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.

Feedback and the future • We’ve got no crystal ball here at Motorcycle Sport & Leisure, but we do like to hear the opinions of those who love motorcycles and motorcycling

MOTORCYCLE SPORT & LEISURE

News • Need to know ◆ New models ◆ Industry info

Eastern adventurer • With an increasing interest in smaller capacity adventure bikes, the market expands with a new entry

Products

Four pot flyer • Many said that sports bikes, and particularly bikes in the traditional Supersports class that was populated by 600cc inline fours, were dead. Maybe they spoke too soon?...

Highway to Heaven • Three friends take on the challenge of riding the length of Canada, from Vancouver in the southwest to Inuvik in the north. The road is long, the conditions merciless, and wildfires are tearing through the country. To top it all off, the final leg of the journey is the ultimate test of gravel riding skills, nerves, and courage — it’s the legendary Dempster Highway…

Letters

Light IT UP • Shark’s innovative Skwal i3 helmet helps you to be seen. Here’s how

First Time Lucky? • It’s ironic that the first all-new MV Agusta model to hit the marketplace right after Italy’s No.1 trophy brand was acquired by Austrian giant Pierer Mobility, owner of off-road titans KTM, should be the company’s first dual-purpose model of the modern era, powered by MV’s all-new 931cc three-cylinder engine that’s destined to form the basis of a whole series of new models in coming months and years.

Chain Care • Do you take your drive chain for granted? It’s expected to transfer all the power from the engine to the rear wheel, yet how many of us check, clean, and lubricate our motorcycle chain regularly? We asked the experts at S100 – the scientists behind Germany’s most popular chain lube – how to get the most from our chains.

The Auburn Classic Show • As you may know, I have another life as a pedal cyclist. I wrote columns much like the ones you see here in MSL for unpowered two-wheeler magazines. While there isn’t much demand for my work in cycling publications these days, older riders still remember me

Legal Eagle • MSL’s resident legal expert sheds some light on motorcycling law

Ducati Riding Experience • When I rode the Ducati DesertX to France last year, I did have a bit of an explore on some easy fire roads and gentle green lanes in the wilds of the Médoc area, but was left with the feeling that, had I the experience, the DesertX would have been capable of taking me along some more extreme trails to some even more exciting places. If only there was a way of finding out just how well the Italian adventure bike could cope with some more extreme terrain…

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

Battlaxes at the ready! • We tend to take tyres for granted, never really looking at them in any detail, or at how they work, just hoping that they keep us shiny side up at all times. Even in the wet

NW200 and the Antrim coast • Our Dave took his first trip to the North West 200 road races this year, and had a day out to explore the surrounding countryside while he was there

Vegan Nut Roast • People talk a lot these days about their rights. Their freedoms, their entitlements, but not so much about their responsibilities

Portuguese Perambulations • Nearly over before it had begun, a brief workshop stint allows Spain and Portugal to be explored

Norwegian wanderings • In 2018, I got...