT • Back to the future – Al reflects on an earlier long...