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.

Stay bright! • Being bright and shiny isn’t just about being seen on the road, I’m talking about a positive mental attitude

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

HONDA

GB350S

XL750 Transalp and CB750 Hornet updates

2025 new bikes round-up

NC750 X

Suzuki DR-Z4S and DR-Z4M

Ducati V2 Panigale and Streetfighter

Honda V-3 – electric boostaloo!

2025 BMW S1000 R, S1000 RR, M1000 R and M1000 RR

Yamaha MT-07

Ursa Major rises in the East • Royal Enfield has been digging into its heritage again, this time celebrating a Californian desert race win with a modern scrambler take on its Interceptor 650 twin. Our man Dowds went to – yes – the Californian desert to check it out

Products

IT’S GOOD to be different • When it comes to choosing a Husqvarna, you’re spoilt for choice these days thanks to the KTM-owned manufacturer’s habit of providing not just one but two variants of each new model. Should you opt for a single-cylinder 125 or 401, or this, the all-new twin-cylinder 801, you get a brace of options: Vitpilen or Svartpilen. Essentially the same bike but in different clothes and with a subtly different attitude to life, it’s a proven recipe that has served Husqvarna well for the last 10 years.

No, it’s Michigan • Reflections on the camaraderie of motorcycling

Letters

SWEDEN or BUST • Given modern life constraints, we’re all tight for time, so we had just three days with an aim to hit some countries that we’d never ridden in before

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

Motorcycle HAMMOCK CAMPING

The SIDECAR GUYS • From 2017 to 2019, Matt Bishop and Reece Gilkes circumnavigated the globe on a Honda SH300i scooter with a specially built sidecar with two main aims: To show the world is filled with good people and to highlight the terrifying scale of modern slavery.

Thundering to the Glen • I used to say “I`ll only ever have sports bikes”, but as I get older, I find myself wanting to experience every aspect that two wheels have to offer. So, with that in mind, when an opportunity popped up to immerse myself in living with a Harley-Davidson for a long weekend -incorporating a road trip to an owner’s event with plenty of bikes, bands and beer thrown in - I had to snap it up.

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

BUTTERFLIES, beaming smiles and bends • Two weeks of continental touring sees Lara bond with a Hinckley triple

MOTO MORINI STEALS THE SHOW – AGAIN: Moving Still Further on Up • For the second year in succession, at the 2024 EICMA Milan Show, Moto Morini was widely acclaimed for having put its rivals in the shade via its array of innovative, enticing and most likely affordable new models

MOTO MORINI GM ALBERTO MONNI INTERVIEW: Range Complete! • Six years ago the historic Italian marque Moto Morini, founded in 1937, narrowly avoided ending up on motorcycling history’s scrapheap. But in October 2018 Chen Huaneng, the owner of Chinese scooter and minimoto manufacturer Zhongneng Vehicle Group, saved it from extinction by acquiring 100 per cent ownership of Moto Morini from the previous Italian owner

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

Natchez To Tupelo On The Natchez Trace Trail • It’s easy for us to assume that a Day Ride is always going to be in the UK, but Dave and Chris picked a day out of...