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.

Faff, and it’s place in our lives

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Time for T from Suzuki • Need to know ◆ New models ◆ Industry info

QJ Motor in the UK

Kove 800 X Rally

Himalayan Flying Goat EV

MV Agusta Superveloce 1000 Ago

Aprilia RS125 GP

Look After Your Kit

The back to BASICS BOXER • While it may have a slightly cumbersome name — one that needs to be pronounced as such to distinguish it from other models in the range — the Gee-slash-Ess is not simply a pure retro design, nor is it just a convenient way to extend the life of an older engine. Instead, it represents an expansion of the current model range, one that actually brings additional capability to BMW’s big twins.

Products

THREE way FLING • Taking three bikes of very different capacities and price points, all of which can quite rightly be given the moniker of ‘sports tourer’ over a three-day blast to some of the UK’s finest roads gave a three-way Highland fling of epic proportions.

THREE way FLING

THREE way FLING

THREE way FLING

THREE way FLING

THREE way FLING TALKING TOURING TYRES ROADTECTM 02 • We like to keep things balanced here at MSL, as much as we can, and while the three bikes we chose for the trip were about as different as it is possible to be while staying within the ‘sports tourer’ bracket, not only did we even things up by using soft luggage on all three, we also fitted the same tyres.

Is It Gone? • The fellowship of the two wheels

The emperor’s NEW CLOTHES • Yamaha’s TMAX Tech MAX has been the definitive sports ‘maxi’ scooter. For 2025, this ninth-generation version is better than ever

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

BACK IN THE DAY...

YOUR LONG-DISTANCE TRAVEL PARTNER - Bridgestone’s all-new Sports Touring T33 • The all-new Sports Touring T33 builds on the success of the highly acclaimed T32, which already comes as standard on several new models. Designed to perform across a broad spectrum of sports touring machines - from heavyweight bikes like BMW’s R 1300 GS with its 19-inch front wheel to lighter, more agile machines like Honda’s new Hornet - the T33 promises both longevity and smooth, confidence-inspiring handling for touring riders.

SOUTH EAST ASIA PART 1 • At the end of 2019 I sold my business. A motorcycle tour and adventure business on the scale of Motorrad Tours is an all-consuming occupation and I wanted more time for Karen and I to travel for ourselves. In 2009 we had been lucky enough to ride from Alaska to Argentina over five months and a big adventure was calling us again. As the old adage says, “Man plans, God laughs”

Escape to EXCELLENCE? • Just over six years ago, Italy’s historic Moto Morini marque narrowly avoided the scrapheap of motorcycle history when, in October 2018 Chen Huaneng, owner of Chinese scooter and minimoto manufacturer Zhongneng Vehicle Group/ZVG, rode to the rescue by acquiring 100% equity in Moto Morini from its previous Italian owner. Since then, ZVG’s route map to Morini’s recovery has proceeded at pace, initially with a range of five models powered by the well-proven 650cc DOHC eight-valve parallel-twin motor sourced from rival Chinese manufacturer (and near neighbour) CFMOTO.

Letters

Viva Knievel! • Triumph’s Rocket 3 Evel Knievel Limited Edition is as extreme as the man himself was, as Knievel biographer Stuart Barker finds out…

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