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

News • Need to know ◆ New models ◆ Industry info

ENTRY LEVEL - Raised • Triumph adds 17% more power plus a host of upgrades to their entry-level Tiger Sport 660

News • Need to know ◆ New models ◆ Industry info

Alex Snow KTM Enduro School • Competitive off-road riding isn’t the desired end game for many MSL readers, but learning more about riding enduro can improve both dirt and tarmac abilities and, besides, it is rather good fun too!

A Sort of Confession • Are boring miles necessary, and is avoiding them just wimping out?

Letters

CHINA syndrome • Chinese giant QJMotor is moving fast in the UK with its SRK800 naked being one of their latest and greatest…

BACK IN THE DAY...

Michelin Anakee Adventure 2 • There’s a particular kind of magic on a ride that refuses to choose one rhythm. On smooth tarmac, the landscape unfolds ahead in long, elegant lines. Then, just beyond the edge of the last sweeping bend, lies a different kind of ride altogether. The trail calls. With something raw and unscripted; the thrill of venturing into the unknown.

NOMAD MOSSY, EPISODE 2 • It’s all change as Mossy extends his adventure to head for France, trading his Honda NT1100 for a V-Strom 800RE for the 1700-mile trip

Watch THIS SPACE! • For followers of Formula One GP racing the name of Richard Mille has become synonymous with success on four wheels. Reigning World champions McLaren have been paired for over a decade with the luxury Swiss-based watchmaker founded in 2001 by French horologists Richard Mille and Dominique Guenat, whose 500 employees currently make just under 6,000 timepieces a year in their factory in Frenchspeaking Switzerland. That’s just a tiny fraction of, say, Rolex’s production of over one million watches a year, a deliberate scarcity which, combined with high demand, results in significant waiting lists, and makes Richard Mille timepieces highly sought-after on the secondary market.

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

SON of ASIMO • A higher price reflects upgrades that actually make the 2026 Hornet a better buy!

DESERT RATS • It almost goes without saying that riding a motorcycle subjects you to the weather and buffeting, which causes wind noise - despite some very good helmets reducing this - which these days many counteract with built-in speakers playing music or communicating with others on the phone. Many of us though prefer the solitude that a crash helmet brings, but you can still suffer from ear worms.

TOURING Write about your ride! • Share your travel story, and earn yourself a free 12 month magazine subscription!

Northern Ireland in a day • World class two wheeled sport and world class television and film locations, all in one day

20 years of borders • Crossing between countries is always entertaining, and always changing

Pyrenees perambulations • When Keith asked his friend Glen if he fancied a trip to Spain, his instant reply was “When are we going?”

Dual Leaper • The car world is full of vehicles that have an internal combustion engine as their primary motive force but that also use an electric motor for additional grunt and for economical running at low speed. Yet the motorcycle industry hasn’t really cottoned on to the idea, except for one brand.

HIGHS AND LOWS OF AN ALPINE TRIP • It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

Test fleet: Honda CMX1100 • The...